The Big Idea Timeline: 2001 - Arts Work Project
2001: Penny Hagen and Richard Howard appointed as joint project coordinators supporting the Arts Work Project to deliver the following during an 18-month period: Two arts sector / creative…
Sets and the City: 'Firsts' showcase at Linbury Studio Theatre
By James Hadley in London There are so many performing arts venues in London that you keep discovering more and more to return to. Of those I've recently visited for the first time, the Linbury…
Banned NZ music video wins award
It was the first music video banned by state broadcaster TVNZ since 1987 but that didn't stop filmmakers The Downlow Concept from winning the nationwide music video competition Handle the Jandal for…
Celebrate Christmas with the APO
Stunning New Zealand soprano Madeleine Pierard heads home to New Zealand to feature in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's annual Lion Foundation Celebrate Christmas concerts in December. The…
The Fresh Prints of Hell Yeah
Hadley Donaldson may not be a familiar name, but is artwork is a familiar sight. Over the past few years, Donaldson has crafted a vast number of richly illustrated concert posters - international…
Beethoven's Eroica in Manukau Symphony's final 2008 concert
Manukau Symphony Orchestra's "Eroica" concerts on 6 and 7 December at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre are inspired by Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, 'Eroica'. This Symphony was originally named…
Christmas Craftwerk
This popular alternative art, craft and music fair is offering the 'best of' stalls for those special gifts for Christmas. Stall holders selling goods ranging from home-baking to stuffed toys…
Cheese on Toast 5th Birthday Festival
Cheese on Toast, Auckland's most independent and loved source of music news and information and online gig-guide is turning five years old this December and to celebrate this auspicious occasion they…
Is Terror Really in our Midst? Brett Graham - Solo Exhibition
Campaign Rooms is Brett Graham's first solo exhibition at Two Rooms as well as his first body of new work since Aniwaniwa, which was exhibited in the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. Graham is known…
Lee Mingwei at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Lee Mingwei, a leading artist on the international stage, presents Uncommon Senses at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery from 6 December 2008 to 16 March 2009. For over a decade, Lee has played a…
John Ward Knox wins National Drawing Award
Auckland based artist John Ward Knox is the winner of the National Drawing Award 2008. John Ward Knox's drawing entitled 'myrrh', was selected out of 365 drawings by former ARTSPACE Director Brian…
Biting The Big Apple: Mike Davison
Artist Mike Davison talks to Ila Couch in New York City about his exhibition "Native New Yorker".