Come and be part of the artistic community at Winter Warmers, every Saturday afternoon from 2-4 pm at the Art Lounge on Lorne St (next to Pathfinders), July through August. Enjoy a hot cuppa or bowl of soup while listening to visual artists, poets, writers, musicians, filmmakers, playwrights and arts facilitators talk about and demonstrate their work. Emerging as well as established artists will be showcased. Free, gold coin koha requested for the artists. $4 all day parking vouchers for Victoria St Carpark.

Come and be part of the artistic community at Winter Warmers, every Saturday afternoon from 2-4 pm at the Art Lounge on Lorne St (next to Pathfinders), July through August. Enjoy a hot cuppa or bowl of soup while listening to visual artists, poets, writers, musicians, filmmakers, playwrights and arts facilitators talk about and demonstrate their work. Emerging as well as established artists will be showcased. Free, gold coin koha requested for the artists. $4 all day parking vouchers for Victoria St Carpark.

MCs and organisers for the Winter Warmer series: Renee Liang and Anna Kaye Forsyth.

Programme for July:

July 5th - Theatre practitioners Gary Henderson, ME MacDonald, accompanied by live extracts from their plays. Charles Unwin will talk briefly about Smackbang Theatre.

July 12th - Belfast Poets (visiting international performance poets) talk about and present their new show. With Roger Fowler, musician.

July 19th - a bumper feast of poetry and music in honour of Montana Poetry Day, starting this time at 1 pm. With Anna Rugis, Jack Ross, Jen Crawford, Linn Lorkin and Hershal Herscher.

July 26th - Arts and Cities - panel discussion with Tim Shadbolt (mayor of Invercargill), Richard Reid (urban designer) and Naomi McCleary (arts facilitator and administrator).

Each session will consist of a talk/demo by the featured artists, Q+A, with intervals for networking. Hot drinks and bikkies provided (maybe soup!). Some sessions accompanied by short films from local filmmakers.