FOR ART’S SAKE
Colour us alert level 1, as artists and art lovers come out to play for the Queen City’s perfectly timed Auckland Artweek
While the city went into lockdown, art flourished in isolation. Now Aucklanders’ first weekend in level 1 will be marked with a splash of colour.
The city’s 10th Artweek starts today and celebrates local artists. The festival extends across the region and features painting, photography, sculpture, workshops, light shows, cycling and walking tours and pop- up events. Here are some highlights.
CRL
Four construction sites for New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project — Auckland’s City Rail Link — have been given makeovers.
Spaces where the Link Alliance is building the project’s stations and tunnels at Aotea ( central Auckland), Karangahape
Rd and Mt Eden have been transformed, and free, guided walking tours will explain more about the artists and their work.
At the fourth CRL site — on the corner of Albert and Wolfe Streets in the central city — storyteller- artist Elliot Collins will on Wednesday reveal a textbased activation that uses wooden monuments made from salvaged CRL construction materials.
“CRL’s usual palette is concrete and steel. We are now going to add some vibrant colour into the mix by turning the hoardings and fence lines around our construction sites into open- air galleries to show off the work of highly talented creatives,” says Dr Sean Sweeney, chief executive of City Rail Link.
Workshops on the Waterfront
Get the kids outdoors, active and creative with drop- in workshops at Wynyard Quarter. Activities include arts and crafts, practical skills and sports- based activities.
Workshops run next to the playspace in Silo Park from 11am tomorrow and next Sunday.
Waterfront Family Art Walk
Explore diverse forms of art in the city’s streets, squares, and laneways on free guided walking tours.
This family- friendly tour takes in the city centre’s Viaduct, Silo Park and Wynyard Quarter. Bookings must be made for the tours today and next Sunday. They run 11am- 1pm.
A Year in Aotearoa
Witness the wonder of Aotearoa in this exhibition featuring images from the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year 2020 competition. Look through the lens of some of our top photographers at the Maritime Museum across a range of categories including aerial, landscape, wildlife, society, and photostory.
You can cast your vote in person or online for the People’s Choice Award.
Images of Ta ¯ maki Makaurau
Ans Westra i s renowned for her photographs of everyday life. Her images of Ta ¯ maki Makaurau between 1963 and 1984 show old buildings, and Aucklanders going about their lives.
Also in the exhibition are a series of large- scale vibrant images of flowers made in the early 2000s.
{ Suite} gallery director David Alsop will present floor talks on Westra’s life and works on Wednesday at 11am and next Saturday at 2pm at { Suite}, 189 Ponsonby Rd.