17th – 31st October 2011

FILM / THEATRE

YOU MUST SEE THE ‘CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS’

A special fundraising event by Hutt Valley Community Arts in collaboration with The Lighthouse Cinema, Petone. Cave paintings and etchings thought to be over 30,000 years old, have been discovered recently in France which could be the birthplace of art.
Support your local arts centre and see this amazing film by Werner Herzog.

Date Wednesday 19th October
Venue Lighthouse Cinema, Petone, Lower Hutt
Cost $20 tickets (fundraiser includes 3D specs and competition entry)
Info HVCA 04 568 3488 or mail@hvca.org.nz

FINAL SMART ARTS SEMINAR PRESENTED BY THISTLE HALL

We’ve been delighted to have Mark Amery and Nikki Burns talk to us over the past 2 weeks. Now’s your chance for the final workshop on career development within the arts.

Date Tuesday 18th October
Time 6 – 8 p.m
Venue The Hub, Toi Poneke Arts Centre, Abel Smith Street
Info email Hannah Clarke at thistlehallworkshops@gmail.com

NZ IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL 2011 : STUMBLING TOWARDS AWESOME!!

This Festival brings together companies from around the country (and across the seas), showcasing the best New Zealand has to offer in spontaneous theatre. Over five jam-packed days, be surprised, entertained and even moved by these purveyors of on-the-spot creation, as they tread the high wire between genius and disaster.
FEATURING: Wellington Improvisation Troupe (Wgtn), The Improvisors (Wgtn), The Court Jesters (Chch), Chicken Legs Theatre (Akld), Up Against Improv (ChCh), Rebecca De Unamuno (Sydney), and Jason Geary (Melbourne).

Dates 6 - 26 October 2011
Times 9 – 5 weekdays and 10 - 4 weekends.
Info www.nzif.wit.org.nz/programme

ACTORS NEEDED FOR CORPORATE WORK

Damian Reid, Creative Director of Burnt Match corporate entertainment company in Wellington is looking for solid character actors for casual improvisation work over Christmas and possible cabaret work. At the moment, the majority of work is murder mysteries. Contact Damian for more info.

Info Damian Reid, Creative Director, 022 699 8799
Website www.burntmatch.co.nz

CONCERTS

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

Come along and support up and coming young musicians as well as professional players every Wednesday in this community venue. All performers are of a very high standard and one of our young performers is now studying in London.

Date Wednesdays
Time 12.15 – 1.00 p.m
Venue St Mark’s Church, Woburn Road, Lower Hutt
Info email Ann Aitken a.aitken@clear.net.nz

WAINUIOMATA CHOIR

The Choir is having a one-off concert featuring the music of William Boyce, Thomas Ame, Henry Purcell and George Frederick Handel. Join them for a one night only concert with the 300th birthday celebrations including the rousing Rule Britannia.

Date Saturday 29th October
Time 8 p.m.
Venue Wainuiomata Uniting Church Hall (St Stephens), 106 Main Road, Wainuiomata
Tickets $15 adults / $10 seniors & students / primary & intermed children FREE
Info Tickets available at the door or from choir members.

EXHIBITIONS


Strangely Familiar – an exhibition of photographs

This exhibition is a collection of work from three Massey University final year photography students, Asheligh le Gal, Kitty Howard, and Liz Bebbinton. Each student has concentrated on a different field of interest for their major research project and this show contains a unique mixture of landscape, architecture and religious inspired photgraphs

Dates opening Monday 24 October at 7 pm
Times TuesFri 10 – 3 pm
Venue Farsite Gallery, Doreen Doolan Mall, Jackson St, Petone


ARTISTS WANTED TO DONATE AN HOUR

Gracefield Early Childhood centre is looking for artists/student artists to donate an hour of their time to come in and engage their 4 year olds with an art activity e.g. how to make a print, easy clay work, cardboard / wearable art workshops. They would also like the artist to showcase some of their own work to inspire the youngsters. The Centre will provide limited materials and there is about 12 in a group.

Day for workshop Any Wednesdays between 10 – 11.30 a.m.

Venue Gracefield Early Childhood Centre, 9 Rishworth St, Gracefield (near IRL)

Info Call Sue White (work no) 04 569 6500

JAPANESE DESIGN TODAY 100

The AFFECT Research Centre at Massey’s College of Creative Arts, the Japanese Information Cultural Centre and Embassy of Japan are proud to announce an upcoming exhibition of over 75 objects showcases the finest Japanese design of household products from the 1950s to the present-day. These selected designs provide a glimpse into the hopes and dreams of the people who used the products, as well as the designers and corporations who created them. This exhibition illustrates the trends and features of Japanese design at specific time periods, allowing a unique perspective into Japanese design culture.

Dates 6 - 26 October 2011
Times 9 – 5 weekdays and 10 - 4 weekends.
Venue Massey University College of Creative Arts, Tea Gardens, Level C, Museum Building,
Buckle St, Wellington
Cost Free Admission / All welcome

You may also be interested in attending a series of public lectures associated with this exhibition, which focus on design innovation as well as transport and product design with the intention of fostering greater awareness of Japanese and New Zealand design cultures.

MISCELLANEOUS

ADVANCE NOTIFICATION : SO YOU WANT TO DRUM?!!!

Hutt Valley Community Arts are running another block of 6 workshops with the wonderful, the rhythmical, the fun and fabulous teacher Andreas Lepper. All welcome, no experience needed but get in quick as places limited to 24! Andreas recently taught 30 drummers to drum together for the Petone Carnival and they had a ball so this if you missed it first time round, this is your chance to get on board and get involved!!

Dates Wednesdays 9th November – 14th December
Times 5.30 – 7.00 p.m.
Venue To be confirmed but will be based initially in Petone but we plan to offer them elsewhere
in Lower Hutt so watch this space
Cost $75 for a block of 6 classes (an amazing $12.50 / class!!)
Info To book your place, contact Catherine at HVCA on 04 568 3488 or mail@hvca.org.nz

CALLING ALL ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANISATIONS

Registrations are now open for Wellington Fringe 2012, and we here at HVCA would like to encourage everyone out here to get involved! It's a great opportunity to get what you do in front of a Wellington audience, and make some connections with artists, makers, theatre, circus and more creative types!

If anyone wants to talk about opportunities to get involved in Fringe and how you can do it alone or as part of a group, feel free to contact me, Sian Torrington the Arts Facilitator. I have done Fringe shows myself as a visual artist and also seen friends build shows which developed into overseas touring shows which they are still living and working on, so it can be a great launching pad!

CONTACT Sian Torrington, HVCA Arts Facilitator, 021 1080540 mail@hvca.org.nz

ROAR GALLERY EXHIBITION ‘MASSIVE CLEARANCE SALE’

Come and see the latest pictorial offerings at Roar Gallery

Dates 13th – 29th October
Venue Crnr of Victoria & Vivian St, CBD, Wellington
Info 04 385 7602 roargallery@paradise.net.nz www.pablosart.org.nz

WANT TO ADVERTISE IN THE HUTT NEWS ARTS PACKAGE?

The Arts Package ads will now run consistently on the FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH (rather than every 4 weeks). Therefore please get your copy to Rachel Healy, Communications Manager of the Dowse Art Museum, no later than the previous Mondays (26th Sept / 24th Oct etc etc). Remember also in order to be listed on huttvalleynz.com you need to send her a low res image with your listing.

Contact Rachel Healy on 04 560 1477 / 0274 610 271 / Rachel.healy@huttcity.govt.nz

CALL FOR WRITERS OF ALL GENRES

HVCA is excited to be getting feedback from writers that who are saying they need more activity for their particular genre. HVCA is keen to work with writers to provide talks, open mic nights for poetry/slam and/or discussion groups – whatever it is you require. Please get in touch if you’re interested and want to be involved : contact siantorrington@gmail.com

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