Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Woolly Walk Along

As part of our art exhibition we displayed the Woolly Walk Along film and photos of our section of the art work. It was great for our knitters to be working on such a huge community arts project that was enjoyed by so many people over the rugby world cup. 




Please click on the link to the Woolly Walk Along film

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

A successful show

The Artistic Manoeuvres exhibition was a huge success. We received over 140 visitors to the show which only lasted for 2 hours. At times it was hard to move! Our visitors were impressed with the huge range of work on display. We asked people to put a sticker on their favorite art work. It was great to see that so many different art pieces received a sticker. However, we did have a few peoples favorites! Wine and cheese was thoroughly enjoyed as was the live kitchen staffed by George and Bobbie who provided cakes and tasty treats fresh from the kitchen throughout the night. Thank you to everyone who attended and made the evening so fabulous and of course thanks to your wonderful artists for all the hard work throughout the year!


Our orchestral section 


The hall all set and ready to go


The silent orchestra


A selection of art/craft pieces


Sumptuous Palaces from the east


Mosaic wonderland



Crazy hand sculptures














The Legend of the Tamaki Basin explored through set design, costume and a movement film


Peacocks on display


Photos and a video about the woolly walk along that we participated in


 A quiet corner in the jungle


Our miniature theatre with the puppets we have created


Live piano music to accompany our orchestral art works


Some excited artists


Enjoying the show


Linda was buzzing with excitement about her art on display


Brent was proud to see his photography being appreciated by our visitors


Peter bought some art at the exhibition off a fellow artist


Nicole was proud of her work on display




Great to see all our hard work has paid off tonight!


Jean was proud to see her mosaics on display


Our pyramid with our egyptian art work on display


Our eastern arts corner



Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Artistic Manoeuvres Art Exhibition


Ranfurly Activity Centre is celebrating all that is artistic on Friday March 30th at our annual art extravaganza. Ranfurly Hall at 52-56 Ranfurly Road will be bursting at the seams with paintings, prints, mixed media art, sculpture, pottery, mosaics, crafts, photography, scrapbooking and loads of surprises to delight the hearts and minds of all who visit.

Don’t be surprised to find yourself lost in amongst an artistic orchestra or find you have been transported to Egypt with pyramids and hieroglyphics. Visitors will be treated to a flock of peacocks fluttering and strutting their beautiful plumage only to turn a corner to find they are in a New Zealand forest discovering the history of the Hauraki Basin through dance, costume and set design.

A miniature theatre with handmade puppets will be on display along with many amazing mosaic art pieces. Let’s just say we’ve been round the world and back in time bring you Artistic Manoeuvres! Exhibition will be open for one night only between 6.30pm and 8.30pm with some tempting nibbles from our creative culinary artists.

We're looking forward to seeing you there.