Dunedin outsider artist Martin Thompson's art work will be exhibited in the American Folk Art Museum in New York over the next year.
Thompson has been included in an exhibition of 40 artists, "Approaching Abstraction", which has been curated from works in the American Folk Art Museum's permanent collection.
The exhibition opened on Tuesday and runs till September 6 next year.
Buddy Holly comes back to life in the latest Taieri Musical Society production at Coronation Hall, in Mosgiel.
Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story tells the story of the life and tragic death of acclaimed singer Buddy Holly, who shot to stardom in 1957, only to die in a plane crash two years later.
The production has been directed by Douglas Kamo, with musical direction by Bridget Telfer.
The cast is James Higgs (Buddy Holly), John Sear (The Big Bopper) and Blair Hughson (Richie Valens).
Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story opens at 7.30pm in Coronation Hall, Mosgiel, next Friday, October 16, and runs till Saturday, October 24.
There is also a 2pm matinee on Sunday, October 18.
Out of this world
An out-of-this-world poetry anthology will be launched in Dunedin next week.
Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand is a collection of science fiction poetry which boldly goes where no quill pen has gone before.
The anthology, edited by Mark Pirie and Tim Jones, explores the essence of science fiction; from aliens and time travel to the end of the world.
The Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand tour next week features some of New Zealand's most prominent poets, including Owen Marshall, Michael O'Leary, Andrew Fagan, Michael Morrissey, Sue Wootton, James Dignan, Meg Campbell, Iain Britton, Fleur Adcock and David Gregory.
Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand will be launched at 5.30pm next Wednesday in the Dunedin Public Library and at 7pm next Thursday in Circadian Rhythm Cafe, Dunedin.
Macabre new exhibitions by Heather Straka and Hannah Riley have opened at the Blue Oyster Art Space.
Straka's "Do Not Resuscitate" and Riley's "Still Occupants" explore the seductive, and sometimes humorous, possibilities of the abject.
Straka has developed a series of large-format photographs, infused with her painterly and gothic style, which follow her studies at the Anatomy Museum of the Otago Medical School.
Riley toys with the idea of transmuted physical and social boundary lines; from decomposing rabbits cavorting across the wall, to the slow melting of a popsicle on a fur stole.
Heather Straka's "Do Not Resuscitate" and Hannah Riley's "Still Occupants" are on until Halloween, October 31.
The Blue Oyster Project Art Space is open from 11am till 5pm Tuesday to Friday and from noon till 3pm on Saturdays.
