Club brings 'Perfect' singer
The New Edinburgh Folk Club brings Scottish singer Eddi Reader to Dunedin next week.
Reader came to prominence as lead singer in acoustic pop group Fairground Attraction, which had an international hit in 1988 with Perfect.
Since then she has forged a solo career, touring with the Jools Holland band and playing concerts with the Scottish National Orchestra.
She also recently appeared in the new Richard Linklater film Me and Orson Welles.
Reader celebrates St Patrick's Day at the Otago Settlers Museum on Wednesday at 5.30pm with a discussion of Irish and Scottish songs.
Reader, accompanied by Irish piano accordian virtuoso Alan Kelly and guitarist and songwriter Boo Hewerdine, also performs at the museum at 8pm next Thursday.
Interview with Eddi Reader in Arts next week.
Distorted view of things
Temuka artist Richard Hansen's new exhibition at the Artist's Room, "Lasting Impressions", features distorted landscapes and cityscapes from around Dunedin.
Hansen says he uses a distorted effect "to create movement and energy, so that the viewer can experience the scene from their own imaginative viewpoint".
"Lasting Impressions" opens at midday on Saturday at the Artist's Room and runs until March 26.
Prints explore beauty myth
The beauty myth is explored and exploded in an exhibition opening at Rocda Gallery next week.
"A Series of Prints" was created through etching, wood block and linocut and "show the human hand" of which "the imperfections are celebrated", artist Linda Halverson says.
"Society is overloaded with messages telling us what is beautiful, how we should look and how we can get it.
"The fascination with perfection, celebrity culture and wanting to be somebody is explored in my printmaking practice."
"A Series of Prints" will be previewed at Rocda Gallery next Wednesday, from midday-2pm and 5pm-7pm.
The exhibition will then show at the gallery until March 29.
NZSO introductory concerts
Ever wanted to know more about orchestral music, but been afraid to ask?The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra takes a 20-musician ensemble to Oamaru for two introductory concerts next week.
The concerts are part of the NZSO community programmes initiative, designed to introduce audiences to the instruments, sections and musicians of the orchestra.
The concerts feature solo performances and arrangements of popular classics, such as Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.
The NZSO ensemble performs at the Oamaru Opera House at 5.30pm and 7pm next Wednesday, March 17.
Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for children, while family tickets are available at $15 for an adult and two children or $20 for two adults and two children.
Key London artist to give talk
English sculptor and jeweller Andrew Logan talks about art, fashion and life at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery this weekend.
Logan was a key figure in London in the 1970s, influencing film-maker Derek Jarman, who documented the social scene around Logan's studio at Butler's Wharf, in London.
Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood staged the notorious 1976 "Valentine's Ball" at Logan's studio, where the Sex Pistols first came to media attention.
The purpose-built Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, at Berriew in the Welsh Marches, now houses much of his sculpture and painting and is Britain's only museum devoted to a living artist.
Andrew Logan presents "Art, Fashion and Life" at 11am on Saturday in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
City film-makers scoop pool
Dunedin film-makers have scooped the pool at the 2010 Documentary Edge Festival.
The festival, which was formerly known as the DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival, is the only competitive international documentary film festival in New Zealand and Australia.
Director Shirley Horrock's Dance of the Instant won Best Short Documentary, Best Research and Best Educational Documentary awards in the New Zealand competition, while The Unnatural History of the Kakapo won director and cameraman Scott Mouat four awards, claiming Best Feature Documentary, Best Sound, Best Cinematography and Best Director.
The awards were presented in Auckland last week.
New working studio in resort
A new working artist studio has been launched in Queenstown.
Local artists Rachael Errington, Simon Morrison Deaker, Emma Butler and Jeri Elliot will work in residence on varying days in the Artbay Gallery in Beach St.
"The inspiration behind the idea is wanting to invite visitors to the gallery into the world of the artist, and to watch the creations reveal themselves over a period of time," Artbay director Pauline Bianchi says.
The public was welcome to watch the artists at work and ask questions about their paintings.
University to welcome fellows
The 2010 University of Otago fellows will be officially welcomed to Dunedin today.
Robert Burns Fellow Michele Powles, Mozart Fellow Chris Adams, Frances Hodgkins Fellow Joanna Langford, Caroline Plummer Fellow Suzanne Cowan and College of Education Writer in Residence Karen Trebilcock will be welcomed at a function at 5.15pm in the Hocken Library foyer.
Quadrant group show
Quadrant Gallery in Bracken Court is holding an exhibition of jewellery and objects.
"Cross Purposes" features new work by Chris Idour, Stephen Myhre, Chaim Cleavin, David McLeod and Ingrid Kaddatz, and runs until March 20.
The Quadrant Gallery is open from midday to 5.30pm weekdays and 10am to 2pm on Saturdays.
