Big sunny studio available to share with a sculptor,

could share it 3 ways or with two, phone or text katrina 0276608041.

Exhibition- until June 13: Kate Boocock at Blue Oyster gallery, in the basement at 24b Moray PIace.

Challenging the familiar

DUNEDIN'S Blue Oyster Gallery presents two exhibitions this month -- "Aural Hysteric" by Melbourne-based artist Emma Morgan and "Onward!" by Wellington-based artist Kate Boocock.

"Onward!" is a sculptural vision for the future of Dunedin made from recycled and found materials. Construction materials will be sourced from around central Dun­edin and an abstract future city will be assembled over the first few days of the exhibition.

"Aural Hysteric" uses the strained relations between mem­bers of Morgan's extended family as a starting point to examine the mundane melodrama of family feuds, the deep persistent ties we have to where we come from and the camera's promise to show us where that place of origin may be. From an archive of video interviews with relatives, Morgan has pro­duced subjective, provocative and cynical accounts of familial history.

In conjunction with "Onward!" the Blue Oyster Gallery will run the first in a series of educa­tional workshops. Students will be invited to construct their own future city sculptures, based on the concepts and methods used by Boocock. Free workshops will run on Tuesday, June 9, and Thursday, June 11, from 12.30pm and are suitable for class groups. Bookings are essential. Email education@b­lueoyster.org.nz to reserve a time for your class.

Exhibition!

At Quadrant Gallery, Moray Place, Dunedin

with sculptural work by;

Robert Rapson, Gemma Chapman, Owen Mapp, Jim Mackay, Nicola Mclaren, and John Paxie

Monday 1 June to Sat 13 June

Opening 2pm Sunday 31 May

Sculpture Tutor

The Hungry Creek Art and Craft School is seeking a senior tutor in the 3D area to tutor Certificate and Diploma Students

Certificate in Art and Craft (Foundation) (level 4)

Diploma in Art and Craft, year 2 & 3 (level 5 & 6)

Diploma in Art and Craft (Advanced) (level 7)

The successful applicant will have a B.F.A. or M.F.A. and tutoring experience.

The emphasis is on engaging students sculpture as a visual language and teaching a variety of sculpture techniques and processes. Knowledge of ceramics processes is desirable as the sculpture tutor will work closely with the ceramics tutor.

The tutor is required two days per week, currently Tuesday and Wednesday.

For a job description and information on the Hungry Creek Art and Craft School contact us on 09 422 0752 or email ruth@hungrycreek.ac.nz.

Information on the School and qualification offered: www.hungrycreek.ac.nz

Tertiary Courses

Auckland Region: Auckland

Apply by date

05/05/2009

Central Otago REAP, 17a Brandon Street, Alexandra.

The Waikato Sculpture Trust is seeking interested applicants for the position of guest curator for 'Sculpture in the Park' 2009-2010 located at the Sculpture Park @ Waitakaruru Arboretum.

This position will entail up to 50 hours work selecting artists and planning the installation of their work at the Park. The guest curator will work closely with the Trust's arts administrator who will assist in all aspects of the undertaking. The guest curator will have full artistic control of both selection and installation while the arts administrator will manage and organise the exhibition.

Sculpture in the Park 2009-2010 is the 5^th exhibition organised with a guest curator at the Sculpture Park. The Waikato Sculpture Trust is seeking to continue to raise the profile of the Park by producing high quality, innovative exhibitions showcasing the best of New Zealand contemporary sculptural practice.  Visit www.sculpturepark.co.nz for more information about the Trust and the Park.

A copy of the job description and further information can be obtained by contacting Sarah Anderson (07) 8240757 (m. 0274267847) or sarah.a@clear.net.nz. Please send applications to The Waikato Sculpture Trust, The Sculpture Park, 207 Scotsman Valley Road, Tauwhare, R.D.4 Hamilton or sarah.a@clear.net.nz or info@sculpturepark.co.nz.

Art Educators Conference 20-24 April 2009.

The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators (ANZAAE) Conference 2009

art works - mahi toi: scoping visual arts education/te hōkai o te matāraka toi ā whatu

The hosts Otago Polytechnic Art & Design with Kai Tahu ki Arai-Te-Uru, are looking forward to sharing this event with delegates. Registrations now open.

Call for Papers is now closed.

Introduction

The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators (ANZAAE) Conference 2009 will include national and international keynote speakers reflecting the groups involved. These include: pre-primary, primary, intermediate, secondary and tertiary educators, plus participants from the museum and public gallery sectors. Keynote papers, feature workshops, conference papers, studio sessions, discussion roundtables will be streamed for these sectors. There will be opportunities to upskill and update academic and professional knowledge.

Themes

• questioning visual arts education: histories and futures
  ka pātaitaka te matāuraka toi a whatu i nehera, a muri ake
• enhancing synergies across creative disciplines: links and diversity
  whakatenatena ai kā oriteka mā kā wāhaka hanga : te tātai me te rerekā
• travelling between arts education sectors: share and support
  ka haereka ki waeka a matāuraka toi wahangu: te manaaki me te tautoko
• affecting the world through the visual arts: society and politics
  whakāwe te ao ma te toi a whatu: te nohotahi me te tārakapātaka

International Context

Themes for the ANZAAE Conference 2009 provide scope for a diverse range of contributions aligned to interests evident in the recent international renaissance in visual arts education with regard to its enhancement of quality of life. Major art events such as the Documenta in Kassel 2007, the Art Asia-Pacific Triennial in Brisbane 2007, and the International Conference on Art in Society (to be held at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in 2008), indicate a focus on visual arts education and its location within the community, through transferable knowledge, global mobility, network immediacy and resource competitiveness

http://www.anzaae2009.org.nz

ONE DAY SCULPTURE

is New Zealand's first nationwide commissioning series of temporary, place-based public artworks. The series will involve New Zealand-based and international artists - each of whom has been invited to produce a new work that will occur during a discrete 24-hour period over the course of one year

A Massey University College of Creative Arts School of Fine Arts Project

http://www.onedaysculpture.org.nz

December Projects

> Heather and Ivan Morison, Journée des barricades, 14 December 2008 (Wellington)

> Douglas Bagnall, Adam Hyde, Walker & Bromwich, Intertidal, 20 December 2008 (Dunedin)

Douglas Bagnall, Adam Hyde, Walker & Bromwich: Intertidal

Saturday 20 December 2008, 3.30 - 7.30pm (low tide 5.17pm)

Kamau Taurua / Quarantine Island, Dunedin

Sea Cadet ferry leaves the jetty adjacent to the Portobello Aquarium, end of Hatchery Road, Portobello, Otago Peninsula. The Sea Cadets will be ferrying the audience for the duration of the work, starting at 3.30pm and returning at 7.30pm

On a small island in the southern ocean four artists from near and afar gather to discover and develop new stories. At low tide the intertidal zone creates a fertile space for these stories to cast their shadows onto the earth. Through the collection of samples, their documentation, arrangement and analysis, knowledge will be cast upon the species and activities hosted by the island.