Events

	Mercury Bay Art Escape – Open studio
	Date: 6-7 March and 13-14 March 2021
	An opportunity to visit artists in their studios – a diverse group who live and work in the Mercury Bay area.  Be sure to visit the “Taste of the Tour” exhibition at Hotwaves Cafe, Hotwater Beach, to see one work from each of the member artists in one place. Art Loft Studio will be open  from 10am – 4pm at 9A Lee Street, Whitianga on both weekends.
	Link: www.mercurybayartescape.co.nz

 

	PANZ (Pastel Artists NZ) National Exhibition 2021 More than a hundred of the best pastel works in the country all together in one show. This year the exhibition will be online due to Covid restrictions.
	Link: www.pastelartists.co.nz

 

	Adams Portrait Awards Tour
	Date: February 2018 – June 2019
	A selection of finalists from this bi-annual event will tour the country beginning and ending at the NZ Portrait Gallery in Wellington. The final showing is at the Ashburton Gallery from 17 April – 18 June. My painting titled “News” is the third portrait I have had included with finalists in the Adams Portrait Awards.
	Link: www.nzportraitgallery.org.nz/portraits-online/adam-portraiture-award