Grey Lynn 2030 Transition Community

Kids are encouraged to be creative at the GLFM this Sunday (9am – 12.30pm)

Sand saucer competition 9.30am

Kids and adults can make creative sand saucers using flowers & sand at the art table.  The finished sand saucers will be on display for all to see from 10.30 am. 

At 11 am, after Phineas Phrog, there will be a judging for children and adults- with a prize of two delicious cupcakes up for grabs!

Please bring some of your own flowers from home if you can- little flowers work the best in the sand saucers.

Story telling with Phineas Phrog 10.30am

$3 per child or $2 for friends of the market

Kids trading table

Kids can bring ANYTHING they have to sell or trade and pop it on the table- jewellery, jams, lemonade, old toys or clothes.

School Art Display
There will also art  from Richmond Road school and Western Springs College  on display in the Grey Lynn Community Centre  lobby

Part of Grey Lynn Creates and the Spring series at the GLFM

Greylynncreates.co.nz
celebrating creativity and sustainability in our local community

Media Release from Grey Lynn 2030

Date: 22 September 2011

Subject: Grey Lynn Creates Festival 25 September – 2 October

Shop windows turn into art galleries

As part of Grey Lynn Creates – a week-long festival celebrating creativity and sustainability – a unique collaboration “Window Galleries” opens on Sunday pairing fifteen artists and shops to turn West Lynn into a street based art exhibition.

“The window galleries have resulted in unusual and diverse pairings between retailers and artists including Jude Graveson’s sculptural installations made out of animal gut in the window of Moa boutique, and Elizabeth McClure’s intricately carved glass wine bottles – some still wine filled – at the Wine Vault”. Says Festival Coordinator Shelley Jacobson

“Each event on the programme is being hosted by an individual or team who are committed to their creative discipline. Many of the events invite participation, such as Crafternoon Tea and The Literatti Workshop. The established West Lynn Street Party & Twilight Market features performances by the Velociteers, synchronised cycling with a twist.  Grey Lynn Creates offers the community and visitors a fantastic opportunity to have a good time and get creative.” Says Ms Jacobson

Grey Lynn Creates is a free festival, with events including workshops, tours, markets, performances and a group exhibition. 

Grey Lynn Creates is part of the REAL New Zealand Festival. Visit www.greylynncreates.co.nz for full timetable and event descriptions.

The programme

• Window galleries West Lynn shop windows 25th Sep – 2nd Oct  (opening at Dalston at 5pm on Sunday 25th September)
• Art studio trail and tours, Walking map available online 25th Sep – 2nd Oct
• Spring equinox celebration, St Columba church 25th Sep, 10am
• Kraftbomb, Grey Lynn community centre 25th Sep, 11am-2pm
• Crafternoon tea, Grey Lynn community centre 25th Sep, 1-3.30pm
• West Lynn Street Party & Twilight Market  29th Sep, 4-8pm (a Grey Lynn Shout for Samoa event)
• The Velociteers performance 29th Sep, 6pm, 8pm at the West Lynn Shops
• Community festival St Joseph’s school 1st Oct, 12.30-6pm (a Grey Lynn Shout for Samoa event)
• The Literatti, Grey Lynn community centre 1st Oct, 6.30-8.30pm
• Grey Lynn Creates at the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market, Grey Lynn community centre 2nd Oct 9am-12.30pm
• Composting workshop, Wilton St community garden 2nd Oct, 11am-12pm
• Community gardens tour Meet: Wilton St community garden 2nd Oct, 12.30-2.30pm

Contact:

Shelley Jacobson, Coordinator, Grey Lynn Creates Festival

027 392 5941 | greylynncreates@gmail.com | www.greylynncreates.co.nz

25th September – 2nd October

A week-long festival of artistic, cultural, culinary and environmental events. Celebrating creativity and sustainability in our community.

On the Programme:

• Window galleries West Lynn shop windows 25th Sep – 2nd Oct  (opening at Dalston at 5pm on Sunday 25th September)
• Art studio trail and tours, Walking map available online 25th Sep – 2nd Oct
• Spring equinox celebration, St Columba church 25th Sep, 10am
• Kraftbomb, Grey Lynn community centre 25th Sep, 11am-2pm
• Crafternoon tea, Grey Lynn community centre 25th Sep, 1-3.30pm
•  West Lynn Street Party & Twilight Market  29th Sep, 4-8pm (a Grey Lynn Shout for Samoa event)
• The Velociteers West Lynn shops 29th Sep, 6pm, 8pm
• Community festival St Joseph’s school 1st Oct, 12.30-6pm ( a Grey Lynn Shout for Samoa event)
• The Literatti, Grey Lynn community centre 1st Oct, 6.30-8.30pm
• Grey Lynn farmers market, Grey Lynn community centre 2nd Oct 9am-12.30pm
• Composting workshop, Wilton St community garden 2nd Oct, 11am-12pm
• Community gardens tour Meet: Wilton St community garden 2nd Oct, 12.30-2.30pm

For full details of events visit www.greylynncreates.co.nz
All the above listed events are FREE.

Grey Lynn Creates is generously supported by the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board and is a part of the nationwide REAL New Zealand Festival.

Your ideas needed

The Grey Lynn community centre is working with Auckland Council and a local artist to develop an artwork for the wall of the car park but we need your help!

As locals, you have the best ideas about your area and we want to include those in the artwork.

What the artist needs to get going is a theme to base the artwork on. The theme needs to:

• Represent Grey Lynn and its residents
• Reflect the passions of the local community
• Speak to the community
• Make the community proud

Throughout  February 2011, we will collect ideas from the public that will determine the theme of the artwork.
Please consider what Grey Lynn means to you, your family and your local community and a theme that best represents its people and email your ideas to Tania at: office@greylynn.org.nz

Your input is much appreciated!!!

Grey Lynn 2030 June meeting was a celebration of the artistic talent in our community. A big thank you to all the artists and members of the art community who participated.

Art in the Dark

Celia, Kat and Adelle gave us a presentation on the inaugural Art in the Dark event exploring and exploding the ideas of ‘Community, Environment and Utopias’.
Under the cover of darkness, artists will address these core values while exploring the implications of mobility, night, sky and light. Art in the Dark is a collaboration between artists, businesses and community initiatives in the Grey Lynn and Ponsonby area to celebrate and foster community.
Contact:  Celia Harrison, Creative Director  celia@artinthedark.co.nz www.artinthedark.co.nz

Louise Rive and Chuck Joseph – Edge City

Edge City
8 Garnet Road
Westmere
www.edgecity.co.nz
Studio open: Thursday & Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm, & by appointment.
ph, 09 3763692 m.0212088583

When the circus left town, we had a parade,

the band played on and floats were made.

I looked sideways as they passed,

these bits and pieces, they were the last.

We beat our chests

and cried out loud,

the Tui’s head looked dead, not proud.

“After the goldrush” Oil painting and words – Chuck Joseph 2010

Toi Ora

Bernadette Brewer and Erwin van Asbeck gave a presentation on what is happening at Toi Ora the live art trust

Currently there is a Drawing exhibition held at the Toi Ora Gallery space at 6 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn

Open Mon-Fri. from 9am-4pm for viewing.

Toi Ora are currently looking for Board members and artist who would like to mentor members.

Hanne Vibeke- rug maker

stripeworks@xtra.co.nz

Isla Osborne, Jeweller (with Tilda)  – more details about Isla’s I heart Grey Lynn project here

Jude Graveson

Peter Viesnik – Viz Glass

36a Monmouth Street, Grey Lynn

Tel:  09 360 0689
www.viesnik.com

And a special thanks to Jan-Claire Hughes for her enthusiastic support of the Grey Lynn art community.

It is proposed that for Grey Lynn 2030 week next year, the streets be transformed into the site of an art exhibition.

I Heart Grey Lynn

This new initiative would see local artists creating original artworks in the windows of shops across the suburb. It is envisaged that this showcase of
site-specific artwork would include both emerging and established artists, and would help establish Grey Lynn as Auckland’s creative centre.

The Exhibitions
Each shop would be teamed with an artist who would be responsible for
curating a show of their work, then returning the space to its original condition.

Publicity
A viral marketing campaign of ‘clean’ graffiti (using a water-blaster to wash our message onto pavements) will be combined with PR through Grey Lynn 2030 networks to draw attention to the event.

Expressions of Interest
I am asking for expressions of interest from shop owners to assess the viability of the project. If this is something you would like to be involved in,
please let me know.
Isla Osborne
For more information, please contact Isla Osborne on 021 027 22005,
or at isla.osborne@gmail.com

www.isla.co.nz

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

New Zealand Jewellery Show
1-4 July, 2010
Sky City, Auckland

Sphere
6-25 July, 2010
The Lakehouse Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland