MARCO has a number of art events planned for the next 12 months
a creative fundraiser for MARCO Trust
ARTATHON is raising awareness of creative arts therapy for well-being and for MARCO Trust, a non-profit charitable arts and social service organisation in Auckland, which provides creative arts therapies to the general public and to a variety of client groups: at-risk youth; women leaving prison and their children; women living with HIV/Aids; and those with cancer and their families.
WHEN: From 9am – 9pm. Saturday 29th November. 12 hours of mad cap art-making with local artists and arts therapists.(Participants will be fed and watered on the day.)
FUNDRAISING: Participants are asked to get sponsorship for each hour spent getting creative (forms are attached) or a materials fee will be charged on the day.All artworks created will be auctioned off to raise funds for special programmes.
REGISTER: To register please contact info@marco.org.nz or 09 623 6208.
an art show and competition for kids and youth
5 to 12 December 2008
The MARCO Trust annual art exhibition for 4 to 16 year olds. This exciting exhibition is open to all entries; painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media and collage. Whatever your imagination can create! Entries will be judged by a panel – prizes, awards and certificates will be awarded on opening night on Friday 5 December at 6pm with drinks and a sausage sizzle.
If you are interested in entering a work please click here for an entry form and return to the address provided or please get in contact please contact Carrie on (649) 623 6595 or carrie@marco.org.nz.
Momentum 2009 at MARCO
in conjunction with artist Tony Bright and Touch Compass Dance Trust
Friday 27 February
220,000 dots and 6 colours
by Tony Bright
220,000 dots and 6 colours is a concept work that took 850 hours to complete (from March - December 2007). It came about as a result of Tony's experience as a printer's assistant and 4-colour separation. The work is 6metres high and 12metres in length, comprising of 72 separate artworks, each a series of dots in 6 colours. Tony was originally attracted to the idea of colour matching and colour clashing theories of Johannes Itten (“The Art of Colour”, mid 1900’s, Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany), and mimicking the screen printing effects achieved by Andy Warhol. Tony believes he has taken a long time to mature as an artist due to the difficulty of coping with the world view on disability. Tony has right-side hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy but carries his disability like a birthmark.
Bedrock
Choreography: Sean Curham
Cast: Suzanne Cowan, Sean Curham
Bedrock by Sean Curham highlights questions concerning fundamental principles about art, beauty, permanence, acceptance, dependence and time by focusing the audience’s attention on bodies moving in space. Bedrock was first performed in January 2007.
Grotteschi
Choreography: Suzanne Cowan
Cast: Adrian Smith, Suzanne Cowan
Suzanne Cowan’s new work Grotteschi explores the myth of the classical body and grotesque body, how each contains the other, and how they ultimately transcend any categorization. Grotteschi will premiere at the Maidment Theatre, Auckland 1st – 4th October 2008.
Contact: Carrie Skinner 09 623 6595 or Jill 09 623 6593, or email info@marco.org.nz
Golden Doors
an event that is part of the first Auckland Fringe Festival
14 and 15 March
RIGHT ON!4
an event that is part of New Zealand Youth Week
May 2009
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