Jeff Thomson
was commissioned by the North Shore City council to make sculptures at the entrance of the new Birkenhead Library. Official opening is on Saturday 13 March.
   

Reg Mombassa
THE MIND AND TIMES OF REG MOMBASSA
MURRAY WALDREN - Harper Collins - $79.99
Last evening at Auckland's new, uber cool Deus ex Machina one of the most remarkable book launches of 2009 was celebrated.
Deus ex Machina (Shed 5, 90 Wellesley St, City) where vintage and custom motorbikes are sold, along with menswear under their own label, where the coffee is superb and the food excellent, is a must-visit location if you haven't already discovered it.
from Beatties Book blog
Deus ex Machina, Auckland generously hosted a party to celebrate The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa wrtitten by Murray Waldren published by Harper Collins and available at all good bookshops.
Dog Trumpet (Reg Mombassa and Peter O'Doherty) played...

Louise Purvis
Lou's work starting to go into New Lynn rail trench
Waitakare city council employed Lou Purvis as art consultant for the New Lynn rail trench. Four to five artists were selected to make works for this project.
Lou was asked to design the integrated piece pictured made from GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) to act as a sound baffle and cover for the services in the trench itself.

Alison Clouston
KURU ALALA eyes open Here are some pics of the opening event. Some of the Tjanpi Weavers had a big weaving event before the official opening by the gallery and sponsors, so everyone could sit down and join in. I feel very privileged to have been a part of this project. You can see parts of my work in the background, such as the big basket-like tent armature and the wirey crates for transporting all my camp-works. It was originally a floor piece, a camp site, but it got moved up onto the wall for this installation, like a big plan drawing...it's called "Make camp", a verb as well as a noun, illustrative of the importance of ongoing process ... in camp making, in art making and in social relations. Architecture again.
Alison Clouston
PS the show is on till Dec 6 and tours, incl Sydney.
The Gallery Manager and Staff of Gold Coast City Art Gallery together with the Directors of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council warmly invite you to join us to celebrate the launch of the exhibition.
KURU ALALA
eyes open
Presenting new large scale sculptural works by

• Tjanpi Desert Weavers
• Maria Fernanda Cardoso
• Alison Clouston

Made in response to an intensive series of workshops and residencies held in the NPY Lands of Central Australia over 2008-2009.
Saturday 17 October 2009 from 3pm

Work in progress at artist bush camp near Amata July 2009. Naomi Kantjuri, Pantjiti Lionel, Dolly Ungakini, Imiyari Adamson (with grandson of Yaritji Young), Carlene Thompson, Illuwanti Ken, Yaritji Young, Panin Mick, Niningka Lewis, Jo Foster, Anna Cadden Photograph Alison Clouston.

Opening of the exhibition 1


Opening of the exhibition 2

Postcard from Berlin 7 October 2009 Euan Macleod and Greg O'Brien in Berlin, standing in front of a wall seriously shot up during World War 2.
Euan Macleod has won the 2009 Tattersall's Landscape Art Prize.
Raewyn Atkinson is the recipient of a 2009 Arts Board Investments Craft/Object Art grant towards the research and creation of new work.
From mid-October Raewyn will be based in San Francisco. Her work will be included in "Korero & Huihua" International Ceramics in Conversation curated by Moyra Elliot 1 July to 31 October in the 2010 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale.
Euan MacLeod Sydney-based Euan MacLeod wins Gallipoli Memorial Club competition A unanimous decision by the four judges awarded this prestigious prize to Euan for his painting "Smoke/Pink landscape/Shovel". It's the first time a New Zealander has won the prize. The judges were moved by the atmosphere conveyed by the painting.
Sarah Maxey Sarah Maxey has just landed a commission from the New York Times for a type drawing to accompany William Safire's column "On Language". The column will run in the New York Times Sunday magazine on Sunday 22nd March 2009 and posted online a few days later.