Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 11:29 am
It was a record-breaking show for the team at the NZ
Art Show, with unprecedented demand for NZ art. The buzz
surrounding this year’s show was certainly felt in the
lead up, and the event itself surpassed all expectations.
The 3-day NZ Art Show event which showcases around 3,000
pieces of original, affordable New Zealand art was cancelled
last year due to Covid, but came back with a vengeance in
2021, and the numbers speak for themselves; more than 2,000
artworks found new homes, more than 10,000 attendees walked
through the doors, and more than $2 million in art sales
(previous show was 1.3m). Many artists sold out completely,
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Sock & Buskin Players award scholarships
SIDNEY Sock & Buskin Players has announced the 2021 Hesselbein Memorial Scholarships have been awarded to Ryan Gibson, Ellie Pistone, Pippin Pistone and Delaney Wilson, of Sidney, and Ella Gover, of Piqua.
Gibson is a graduate of Sidney High School, member of the National Honor Society, and will be attending the University of Toledo majoring in Human Resource Management. While at Lehman High School and Sidney High School, he was involved in baseball, golf, choir, District Honors Choir, drama club, Key Club; the high school play “Alice in Wonderland” and the musicals “On the Town,” “Into the Woods,” and “Beauty and the Beast.” He also appeared in the Sidney Dance Company production of “Cats” as well as Sock & Buskin’s “Grease.”
Premium Content Abby Jorgensen can t remember a time she didn t have art in her life. The 14-year-old now lives in Hervey Bay, but is still connected to Bundaberg through family and the artworks that you may see on some local walls. One of Abby s pencil artworks. I love painting and drawing with black and white pencils, Abby said. The young artist s efforts ramped up when she was commissioned to paint two large oil artworks for offices in Bundaberg - one of Batman and another of Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman in oil paint, an artwork which now hangs proudly in a Bundaberg office.