Arts Foundation News

The Tuwhare whanau and the Hone Tuwhare  Charitable Trust have managed to purchase  Icon Hone Tuwhare's old home in Kaka Point, south of Dunedin, thanks to the generosity of the Takutai Trust.   The aim is to turn the cottage into a writer's residency.    In April, Auckland's Art & Object will be offering a small selection of   Contemporary New Zealand artworks for auction, donated by artists  in support of the trust . Kate De Goldi (Laureate) talks at the Adelaide Festival. 3.45pm, Tuesday 6 March at the  Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden, Adelaide, Australia. For two years Jim Wilson travelled to cities and  towns throughout the USA putting poem posters by Kiwi poets on poles, walls and in cafes and   stores.   A dedicated group of volunteers also put these poem  posters up in cities around the world from London,  Glasgow, Paris and Vienna to Sydney, Australia.   Back home in New Zealand, Wilson's company  Phantom Billstickers Ltd has put up thousands  of Kiwi poems on walls and poster bollards from  Invercargill to   Whangarei.  Now eight New Zealand poets will  participate in events in New York. Kiwi Poets in  New York features Icon Janet Frame’s niece  Pamela Gordon reading Janet’s poetry. 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM – 28 February Saatchi & Saatchi 375 Hudson Street, New York,  NY  10014 Free and open to the public; however, a  reservation will ensure your place.