We haven't got WOW in Dunedin
but we're sure having a week or two of wowing our
residents and visitors.
The Art Festival of Dunedin has
the city buzzing and a smaller but wonderful buzz is emanating from the
Community Gallery where Poems in the Waiting Room's 2014 exhibition, A Palette of Poetry, has swung into its second
week.
32 artists have created 60
artworks in response to poems I've had published over the last ten years. Works
range from mixed media and masks to chocolate bouquets and oil paintings. The
commission on all sales goes towards supporting the continuation of the Poems
in the Waiting Room project.
Last week Doc Drumheller, David
Eggleton, Sue Wootton and Pat White read at our Four Poets event. Lynn Taylor
has tutored two Print Poem Book Workshops and we end on Sunday 19th with Aaron
Hawkins chairing a Questions and Artists session.
Thirteen artworks have been reproduced as postcards with the
poem they responded to on the back accompanied by the words when there's no need for words but you want to stay in
touch, send a PoARTry card.
The Peter Olds artwork, by
James Dignan, has attracted a fair amount of attention. My poem,You can't
take a duck home, was inspired by Peter's poem of the same name. Further
artworks can be seen on the facebook page, A Palette of Poetry, or on my blog, apaletteofpoetry.wordpress.com
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