MORAG STOKES

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 (Site last updated: 05/05/2013)

News and Views March 24, 2013 Canvas 200 Show I have a couple of small paintings in the Canvas 200 Show at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts, opening Thursday 21st. March and  will also be exhibiting with Pablos Tutors at ROAR Gallery on 2nd. April. January 17, 2013 Workshop and talk in Nelson I’m flying to Nelson for the weekend beginning 15^th Feb to run an acrylic painting weekend with the Mapua Art Group (MAG) and artists from the Nelson region. This will include 3 events – an open to all Talk/Demo/ Q and A session, an Artists Networking Dinner and an Acrylic Adventures workshop. For more information :https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37390340/GoldenweekendFlyer.pdf January 17, 2013 Workshop schedule update My GOLDEN Artist Educator workshop schedule through until June is now up on GOLDEN’s website (as well as here): http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/aep/workshopsByDate.php?cc=NZ January 5, 2013 Neighbourhood Neighbourhood is a new 35 part television series that explores and celebrates New Zealand's cultural diversity in a fresh and engaging way. In it Morag Stokes  talks about immigrant art - what happens when Celtic and Maori/Pacific art merge - what happens when you 'belong' to two countries.www.tvnz.co.nz/neighbourhood Clip on Youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtz6Ia7AYQ November 2, 2012 TV Documentary Morag Stokes and her cross cultural art works are featured in a new documentary series onTV1, showing on Sunday 4^th November. Trailer:   http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151136804257986 October 29, 2012 NZTV 1 Neighbourhood - profiling my work My home and art studio in Khandallah, Wellington will be featured in NZTV1’s Neighbourhood  documentary programme on 4th. November 2012. In this doco, I’m talking about immigrant art - what happens when Celtic and Maori/Pacific art merge - what happens when you 'belong' to two countries. Neighbourhood is a new 35 part television series that explores and celebrates New Zealand's cultural diversity. www.tvnz.co.nz/neighbourhood . October 5, 2012 New Course on Colour Mixing with Acrylics New workshop now available, 8th December 2012. Colur Mixing with Acrylics will give you a day immersed in the creation of the widest range of unique colours from a  relatively small palette of modern paints (for more details see http://stokes.net.nz/media/Acrylic_Adventures_Workshop_1.pdf). September 19, 2012 Arthouse Auction The Arthouse Auction is on Saturday 5 – 6.30.  See you there! http://www.nzafa.com/web/arthouse-art-new-ronald-mcdonald-house August 27, 2012 Arthouse This show is shaping up to be really good, with some great NZ artists rising to the cause! Come and sponsor paintings for the new public art collection at Ronald McDonald House. Help raise the spirits of parents who need to be close to their sick children in hospital. Here’s my contribution via the NZ Academy of Fine Arts ‘Arthouse’ Exhibition. http://www.nzafa.com/web/morag-stokes-arthouse August 15, 2012 Paints with Panache workshop My Paints with Panache workshop is coming soon. I still have two places left. Come and find out all about interference and iridescent paints. 25th August 9:30am - 4:30pm. August 15, 2012 NZ Art Show This year’s NZ Art Show has been a great success, as ever. I worked on the staff team hanging hundreds of paintings before and during the show, exhibited and sold work too. http://artshow.co.nz/The+Show/Show+Information June 11, 2012 June exhibitions I’ve got two group shows coming up in early June – The New Zealand Art Partnership exhibition at Kiwi Art House Gallery, Cuba St, Wellington and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Art’s Matariki: Whenua exhibition. Check out my exhibition page for details. May 28, 2012 On TV I’ve  just spent all morning with a camera crew filming my work for a profile they’re doing on a new TV1 doco series. It won’t be on TV for a few months yet. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1204/S00281/neighbourhood-tv-series.htm May 8, 2012 FREE interactive talk/demo on GOLDEN OPEN acrylics Come to my FREE interactive talk/demo at Gordon Harris on Thursday evening (May 10^th. 5.30pm – 7.30pm). It’s all about using Golden OPEN Acrylics:  http://email.shoutpoint.co.nz/t/ViewEmail/r/028EA61A1EC99915/91BFD524657F0991C9C291422E3DE149 April 29, 2012 Talk/Demo on GOLDEN OPEN acrylic paints I'm doing a FREE interactive talk/demo of GOLDEN OPEN acrylic paints (the new, slow drying ones) at Gordon Harris, Wellington, on Thursday 10th May, 5:30-7:30pm. Drinks and nibbles too. Registration essential through Gordon Harris at http://www.gordonharris.co.nz/store4.php

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