Distinctly Peninsula Art Exhibition and Auction
This Art event showcases a rare and special collection of works that reflect the beautiful Banks Peninsula/Horomaka Island, with the artworks being auctioned on 29 October to raise funds for the Governors Bay Jetty rebuild.
Exhibition: 18 to 22 October, 10.30am to 4pm, at The Tannery in Woolston (upstairs - entry next to the cinema)
Auction: 29 October at Ōtoromiro Hotel in Governors Bay. Doors open at 2.30pm and the live auction will begin once people have had a chance to mingle and bid on the silent auction, sometime between 3.30pm and 4.30pm.
View the artworks online here: www.savethejetty.org....
Can’t make the Auction? You can submit an Absentee Bid here: www.savethejetty.org...
Find out more about the Jetty Rebuild at www.savethejetty.org..., or on Facebook at www.facebook.com...
Artists featured in the Distinctly Peninsula Exhibition include:
• Andrew Lyons
• Annie Collins
• Callum Arnold
• Charrette van Eekelen
• Dean Venrooy
• Diana Nicholson-Plank
• Don McAra
• Fergus Lockyer
• Gus Milne
• Heidi Anderson
• John Barry
• Joyce Gunther
• Kim Hennessy
• Malcolm Robinson
• Mike White
• Pammie Moonlight
• Philip Beadle
• Ralph Woodward
• Renzie Hanham
• Schira Withers
• Tony Eastwood
• Unknown artist, 1949 painting of the jetty donated by Lionel Jefcoate's family
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