The Friends Winter Lecture Series is a much anticipated event on the local arts calendar.  This year, the series expands on themes related to Anne Rush's exhibition arum: a white room. 

Wednesday 13 August 6 pm
Julie Catchpole
Acting Director, The Suter

"White is all colours: Colour Stories and Meaning"

"All colour is white: today more white pigment is sold than any other colour, yet we can see around us many more colours than any generation before us.  It's not because we are physiologically more advanced but the range of colours available to us has increased exponentially.  I will tell stories about pigments and dyes through history, colour theories and the cultural significance and use of colours". 

Sponsored by Resene

Sunday 17 August 2 pm
Dr Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
Director of Art and Collection Services, The National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

"White - the distillation of modernism is art"

This lecture is based on the following statement by 20th century painter Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935):
"I have broken the blue boundary of colour limits, come out into the white; beside me comrade-pilots swim in this infinity.  I have established the semaphore of Suprematism.  I have beaten the lining of the coloured sky, torn it away and in the sack that formed itself, I have put colour and knotted it.  Swim!  The free white sea, infinity, lies before you".

Sponsored by Resene

Wednesday 20 August 6.30-8.30 pm
Community forum
A Gallery Without Walls: Art and Urban Design

This dynamic panel presentation and community forum discusses the importance of urban design for Nelson's immediate future.  It brings representatives of successful urban design projects in Wellington, Waitakere and New Plymouth into discussion with local leaders in a 'what's next' and 'how to' discussion.  This is your opportunity to ask the questions from those in the 'know' and become involved in the future of Nelson City.

Guest speakers:  Megan Wraight (Wellington-based landscape architect and partner of Wraight and Associates Ltd ), Paul Goldsmith (New Plymouth based architect and partner of Boon Goldsmith Bhaskar Team Architecture ) and Naomi McCleary (Arts Manager, The heART of this place, Waitakere City)

Local representatives:  Rachel Reese (Deputy Mayor, Nelson City), Ali Boswijk (Nelson City Counsellor and local arts advocate), Jeremy Smith (Nelson based architect and partner of Irving Smith Jack Architects ).

THIS EVENT IS KINDLY SPONSORED BY: