Pegasus Post: August 14, 2018

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Artwork to brighten New Brighton
•From page 1
The designs will be selected
for application onto the ground
surface in December.
Park Life will implement the
winning design for the basketball
court. It is a company which
specialises in activating spaces
with clever designs. It offers
unique custom designs for parks,
sports areas, schools, tertiary institutions,
basketball
courts
and multi-use
games areas.
The organisation
has
designed basketball
courts
Deborah
McCormick
in Valonia
Park, Marlborough
Park and
Potters Park in Auckland.
Ms McCormick said the winning
artist will have the option
of painting the mural themselves
if they have experience in art
mural application.
But she said if not, a team
of expert mural applicators
will be put together to bring
the artwork to life. While the
competition has been running
since 2012, it is the first time the
winning artwork will be created
outside of the central city.
The winner of the first
BRIGHTENED UP: The winner of the first Re:ACTIVATE competition was Rachael Dewhirst’s
mural Kaleidoscopic Nights. Her artwork was put on the Canterbury Development Corporation
Building. ​
Re:ACTIVATE competition,
Resene Art in The Streets, was
Rachael Dewhirst with her mural
Kaleidoscopic Nights, 2012.
The competition is inspired by
Project Backboard, a non-profit
organisation in the United States
that refurbishes neighbourhood
basketball courts by covering
them in art.
Anyone living in the city and
over the age of 18 can enter the
competition and all entrants
are encouraged to attend the
4th Re:ACTIVATE Public Art
Development Workshop first.
Entries close on August 30.
While the workshop, which
covers all elements of public art
delivery, is free, registration is
essential.
•To register for the
workshop and to download
the brief outline for the
basketball court and
mural go to https://www.
scapepublicart.org.nz/
emerging-artist
•The workshop will be held
at Grace Vineyard Church,
111-113 Seaview Rd, New
Brighton, today from 4pm to
8pm.
•Further inquiries can
be made to education@
scapepublicart.org.nz
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MEMORIAL TREES POLICY
Residents wanting to plant
memorial trees at QE II Park
will need to go to the Coastal-
Burwood Community Board to
have their request considered.
The board received a request to
plant a tree in memory of Ronald
Beardsley, who helped work on
the original QE II Park design
in the 1970s. In June, the board
asked the city council to find
out what the correct process for
planting memorial trees at QE II
Park was.
RAWHITI DOMAIN PLAN
A tree risk assessment and maintenance
programme at Rawhiti
Domain is expected to get under
way this month. The Guardians
of Rawhiti plan to transform the
woodland area, located off Keyes
Rd, into a “natural play space”.
LONSDALE ST PARKING
City council staff have
investigated concerns over car
parking issues in Lonsdale St,
New Brighton. Concerns have
been raised that parents are
parking their vehicles on berms
and across driveways when
dropping off and picking up
children from New Brighton
Catholic School. There has been
one recent formal complaint
about the parking issue.
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Community Liaison
Group Meeting
The quarterly Community Liaison Group meeting
regarding the Organics Processing Plant will be held on
Tuesday 21 August, 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Education Room, Organics Processing Plant,
Metro Place, Bromley.
105 Riccarton Road, Christchurch
Ph 03 348-6010 | Open 10am - 6pm
For more information, phone 03 941 8999
THIS WEEKS SPECIALS
MON - $20 Ribs, Chips & House drink
TUES - $20 Pizza & House drink
WED - $20 Burger, Chips & House drink
THURS - $20 Fish n Chips & House drink
FRI & SAT - Live Music
SUN - Free Pool
03 260 0325 - Cnr of Worcester St & Stanmore Road
Free off street parking