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NEWS<br />
22 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>May</strong> 6, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Methven Vintage Club<br />
member Peter Lynn hands<br />
over acheque of $1000 to<br />
Mount Hutt College student<br />
Penny Nell.<br />
College students<br />
provided the club with<br />
administrative and other<br />
support for their recent<br />
wheels and motors auction.<br />
Year 13 student Penny<br />
led the college helpers.<br />
Artist Viv Kepes with two of her three works featured in the<br />
collaborative exhibition AStone to Strike and ARock to Stumble<br />
Over.<br />
Diverse works from<br />
artist network group<br />
The main gallery space at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Art Gallery<br />
showcases an eclectic and<br />
calmingassortment of artfrom<br />
The Associates, 15 artists who<br />
live in andaround wider<br />
Christchurch.<br />
Called AStone to Strikeand A<br />
Rock to Stumble Over,the<br />
exhibition runs until June18.<br />
Exhibition contributor Viv<br />
Kepes said artists had been<br />
coming togetherover the last<br />
five or so years andthis was<br />
their second exhibition.<br />
She had contributed three<br />
large oil on canvas pieces that<br />
had beeninspiredbyan<br />
endemic dwarfbroom plant rediscovered<br />
at Banks Peninsula.<br />
She paintedfrom macro<br />
photographs taken of the broom.<br />
Ms Kepes said The Associates<br />
were asupport network for a<br />
community of artists.<br />
Somewere formallytrained at<br />
art school,others selftaught,<br />
and they rangedinaged from<br />
someintheir 20’s through to<br />
othersintheir mid 70s.<br />
‘‘We have astrong<br />
international flavour andthe<br />
work we do is all quite<br />
different.’’<br />
Works featured in the<br />
exhibition include acluster<br />
series of acrylic on aluminium<br />
pieces from Susanne van<br />
Tuinen, whichfromadistance<br />
seem rectangular in form but<br />
close up are more triangular in<br />
shape.<br />
Another piece by Janneth Gil<br />
features apoemengraved on<br />
matai wood andmuslinand<br />
stainedwith flower ink.<br />
Other exhibits include<br />
ceramics from Sarah Harper, a<br />
twisted and wovenflax work by<br />
Mikyung Jang, works by<br />
printmaker GabyReade<br />
reflecting her fascination with<br />
plantsand animals, watercolour<br />
and pencil works from Sarah<br />
Andersonand paintings from<br />
Dutch born Akkyvan der Velde<br />
which document large scale<br />
dairy farming.<br />
AStonetoStrikeand ARock<br />
to StumbleOverhas been<br />
curated by DrWarren Feeney<br />
and someofthe artists will<br />
attend atalk at thegallery at<br />
2pm on <strong>May</strong> 16.<br />
Wai: We care<br />
"For waterissues in our district,it’s‘bridges’ we need.<br />
We have thepotential to leavealegacy of plentiful,<br />
clean, healthywateralongside ahealthy economy.<br />
We owe it to ourselves to see the bigpicture."<br />
Genevieve de Spa –<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Water Zone<br />
Committee member<br />
Nine of Canterbury’s tenwater zone committees arelooking for new<br />
community members. If youare interested in joining your local committee,<br />
visit ecan.govt.nz/waiwecare before10<strong>May</strong> and letusknow waiyou care.<br />
Canterbury’s water zone committees recommend actions and tactics to councils while working with<br />
the community.They deliver sustainable benefits from our water resource and enhance natural values.<br />
Environment Canterbury
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