ARTS trail at KAPITI WOMENS CENTRE

Kapiti rocks. Every year they have a weekend where artists open up their studios so you can visit and check out their work. There are also hubs in schools and community centres where several artists get together and exhibit. Early this month we had a hub of artists exhibiting at the Kapiti Womens centre where I volunteer. Knowing that I am "artsy" I was asked to coordinate the exhibition as well as participating as one of 7 artists. It was fabulous to practice a bit of curating and event planning :-)

We had super feedback from our visitors: great, lovely, awesome, fantastic, beautiful artwork, fab, cool, ʻTino ataahua enei taongaʼ, welcoming, lovely atmosphere, ʻlots of interesting artʼ, vibrant, excellent, ka rawe, ʻfantastic set-upʼ, wonderful, ʻthe new building was made to display artʼ, ʻgreat showʼ, very impressed, great art, great space, lovely people, great displays, doing a great job, ka pai, gorgeous, lovely venue, nice feel, ʻvibrant energy and talented artists - Mauri Oraʼ, ʻan inspirational place and a warm welcomeʼ

Its true - the centre looked stunning and the volunteers were so warm and welcoming that it was a great weekend enjoyed by visitors, artists and Kapiti Women Centre volunteers alike. We even raised a wee bit of money for this valued community resource caring for women in Kapiti.

Artists were Gill Allen, Jane Fogden, Jean Kahui, Marguerite Osborne, Tracey Morgan, Liz Symes and me - Abby Wendy...

Here are a few pics from the weekend 2-3 November 2013