Kaiwaka included in Art Trail

A Kaiwaka artists’ hub is a new feature in this year’s Mangawhai Art Trail, which takes place over the weekend of February 25 and 26.

The trail includes 32 artists exhibiting in 17 different venues in and around Kaiwaka, Mangawhai Village and Mangawhai Heads. The trail starts with with nine artists in Kaiwaka, then there are seven in Mangawhai Village and 16 around Mangawhai Heads.

Artworks will include ceramics, photography, painting in oils, watercolour and acrylics, and all forms of sculpture, including the use of lead drippings, rusty steel and sand cement.

Trail venues include the Mangawhai Artists’ Gallery, where a new exhibition of large paintings by Roland Seibert, ‘Where do we put it all?’, will be on display from February 16 to March 1.

Copies of the trail are also available from Mangawhai Artists Gallery and selected locations in Mangawhai and Kaiwaka. The Trail is open from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, February 26 and 10am to 3pm on Sunday, February 26.

To find out more about the Mangawhai Art Trail, visit www.mangawhaiartists.co.nz, where a list of venues, artists and maps can be found and downloaded.