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One of the north’s most popular art trails will happen again over Easter.
The Whangarei Heads Arts Trail will feature the work of 28 artists this year, spread over 30 kilometres of coastline – many old favourites returning but also nine new faces wanting to show their work.
“We have the usual mix of amazing creative media embracing crochet to concrete and garden art to artistic gems,” an organiser Sheila Blackburn says. “Ceramics, painting and photography are also well represented.
“The emphasis is on bringing artist and buyer together to give a more personal shared experience of buying and selling art work. Buyers learn about how the work was produced, where the work was produced and about the person who produced it.”
The trail was first held in 2012 and was a huge success, revealing a wealth of local talent working in a wide range of artistic media.
“Every year it has just got bigger and better.”
Blackburn says the aim is to help all artists to bring their work into the public domain and to work together to raise the profile of Whangarei Heads as a centre of artistic excellence and an arts tourism destination.
The trail will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 8 and 9, from 10am to 5pm. Entry is free.
