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Whitecliffe College Of Arts And Design
Whitecliffe College is a private training establishment in New Zealand. Whitecliffe College was established as a fine arts, design and fashion school in Auckland by artist Greg Whitecliffe and Michele Whitecliffe in 1983. New Zealand educator Feroz Ali acquired Whitecliffe, NZ Fashion Tech, New Zealand School of Art & Fashion, and Computer Power Plus in 2018, and merged these institutions in 2019. Whitecliffe College currently offers programmes across Fine Arts, Design Innovation, Fashion + Sustainability, Jewellery, Information Technology and Creative Arts Therapies. Whitecliffe College has six campuses across New Zealand, including four in Auckland. The main campus is located on Symonds Street, the education hub of Auckland City. The other Auckland campuses are in Manukau City, Epsom and New Lynn. There are also campuses in Christchurch and Wellington. Notable alumni *Freda Brierley (1993), textile artist *Lina Marsh Lina Marsh (born 1972/73) is a mixed-media arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symonds Street
Symonds Street is a street in Auckland, New Zealand's most populous city. The road runs southwest and uphill from the top of Anzac Avenue (originally Jermyn Street), through the City Campus of University of Auckland, over the Northwestern Motorway and Auckland Southern Motorway and to the start of New North Road and Mount Eden Road. History The route of Symonds Street originated as a Tāmaki Māori overland walking track, linking the Horotiu valley (modern-day Auckland CBD) and the Waitematā Harbour with other populated areas of the Tāmaki isthmus to the south. During the early colonial era of Auckland, it was the main south-bound road. It was named after William Cornwallis Symonds in 1842, soon after his death. Demographics The statistical areas of Symonds Street North West, Symonds Street West and Symonds Street East encompass the area east of Queen Street and west of Grafton Gully. They do not include the part of Symonds Street which runs through the University of Auckl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godwit Press
Godwit Press is a New Zealand publisher of non-fiction works, mainly of New Zealand arts, literature, and natural history. Initially founded in Auckland in 1989, the company was taken over by Random House New Zealand in 2000 and has since been its main non-fiction publishing arm in New Zealand. Godwit Press (frequently simply referred to as Godwit) has won several New Zealand book awards, as follows: ;New Zealand Post Book Awards *1999 Illustrative Arts Award winner and NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction - ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists'' (Helen Schamroth) *2000 Lifestyle Award winner - ''The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants'' (Yvonne Cave & Valda Paddison) *2002 Poetry Award winner - ''Piggy-back Moon'' (Hone Tuwhare) *2002 Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award winner - ''The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting'' ( Lynnsay Rongokea & John Dalley) *2003 Reference & Anthology Award winner - ''Spirit in a Strange Land: A S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Schools In New Zealand
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and its interpretation has varied greatly throughout history and across cultures. In the Western tradition, the three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and architecture. Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, ''art'' referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts. The nature of art and related concepts, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Establishments In New Zealand
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazism, Nazi war crime, war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for 1983 Australian federal election, elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Runway New Zealand (season 1)
''Project Runway New Zealand'' is a New Zealand-based reality competition show, and an adaptation of the international ''Project Runway'' franchise. The show aired for one season, from 1 October to 12 November 2018, on TVNZ 2. It was hosted by Georgia Fowler, and featured 14 contestants from the country, competing to win a Holden Astra car, a cash prize of $50,000 NZD, and a six-page cover spread in ''Fashion Quarterly'' magazine. The winner of the season was Benjamin Alexander, who resides in Auckland, New Zealand, whilst the runner-up of the competition was Jess Hunter. Overview Contestants ''(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)'' Contestant progress : The designer won the challenge. : The designer was part of the winning team, but did not win the main challenge. : The designer received positive critiques but ultimately moved to the next challenge. : The designer received judges critiques but ultimately moved to the next challenge. : The designer received nega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Alexander (designer)
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "Binyamēm" (Samaritan Hebrew: , "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771 BC), who called himself “King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiria Anderson
Hiria Anderson is a New Zealand artist whose work focuses on Māori culture in the 21st century. In 2018 she was awarded the New Zealand Paint and Printmaking award and her work has been exhibited at the Auckland Art Gallery, Te Tuhi and Tim Melville Gallery. Biography Anderson was born in 1974 within the King Country, New Zealand. She grew up at her grandparents home in Ōtorohanga, next to the wharenui her grandfather built when she was born. Her grandfather was a carver and her grandmother was a weaver, they played an influence on Anderson's developing art practice. Anderson attended Queen Victoria School, a historic girls' boarding school for Māori in Parnell, Auckland. She studied at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, graduating with a Diploma of Visual Arts in 1998. During this time, Anderson was an active member of Ngā Puna Waihanga o Tainui, the Māori Artists and Writers' Society of Tainui, and trained under artist James Ormsby. She gained an MFA with first class honours from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Hewitt (designer)
''Against the Law'' is a 1997 American action crime directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Nick Mancuso, Nancy Allen and Richard Grieco. Plot In California, a homeless and mentally ill man, Rex, comes to believe he is a gunfighter from the American Old West, and heads for Los Angeles. While travelling, he begins a murder spree, and his victims include police officers. He becomes fixated on Los Angeles police officer John Shepard, who is in the news after killing a drug dealer in a shootout, and news anchor Maggie Hewitt, who broke the story. He terrorizes Hewitt before arriving in Los Angeles, where he challenges Shepard to a Western-style showdown at high noon. Cast * Nancy Allen as Maggie Hewitt *Richard Grieco as Rex *Nick Mancuso as Det. John Shepard *Steven Ford as Lt. Bill Carpenter *Thomas Mikal Ford as Det. Siegel *Gary Sandy as Chief Leitner *Leslie Bega as Lucia * James Stephens as Det. Ben Hamada * Herb Mitchell as Carl Stensgard *Heather Thomas as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Marsh
Lina Marsh (born 1972/73) is a mixed-media artist, arts educator and curator based in Gisborne, New Zealand. Her works often feature elements of handicrafts such as weaving and embroidery, and explore issues of identity as a Niuean-Māori woman and incorporate her personal experiences. Early life and education Marsh grew up in Auckland and Hokianga and is of Niuean and Māori descent. Her mother migrated from Niue to Auckland as a young child in the 1950s. Her father was Māori and from Horeke, Hokianga, where Marsh spent most of her early childhood. Her parents met at Western Springs College and were members of the Polynesian Panthers, a political movement advocating against racial injustice. Marsh attended Mt Roskill Grammar School where she excelled at art. Marsh's art has been inspired by her mother and grandmother, who imparted sewing skills that became foundational to her later works. At the age of 8, Marsh joined her local knitting club, and went on to develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 New Zealand Craft Artists
Helena Jeannette Schamroth (born 1945) is a New Zealand craft artist and author. Biography Schamroth was born in Kraków, Poland, just after World War II to two Jewish Holocaust survivors, but her milliner grandmother and shoemaker grandfather did not survive. The family emigrated to Australia and later moved to North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. She served on the CreativeNZ Arts Board from 2000 to 2006. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Schamroth was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts. Art Schamroth makes textile arts, exhibiting primarily in Australia and New Zealand. In 2010 she was selected for the 13th International Triennial of Tapestry at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland. ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists'' A commission by Godwit Press led to ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists'' which won the Illustrative Arts Award and the E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction at the NZ Post book awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is also home to the biggest ethnic Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is ', meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freda Brierley
Freda Victoria Brierley (née Selway; born 1942) is a New Zealand textile artist. Early life and family Brierley was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1942. The only child of Jane and Fred Selway, she was taught embroidery by her mother. As a child, Brierley wanted to go to art school, but instead trained as a nurse and joined the Royal Navy as a sister in Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service. In 1967, she married Ken Brierley, a New Zealander serving in the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of lieutenant commander and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours. Textile career In 1982, Brierley moved to New Zealand, settling in Devonport, Auckland, when her husband transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal New Zealand Navy. Here she was finally able to enter art school, graduating in 1993 with a Diploma (Fine Arts) from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design Whitecliffe College is a private training establishment in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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