Meeting Saturday Feb 19th

First public meeting this morning. Not quite so public, more kind of "intimate" with a very small crew attending, but still have faith we can make something awesome and will get lots of community input via my one-on-one meetings if the public stuff doesn't go so well. Is hard to get folk to give up a beautifully sunny Saturday morning to sit indoors in a meeting! 

Also visited the Pt Chevalier Community Centre monthly market. Some quite cute stuff and some great bargains. Market will be on again when I hold the next meeting on March 19th. Head along if you can...

Feel that ideas are generating around the work and have a couple of really good volunteers on board. Am in the process of tapping into some art projects that some of the kids at Pt Chev School are doing this term, all to do with the history and architecture of the area.

Public response so far is very receptive and welcoming and everyone is keen to something fresh, new and exciting in the space.

newsflash

Anyone out there who's reading this blog, don't forget there'll be our first public meeting explaining the project this coming Saturday, Feb 19th, 9.30am at the Pt Chev Community Centre. Hope to see lots of peeps there!

Before shot.

Here's a pic of the wall as it currently is. We plan to create something digitally that can incorporate a huge variety of different media in a montage-type of format. The digital panels will be mounted onto aluminium, possibly fronted with acrylic, will be durable and long lasting. The panels or tiles will be fixed securely to the wall, which will be waterblasted and repainted in a single flat colour. Content and style of the artwork will very much depend on what the community of Pt Chevalier requests and contributes.

Thanks to our sponsors so far: The Auckland Council, Creative Communities NZ and the ASB Community Trust.

How you can get involved:

1. Fill in our questionnaires - available at the library and community centre until the end of Feb.
2. Attend our public meetings providing overview and updates about the project. First meeting Saturday Feb 19th at 9.30am at the Pt Chevalier Community Centre.
3. Contact the artist directly to volunteer your time in helping create a permanent visual record of the Pt Chevalier area. 021 175 3713.