Rebecca Fox

Having taken up the reins of the Dunedin School of Art three times, Bridie Lonie decided, at age 70, it was time to go. She talks to Rebecca Fox about art, the environment and art education.

Despite Covid-19 restrictions, Dunedin’s Summer Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is powering ahead determined to bring some joy in turbulent times.

An abrupt end to her Caroline Plummer community dance fellowship last year due to Covid-19 has Lucy Marinkovich already planning her return to Dunedin this year, she tells Rebecca Fox.

As we head into 2022, Dunedin’s art calendar is filling up despite the ever-present threat of Covid-19 restrictions. Rebecca Fox takes a look at some of the music, theatre, arts and festival happenings ahead (Covid-permitting).

It has been a life-changing year for photographer Dr Fiona Pardington on many fronts. She tells Rebecca Fox, from her new home near Waimate, how grateful she is to still be making art.

When artist Rebecca Barclay-Clist returned to her home town Dunedin for a visit recently she also brought her work. She tells Rebecca Fox about changing directions.

One of the leading figures in 20th century New Zealand art, Rita Angus had a soft spot for Central Otago. On the eve of an exhibition of her work opening at Te Papa, curator Lizzie Bisley talks to Rebecca Fox about Angus’ love of the region.

Known as the "godfather" of contemporary sculpture in New Zealand, Greer Twiss’ work is being showcased in Dunedin for the first time in decades, the sculptor tells Rebecca Fox.

When ‘‘Paemanu: tauraka toi, A Landing Place’’ opens at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery this week it will help create the largest institutional offering of Ngai Tahu art shown in one place in New Zealand. Rebecca Fox talks to members of Paemanu and DPAG about their partnership.

Having given his family a taste of New Zealand life, singer Paul Whelan is about to head back to a winter Christmas in New York but not without performing the season’s classic Messiah for Dunedin audiences, he tells Rebecca Fox.

Dunedin is famous for the ‘‘Dunedin Sound’’, its origins, bands and personalities the subject of many an exhibition and documentary. The latest at the Hocken Library is special in its ability to pull together a range of memorabilia from the time, curators Katherine Milburn and Amanda Mills tell Rebecca Fox.

Desiree Reid-Whitaker’s journey to build and run a single malt whisky distillery in Cardrona, near Wanaka, has not been without its challenges. She tells Rebecca Fox why it is important to document her story.