Rebecca Fox

Photographer bringing art home

Adrienne Martyn at home in Upper Hutt, behind her is a leftover print from the old Bluff Club...

Photographer bringing art home

With so much of Adrienne Martyn’s photography leading back to her time in Dunedin, it is fitting that she is exhibiting a selection of her well-known artist portraits in the city this month....

Sustainable in the South

Southern fisherman Nate Smith has won the New Zealand Seafood Sustainability Awards emerging leader award. He tells Rebecca Fox about his mission to raise awareness of sustainable fishing practices.

Of quilts, queers and collaboration

Artists Laura Duffy and Owen Connors with works from ‘‘DUIRVIAS’’. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

Of quilts, queers and collaboration

Inspired by the collectivity and educational purpose of the NZ Aids Memorial Quilt, Auckland artist Owen Connors now creates his own.

Focus on ‘living’ art form

Stephen De Pledge knows how lucky he is to be performing to live audiences. He sees it as a great opportunity for New Zealand to celebrate its homegrown talent, he tells Rebecca Fox.

Happy end to baking love story

Tamara Smee with her favourite gluten-free biscuit — the afghan. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Happy end to baking love story

What happens when a pastry chef discovers she is coeliac? Rebecca Fox talks to Tamara Smee about the diagnosis that has had a huge impact on her life.

Living with a stranger

Satirical cartoonist and writer Tom Scott finds memories of his father keep popping up with each writing project. He talks to Rebecca Fox about writing The Daylight Atheist.

Southern roles prove inspiring

Tony Stewart is enjoying life in the Southern Lakes district. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Southern roles prove inspiring

Tony Stewart, the former owner of one of Auckland’s top restaurants, has given up the bright lights for the southern mountains. He tells Rebecca Fox about making a new start.

Keep calm and carry on

As the lights go on at Dunedin’s theatres for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown closed all venues, Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat will be the first act at the Regent Theatre next week.

Changing lifestyles

Visiting "home" for an extended holiday, Berlin-based artist Pete Wheeler and his family got caught up in New Zealand’s lockdown choosing to sit it out in Dunedin. He tells Rebecca Fox about...

Time, space for composition

Having spent the Covid-19 lockdown tucked up in his Sawyers Bay home writing, conductor and composer Kenneth Young is ready to get out and enjoy his new city. Rebecca Fox talks to Young about...

Traumatic transformation

After months of delays and unhappy surprises, Oamaru’s Forrester Gallery will open its doors this week. Rebecca Fox talks to Jane Macknight about the trials and tribulations of renovating a...

The sweet taste of home

Deep down in her soul, Olesia Ocheretiana only has room for wholesome food, the type made in homes all over Europe in decades past. She talks to Rebecca Fox.

Pushing the limits

The work of the late Paul Cullen, one of New Zealand’s most respected sculptors and installation artists, is, for the first time, being shown at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Rebecca Fox...

From our bubble to yours

People experienced a variety of feelings during the Covid-19 lockdown. A new exhibition puts those emotions and events into works of art, Rebecca Fox finds.

Skateboarding might have been his first love, but it didn't stop Queenstown chef Jonathan Rogers from finding his true passion. He talks to Rebecca Fox about skating, his career and first cookbook, South.

Unconscious inspires book

Vivid dreams ... Author Diane Brown with her new ‘‘baby’’. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Unconscious inspires book

Dunedin author and creative writing teacher Diane Brown has gone against the advice she gives her students, but she simply could not resist for her latest book. She talks to Rebecca Fox.

Poet comes full circle

Dunedin poet, author and the editor of Landfall Emma Neale PHOTO: LEROY BUXTON

Poet comes full circle

Receiving a national poetry award has extra special meaning for Dunedin poet Emma Neale, discovers Rebecca Fox.

Drawings live and breathe

Taking flight ... Tessa Barringer in her home studio in Dunedin. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Drawings live and breathe

Preparing for your first solo show in your 60s and then discovering it has been scuttled by the Covid-19 lockdown could be devastating, but Tessa Barringer has discovered that — with some ingenuity...

Using grant to better the arts for others

Fresh voice for painting ... Ayesha Green feels very lucky to have won a Springboard award. PHOTO...

Using grant to better the arts for others

Receiving one of The Arts Foundation’s first Springboard grants has been a great boost for Dunedin-based artist Ayesha Green in lockdown, finds Rebecca Fox.

It’s a kind of magic

Unafraid . . . Jewellery artist Antonia Boyle loves experimenting with different materials....

It’s a kind of magic

Antonia Boyle’s grandmother, a painter, instilled a love of art in her, but it took at stint at art school for the Dunedin artist to discover her love of jewellery. She talks to Rebecca Fox.

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