Both hands now
Dunedin musician Robert Scott opens his first exhibition in four years tomorrow.
"Hill to Shore" features acrylic works influenced by Otago Harbour.
"They are versions of what I see around me every day in the west harbour area, an inspiring place to live," the Port Chalmers artist says.
Scott has also been busy in the recording studio, with a new Bats album, a solo album and two Clean albums - a studio and live album - due out.
"Hill to Shore" opens at the Anchorage Gallery, Port Chalmers, at 5pm tomorrow and runs until July 24.
Reprising the past
Oamaru's live history show, The Great Storm of 1868, is to return after a highly successful first season.
The show will again run over summer in the town's historic quarter.
"Oamaru has the vision of becoming the living history capital of New Zealand, and this show is living, breathing evidence of that goal," producer Scott Elliffe says.
Three actors are required for the living history players in The Great Storm of 1868.
Further information can be found at www.livinghistorynz.com
Glass and paint
Glass artist Dominic Burrell and painter Meredith Collins are featured in a joint exhibition opening at Milford Gallery in Dunedin on Saturday.
"Debut" by Burrell features some of the emerging glass artist's recent sculptural works, using colour layering and spatial composition.
"Legacy" by Collins explores Maori and European heritage with paintings which are a mixture of portrait, myth and identity search.
The exhibition runs until July 30.
Collins will attend a preview at 5.30pm tomorrow.
Meditation, Maoritanga
Toi o Tahuna Fine Art Gallery in Queenstown is showing the works of Alice Blackley and Jason Hicks.
Blackley is a Queenstown artist whose works are centred on meditation and serenity.
Hicks explores biculturalism and Maoritanga from a Pakeha perspective, using bold and sometimes moody landscapes superimposed with traditional motifs, symbols and shapes.
The exhibition runs until July 15.
Different view
Dunedin artist and Moana Pool regular Lori Tuiavi'i has gone underwater in her latest exhibition at Gallery De Novo.
"Treading Water" features a series of pastel and acrylic works which show aqua joggers from an underwater perspective.
"I can't remember the last time I was quite so mesmerised by a simultaneously peaceful and yet disturbing scene - headless suspended bodies advancing through the water in seemingly slow-motion," she says.
"Treading Water" opens in Gallery De Novo at 5.30pm tomorrow and runs until July 18.
