McDougall sets sights on 'insane greed'
Broad Bay expressionist artist Ewan McDougall attacks avarice in his latest exhibition opening in Dunedin tomorrow.
"Greed is Good" features 17 of his works, which provide a colourful commentary on "the insane greed of American billionaires, bankers and Wall Street money-gamblers".
"There is nothing much I can do about supremely gluttonous individuals emptying the coffers of others, but plenty I can do to make art which fills me up, and hopefully some others too," McDougall says.
"I painted the oil-on-board painting Greed is Good very quickly and angrily when it became obvious that the world was about to be plunged into recession."
"Greed is Good" opens at Salisbury House Gallery at 5.30pm tomorrow and continues till December 20.
The gallery is open from 11am till 5pm on Fridays and 1pm till 4pm on weekends.
In support of African school
A group of peninsula artists and Broad Bay schoolchildren are holding an art exhibition to raise funds for Kondoa Shalom Primary School in Tanzania.
Kondoa is the home village of Broad Bay resident Shukuru Munro and her son, Hamish. Schoolchildren have been making masks and learning to perform African dance for the exhibition opening.
The artists will contribute a portion from sales of work.
The exhibition opens at 6.30pm tomorrow in the Broad Bay Hall and continues till December 7.
The hall will be open from midday till 6pm daily for the duration of the exhibition.
Entry is $2.
Reading their own out loud
Two Dunedin playwrights unveil their latest works-in-progress at a Write Out Loud reading in the Fortune Theatre Studio this weekend.
Write Out Loud is an initiative of Wellington-based playwright and script advisory agency Playmarket, to promote public readings of plays in development.
Play readings have become increasingly popular internationally, offering audiences the opportunity to see creative works still being formed.
"We are proud of our local writers and would love to see more opportunities for the local community to view their work," Stage South co-ordinator Clare Adams says.
Powdered Milk by Thalia Henry is on at midday on Sunday, followed by Glorious by Richard Huber at 1.30pm in the studio.
Tickets are $5 and only available at the door.
The cello and the baton
The world's best-selling recording cellist, German Maria Kliegel, and English conductor Alexander Shelley, are touring Otago with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra next week.
For the Lion Foundation tours the NZSO is splitting to form two smaller touring orchestras of about 48 players each.
The programme includes Symphony No 29 K201 (Mozart), Variations on a Rococo Theme (Tchaikovsky), Holberg Suite (Greig) and Symphony No 3 (Schubert).
Maria Kliegel plays cello with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at 7.30pm in the Lake Wanaka Centre on Tuesday and the Alexandra Memorial Theatre on Wednesday.
Harp and flute
Christchurch Symphony principal harp Helen Webby and flautist Anthony Ferner will visit Otago next week.
The pair will play works from their recently-released CD, Reverie, which features pieces by Debussy, Faure, Bach, Piazolla, Franchi and Bowater at the Penguin Club, Oamaru, at 8pm on Tuesday, the Dunedin Public Art Gallery at 7.30pm on Wednesday, the Lake Wanaka Centre at 7.30pm on Thursday, December 4 and The Hills, in Arrowtown, with guest Michael Hill (violin), at 5.30pm on Friday, December 5.
Win free tickets
The Solid Energy Ensemble of Southern Opera is perfoming Spirit of Christmas at the Oamaru Opera House on Sunday, December 7, at 2.30pm.
Sixteen singers will perform festive favourites from opera, musical theatre and popera.
Tickets are available from Ticket Direct.
The Otago Daily Times has three double passes to give away.
To enter the draw, write your name, address and daytime phone number on the back of an envelope and send it to Southern Opera giveaway, ODT Editorial Features, Response Bag, Dunedin, or email playtime@odt.co.nz with Southern Opera in the subject line, to arrive before Tuesday.
