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A look at what's happening in the world of art this week.
Pictures of Canada
Oamaru artist Colin Wheeler opens his latest exhibition in Dunedin tomorrow.
The 89-year-old former Waitaki Boys High School art master developed "Watercolours of Canada and other works" from a series of ballpoint drawings completed during a visit to Canada.
"My wife, Phyllis, and I travelled across Canada by train, west to east or vice versa.
Always, we had a night's rest on our way and we invariably chose a hotel from which we obtained a bird's eye view of a city and some of its buildings," Wheeler says.
"I finished in 2006 with a decidedly interesting group of drawings."
The exhibition runs until July 23.
Caselberg open day
The Anna and John Caselberg Charitable Trust is holding an open day this weekend.
University of Otago Burns Fellow John Caselberg and his painter wife, Anna, died of cancer within six months of each other in 2004.
The trust was established two years ago to purchase their Broad Bay property as a retreat for writers and artists.
"It is a great opportunity to come and look through the house to see what we have been doing," trustee Robert West said.
The open day is from 11am to 2pm on Sunday at 8 Gwyn St, Broad Bay.
Get it on film
Dunedin teenagers are being encouraged to shoot things.
The Youthtown Short Film Challenge is being held over the July school holidays for aspiring film-makers.
Trophies will be awarded for acting, directing, music, cinematography, editing, scriptwriting and best film.
Entrants must be between 13 and 18 and entries are open until July 25.
For further information phone (09) 379-5430 or email jewelz@youthtown.org.nz
Norton retrospective
A retrospective of works by late Otago artist Helen Norton opens at the Otago Art Society in the Dunedin Railway Station next week.
Norton had been helping organise the exhibition when she died on March 25.
She would have marked her 90th birthday on July 18.
Norton became a painter while living in Central Otago in the 1950s, later moving to Dunedin where she was an active member of the Wakari Art Group and Otago Art Society.
She held several joint exhibitions with her sisters, Joan and Nancy, in the early 1980s.
"Helen Norton - In Retrospect" opens on Monday and runs until July 20.
Songs out of India
Pop singer turned psalm songstress Carmella Baynie will perform a concert of Indian devotional and contemporary sounds this weekend.
"Ashraya - Sacred chants and divine songs" features the former '90s Australian pop star singing a fusion of classical Indian devotional and contemporary sounds, accompanied by tabla player Nila Haggland and Harry Donovan on sitar, banjo and acoustic guitar.
Baynie will also hold a workshop in Dunedin exploring the voice, using techniques from yoga, martial arts, theatre, classical singing and world music.
Carmella Baynie performs "Ashraya - Sacred chants and divine songs" at 7pm on Saturday in Allen Hall.
The workshop will be held from 11am till 2pm on Sunday in the Evison Lounge, OUSA Clubs and Socs, 84 Albany St, Dunedin.
Breakfast with Beckett
Wellington author Bernard Beckett is in Dunedin for breakfast at Scotia Restaurant today before presenting the Science Communicators Conference as part of the New Zealand Science Festival.
In March, Beckett's novel Genesis was sold by Longacre Press to English publisher Quercus for 100,000 - a deal believed to be the biggest sale of any New Zealand young adult title.
Beckett's first adult novel, Acid Song, will be released next month.