Coming Up: all over the place!
Not sure whether it is the endless summer we are experiencing here in New Zealand…
Browsing: Western Bay of Plenty
An Artist’s gotta eat: Rat-a-two-toes
ARTbop’s Rosemary Balu, shares her eclectic combination of ingredients in a local version of Ratatouille.…
Get Fluxed at The Incubator!
It is always a delight when what you thought was something turns out to be…
My Other Tauranga: some of the things I’ve seen Part II
On my ARTbop travels around Tauranga, the Bay of Plenty and our closest neighbours I’ve…
Child’s Play Has More To Say
ARTbop Contributor, writer and photographer Lee Switzer attended the opening of Lynette Fisher’s recent exhibition…
uPflash: Te Reo Maori at Whakamarama School
There is an opportunity to learn Te Reo Maori under the auspices of Te Wananga…
Urban renewal: different perspectives
Every owner of old or historic buildings at some stage faces the issue of renewal…
What you don’t know about Palmerston North: art and creativity abounds
When Palmerston North CEO Heather Shotter mentions $9.5million the amount directed towards that town’s public…
Contemporary Art in Paeroa: Wendy Mikkelsen and the Mikkelsen Gallery
A while ago I had the pleasure of exhibiting at the Mikkelsen Gallery in Paeroa…
…a little rain must fall: community support
If you’re passing Plummer’s Point Road this week call in at the Black Sheep and…