NZSAG Exhibition at Rugby World Cup
Posted by IslaOsborne on July 7, 2011
THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!
Welcome…We are less than two and a half months away from kick off to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
This week our committee secured a prime exhibition venue in Auckland within the precinctof Eden Park for members to showcase New Zealand glasswork that will also be for sale on a split commission basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to have your work appreciated by an international audience looking for a piece of New Zealand to take home with them.
Thank you to those of you who have already responded to our previous request sending your intentions to exhibit to Jo Tricker our editor who has diligently been compiling a participants list. It is really important we gauge at an early stage how many people wish to participate in this event so we can plan accordingly and as you can imagine there is a lot to co-ordinate in our spare time.
The dates for the rotating exhibition including the grand final of the Rugby World Cup are Friday 30 September to Monday 24th October. We are requesting either one representative work or stock works that can be replenished as sales eventuate from members that wish to participate. We are looking for excellent professional images of work reflecting the type of work that will be for sale. CD’s containing images can be sent c/o New Zealand Glass Exhibition to 28 Nixon Street, Wanganui East, Whanganui asap. If you are sending images you are consenting to NZSAG using them for publicity purposes. Please note, we reserve the right to refuse non-professional images for the promotion of this event. The highest quality images will serve your work better.
We would also like to welcome to this event, any new glass bead makers. Sadly, the New Zealand Glass Bead Artists (NZGBA) group was dissolved this month. NZSAG has been conscientiously working with this group and has offered to continue promoting bead artists and their great work incorporating events they have initiated, particularly with fundraising for organizations such as the Cancer Society. NZGBA have generously donated cabinets to NZSAG for the promotion of glass bead and wearable art as well as gifting $1500 of funds
to our Society. Remaining funds have been gifted to the Cancer Society.