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Auckland student Esther Tetlow was over the moon when she won a shcholarship Berklee College of Music in Boston last month and now the only thing standing between her and a dream career is $70,000.
Although Esther has a scholarship, it will only cover 75 per cent of her costs.
Esther has until August next year to raise the $70,000 [...]
Hefty Scholarship for Auckland Student
A 20-year-old Auckland student has been offered an opportunity of a lifetime.
Esther Tetlow has been offered a scholarship to attend the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world, but at a cost of just under $100,000.
Tetlow has been studying a certificate in performance music at Excel, a school of performing arts, since March, [...]
The New ‘funny’ Kid in Town
On Monday the Classic Comedy Club in Auckland was alive with laughter as up and coming singer, songwriter and stand up comedian Keenan Blankenaar took the stage.
The 24 year-old began singing and writing songs with friends at barbeques and get togethers.
He has three key songs that he sings and all of his friends sing along. On Monday night [...]
Film-making competition is “unfair”
Some competitors in New Zealand’s largest annual film-making competition say the contest is unfair for amateur filmmakers.
V 48 Hours, which started in 2003, requires entrants from all over the country to script, film, and edit a film that is between one and seven minutes long, all in less than 48 hours.
For most crews the short [...]
Short film competition a ‘rush of adrenaline’
More than 650 teams participated in this year’s V48 Hours, New Zealand’s largest and shortest film competition.
The annual competition, which took place last weekend, sees teams given 48 hours from Friday night at 7pm to write, shoot and edit a film between one and seven minutes long.
About the same number of teams participated this year [...]
Art gallery short of funds, not ambition
The Auckland Art Gallery redevelopment still has a $15.7 million gap in funding, but gallery director Chris Saines remains confident the money can be raised before the gallery opens in mid-2011.
The gallery closed in early 2008 to begin a $121 million redevelopment, including seismic strengthening, heritage restoration and contemporary additions that will expand gallery space [...]
Curator has another priority on opening night
Natasha Conland gave birth to her first child the day before her other “baby” was due to open.
Curator of the Fourth Auckland Triennial Natasha Conland has been researching and developing the exhibition for the past two and a half years but missed the opening ceremony by mere hours.
Lying in hospital, Conland had her new baby [...]
Spray paint hits the Auckland City Art Gallery
Graffiti artists have colourfully taken over the Auckland City Art Gallery lounge for the past couple of weeks.
This is part of the “Public Access” exhibition which sees both the interior and exteriors of the gallery covered in vibrant creations from one of Auckland’s leading spray paint art crews, Cut Collective.
Richard Wormley, the project manager of [...]
Convicted street artist defends work
The distinction between street art and graffiti vandalism has come under the microscope, as a popular Auckland stencil artist was convicted of graffiti on private property at the Auckland District Court on Tuesday.
Sparrow Phillips’ conviction takes place just days after a 19 year-old was sentenced to almost two years behind bars for graffiti vandalism in [...]
NZ dancer receives distinguished alumni award
For the first time, a New Zealand dancer has been honoured as a distinguished alumni by the University of Auckland.
Accomplished choreographer and dancer Michael Parmenter was one of six high-achieving graduates in fields as diverse as brain disease, dance, earthquake mechanics, engineering, theology and youth law who were recognised for their contributions to their chosen [...]
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