KARAKIA IN KOHUKOHU

One of the beautiful things about attending an art opening here in the Hokianga is being in time for the
powhiri. The powhiri is the welcoming ceremony that takes place before the show can be viewed and before
drinks, nibbles and chats can begin.
A karakia is a song.
This is the graduate art students opening at Village Arts gallery in Kohu Kohu on November 15, 2008.

Celebrate the beginning of a new cycle!

Image: Hokianga Harbour from Koutu.

Diane and Seabourne, Waipoua Forest artists (from the Moirai Studio Gallery), extend a warm winter welcome to visitors to the Hokianga Heart Trail... there is still plenty to see at this time of year!

'TOMO'

For More information go to
www.historic.org.nz exhibitions and tours

Moirai Studio Art Exhibition at Bayly's Beach !

Moirai Studio/Gallery resident artists Diane Rose Yanakopulos and

Seabourne Rust recently had a successful exhibition of their unique,

diversive paintings at The Funky Fish, Bayly's Beach.

'Treasures from the Kauri Coast' featured a wide variety of subject matter

sourced from this special area from Dargaville to Waipoua Forest and the Hokianga,

including mythological aspects.

We have been invited to exhibit at the Funky Fish once more, so stay tuned for future details.

For more info check out http://www.moiraistudiogallery.blogspot.com/

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small spaces can still be filled with surprizes

This exhibition is made from historical remnants gathered from the Hokianga shores. Now due to erosion the building that houses it is coming closer to returning there itself. Hopefully it will last the time of yet one more exhibition.

Check it out before the 12th of February.

Welcome to a New Years Exhibition at the Hokianga Museum

Visit the Exhibtion

and then carry on to Clendon House in Rawene

to continue with a taste of the magic of the Hokianga past and present.

WISHES FOR A PROSPEROUS AND JOYOUS NEW YEAR

this is a beautiful gouache by Harmen of Waima Lodge.
it turned up in my inbox yesterday - a very good omen for the year to come.
the new Heart Trails have arrived back from the printers and they look beautiful! North Siders can pick them up at Village Arts , Kohukohu and South Siders can pick them up at the Outpost in Rawene.
its great to see this blog site alive and kicking ! there is no one way
of doing things or seeing things - there are many ways and the fun part is discussing them
right here at the Hokianga Heart! xxx love and hugs everyone ;)

To heart trail supporters.
This site was almost lost through lack of use and Lise was not going to renew it.
I begged her to keep it going as I really wanted to use it to promote the Hokianga in a positive and creative way. My idea is to create interest in coming to the Hokianga in any way I could as this site is set up for artists to share their work and ideas. It is not meant to be a stagnant site. I hope what I have done will prompt others to add positive items that can be interspersed with artist's promos and updates

lynetteb@slingshot.co.nz

A New Heart Trail Brochure is here check it out !

Coming to the Hokianga

The first artists came to the Hokianga through this gap,

now they come from everywhere.

Check out more of these images at

Aurora's Souvenirs & Gifts

Rawene

Village Arts, Kohukohu

Village Arts is Hokianga's community art gallery. Scheduled solo and group exhibitions plus a large showcase space highlight the area's established and emerging artists.
Village Arts showcases contemporary painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, furniture, object, jewellery, ceramics, and traditional and contemporary Maori arts.

The gallery participates in the annual Matariki and Northland Kauri festivals, and exhibits works from students completing the Hokianga Arts and Crafts Course. Village Arts also hosts an annual Ngai Tupoto exhibition as well as open and themed contributions, which create a full, varied and unique calendar.

On Te Ara Manawa: The Heart Trail and Northland Art Trail, Village Arts is located on the main street in historic Kohukohu on the northern shores of Aotearoa/New Zealand's spectacularly beautiful Hokianga Harbour. The gallery is the trading arm of Kohukohu Community Trust.



The second edition of Kohukohu by Eric Harrison, published by Tidal Publications is on sale at Village Arts for $35. Orders can be made via the contact page on the Village Arts website. Please note that it will cost an additional $5 for postage and packaging in New Zealand.
Copies of the historic photographs from the Kohukohu book series are also available, framed and unframed. These photographs were digitally restored for the Kohukohu publication by Village Arts. Prices on enquiry.


Visit the Village Arts website:

Phone Village Arts on (09)405 5827:

Open 7 days per week between 10 am and 3 pm. Please call in.

Rawene - The best place in Northland to run out of petrol

You'll want to run out of petrol in Rawene,

you'll be glad you did

it will slow you down enough to relax

take in the views

fine food

and art,

art

art

posted by Lynette Bradley

A Hokianga Bus Stop

Rawene is a town full of stories.
Behind every lace curtain
waiting to be lifted.
This building is taking up a new vocation
what will it be
and what of its past.


Get off at the bus stop and find out.










Digital Photos by Lynette Bradley

A Hokianga Bus Stop

Remodelling the Past

Remnants from the past gathered from the shores of the Hokianga

Check out how they are utilized in the present over summer.

Visit the Kawakawa Museum to see

'A Homage to Hundertwasser'

and

The Hokianga Museum

upstairs in the i site Omapereto to see

'A Journey to the Promised Land'

The Rawene Fish Shop

In the Hokianga at Rawene -Art is a way of life.

Check out the 'Wet Fish Shop' have a yarn with Nicky.

Watch the ferry leave town knowing that there's always another one,

then go back and have another look

at that piece of art you couldn't quite leave behind.

Thanks Wally and Lise

for organising another year of the Hokainga Heart Trail

from Lynette

take a walk in the Waipoua

digital forestscape by lise strathdee 2006

Moirai Studio / Gallery

Kia ora ~ my name is Diane Rose Yanakopulos.

From earliest memories I have been painting and creating and have had various tuition over the years, from respected teachers, however, I now prefer 'the school of life'.
Freedom of expression allows a wide scope and body of works to be presented.

These can be viewed, by appointment only, from the Moirai Studio/Gallery which is set in private bush clad surroundings, with uninterrupted panoramic views of valley and mountain ranges.

This northern gateway to Waipoua Kauri Forest is just 4kms before Tane Mahuta on State Highway 12.

It has been a long held dream to establish a private studio/gallery and you will be warmly welcomed to Moirai for viewing with opportunity for sales, of my own, and my fellow resident artist, Seabourne Rust, whom is also a gifted visionary artist.

Whatever your taste, you just may find it here!

Please visit us at:

http://www.moiraistudiogallery.blogspot.com/

Phone or email for appointment

09 4058 432

moirai@xtra.co.nz for this unique experience...

Beverly Cox

Beverly Cox depicts Raurenga or Kidney fern – thought to be amongst the most primitive of living plants – as a metaphor for humankind’s tenuous grip on the earth, the fragility of the natural world and the passage of time through generations: Capturing the filmy, dainty and almost translucent quality of the plants which she sees as women. “She waits in the wings for precious drops of moisture … steps out onto centre stage … gracefully and gently opens, sparkling in the light. The whole glade sighs.” Cox was born on the banks of the Whanganui river and has lived and worked in Hokianga for over 20 years.

You can visit her studio set amongst kahikatea trees
in Waimamaku, South Hokianga. Please ring ahead.

Contact - e. bevandgary@xtra.co.nz
p. +64 (0) 9 4058 623