Thursday, 4 March 2010
work in progress
South Taranaki artist Cath Sheard features in her local newspaper and is photographed with a work in progress:
artist links
(list to date)
Artist websites:
Eleanor Wright
Ira Mitchell-Kirk
Dave Fowell
Jon Stevenson
Lisa-Jane Harvey
Merv Appleton
Ann Fletcher
Ronda Turk
Sharlene Schmidt
Gidon Bing (see also Gidon Bing)
Sarah Scott (see also Sarah Scott)
Janice Corbishley
Gail Boyle
Sophia Elise
Helen Moore
Francesca Gallo
Jenny Bennett
Angela Laby
Katherine Batchelor
Linda Dickens
Lorraine Beattie
Pamela Tapp
Richard Zajkowski
Sally Blyth
Susan Edge
Theresa Cashmore
Margaret Piggott
Chrissy Brook
Kay de Lautour Scott
Rachel Olsen
Cath Sheard
Margherita Giampietri
Frances Rookes
Beate Minderjahn
Gilmore Wall
Kari Lindsay-Beale
Priya Makwana
Sue McPhee
Stan Blanch
Averill (Ave) Stuart-Head
Lisa Taylor-King
Blog posts by contributing artists:
Letters to Cassino - Jon Stevenson
Dave Fowell
Ronda Turk
Sharlene Schmidt
Cath Sheard
Sophia Elise
Sarah Scott
Artist websites:
Eleanor Wright
Ira Mitchell-Kirk
Dave Fowell
Jon Stevenson
Lisa-Jane Harvey
Merv Appleton
Ann Fletcher
Ronda Turk
Sharlene Schmidt
Gidon Bing (see also Gidon Bing)
Sarah Scott (see also Sarah Scott)
Janice Corbishley
Gail Boyle
Sophia Elise
Helen Moore
Francesca Gallo
Jenny Bennett
Angela Laby
Katherine Batchelor
Linda Dickens
Lorraine Beattie
Pamela Tapp
Richard Zajkowski
Sally Blyth
Susan Edge
Theresa Cashmore
Margaret Piggott
Chrissy Brook
Kay de Lautour Scott
Rachel Olsen
Cath Sheard
Margherita Giampietri
Frances Rookes
Beate Minderjahn
Gilmore Wall
Kari Lindsay-Beale
Priya Makwana
Sue McPhee
Stan Blanch
Averill (Ave) Stuart-Head
Lisa Taylor-King
Blog posts by contributing artists:
Letters to Cassino - Jon Stevenson
Dave Fowell
Ronda Turk
Sharlene Schmidt
Cath Sheard
Sophia Elise
Sarah Scott
Photo from the battlefield, 65 years on
Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace.
It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man;
it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.
King Baudouin I, King of Belgium
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Newspaper articles
Contributing artists Ronda Turk and Sharlene Schmidt feature in their local newspaper:
Hold on to Peace
The promotional image for the exhibition is "Hold on to Peace" by Ira Mitchell-Kirk (acrylic on stretched canvas, 30x30inches).
Many thanks to Ira Mitchell-Kirk for permission to reproduce this work.
Media release – January 19, 2010
Media release – January 19, 2010
Big New Zealand art exhibition to mark Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy
Selected New Zealand artists will take part in a major Kiwi art exhibition to be held at Cassino in Italy on May 15-29 to commemorate New Zealand’s involvement there 66 years ago.
The event may be the biggest Kiwi art exhibition ever held in Italy. The dates mark the liberation of towns in the area during World War 2. Italian-based Kiwi organiser Kay de Lautour Scott said it was their "busy time" of the year in Cassino with veterans groups, commemoration services and unveiling of new memorials.
The NZ art exhibition will be held in Cassino’s public library in the centre of the town with a formal gala opening on May 15. De Lautour Scott said the exhibition was a way of passing on the message from the veterans of all nations that she meets, that war must end.
``I also see it as a great opportunity for NZ artists to exhibit in Italy; I appreciate that side of it as I had a similar chance in 2005, but more important to me is keeping the peace message alive. I see museums showing the military side of things, but it is the emotional pain and suffering recorded in photographs and told in the stories that touches me most.
``I think that artists have a responsibility to reflect what is happening in society, and in fact they do that whether they are conscious of it or not. Here I live in a country that was destroyed. The battle front stayed in this area for five months. It is unthinkable how the people suffered, and still do live with this history in their daily lives.
``However, the immeasurable, unrecorded history is that of the returned soldiers, the waiting families, the changed lives in far away New Zealand. If giving artists this opportunity gets them talking to their family and friends then I think that the movement towards understanding and peace has already become stronger.
``We see Anzac Day parades growing in strength. I believe the time is right for artists to reinforce the peace messages coming from the soldiers who fought in this battle. To share time with veterans and have them say, often in tears, that it must never happen again, and then to see what is happening still all over the world, leaves me feeling that I must try to do something, however insignificant it might seem.
``If we all do a tiny part in a move towards peace we must eventually reach a tipping point where we can change nations and governments,’’ de Lautour Scott said.
New Zealand Art Guild organiser Sophia Elise said the guild was helping organise artists in New Zealand and they wanted artists who have a connection with Cassino to contact them as first preference selections.
Big New Zealand art exhibition to mark Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy
Selected New Zealand artists will take part in a major Kiwi art exhibition to be held at Cassino in Italy on May 15-29 to commemorate New Zealand’s involvement there 66 years ago.
The event may be the biggest Kiwi art exhibition ever held in Italy. The dates mark the liberation of towns in the area during World War 2. Italian-based Kiwi organiser Kay de Lautour Scott said it was their "busy time" of the year in Cassino with veterans groups, commemoration services and unveiling of new memorials.
The NZ art exhibition will be held in Cassino’s public library in the centre of the town with a formal gala opening on May 15. De Lautour Scott said the exhibition was a way of passing on the message from the veterans of all nations that she meets, that war must end.
``I also see it as a great opportunity for NZ artists to exhibit in Italy; I appreciate that side of it as I had a similar chance in 2005, but more important to me is keeping the peace message alive. I see museums showing the military side of things, but it is the emotional pain and suffering recorded in photographs and told in the stories that touches me most.
``I think that artists have a responsibility to reflect what is happening in society, and in fact they do that whether they are conscious of it or not. Here I live in a country that was destroyed. The battle front stayed in this area for five months. It is unthinkable how the people suffered, and still do live with this history in their daily lives.
``However, the immeasurable, unrecorded history is that of the returned soldiers, the waiting families, the changed lives in far away New Zealand. If giving artists this opportunity gets them talking to their family and friends then I think that the movement towards understanding and peace has already become stronger.
``We see Anzac Day parades growing in strength. I believe the time is right for artists to reinforce the peace messages coming from the soldiers who fought in this battle. To share time with veterans and have them say, often in tears, that it must never happen again, and then to see what is happening still all over the world, leaves me feeling that I must try to do something, however insignificant it might seem.
``If we all do a tiny part in a move towards peace we must eventually reach a tipping point where we can change nations and governments,’’ de Lautour Scott said.
New Zealand Art Guild organiser Sophia Elise said the guild was helping organise artists in New Zealand and they wanted artists who have a connection with Cassino to contact them as first preference selections.
Why Legato?
The title of the exhibition is "Legato".
Why Legato? It is an interesting word. In music, legato is playing smoothly, but not necessarily slurring the notes together. In Italian it means "tied together". In one of my favourite songs, Non Ti Scordar Di Me, (Don't Forget Me) it is used as an adverb, and becomes "legata" as it refers to "la vita" life, which is feminine. "Tied" can have negative implications, but linked, intertwined, joined does have appeal. The strands of a rope are intertwined, giving it strength. When I first asked an Italian friend to translate the song for me he explained the word "legato" in those terms, the parts of a rope intertwined, joined together. In the context of the song that image is quite beautiful. Your life, and mine, entwined. And so it is with Italy and New Zealand.
The musical definition resonates with me. Notes are played close together, but with careful fingering are not lost in one another. Maybe that is how our cultures should be. Each has a space, there is no supremacy, but together they make beautiful music.
Italy and New Zealand are truly tied together, with so many friendships formed between families during WWII and maintained after the war. Now, two generations later, the grandchildren of the Kiwi soldiers are returning to Italy to visit these families, and young Italians are moving to New Zealand. Every year hundreds of New Zealanders visit the graves of their countrymen who remained here.
The horror of war has passed into memory, but the friendships are alive and vibrant. Nationally this connection may feel stronger in New Zealand where almost every family has a direct link to Italy, whereas in Italy there are many areas where other nations played a similar role and have these same ties. The New Zealand Division was heavily engaged in the fighting on the Gustav Line and so has a lasting place in the history of Cassino.
Legato, tied. The legacy of war is part of our common heritage. Now it is our task to make a lasting peace the focus of that heritage.
Why Legato? It is an interesting word. In music, legato is playing smoothly, but not necessarily slurring the notes together. In Italian it means "tied together". In one of my favourite songs, Non Ti Scordar Di Me, (Don't Forget Me) it is used as an adverb, and becomes "legata" as it refers to "la vita" life, which is feminine. "Tied" can have negative implications, but linked, intertwined, joined does have appeal. The strands of a rope are intertwined, giving it strength. When I first asked an Italian friend to translate the song for me he explained the word "legato" in those terms, the parts of a rope intertwined, joined together. In the context of the song that image is quite beautiful. Your life, and mine, entwined. And so it is with Italy and New Zealand.
The musical definition resonates with me. Notes are played close together, but with careful fingering are not lost in one another. Maybe that is how our cultures should be. Each has a space, there is no supremacy, but together they make beautiful music.
Italy and New Zealand are truly tied together, with so many friendships formed between families during WWII and maintained after the war. Now, two generations later, the grandchildren of the Kiwi soldiers are returning to Italy to visit these families, and young Italians are moving to New Zealand. Every year hundreds of New Zealanders visit the graves of their countrymen who remained here.
The horror of war has passed into memory, but the friendships are alive and vibrant. Nationally this connection may feel stronger in New Zealand where almost every family has a direct link to Italy, whereas in Italy there are many areas where other nations played a similar role and have these same ties. The New Zealand Division was heavily engaged in the fighting on the Gustav Line and so has a lasting place in the history of Cassino.
Legato, tied. The legacy of war is part of our common heritage. Now it is our task to make a lasting peace the focus of that heritage.
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