GlobalYell’s blog news

  • The new choir

    A new singing group has started in Greymouth this weekend. The group met in The Left Bank Gallery on Saturday to sing together, learn some new music, and organise how…

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  • The shape of wool

    Fire! The word sometimes is warming and comforting, and sometimes it is terrifying, especially when it comes to the power fire has to destroy lives and livelihoods. In 2021 a…

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  • Madras check

    The familiar sight of Madras check has a long heritage, and has its origins in everyday casual wear. Born in what was Madras, now Chennai, the capital city of Tamil…

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  • Liz Mitchell supports wool

    The New Zealand fashion designer, Liz Mitchell (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit) , is looking at a revolution for wool. Over lockdowns Liz started to felt with…

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  • This week’s Spotify playlist

    Each week a new playlist of music related to the blog contents and to world events is created. All the playlists in the series can be seen here and this…

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  • New additions to the collection

    Malcolm Harrison cloth with figures, a quay and buildings on a red background.

    This week four new additions to the studio collection have arrived. Bought at auction, the pieces are by Malcolm Harrison, Penelope Read and Laura Vassilis. Malcolm Harrison was a well-known…

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  • Men of the Trees

    Trees feature heavily in this week’s blog. Perhaps it is because the first part of the week was spent planting new trees where the studio-on-the-hill is nearly complete, perhaps it…

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  • Calling all West Coast Creatives

    An Arts and Cultural Sector Networking Meeting will be held on 9th November in the Left Bank Art Gallery.

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  • Join a choir

    On Saturday 11th November at 2pm there will be a meeting about a new adult choir that I will be starting shortly. We will also be doing some singing so…

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  • This week’s Spotify playlist

    Each week a curated set of music on Spotify accompanies the blog. The pieces relate to the blog contents and you can listen via the player below or by clicking…

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