Welcome to Spark 07

Fringe Events During Spark

Media Bites
Sean Plunket, co-host of Radio New Zealand’s flagship news programme, Morning Report will be the guest speaker at Media Bites, one of Spark's fringe festival events. Plunket will speak at a luncheon function at the Ferrybank Reception and Conference Centre in Grantham St, on Tuesday August 7. Plunket is known as a reporter who asks tough questions and digs deeply for the facts. For his efforts he is sometimes criticised and occasionally caned. But he remains one of the country’s best – and most admired – journalists.

Places are limited at this function and it is essential to book. For further information, contact:
phone: 8348800 ext 8464 or
email: Kerry.Frame@wintec.ac.nz

Location: Ferrybank Conference and Reception Centre: Grantham Street
Date: Tuesday 7 August at 1pm

Seraphine Pick : Recent Paintings
This is a series of paintings by Seraphine Pick at Ramp Gallery, selected by Tim Croucher, courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland and Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington. This is the first exhibition of this leading artist’s work to be shown in Hamilton. Seraphine Pick: Recent Paintings will run from 6 August – 24 August with a preview on Monday 6 August at 5.30 pm.

Ramp’s LEDGE Gallery will also contain new work by Marnie Slater, a visual artist, writer and curator based in Wellington. Marnie graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Massey University in 2004 and is currently a trust member at Enjoy Public Art Gallery. Marnie explores the ways in which we use, navigate and respond to site and works in sculpture, photography, drawing and live sound.

Date & Time: 6 August – 24 August, 12pm-4pm
Location: Ramp Gallery, Wintec R Block, Collingwood Street, Hamilton

Spark 07 Student Exhibition
Previously spare classrooms, now top art gallery… the classrooms and hallways in R Block have been curated into a student exhibition for Spark 07 week.

Date & Time: 6 August - 10 August, 9am-5pm
Location: Wintec: R Block, Collingwood Street, Hamilton

Existence : Life according to art Exhibition
This large-scale contemporary art exhibition tackles some fairly hefty subjects in a relatively light-hearted way. The exhibition is not intended to encourage the viewer to make their mind up about the origins of life in all its forms, but to prod the generation of more questions. The premise of the exhibition builds upon the viewer’s lived experience and assumes that most people have some belief regarding creation or evolution, or at the very least, wonder how we came to be. A star-studded line up of artists including Ronnie van Hout, Ricky Swallow, Peter Siddell, Natalie Robertson, Francis Upritchard, Zena Elliott, Mark Curtis, Michael Parekowhai and more…
http://www.waikatomuseum.co.nz/

Date & Time: 14 July – 15 October, 10am-4.30pm
Location: Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, Victoria Street, Hamilton

Chromatological Studies
This exhibition is the work of Carol Fletcher, winner of Mediarts 2006 top student award. Carol says, "I am exploring the boundary between artistic and scientific practices by using conceptual strategies to produce abstract works that investigate our perception of colour. I have preset the formulae and procedures for the dilution and application of layers of dye to paper." The exhibition opening will be held on Thursday 2 August at 5.30pm.

Date & Time: 1 August - 27 August, 10am-4.30pm
Location: ArtsPost Chartwell Gallery, 120 Victoria Street, Hamilton

30 Easy Pieces
30 kindly donated works by 30 artists for $30 a piece. “30 Easy Pieces” is a fundraising exhibition that offers a survey of local artists and an opportunity to support the establishment of the new Ariki Gallery in Hamilton. The exhibition opening will be held on Friday 27 July at 5.30pm.

Date & Time: 28th July – 8th August 2007, 10am –4pm Wednesday to Saturday
Location: Ariki Gallery, 555 Victoria Street, Hamilton (upstairs above Mark One)

Exhibition of works by Lydia Bradbury
www.platform01.co.nz

Date & Time: July 31st – August 18th
Location: Platform 01 Gallery, 467 Victoria St, Room 1, Level 2, Hamilton

Wednesday Lunchtime Concert
1pm
Wed 8th August
From Vienna to the New World
Elizabeth Holowell (violin) and David Guerin (piano) play music by Beethoven, Lilburn, Sculthorpe and Constable
WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/academy/homepage.shtml

Date & Time: August 8th, 1pm
Location: WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato, Gate 2B, Knighton Road, Hamilton

Musical Feast Lunchtime Concert
12.10pm to 12.50pm
Thursday 9 August
Entry by Donation
Waikato Museum
http://www.waikatomuseum.co.nz/

Date & Time: August 9th, 12.10pm
Location: Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, Victoria Street, Hamilton

Tea Trolley Inc.
The trolley is cheeky and mobile. This frequently changing exhibition space will entertain you no end. Look out for a trolley near you.

Date & Time: 6 August - 10 August, 9am-6pm
Location: Varied

Pat Pattison Song Writing Seminar
‘Tools and Strategies’

Pat Pattison is a Professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches Lyric Writing and Poetry. In addition to his three books, Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming, Pat has developed three online lyric writing courses for Berklee's online school, available at http://patpattison.com. He has written over 30 articles for Home & Studio Recording Magazine, and Performing Songwriter. Pat continues to present songwriting clinics across the US, Canada, and internationally in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Europe. Several of his students have won Grammies, including John Mayer and Gillian Welch.

“May I say that Pat is one of the best presenters I have seen in action. He has a wealth of valuable knowledge which he presents in an inspiring, entertaining and enlightening manner, peppered with anecdotes and illustrated by recordings demonstrating the very best of lyrics”.
- Wayne Senior

"I took a class with Pat Pattison, a really great teacher... I learned a lot of stuff in that class, and I still read Writing Better Lyrics. I’ve got it on the tank of my toilet ... I think it’s great.”
- Grammy winning artist/songwriter John Mayer

Date & Time: 17 August, 11.00am to 4.00pm
Location: Wintec School of Media Arts – Music, Lecture Theatre C1.16
For further information: contact David Sidwell in the School of Media Arts - Music
David.Sidwell@wintec.ac.nz
07 834 8800 ext.8532

The Spark Festival Office
phone: 07 858 7508
email: spark@wintec.ac.nz
Or contact Susanna Wilford, Spark Festival Organiser
susanna.wilford@wintec.ac.nz