Arts

A Gift to the Sea – Sand Artist Wayne Webb

https://youtu.be/xNIs_CIDtqY Every day, sometimes twice a day, Wayne heads to the beach on low tide. He says he has to. There's creativity in him, and he needs to get it down on the sand. We have a history of sand art here in New Brighton, and like those before him, Wayne's taken...

Creating Art From Disaster

https://youtu.be/oXtVqV4PlfY Imagine not only losing your home to a devastating earthquake, but your family heirlooms too. That's exactly what happened to many during the Christchurch earthquake in 2011. But what do you do with those broken treasures? Could you bring yourself to throw them away? And if you don't what use...

Christchurch’s Street Art Hot Spot

https://youtu.be/aU2B1UPy6HY Ample empty, broken buildings gave Christchurch City the opportunity to burst on to the street art scene after the 2011 earthquakes, and the city has continued to foster that identity well into its rebuild. Ample empty, broken buildings gave Christchurch City the opportunity to burst on to the street art scene...

The Sand Man – Peter Donnelly

https://youtu.be/GMuRtdR6KjM ​​Peter Donnelly is a well-known local artist. Having used the beach as his canvas for almost two decades, he now keeps a slower pace of life with poetry and photography as his medium. Up until a few years ago it was common place to see Peter creating art on the...

Bringing Vacant Spaces to Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b1nmIphLgc We went along to hang out with Gav (A.K.A RubbleCity) while he and Chile One painted a giant moa in the Hawke St car park. Gav started the New Brighton Outdoor Art Foundation to bring vibrancy and inspiration to vacant sites in New Brighton after the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes. They started...