Local music, performance, exhibitions, murals,
graffiti art and art installations are set to bring further excitement and
energy to Re:START – the City Mall shopping precinct that brought thousands of
Christchurch residents back to the inner city last year.
The arts and music programme called Art Beat is an
initiative of Arts Voice Christchurch and Re:START which will take place from
November 2012 to February 2013, integrating art and entertainment into the
city’s re-build.
Art Beat will build relationships between the arts
community and businesses in the central city, as well as provide performance
opportunities, exposure and work experience for established and developing
artists.
Art Beat has received funding from Creative New
Zealand for administration, project management, marketing and programme
communication.
“Art Beat is a fantastic arts-led initiative that over
spring and summer will give the people of Christchurch the chance to have a
ball in the Mall. Clever site specific projects like this will bring fun,
vitality and people into the city,” said Creative New Zealand Chief Executive
Stephen Wainwright.
Art Beat is a collaborative business/arts venture
between Re:START and Arts Voice Christchurch, advocating for the art community
in Christchurch and ensuring that it remains fundamental and essential to the
life of the city.
Arts Voice Christchurch Chair, Warren Feeney says,
“The funding Art Beat has received from Creative New Zealand is an opportunity
for artists to operate outside traditional venues and institutions and get up
close and personal in ways that will give Christchurch residents and visitors
even greater reasons to visit the central city and Re:START.
“Bob Parker opened Re:START a year ago and commented
that it marked the ‘beginning of our city making
the most extraordinary comeback.’ Art Beat takes up the challenge of
Parker’s remarks with considerable enthusiasm. It represents the response
of a vital arts community engaged
in the city’s rebuild, keen to create a vibrant central city that will connect
- in the best of all possible ways - the arts , the city, businesses and
people.”
Paul Lonsdale, Development Manager for Re:START says
“Re:START is pleased to be working alongside Arts Voice Christchurch to produce
Art Beat.
“The integration of the arts into the inner city and
the Re:START precinct represents the development of an important relationship
between the arts and business community of benefit to communities, residents
and visitors to Christchurch, as well as the successful realization of the new
city, proposed in the Christchurch Central Development Unit’s recovery plan.”
Further information:
Warren Feeney
Arts Voice Christchurch
Phone: 022 176 9272
Email: warrenfeeney@xtra.co.nz
Arts Voice Christchurch
Phone: 022 176 9272
Email: warrenfeeney@xtra.co.nz
Marcia Butterfield
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022 631 9128
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