This year we are pleased to announce the winner of the Kay Todd Photography Award goes to Luci McDougall - Mt Aspiring College.

Artist Statement

This particular piece of work is from a body of work telling a story of the demential effects of body image. My aim was to create awareness about mental illness such as depression and suicide in New Zealand, this was an important message as I have many close friends be in a position or close to suicide. I believe that hands are one of the most beautiful and important parts of the body as they tell stories and actions. In this particular sequence, it shows how the individual feels uncomfortable in their own skin, foreshadowing and hinting at the idea of self-harm.

Come and join us this evening at the Hullabaloo Christmas party. Good fun and spot prizes for the lucky guests!

On display is the winning photograph of the Kay Todd Memorial Prize. This year it goes to Luci McDougall from Mt Aspiring College. An exquisite work, reprints on sale for $50 each.

There is new art work from all the Hullabaloo artists, yummy nibbles, local wine and beer to tempt your senses!

All welcome - 5-7pm today, Sunday 9 December.

Congratulations go to Hullabaloo photographer Eric Schusser who received the 'Runner-up' award

at the Wanaka Arts Society Labour Weekend Exhibition 2018. His photo of old ice skates hanging on a farm building wall was given a historic look using a replica wet collodion process, a technique invented by Englishman Frederick Scott Archer in 1851.

A few months ago our wonderful print maker, Marion Vialade, made the decision to leave the Hullabaloo collective and pursue some new horizons. We will miss her and wish her well in her future artistic endeavours. Marion joined Hullabaloo in 2011 after arriving in Central Otago some years earlier from the South of France with her husband Anthony in pursuit of a career in winemaking. Successfully setting up a winemaking business Marion bravely set out in search of a way to expand her creative talents and introduced herself to Hullabaloo collective. With her usual unabashed enthusiasm for taking on anything new and creative Marion exhibited a body of work during her time in the collective that was greatly admired. Her quirky and thoughtful works capturing moments of fun and beauty will be missed by us all.

Marions departure means we are now actively looking for a new member. If you are a contemporary artist with a successful and dynamic studio practice, looking for a chance to work in a team that exhibits in an artist run modern gallery, we would love to hear from you. As an artist lead gallery space, we work together to staff and manage the gallery, promoting and supporting each other’s work. Ideally there would be a close association with the Central Otago/Lakes District area and a flexibility around rostered hours. If this sounds like you or someone you know send all the details including CV, images and anything that will sell you to us before 5pm Monday 1 October info@hullabalooartists.co.nz

Hullabaloo Artist Megan Huffadine with jeweller Lynn Kelly are exhibiting at Form Gallery, 468 Colombo Street, Sydenham.

You are invited to "Verdant": an exhibition, a conversation. Opening night: 5:30pm 5th September. 'Verdant': covered with grass, lush with trees and plants. Verdant – a conversation: Lynn: Megan and I have followed each other’s work for many years and both our work over the past years have developed from an enjoyment of historic botanical drawings. I have always found working with another person exciting as it helps nudge me into new directions, often experimenting with ideas or media. It is interesting seeing the different directions each of our work takes from similar starting points. Megan: Working with another artist, sharing ideas and responding to each other’s work and allowing that to feed back into these works has opened new possibilities in my work. These works are also a continuation of my interest in the use of plant imagery in textiles and surface design. Verdant seems an appropriate title for an exhibition that is reflecting on the importance of plants and a world where deforestation is occurring with increasing rapidity. “The world lost more than one football pitch of forest every second in 2017, according to new data from a global satellite survey.” The Guardian Newspaper, June 2018.

What a great night we had at the Arrowtown opening of our Hullabaloo show.

Great to have such an awesome crowd sampling great art, great wines, great beer and superb Otago cheese.

The exhibition is on until September 30th …. so get yourself along to Arrowtown Museum Gallery and experience Hullabaloo.

Hullabaloo congratulates Hannah Davey on her latest success in winning the Simon Devitt prize for photography. In 2016 Hannah, who attended Mount Aspiring College, was the first recipient of the Hullabaloo Art Prize created in the memory of founding member and Hawea Photographer Kay Todd.

The following article is found at: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/image-wins-top-prize

Image wins top prize

A Wanaka fine arts student has received a top prize from the University of Auckland for her work.

Hannah Davey, a first-year student at the university's Elam School of Fine Art, was named winner of the 2018 Simon Devitt Prize for Photography this week.

The prize is awarded for the most compelling photograph taken by a full-time student from the university's Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries.

Ms Davey's image, entitled The Rising, beat dozens of other entries, winning her a trophy, $1000 and a Canon camera.

This image was taken in her home town of Wanaka, using a friend as a model.

"The theme was `Mythical' and with my image I juxtaposed strong earthy elements and dark colours, with bright light, to portray a half-beast, half-human figure who is struggling, both literally and metaphorically. I was exploring making the invisible visible. Specifically, internal struggles and what's going on in your mind," Ms Davey said.

Ms Davey said she hoped to become a fashion photographer after completing her degree.

In February, with cars full of artwork, a few of our artists had a road trip to Akaroa. It was a privilege to present an Art Exhibition at Akaroa Orion Powerhouse Gallery showcasing some of Central Otago's best local art.

To all our valued clients: please join us to celebrate the arrival of the Festive season and view our summer exhibition WATER.

In 2011, after Annemarie’s father David had given her some booklets from the Fox Talbot Museum in England, an intrigued Annemarie attended two workshops at Lacock Abbey, the home of Henry Fox Talbot and the birth of photography.

Seduced by the historic processes Annemarie returned to Lacock in 2013, as an artist in residence, building a significant body of work of photogenic drawings (in particular the Cloister and Book Mark Series).

Annemarie's work made during that residency is now being exhibited at the museum.

'Photography in its Birthplace'

Featuring the work of Annemarie Hope Cross along with Claudio Santambrogio, Laura Hartford, Mike Robinson and Ginger Owen

opened at the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock, Britain's birthplace of photography on 30 September and will run until 28 January 2018.

Over the last ten years we have hosted a number of visiting artists who have stayed for a few days to a few weeks to draw inspiration from Lacock and create work in the spirit of William Henry Fox Talbot.

The artists in this exhibition donated a body of work from their time here to our museum and we would like to show the work inspired by walking in the footsteps of one of photography’s greatest inventors.

Read more about Annemarie here.

Nigel Wilson’s prize winning work is in this year's Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Awards. Hosted by the Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station 5 August – 3 Sept 2017.

This is what the judges said….

2nd PLACE No. 190: 'Tree Avenue’ by Nigel Wilson "We see an artist who is on top of his chosen painting medium. A direct and confident technique throughout the work. Lovely rich layers of colour, this work makes a visual statement. Even the simplest of subjects make successful paintings if you approach it with imagination and a pure colour palette, as demonstrated in this appealing painting".

Art and Genetics Exhibition - July 2017

Art and Genetics opened at the Otago Museum in Dunedin on Tuesday 4th July. Artists from throughout Otago and Central Otago were paired with genetic scientists from the University of Otago to collaborate on an exhibition representing the scientists research topic through the eyes of the artist. The result was a very diverse show of 3D and 2D work.

Annemarie Hope Cross paired with a genetic scientist researching colon cancer. Using historic photography processes, and linking that with music script, she created a large work entitled "Hope".

Eric Schusser worked with an Italian scientist studying genetics and Kaka conservation in New Zealand. Eric's intention was to create a social/personal documentary piece combining quotes from the scientist, images of lab work, and photos taken of Kaka at Orokonui.

Peter Stupples - lecturer at Otago Polytechnic curated the exhibition which was run in association with the Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia hosted at the University of Otago. He said, "The idea is not to illustrate science but to mainly to bring science to the public, to show people who come to the show an idea of science.". 24 artists participated in this show which will run until 16th July in the HD Skinner Annex, Otago Museum, Dunedin.