ROARski’s Wonderful world of the Carnivalesque!”

ROAR! gallery presents;

“ROARski’s Wonderful world of the Carnivalesque!”

Fringe 2007 15th February – 3rd March 2007
Opening Thursday 15th Feb at 5.30pm

This Fringe, it’s not just theatre which is getting all the glory…….ROAR! gallery has tempted all those shy and retiring artists out of their corners to express their secret love of all things carnival and circus.

Let us set the scene. It is February 2007 in Wellington. It hasn’t been the best summer and you are wondering if life could possibly be a little more exciting, exotic, strange……………. But at ROAR! gallery, we are challenging the drab everyday…………squeezy box music floats down the stairs, reminding you of those long nights wandering in the back streets of Paris. You climb the stairs through streamers which hang from the ceiling to enter a world which is old and new, familiar and strange…………

A cavalcade of artistes!!
Val Sutherland creating papier mache bearded ladies and lizard women, Michele Irving’s Amazing Balancing Dogs, brand new hot off the press prints from the inimitable Sam Broad, Vegas girls from Meta Assink exploring her bedazzling and bemusing trip to Las Vegas, new Daredevil Acrobats from Carmel McSherry, and puppets from the locked and mutating cupboard by Mary Laine………

Come see work made before your very eyes!!!
In the Portal we are proud to present our first artist in residence, Vanessa Crowe. Accomplished in many media including drawing, painting and textile works, Crowe will be building an installation for the three weeks of the show, and will be available for visits during the exhibition.

FREE EVENTS
Come and join the circus!!!
February 24th – Be glammed up for the Carnival in an all day free make up session by make-up artiste Leila Torrington. Or, come make your own mask with Sharyn Young from 1pm – 3pm, all welcome, and all materials provided.

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