YES, just what you’ve been waiting for April’s Affordable Art and Artisan Fair at the Black Sheep Bar & Grill Whakamarama. The Fair is a not-for-profit collaborative community venture by ARTbop and the Black Sheep!
We’re able to hold our Fairs all year round because of the variety of places and spaces within the Black Sheep Complex. If it’s windy and raining you’ll find us all in the cafe and Atrium itself and if it’s sunny well – we’ll be everywhere. Check out Isaac’s amazing outdoor art above…so popular!
There’s live music: two sessions – so you’re bound to enjoy!
There are both regular and new exhibitors at every Fair. To make it easy to find out who’s just joined the Affordable Art & Artisan team…
Another new exhibitor!
You’ll enjoy the good food you can have at the Black Sheep – join the Sunday brunch crew or come for lunch! Lots of menu items and now also a selection of delicious cabinet food. See you Sunday!
OUR APRIL FAIR: We’ve an emphasis on our “harvest” this Fair: our creative harvest and you’ll find plenty of that. We’ll be having a Harvest produce basket for the April Fair prize. You have to be in to win!
Just look at all these prizes!
Look what I’ve won!
And who took home this box of choco goodies?
Everyone, from everywhere got involved in finding all the “Easter Eggs”
SOME MONTHS WE HAVE CREATIVES SHOWING US WHAT AND HOW THEY DO IT: IN MARCH WE HAD THE FABULOUS PAHOIA CREATIVE FIBRE TEAM
Omokoroa Artist Margaret Savage sketches…
Another Omokoroa Artists hard at “art”
WE’LL BE ON SUN & SHINE, WET OR FINE! Here’s a peek into the Black Sheep Conference Room…
Indoors in the Conference Room
Quirky and eccentric…
INTO THE ATRIUM!
Looking into the Atrium: original printed clothing
Deb and her wonderful handmade jewellery
And what are you looking at? The ladies of Insalt artisan product…
Tastins at Insalt
Even the Black Sheep staff can’t keep away!
Barisa & Co..talented style
BB’s photographic art
Still nice enough to be outside!
Stylish woodware
Clay design under the Harcourts marquee..thank you Richard and Graham!
The Coffee Guy…
Well the truck is the “guy”
AND IN AND AROUND THE CAFE…..
Birgitt Shannon artist
The cafe style
Nathalie Foster one of the Fairs amazing promo and marketing team
EVEN THE FOYER ISN’T IGNORED:
Even the old piano gets another life!
Country flowers, plants and original cards
So many exhibitors: and we all have name badges!
And have another look at the narrative video produced by Birgitt Shannon, Katikati artist, ARTbop contributor and the ARTbop team leader and Event Organiser for the Affordable Art & Artisan Fair. (Our ARTbop web address is incorrect but if you’re here – you found us!)
SEE YOU SUNDAY 11AM TO 3PM AT THE AFFORDABLE ART & ARTISAN FAIR AT THE BLACK SHEEP WHAKAMARAMA, CORNER OF SH2 AND PLUMMERS POINT ROAD, WHAKAMARAMA
ARTbop
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You can read a recent review by Lee Switzer in Kupu & Word, WORDS
The Treaty of Waitangi in Tauranga Te Tiriti o Waitangi Ki Tauranga Moana by Debbie McCauley, Maori translation by Tamati Waaka, illustrated by Whare Joseph Thompson. Mauao Publishing, 2018. Reviewed by writer and photographer Lee Switzer.
AND MARCUS HOBSON HAS A WONDERFUL COMMENTARY ON WHAT A NEW MUSEUM FOR TAURANGA COULD LOOK LIKE :
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:
alchemy
SPOKEN WORD POETRY
Join us every second Wednesday of the month,
6.00pm to 8.30pm
at the
Black Sheep Bar & Grill
Cnr SH2 and Plummers Point Road, Whakamarama
Read your own poems or poems by your favourite poet. Enjoy the power of the spoken word!
Phone: 07 571 8722 021 145 5810
ARTbop
the Bay of Plenty’s creative arts magazine!
read us online anywhere, anytime!
The next Affordable Art & Artisan Fair is this Sunday 29th April, 2018. The Fairs are held within the Black Sheep Bar & Grill complex. There is heaps of parking, clean toilets and wonderful food and coffee. There’s live music. We’ve got a Harvest Hamper to win and that “how many in the jar”! If you would like to join us as an exhibitor/retailer of your original creativity you can contact us at aaafair17@gmail.com
We are sign posted along SH2 with signage to the turnoff of SH2 and Plummer’s Point Road.
