Category Archives: Art

National Poetry Day, August 23

Posted on August 22, 2019 by

AND we are celebrating. Every patient at Mercy Hospital will receive one of 9 poARTry postcards and a Poems in the Waiting Room leaflet with their lunchtime meal. AND Every Southern DHB patient will receive a sheet of poetry on … Continue reading →

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PoARTry at Mercy

Posted on August 8, 2019 by
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Another National Poetry Day event

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

We’re also celebrating National Poetry Day on August 23 by providing all patients at Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital, with a poetry postcard on their lunch time meal tray. We selected 10 poems, offered them to 10 artists and their response to … Continue reading →

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Only three days left of A Palette of Poetry

Posted on October 25, 2018 by

We close on Sunday afternoon, October 28th,  so if you fancy looking at some great artwork and reading some terrific poems get yourself down to Resene Colorshop in Crawford St, Dunedin. All the artworks are for sale. Red Dots mean … Continue reading →

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And the exhibition continues…..

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

If you live in Dunedin, pop along to the Resene Colorshop in Crawford St. Our annual fundraising exhibition is on until Sunday October 28. All artworks are for sale. Four very different responses to the Jenny Joseph poem, Warning. Artists … Continue reading →

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A Palette of Poetry

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

Andy McCready’s response to Bernadette Hall’s poem, Scraps. Both artworks are for sale at Resene Colorshop Dunedin supporting                                    Poems in the Waiting Room … Continue reading →

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A Palette of Poetry 2

Posted on October 18, 2018 by

Jonny Waters created these two fun artworks for our exhibition. His work is a response to Sylvia Plath’s poem, You’re. You’re Clownlike, happiest on your hands, Feet to the stars, and moon-skulled, Gilled like a fish. A common-sense Thumbs-down on … Continue reading →

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