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PARK(ING) DAY 2022Wellington Sculpture Trust | News
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- Friday 4 March is Wellington's PARK(ing) Day! Providing temporary public open space—one parking spot at a time! For one day a year, artists and community groups take over inner-city car parks, challenging us to think about how we can make better use of our public space. Take a walk down Cuba Street between 9am and 5pm for a surreal outdoor art experience!
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Creative Forest grows on Cobham Drive...
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- The fourth major wind sculpture in a series that will define the southern gateway route into the city is being installed on Cobham Drive. The three nine-meter high stacks of bright spinning cubes named Wellington Urban Forest are the creation of a two-year collaboration between former Wellington sculptor Leon van den Eijkel and Hutt Valley engineer Allan Brown of Metallion Ltd.
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Fifth Wind Sculpture
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- The Meridian Energy Wind Sculpture project is designed to place six major wind sculptures along Evans Bay/Cobham Drive on the route from Wellington airport to central Wellington.
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Hear and see about Len Lye
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- The recent launch of Water Whirler has prompted the Trust to organise a wide-ranging panel discussion and film-showing on the late artist Len Lye.
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Water Whirler, Queens Wharf, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tripod opens on Courtney Place
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- The City Council's artwork tribute to the screen production industry's contribution to Wellington has been installed at the eastern end of Courtney Place, in proximity to the Embassy Theatre, and was opened by the Mayor on 17 November.
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City Gateway update
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- The City Gateway sculpture, the largest project the Trust has undertaken, is progressing steadily, with an announcement of the selected piece expected ?reasonably soon?, says the Convenor of the selection panel, Neil Plimmer.
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Tower of Light vandal fined $500
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- Andrew Drummond's Tower of Light has unfortunately been subject to two incidents of vandalism since its launch in April 05. This is the first time that any of the Trust???s sculptures have been seriously damaged.
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Tower of Light
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- A major, permanent work of art is now being installed on Cobham Drive, the kinetic sculpture Tower of Light, the third in the Meridian Energy Wind Sculpture Walk.
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New sculpture for Cable and Tory St
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- A major new sculpture for Wellington is to go on the corner of Tory St and Cable St, outside the Museum Hotel and opposite Te Papa Museum. The work is to be fully funded by the owner of the hotel and former City Councillor, Mr Chris Parkin
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Spinning Top & Shells Both Installed
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- Friday 29 November was one of the great days in Wellingtons art history with the opening by the Mayor Kerry Prendergast of Jeff Thomsons Shells and Robert Jahnkes Spinning Top.
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