KUBOTA BILLFISH CLASSIC 2024 5 March, 2024 | Proudly locally owned and operated Issue 1095 Circulation 9000
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CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA
FLOX OPENS MB ART ESCAPE GALA NIGHT BY DOROTHY PREECE
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he Gala Opening of the Mercury Bay Art Escape at Hot Waves Café and Gallery on Friday, 1 March set the tone and raised awareness of the ever-expanding Art Studios Trail 2024, which stretches from Tairua to Opito Bay. The event was such a colourful success, attended by 130 enthusiastic art lovers, sponsors, and of course, artists mingling and talking all things creative. Guest artist Flox
spoke of her inspiration to paint street art “before street art was accepted or appreciated.” She enjoys working out in the open, where the public can see the work develop and share the experience of making art. Flox is passionate about birds, which feature large on her murals in public spaces around Auckland and elsewhere. Flox artwork also makes the backdrop for the TV One Breakfast show. She told her audience that it’s okay to be different, to work outside the square frame and to experiment with other forms of Continued on page 5 art.
Flox, Hayley King vivaciously addresses the crowd at the Mercury Bay Art Escape opening, demonstrating the vibrant and bright colour that has made her art forms so distinctive.
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