NZ Festival of Body Art Awards | Taupo 2010
NZ FESTIVAL OF BODY ARTS TAUPO 2010
12 - 21 February 2010
Exhibition, Body Paint Workshops and Competitions, Entertainment, Wine Garden, Event Village by the beautiful Waikato River and Lake Taupo
The amazing, fascinating and colourful world of Body Art hits the shores of Lake Taupo this summer 12 – 21 February 2010 with a series of events designed to introduce Taupo and visitors to a completely new dimension of art and entertainment.
FREE: Exhibition 'Walking Art' at Taupo Museum Gallery from 12 Feb.
FREE: Body Art Workshops at Society of Arts Building from 15 - 19 Feb
FREE: Entertainment evening and Wine Garden on Riverside Park 19 Feb from 5 pm
TICKETS @ Gate: Premiere Body Art Competition & Entertainment day - Saturday 20 Feb
TICKETS @ Gate: Youthtown Family Body Art Competition Day - Sunday 21 Feb
Ticket prices from $5 - $12 CASH ONLY at the Riverside Park gate
The Hilton Hotel, Lake Taupo is offering accommodation deals for festival participants or contact us about other cheap accommodation options in Taupo.
Body Art devotees from anywhere are welcome to compete or simply join the festival. For those people in the regions adjoining or near to Taupo this event is for them as well to participate as models, body artists, supporters and of course audience!
Professional and novice painters, models, prosthetics, mask and makeup artists gather in Taupo to create the animals, monsters, creatures and fantasy characters onstage that we more often see in the movies, on television, in the theatre and on fashion cat walks.
The theme for the Taupo festival is – Maori Myths and Legends – referencing to the longstanding presence of Maori culture in the region. Presenting artists and models will be expected to design and create works accordingly with either traditional or contemporary flavours.
This is contemporary art applied to the canvas of the human body, based on very ancient, multicultural traditions of marking, embellishing, beautifying and decorating. It is an incredible process of design and skill and people are usually amazed by what is achieved. Models are literally transformed to become walking works of art; sometimes unrecognizable as human beings.
This is however not just a show or a few workshops or an exhibition. It’s Taupo’s event. Festival organisers are looking for all kinds of people to enter the body art competitions, to make masks, props and stage decorations, to host artists and help on the event site. It is a great community and family opportunity.
Riverside Park Amphitheatre,Taupo Museum, Society of Arts Building, Taupo
TICKETS @ Gate: Premiere Body Art Competition & Entertainment day - Saturday 20 Feb
TICKETS @ Gate: Youthtown Family Body Art Competition Day - Sunday 21 Feb
For competition registration, volunteer info and all details are on the festival Website www.bodyartawards.co.nz or call 09 486 8028.
Presented by NZ Body Art Trust in association with the Hilton, Lake Taupo, Youthtown, Events Capital (Taupo) and Mediaworks
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From its humble beginning in 2000 as a contest held in the Glenfield Tavern the NZ Body Art Awards annual show has grown in both size and prestige.
In 2006 the event was awarded the prestigious New Zealand Association of Event Professionals ‘Best Emerging Event' and in 2008 Highly Commended in the Westpac Enterprise North Shore Business Excellence Awards M3 Excellence in Business Innovation and the show keeps growing exponentially.
Today it is held in the Bruce Mason Centre and has become even more prestigious as the caliber of contestants grows. Foundation partner's Weta Workshops have been staunch supporters of the New Zealand Body Art Awards from day one.
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