Work by artists from Whakatane is currently on display in Te Puke

Rodney Thompson (left) and Jacob Larsen from Whakatane Society of Arts and Crafts hanging the groups work at Constables Gallery in Te Puke

Last year it was the artists from Whakatane and Te Puke who visited one another's galleries.

This year it's their artwork.

Members of Te Puke Art Society and Whakatane Society of Arts and Crafts had exchange visits to one another's premises last year and this year each group's work will be exhibited at the other's gallery.

Whakatane club treasurer Rodney Thompson and member Jacob Larsen brought 66 pieces of work to Te Puke last week and it will be on display this coming weekend at Constables Gallery in Commerce Lane. The gallery will be open from 9am-3pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Te Puke Art Society president Necia McKinley says the idea to hold the exhibition was a natural extension of the exchange visits last year.

Rodney says the work on display shows the variety that is produced by the Whakatane club's members.

"Some of it is wood, there's some quilting and fibre craft, but the majority are paintings in a variety of mediums — oils, acrylics, silk painting — and drawing."

Te Puke Art Society members' work will be exhibited in Whakatane in early April.