Lauren Lysaght in the Jar Bar.
PICTURE / RICHARD WOTTON
Lauren Lysaght in the Jar Bar.
PICTURE / RICHARD WOTTON
The Jar Room is a collaborative community art installation led by multi-disciplinary artist Lauren Lysaght and facilitated by the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua, open to all ages and artistic backgrounds.
Lauren was inspired by a trip to the Whanganui Resource Recovery Centre Jar Bar - a room fullof recycled jars. The project involves using recycled glass jars and materials that are metallic in colour or nature to create mini artistic displays by a broad range of participants from the local community. The result will be a combined art installation at the Sarjeant Gallery opening on Friday, September 8.
The Sarjeant Gallery would like to invite participants from the community to make a jar to be exhibited en masse at our object-based gallery upstairs at the i-SITE, 31 Taupo Quay.
Parameters of the project: ■ Jars must be clean with labels removed and have their own lids. ■ Each participant can create a maximum of three jars. ■ Materials used to decorate your jar must be metallic in some way, whether this is metallic in colour or nature is up to you. ■ Please include no perishables / food items / dangerous or flammable goods / organic materials / anything that might rot. ■ Decorated jars ready for exhibition must be delivered with an entry form to Sarjeant on the Quay, 38 Taupo Quay no later than 4pm on Friday, August 18. Public workshops:
We're running free workshops on: ■ Saturday, July 22 and Saturday, August 5, 11am-1pm. Open to all ages, family groups welcome. Bookings essential at Sarjeant on the Quay or by phone 349 0506. Numbers limited to 20 people per session. Donations: ■ We need donations of empty, clean glass jars (labels removed please!) of all sizes and shapes, and metallic materials to use in our workshops. ■ Please drop off jar and material donations between 10.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri to Sarjeant on the Quay, Attn: Jessica Kidd. All donated jars and materials must be received no later than Friday, July 14, 4pm. ■ Examples of metallic materials: metallic paper, fabric, recycled household itemslike tinfoil, stones, paint, buttons, haberdashery, glitter etc.
For full project details and entry form visit: www.sarjeant.org.nz/gallery/the-jar-room Contact Assistant Curator Jessica Kidd e: jessica.kidd@sarjeant.org.nz p: 027 541 0991 Or come see the Front of House team at Sarjeant on the Quay, 38 Taupo Quay
