Category Archives: Artist

West Coast Wearable Art Show WOWs All Comers

Posted on April 14, 2023 by LivinginPeaceProject

Karamea’s Creative Couture Transcends All Expectations   Off the Top of My Head   By Paul Murray   WOW! The World of Wearable Art came to the small rural community of Karamea at the top of the West Coast of the South Island … Continue reading →

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Fine Art Exhibition Pops Up In Market Cross 

Posted on March 28, 2022 by LivinginPeaceProject

By Sanae Murray (Karamea Pop-Up Gallery Curator) The Pop-up Gallery exhibition at the old Karamea Hardware building was held on March 25, 26 and 27 and opened with live music performances by “The Scissors” Steve Miller, Seth Doherty, Dave Guppy, … Continue reading →

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Artists Plan New “ArtofNature” Exhibition for Tokyo

Posted on March 15, 2019 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray This photograph really started something. It was taken on the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park at the top of the South Island of New Zealand in 2005. I’ve always … Continue reading →

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DJ “Blind Dog” Taylor’s Radio Karamea Recordings

Posted on January 18, 2018 by LivinginPeaceProject

Blues aficionado DJ Travis “Blind Dog” Taylor records his radio shows in Adelaide, South Australia exclusively for Karamea Radio 107.5 FM in Karamea, New Zealand. 

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Burning Woman Throws Baby

Posted on July 1, 2017 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray When a large macrocarpa tree blew down in front of his house in a storm, Granity artist and bon vivant Peter Whitaker saw it as a sign, “It was like a … Continue reading →

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The History of the LivingInPeace Project

Posted on May 25, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray In 2002, while working as a journalist for The Daily Yomiuri in Japan, I was actively involved in the international peace movement that was protesting the planned unprovoked invasion of Iraq … Continue reading →

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Kawatiri Sculptors Expose the Art in Rock and Wood

Posted on May 19, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray “Ogni blocco di pietra ha una statua dentro di sé ed è compito dello scultore scoprirla.” Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of … Continue reading →

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Scottish Artist Andy Goldsworthy Enhances Nature

Posted on May 1, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy creates transitory works of art by arranging leaves, sticks, rocks or anything else he can find. “When I make something, in a field or street, it may vanish but it’s part of the history of those … Continue reading →

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HELP…the “Karamea” Movie Needs You!

Posted on April 5, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

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Italian Director Denied Entry to Complete Karamea Doco

Posted on March 4, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

  By Aimee van der Weyden Friday Mar 4, 2016 The foreign director of a documentary film about Karamea is unable to return to finish filming because he was deported at Auckland Airport. Marco Gianstefani from Milan, Italy, spent two … Continue reading →

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