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Becordel AD1916
The Canterbury artist Archibald Nicoll enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in December 1914 and arrived at the front lines of the Battle of the Somme on the 20th August 1916 as a member of the NZEF's 4th Reinforcements Field Artillery Unit.
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Mona
Even while on holiday in Melbourne and Tasmania recently, I couldn't help myself visiting galleries and museums.
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Artists in Crime
That was the title the great Christchurch-born mystery writer Ngaio Marsh gave to a novel published in 1938, one of 32 whodunnits penned during her career.
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Good things come in cardboard boxes
As regular Bunker Notes readers will know, here at CAG we have some form when it comes to receivng mysterious parcels.
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A working holiday to Cass
Louise Henderson (1902-1994), whose birthday it is today, spent ten days at Cass with fellow artists Rita Angus and Julia Scarvell in May 1936.
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We are the champions!
We don't go in for blatant triumphalism very much, but today's an exception.
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Reality Busters
Missing the old Christchurch? Feeling just a teeny bit apprehensive about the new?
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Collaboration in practice
As the news of the proposed collaborative approach to the rebuild of Christchurch city was announced Jenny and I were in Wellington at the Museums Aotearoa annual conference. The theme of this year's conference is Collaborations in Practice.
