Recently Jane Zusters left the comfort of the studio above and went on a journey with her artist mate Ramonda te Maiharoa following the Murray River in Australia as a cautionary tale for what is in store for our Canterbury rivers. Watch this space to see where the results will be shown.

On the 21 st June she will be guest artist at the Ashburtion Society of Arts.

From the 8th to 10th of July she will be teaching her popular Painter’s Studio For the University Of Canterbury’s Continuing Education.

In August Tearaway will be opening at Quikcorp in High st, Christchurch. Watch this space for more details.

On the 20th August she will be showing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington in Artists as Activists along withBrian Turner, Sam Mahon, Grahame Sydney, Dean Buchanan, Michael Smither, Nick Dreyden and Don Binney.

he awa reo river talk
artists for save our water
Tuesday 24th November 2009
Saturday 12th December 2009

art celebrating our rivers
Opening 5.30 Tuesday November 24th, 2009
This is the second artists for save our water project comprising Mark Adams, Nigel Brown, Linda James,
Sally Hope, Sam Mahon, Albi McCathy, Margaret Ryley, Ramonda Te Maiharoa, Irene Schroder, Becky
Turrell, Ben Woollcombe and Jane Zusters. Sponsored by The Malvern Hills Protection Society and Alpine
Jets the artists journeyed the Waimakariri River seeking inspiration for this exhibition. The artists celebrate through their art this magnificent braided river threatened by the proposed Central Plains Water Scheme.
water show
2-4 pm Saturday, December 12th, 2009 entry by donation
Featuring Murray Rodgers author of Canterbury’s Wicked Water.
Starring singers Malcolm McNeill and Rima Te Wiata formerly known as the kelp bags, the runoff,
and paua patties

Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday: 12pm – 4pm
COCA 66 Gloucester St. Christchurch. New Zealand. Ph: +64 (03) 366 7261
he awa reo /river talk / artists for save our water

Thursday, 1 October 2009
Tues – Fri 10am – 4pm Weekends 12noon-4pm. Closed Mondays

Jane Zusters was born in Christchurch and has been exhibiting throughout New Zealand since 1975. She studied painting at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts and graduated in 2003 with an MFA (First Class Honours) in photography from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Auckland. Her practice includes painting, photography, installation involving found objects and short-looped video pieces. In 2005 she returned to live and work in Christchurch after twenty years based at her studio house on Waiheke Island. Zusters is represented in major public collections in New Zealand.

Zusters’ work explores one of the central issues of our time; that uneasy ecological edge where natural worlds are threatened when human beings channel the whole eco system into themselves. She is especially passionate about endangered New Zealand birds and water issues and co-founded with Sally Hope (granddaughter of Mackenzie Country painter Esther Hope) artists for save our water whose art projects draw attention to water conservation.

Venue: Aigantighe Art Gallery

Contact Name: Fiona Ciaran
Contact Phone: 036884424
Email Address: gallery@timdc.govt.nz