A community arts radio show aims to take on the belief that the arts are exclusive.

Got some tissue paper lying around? Or some Polyfilla? Painter Cathy Campbell-Smart innovates with materials to make her semi-abstracted seascapes and landscapes. She's exhibiting at the Emerge Gallery in Top Town Arcade, Ngāmotu / New Plymouth until 30 Sep 2020.

"A human being - in the past - would be represented through a male, European figure. But the field of thought around the non-human often explores what else that human could be. These also include marginalised groups - women, queer people, people of colour, but also extended further, to include animals, plants, river... that’s why I chose the mermaid."

Fashion designer and filmmaker Bobby Campbell Luke (Ngāti Ruanui, Taranaki) speaking about his design and art processes that explore Māori identity, culture and history. A recording of the Monica Brewster evening at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre on 11 Aug 2020.

Taranaki artist Dwayne Duthie uses his colourful, exuberant paintings to explore themes that matter to young people. He's showing at Percy Thomson Gallery in Whakaahurangi / Stratford until 16 August 2020. We caught up to find out about the themes behind his process and inspiration.

Young Taranaki Artist Award winners 2020

Awards ceremony from the 2020 TSB Community Trust Emergence Art Awards from Percy Thomson Gallery.

"When you buy 'just a card' from an artist, maker, independent shop or creative business, you're not buying *just* a card. You're supporting passion, skill, creativity and community." That's the message of the Just A Card campaign that began in the UK and has spread worldwide: Artists and independents need your small purchases -- they make a difference.

We speak with Michael Fram of The Leaping Hare Gallery and Framers all the way over in North Yorkshire, about the thinking behind Just a Card.

We carry on the gripping thread of our interview with Taranaki artist Marianne Muggeridge

Marianne Muggeridge is one of Taranaki and New Zealand's most well-known and well-loved artists. Her work is in the collection of institutions like Te Papa and she’s won several major awards and competitions. She’s well known for her portraits, Taranaki mounga landscapes and iconic paintings of Wellington houses.

Glass art with The Glass Gallery: Richard Landers