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From a hot New York poster artist to a website featuring freshly baked muffins - check out the quirky and fun picks Sarah is loving this month...
Inspirational Feature - Tara McPherson
I was sitting in nzgirl's screening of Juno (if you haven't seen it yet - go now, you'll love it!) when the camera moved through Juno's bedroom across the poster filled walls. The posters and illustrations were awesome - a real eclectic mix that some genius art director/set designer must have slapped together. Among the colouful madness I recognised one artist that would have to be one of my favourites, New York's Tara McPherson.
Tara is a painter and poster artist whose portfolio is filled with band posters for the likes of The Hives, Kings of Leon, Razorlight and Green Day. People and their relationships are the central theme to most of her work. She draws on her own life experiences and emotions to create thought provoking and seductive quirky compositions.
I find her work really inspiring for the odd illustration or painting I might be doing in my spare time (what spare time?!), so all you creative nzgirls out there, check out Tara's website here and get illustrating!
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Strive Towards Your Destiny
February 2 2008 - March 2 2008
City Gallery Wellington Waterfront
Strive Towards Your Destiny, samples a selection of works by Irene Ferguson, a graduate of the New York Academy of Art, and Arie Hellendoorn and Douglas Stichbury, both recent graduates of Massey University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts. Although the three artists draw their influences from a diverse range of sources, the works share a dry and witty reinvigoration of contemporary painting practice.
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Air Guitar Nation
Rialto Cinemas, nationwide.
Air Guitar Nation takes audiences on an inspiring, exhilarating, and ultimately hilarious journey that delves deep to find out what it truly takes to become the best in the world. Air Guitar Nation chronicles the birth of the US Air Guitar Championships as aspiring rock stars live out their dreams on a quest to become the world champion in a world where musical ability plays second fiddle to virtual virtuosity. Click here for movie session times. | | | | | | | |  | 
Cat Power
March 4, 2008, The Powerstation, Auckland.
Georgia, Atlanta born songstress Cat Power returns to NZ this March to perform with her band, Dirty Delta Blues, she was last here in 2005 as a solo artist, selling out both Auckland and Wellington shows. Click here to buy tickets. The tour follows the release of the brand new Cat Power album, Jukebox, a hand picked selection of songs originally recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams, Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell and more. Click here to buy the CD.
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The Cape
Herald Theatre, THE EDGE, Auckland.
February 8 to Saturday March 1.
Starring Damien Harrison (Shortland Street), Dane Dawson (Outrageous Fortune), Michael Whalley and James Kara, The Cape follows four young men from Wellington to Cape Reinga. Each of the teenagers has a secret and as they drive up the North Island, the tension rises and the car becomes a pressure cooker. Hilarious and tender, the foursome is forced to confront some ugly facts about themselves, their companions and the reality of life. Click here to get your tickets.
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My Paper Crane
www.mypapercrane.com
This month I just had to share with you one of my favourite creative websites. My Paper Crane is the site of American Heidi Kenney. She creates and sells all sorts of toys made out of plush. The site is updated regularly and my favourite part is her personal blog, where she posts quirky day to day events, new toys or artworks or even pictures of muffins she has just finished baking. It's light and refreshing and will get your creative juices flowing!
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