Sunday, 7 March 2021, 2:16 pm Art-lovers will have an extra opportunity to visit Mercury Bay Art Escape’s Open Studios now organisers have extended the programme. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, Aucklanders were not able to make the journey to the eastern Coromandel for Saturday’s opening day. So, a third weekend has been added at Easter, meaning artists are opening their studios March 6-7, March 13-14, and April 3-4. Mercury Bay Art Escape chair and Kuaotunu photographer Ian Preece says they don’t want people to miss out. “Our artists are already set up for the March weekends, so we thought we’d add in