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The international premiere of THAW features in this year's Nelson Arts Festival line-up, on show at Port Nelson on Labour Day.

Life in Covid-19 is explored in artist Maggy J's exhibition with a lockdown theme of using what you have.

While the format fitted in a year where Zoom performances became the norm, there was nothing quite like performing in front of a live audience, he said. “Fringe Shows are performed in small venues, they’re intimate performances and they feed off audience reaction. Seeing them live is a totally different experience.” There were many festival highlights to look forward to, Burton said. Fraser Hooper, one of the country's leading clowns, would be a treat for Nelson audiences, he said. Solitude, a “beautiful” show about Annie Chaffey’s self-imposed exile in Kahurangi National Park...

Nelson artist Maggy J won distinction for her work, Snakes and Ladders, illustrating the ups and downs of life with Covid, while New Plymouth’s Susan Imhasley won the Dame Suzie Moncrieff Merit Award for her piece, Balance. BRADEN FASTIER / STUFF The move to its Hardy St premises last year has unlocked a wider exposure of The Refinery Artspace to the public and engagement with those looking to showcase their works. Bailee Lobb of Wellington won the $5000 Supreme Award for Restful Heart, while the Bernina Award for the most creative use of a sewing machine went to Paeroa’s Deb Shepher...

BRADEN FASTIER / STUFF Nelson photographer Virginia Woolf makes some final tweaks to her exhibition 'MUSE' stories and photographs of Nelson's multicultural woman at the Refinery Artspace in Hardy St, Nelson until the 20th of March. Woolf said she chose Muse based on its original definition of the nine goddesses who inspire and preside over the arts and sciences from Greek and Roman mythology. “I chose to only have female subjects as I felt more of a connection and saw a reflection on my own struggles and experiences growing up as a NZ-born Chinese and third generation Kiwi of Chinese d...