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A promising young artist in her own right, Akilah Hammond remembers long evenings at the Volcano cafe with her grandad Bill, while he sketched and scribbled.
The Peninsula Art Auction is excited to be auctioning “Bone Eagle C” by Bill Hammond right next to his granddaughter’s work.
These are just two of many amazing artworks featuring in the Peninsula Art Auction this year.
With over 100 artists in this year’s Auction with links to the port town or the wider Banks Peninsula, it is an opportunity for up-coming artists to exhibit right next to the famous. Highlights this year include works from Bill Hammond, Jason Greig, Asher Raawiri Newbery, Nichola Shanley, Hannah Beehre, Ben Reid, Mark Whyte, Scott Jackson, and the late Llew Summers son Dan Summers.
The venue for the Art Auction is Lyttelton Primary School, 34 Oxford Street, Lyttelton. We will be exhibiting over 180 pieces of art including jewellery, paintings, photographs, pottery and sculptures from more than 100 contributing artists. There are two visitor-friendly parts to the event:
Exhibition Weekend/Silent Auction – 28th and 29th October 2023
Gold coin entry to view all of submitted artworks. Bid on selected artworks
over the duration of the weekend. 10am – 4pm.
Gala Evening and Live Auction – 29th October 2023, 7pm.
A ticketed event, selected artworks will be auctioned live, bids will also close for the silent auction during the evening. Tickets $45.