Friends Art Car
Friends Art Car
The Art Car is a mobile feast used to promote the Friends and Gallery
You may have seen Arty driving around town, how could you not! With a bright orange fin on the roof and brightly painted exterior and interior, his look captures the imagination of any innocent bystander.
Around the world Art Cars are making a cultural and artistic splash within the communities that have them. An Art Car can be many different things. Usually starting out as an older and perhaps unloved car, the vehicle is transformed by artists and designers into a moveable visual feast. Art Cars take on many themes and delight viewers young and old.
Our Art Car soon became a community activity. For one month the second-hand Honda sat in a shopping mall while artists, designers, children, adults and other happy souls stopped by to add their small bit of creative energy to the outside (and inside!) of the car.
Toys, mementos, photos, illustrations, paintings, sculptures, motifs and decorations, jewellery, coins and personal effects were added to every surface until finally the Aigantighe Art Car was fully emblazoned with hundreds of artistic designs.
Arty continues to promote the Friends and the Gallery and brings a lot of fun and colour at public festivals, exhibition openings and outreach events. Arty can be seen outside the Aigantighe Art Gallery every School Holidays, at exhibition openings, festivals and parades. Arty is used regularly for outreach trips to South Canterbury schools and is loved by all the school children.
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Aigantighe staff, Friends committee members and Timaru's Mayor Janie Annear gather around for Arty's 2005 launch |
In 2004 the Friends of Aigantighe committee decided to embark on an Art Car project.
Hire Arty to travel around town! Arty and a driver is available for hire for your school ball or as a special treat for kids, dignitaries or loved ones. Email the
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to find out more!
Colour me arty! Design your own art car...
You can download the outline of our art car and create your own design by clicking on the icon below
Send us your design by email
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or by posting to: Friends of the Aigantighe Art Gallery , PO Box 780, Timaru, New Zealand
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Where it all began. The evolution of Arty in Stafford Mall, Timaru, New Zealand...
The Public Lend a Hand. The birth of Arty was in 2004, a perfect Honda purchased from the Courier Newspaper for $1. A space was made available by the Stafford Mall to host the car primed and ready for the public to decorate.
The Evolution of Arty - Friends Arty Working Bee
An Arty weekend was set aside for the committee and friends to work together to complete the coat of paint and whimsical features.
Arty Parades Through Town
Finally Arty was ready to hit the streets of Timaru and was launched at the Timaru Christmas Parade in 2004.
Arty At the Timaru Rose Festival
Arty also became a highlight for Rose Festival goers and drew attention to the Friends of the Aigantighe Art Gallery as a creative and innovative group.
Art & Ball Going Friends
It wasn't long until Arty found more friends and escorted a couple to their Mountainview School Ball in 2007.