The Japanese Art Festival over the weekend was a great success with the new venue of Aotea Centre and increased publicity.

On Saturday, there were speeches, nibbles and drinks as well as a half hour Taiko drumming demonstration at Aotea Square. The drumming was phenomenal and the acoustics in the square were amazing. There was a great turn out and got lots of people interested in the exhibition inside.

On Sunday I took my family through the exhibition and also participated in a live art demo in the afternoon. The bunny and origami drawing I did was quite popular with the young, female audience and after a bit of a bidding war, fetched $61 for charity.

Here are some photos from the festival…

(click on the thumbnails for a larger view)