The Makeshift blog

This Is The Future That television Gave Us

eddie — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:08:20 -0700

Come and support locals artists EDMO!, Jake Hope and Davy van de Vusse, as they exhibit their latest series of work "This is the Future that Television Gave Us".

End Of The Road Exhibition

steven — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:41:19 -0800

Makeshift is co-presenting End Of The Road an exhibition that opens on Thursday 28th January from 6pm at Cross Street Studios; it is the last exhibition to be hosted at the gallery space on Cross Street, near Auckland’s K’rd.

Creepy Carrot by thisisrabbit

steven — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:45:58 -0800

Makeshift artist and local sketch man thisisrabbit posted this illustration up on his flickr account and I thought it should be shared with everyone. Happy new year by the way. 20 10 here we come.

Cross Street Garage Sale

steven — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:24:08 -0800

In the spirit of the season Cross Street Studios is opening their doors and welcoming us all in for an epic garage sale christmas party on Tuesday 22nd of December!

Wellington Zinefest!

steven — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:59 -0800

For those of us who are kicking it in the capital then make sure you get along and check this out, its Wellington Zinefest time!

ActionMan Adam

eddie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:47:39 -0700

So in a muddled impression of a good older brother I went with my younger brother to Armageddon this year. He’d never been and I hadn’t been for years. It was an... interesting experience (he says diplomatically) but one of the highlights was the new ActionMan Adam book by local artist Marc Streeter.

Comics on K

eddie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:14:05 -0700

So I had planned on writing this and putting it up days ago, but I didn’t, and then I forgot when it was and thought it was ages away. Then I realised it was this weekend. So here you go. Sorry.

I Always Knew You Were Tomorrow

eddie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:54:41 -0700

Titirangi is, unless you live there, pretty shit to get to. And if you do live there you’re probably too busy fantasising about leaving to have any time for art.