POP Art Collective members chose Friday night’s event in the Kite Street alley at Factory Espresso to showcase the work of street artist Terry Tawa te iwi ngaro Rikihana.
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The invite-only event, entitled Mayhem, focused on street art, music and fashion, and allowed guests to watch Mr Rikihana in action.
In keeping with the theme guests were also served New York street-style food and drinks while enjoying music by DJ Wax Rabit. Pop Art Collective member Charlotte Gundry said the night was a big success with around 150 people braving the cold weather to take part.
“It can be freezing going out in winter but an important part of the night was about embracing our climate,” she said.
Ms Gundry said a number of artworks were auctioned and sold on the night.
“Street art or graffiti is still a reasonably controversial form of art but what we wanted to do was show an artist who’s talented at what he does, in the right atmosphere,” she said.
Pop Art Collective member Holly Manning said organisers had encouraged people to rug up and huddle around the open fires and enjoy a hot soup and mulled wine.
“We wanted to create an event that embraced the cooler weather in Orange,” she said.
The Pop Art Collective was founded to support the Orange Regional Arts Foundation raise money and increase its membership.
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