100 Days Project

100 Days Show - Gisborne sees 8 artists from this region and their projects from 2016, with some artists adding works from previous years’ 100 day projects. The show kicks off with a group exhibition, followed by solo exhibitions by each individual artist. For some exhibitors, workshops for children and in gallery art demonstrations may accompany these exhibitions. Group Exhibition, 23 June - 16July Solo Exhibitions: Katarina & Mary Reedy, 50 artworks + 50 poems in between, 19 July-6 Aug Terangi Roimata Kutia-Tataurangi, Toimaikuku - Māori nail art, 9-27 Aug Todd Sheridan, Just Draw, 30 Aug-17 Sept Jo Tito, @wonderingearth, 20 Sep – 8 Oct Sarah Kane-Matete, 100 contemporary tattoo designs, 11 Oct – 29 Oct Julia Hennessy – Myopia 1 Nov – 19 Nov Lina Marsh, 100 Hei Tiki + 100 Songs, 22 Nov – 10 Dec -- Founded in 2011 the 100 Days Project is an annual event that runs (you guessed it!) for 100 consecutive days. The brainchild of this project (New Zealand graphic designer Emma Rogan) says, ‘In order to survive this 100 Day marathon you need to be disciplined, have creative flexibility and lots and lots of energy’. Other than two simple rules - choose one creative activity to repeat every day for 100 days, and record each daily effort – there is no skill pre-requisite, no age restriction, no fees and you can participate from anywhere in the world.

Since August 24 over 1,400 people from all over the world have been participating in this year's 100 Days Project, a most excellent (albeit ruthless) creative marathon of sorts. From December 10 - 18 we're exhibiting some of these fantastic projects in Hutt City, if you're in the area, head along and bear witness to the hundred dayers efforts made a day at a time over the past 100 days. We hope to see you there! Thanks to About Space, and our sponsors for helping make the Day 100 Shows possible!

Anjana Iyer's beautiful project caused quite a stir in 2014 with her illustrations of untranslatable words...

Jessie Mulligan, himself a Hundred Dayer talks to some of the participants from the 2014 project...

A feature on the project from local Auckland community publication, The Hobson.

Nichole drew 100 drawings with her left hand. Lena wrote down 100 overheard conversations. Jo stitched 100 spiders. Others pressed flowers, sculpted paper food, photographed everyday objects in microscopic close-up.

The story of how the project came about, how it works, and some of the remarkable projects made in the first two years...

In its very first year, the project was featured in Canvas by journalist Gina Williams.

Creating 100 drawings in 100 days seems like a daunting prospect, especially when you have a full time job and two kids. But 33-year-old illustrator Rob Turvey got stuck into the project 73 days ago, and hasn’t looked back...