48th Worldwide Sketchcrawl Day.

Today was the 48th Worldwide Sketchcrawl Day and it just happened to coincide with the opening day of the multi million-dollar Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/70477064/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day-nor-was-the-len-lye-centre.html

This is New Zealand's first gallery dedicated to a single artist and the opening festivities kicked off at 9am with a powhiri (prayer). Doors opened to the public at 10am.

A little bit about it's construction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKtt5mvNHLQ&feature=youtu.be

Our theme for the day: The Old and the New.

The new? The Len Lye Centre. The Old? The Len Lye Collection.

One of our sketchers Trevor Davies was interviewed by the local newspaper:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/70540737/public-get-first-glimpse-of-lauded-len-lye-centre 

And on the national TV3 news:

 I don't have the video yet, but I'll put it up if I can.

Here is Trevor's sketch:

Here is my sketch:

Here is Norah's Sketch of the people outside:

More sketches from Trevor:

Old Chinese vase:

More Photos:

On Sunday the public coloured this exhibit in: