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Otago Daily Times
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Valued art, but not valuable
Fayum Coffin Lid Portrait, from Me, According to the History of Art, by Dick Frizzell, 2019, is on show at Eastern Southland Gallery. Photo: Ella Scott-Fleming The works on show at the Eastern Southland Gallery have one thing in common: they did not cost the collector a cent. "Seriously Valuable Art" running until September 14 in the main, curved-wall of the gallery, features the works of an unnamed collector from Christchurch. The exhibition argues that art need not be expensive to be beautiful, important and life-enhancing, the press release said. Nothing in the show, featuring prints, paintings and sculpture from the past 100 years and beyond, has cost the collector a "huge amount" of money. Artists can be generous, and market forces are not always kind to the later, historically recognised creatives, the release also said. Buried in the show, however, was a secretly pricey work, and gallery-goers were encouraged to guess which fetched more of a price on the international market. Each piece was labelled with humorous comments by the collector including Dancing Frogs by New Zealand painter Joanna Braithwaite. Underneath, the collector simply said, "A tribute to the French?". The coffin portrait by famous New Zealand pop artist Dick Frizzell was accompanied by an amusing exchange as the artist and collector were friends. The label said the collector remarked that the portrait resumed the "adorable" big-eyed depictions of women and children by 1950s kitsch icon Margaret Keane. The artist was not flattered by the comparison, the caption read, but the two remained good friends. A talk by art historian and collector Mark Stocker, who may or may not be the mysterious collector, organisers said, was planned for August 24, at 2pm. Mr Stocker will guide the audience through the selected works and share insights into what was worth collecting — and what was best left behind. .
Otago Daily Times
29-07-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Division 1 final — Ack Soper Trophy
In an exciting division one club rugby final, home team Wyndham claimed the Ack Soper Trophy after beating Edendale 24-18 on Saturday. Ella Scott-Fleming captured some of the action.
Otago Daily Times
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards
Amateur fashion designers from throughout New Zealand have showcased their creations at the MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards in Gore. The annual event, held at the Gore Town & Country Stadium on Friday and Saturday, attracted more than 200 entries across 12 sections. South Otago reporter Ella Scott-Fleming was there with her camera.
Otago Daily Times
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
For the love of oysters
PHOTO: SUPPLIED Ensign reporter Ella Scott-Fleming eyes up the cinnamon oysters she made on Monday with Coral McCauley. Mrs McCauley has been helping with the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards, in Gore, since the beginning of the event in 1974. This year will be her 28th year on the committee. Her cinnamon oysters have been fuelling the competition's judges for about that long, she says. This is the second year she has run a "masterclass" on making the delicacies.
Otago Daily Times
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Cinnamon oysters: a staple of music festival
Ensign reporter Ella Scott-Fleming gets a preview of the cinnamon oysters masterclass — an event next Tuesday, as part of the Bayleys Tussock Country music festival. I first caught wind of cinnamon oysters when I was in Gore, as a newly arrived and ever-hungry Aucklander. I was intrigued and a bit unsure, as it sounded to my untrained ears like raw Bluff oysters with an interesting choice of spice sprinkled on top. I was relieved to learn they are actually mollusc-shaped, cream filled little sponges which are easy to make and even easier to eat several of, fast. Eager to try this mysterious treat, I enlisted only the best, seasoned professional Coral McCauley, to show me how it's done. Mrs McCauley's masterclass on making the bite-sized delights is returning to Tussock Country this year, where you, too, can bake — and taste — a cinnamon oyster. Making them takes no time at all, I learned, as Mrs McCauley uses a simple yet effective recipe adapted from the Edmonds Cookery Book , but with a slight twist. Her secret is she bakes them for less time than the old recipe says, making for softer, fluffier cakes — to which I can attest. Mrs McCauley, said she has been working at Gore's Gold Guitar Awards since its beginning in 1974 and this year will be her 28th on its committee. Her cinnamon oysters have been fuelling the country competition's judges for about that long, with Mrs McCauley turning the preparation and delivery of the delicacies into a fine art. She freezes batches of them pre-filled with whipped cream, she said, so they can be defrosted, creating an efficient and steady flow of baked goods for the judges all festival long. She said entries for the Gold Guitars used to come in cassettes that she would organise alphabetically. Now that everything was digitised, she was a bit left behind, she said, with the awards no longer needing her organisational skills. Nevertheless, working for the Gold Guitars for so long taught her the basics such as email, which she said she would never have learned had it not been for the ever-growing country competition. She was nervous to do her class on the oysters the first time, but now she said it was a piece of cake. In her special Tussock Country apron she removed the cakes from their brief time in the oven. I sliced the sweets with her electric bread knife as Mrs McCauley's husband, Gore country legend Max McCauley reminded me not to hurt myself. As I left their comfortable Gore home, the couple warned me I would not be able to eat just one and they were right. "One of my nieces eats about five at once," Mrs McCauley said.
