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Recently, two of Impact’s clients have had some great news.
Firstly, Dunedin artist Ewan McDougall has been invited to an exhibition in New York. The Agora Gallery in New York has invited 25 New Zealand artists to their newest exhibition “Brining Contemporary New Zealand Art to New York”. Every artist will show two works, so there will be 50 works in total. Ewan is incredibly excited to cross the pond and show his works in America: “It’s the first time this has ever happened over there and it’s very exciting. The show is in the middle of Manhattan, and it will hopefully expose my work to a huge new market. There are more than 15,000 people on the invite list”. The exhibition will be opened on Anzac Day with a traditional powhori welcome and wero challenge, and will run until June 7.
Secondly, Otago athlete Nicky Samuels has been named in the New Zealand team for the 2012 Olympics, however she must wait for the International Triathlon Union to confirm her entry. Nicky still has to race in San Diego and Madrid, to keep New Zealand on the 6th place in the list of Triathlon nations. Only the 8 best nations in a certain sport will be able to send teams to the Olympic Games. Thankfully New Zealand is well ahead of seventh and eighth-ranked Zwitzerland and Germany.
Nicky is excited and has confidence in her abilities: “I am excited about going to the Olympics. It is a pinnacle event in triathlon. I am about 98% sure to go to the Olympics, but it feels like 100%. The Olympics is the top of the top”.Nicky is our second client to obtain Olympic selection. She follows in the footsteps of another great athlete and friend, Chris Donaldson. Lindsay is looking forward to cheering Nicky on around Hyde Park in July.
The Impact Team is incredibly proud and can’t wait to see the results of both of these clients.
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