An art-themed treasure hunt will be part of the fun when Tauranga Arts Festival stages its 10th birthday Community Day on Saturday, October 21.
With The Strand closed to traffic for the festivities, the area will be the site for The Incubator's treasure hunt which will see donated, original artworks gift-wrapped and hidden with clues appearing on the Treasure.Art.Hunt. Facebook page.
"It's about giving and receiving," Incubator director Simone Anderson says of the treasure hunt. "We're asking people who find more than one parcel to rehide it and post their own clue to the new spot."
The event was inspired by the American Art Abandonment movement and Tauranga Rocks.
Art Abandonment puts original art in public places with a note asking that whoever takes it email the artist to let them know where it ends up, while Tauranga Rocks sees people hide painted rocks with findings recorded on the group's Facebook page.