An artwork inspired by an advertisement from the 1860s has been donated to the Wanganui i-Site.
Leonie Sharp and Carmen Simmonds created Those Who Should Venture in 2010 for the Whanganui Arts Review.
The work is a full sized cast glass and feather sculptural dress and represents the pioneering women of the region, with the title based on an 1860s advertisement in a British newspaper asking for women to come to New Zealand.
Wanganui i-Site promotion and marketing manager Lyn Cheyne was delighted to have the work as a permanent exhibit.
"It is exceptionally beautiful in its supposed fragility against the strength of its construction. For visitors to the i-Site it's wonderful for them to see genuine and relevant art representative of the region and its history."