The Northern Advocate, Mon. Feb. 14, 2000 Caption to the shameless "I just doing my job, yet nobody understands" ART IN THE PARK: Visitors to the fourth annual Art Beat event in Whangarei on Saturday were kept entertained for hours by an array of artists and their work. "People were dropping in thinking they were just there for a short period of time, and staying all day," said organizer Helen Thorburn. "Kids were running from one activity to another." Here at the Cafler Park event is Charlie Chaplin imitator Canadian Michael O'Neil, who joins in with a belly-dancing routine. Another North American involved in the event was Miami-based painter Ingrid Cabrey. She described Art Beat as very special. She was one of the artists running a stand that gave hundreds of children a chance to try to paint, and learn a little more about the art. Cabrey has been living on a yacht in Whangarei for more than a year, having been attracted to the area by an article about its supportive arts environment in an American boating magazine. "I did find that there's a wonderful arts community," she said. Now about to leave, she expects to be back and to find an even larger Art Beat on her return.

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