Established Ōtepoti/Dunedin artist Sam Foley's recent show The Green Belt Invitational invited an exciting array of local and national artists to showcase works drawing upon their inspiration from our green spaces. Sam also used the show as a vehicle to facilitate awareness of and a generous $5,000 donation to Predator Free Dunedin's City Sanctuary project.
We caught up with Sam in his Ōtepoti/Dunedin studio to talk about inspiration, the intersection between art and urban conservation, and his involvement in City Sanctuary as a backyard trapper.