Winter Programme / ADD TAGS
Here you’ll find upcoming artist talks, openings, workshops, and public programmes.
Exhibitions
Puawānanga is Nova Paul’s latest 16mm film, made using plant-based hand processing to create a developer emulsion. Puawānanga is an aka, or clematis vine, that weaves its way through the ngahere and is the embodiment of the pua—the blossoming—of the wānanga.
Presented by Auckland Studio Potters, Fire and Clay is an annual exhibition celebrating the creativity, skill, and diversity of contemporary ceramics from across their membership.
Engaging scent, sound, and scale, Clear My Throat reimagines colonial domestic architecture as a living body, bringing Rani’s new works into dialogue with selected works from the Arts House Trust Collection to trace shifting relations between materiality, geography, and time.
Tiaki is a space abundant with soft sculptures representing the living embodiment of kaitiaki, providing comfort and protection for all those who encounter them.
Die Ausgrabung (2014) is a multidisciplinary collaboration between leading Aotearoa artists Karl Fritsch and Gavin Hipkins.
Karl Fritsch and Gavin Hipkins’ Der Tiefenglanz: Deep Gloss is a satisfying contradiction. Gloss can only exist on the surface, depth is impossible, but it is through this conflict that meaning can be found.
Events
Join us this month as we let shadows guide us to create our own industrial-style drawings. Inspired by Sefton Rani’s current exhibition, Clear My Throat, this workshop explores his unique techniques creating what he calls “industrial tapa”.
The Mollymawks are an acoustic guitar/vocals/violin duo from Aotearoa playing original songs and tunes with a Celtic flavour. Their music has been played on National Radio, bFM and EastFM.
Open to secondary school students, this workshop offers an opportunity to work with a professional New Zealand artist with extensive education experience.
Blending blues, rock, folk, and jazz, Paul Ubana Jones has crafted a distinctive contemporary sound that has captivated audiences around the world.
Discover Pah Homestead’s rich history and architecture, followed by Hill House Café’s renowned High Tea in its elegant setting.
Make these school holidays the busiest and most creative yet! Inspired by our current exhibition, Clear My Throat, we’ll create a collage with tactile surfaces and materials we don’t usually associate with art-making. Then, we’ll ink our creations and enjoy the element of surprise as we transform them into prints.
Alan Stacey’s repertoire is drawn from 6 decades of playing in England, Ireland, the Pacific Islands , and New Zealand. His music is influenced by such diverse musicians as The Dubliners, Fairport Convention, Mississippi John Hurt, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and more.
Join us this month as we delve into a shiny silver world and create our own magical silver crowns inspired by contemporary jeweller Karl Fritsch, whose work deliberately subverts traditional definitions of value, precision, and beauty.
Penni Feather and WilkieMac have been touring as a double bill. They combine for a Music at Midday set of folk, Celtic, their orginals, and more — all burnished with harmonies and some truly varied instrumentation.