Start Date
11 April -  
End Date
17 April 2016
Artist
Brendan Moran
Main Image
Invitation to Terminal Emulation 2: Paintings and Drawings by Brendan Moran
Opening
Description

The assimilation of computers into humanity’s cultural fabric has created an interest in what I see as a correlation between computers and painting. They both utilise codified information and abstract data; both are storage devices and retrieval systems; we see the viewer as user interface; they use partitions to order and relay information.

The dawn of the electronic media age began a cultural shift from the modernist grid’s determination of projection and representation to the fluid structures and circuits of the network. 1971 was the year that radically altered the world of computers, how they manage and process information due to the invention of the microprocessor.

The cultural artefact of the computer is a starting point to investigate virtual space as non-place. The space the paintings are representative of is hidden from physical view and separated at some distance from both the artist and the viewer.

 In conjunction with the conventions of painting, the works incorporate the use of both the analogue and the digital. It is commonplace now for humanity to access information through the aptitude of remote viewing; most things are now mediated through the computer terminal.

Start Date
28 March -  
End Date
3 April 2016
Artist
Riki Sommers
Main Image
Floral still life painting by Riki Sommers
Opening
Opening Hours
Tuesday: 12.30 - 5:30pm
Wednesday - Saturday: 11am- 5:30pm
Description

An exhibition of recent paintings and prints by Nelson artist Riki Sommers.

The artwork reflects his everyday observations represented in a still life format. In addition, the exhibition will be supported by older works; a series of portraits from 2013 2014 using aerosol and oil, sketches & illustrations.

 

Start Date
21 March -  
End Date
27 March 2016
Artist
Autumn McGrail
Main Image
Poster for Autum McGrail's exhibition 'The Enchanting'
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 11am- 5:30pm
Description

I would like to invite you all to my first solo show in over five years; The Enchanting.

A world of the ethereal and ghostly.

Filled with doe eyed dolls with butter skin who only listen to the saddest of songs.

This is a love story, a ghost story, a tragedy.

Start Date
14 March -  
End Date
20 March 2016
Artist
Creative Capital Arts Trust and REACT (Rangiwahia Environmental Arts Centre)
Main Image
Paper flowers for the Cuba Dupa Festival made at Thistle Hall with REACT (Rangiwahia Environmental Arts Centre)
Description

Blooming Cuba Dupa

Tuesday 15 March: 10am - 3pm

Drop-ins welcome!

Come and get involved in the creation of a fabulous pop-up Urban Garden for the Cuba Dupa Festival with REACT (Rangiwahia Environmental Arts Centre).

Using renewable, reuse and low impact resources we will be creating beautiful blooms, bugs and vines for the Leeds Street carpark transformation.

No experience required. Bring your enthusiasm.

Made possible with funding by Welly Council Arts and Culture Fund

Workshops in Flower making will also run during the Cuba Dupa Festival.

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Glam Up Ur Headwear

Tuesday 15 & Wednesday 16 March: 3pm - 5pm

All welcome to come and make fantastic head dresses, masks and hats to wear at Cuba Dupa Festival.

Resources and advice provided by the team from REACT.

Bring anything you may wish to use – cap base/old hat, snazzy bits.

Start Date
9 March -  
End Date
12 March 2016
Artist
Kathryn Armitage
Main Image
Poster for Out of the Box - An Exploration into the LGBTIQ Community, photographic exhibition by Kathryn Armitage
Opening Hours
Wednesday - Saturday: 12 - 6pm
Description

I am Kathryn Armitage, a local photographer from Wellington and have recently been studying at The Photo School in Raumati, which is where my passion for Documentary Photography evolved. I have discovered that I have a huge interest in community and love connecting with people, places and gaining an understanding of different aspects of our community.

This photographic exhibition is about community and breaking down the barriers and the “box” which people are often put into.

These images a part of a project which is about love and acceptance – we are all the same on the inside and deserve to be loved, accepted and respected regardless of the way we express ourselves or choose to live our lifestyles.

Looking at the negative and positive experiences for which people in this community have experienced and though tailoring images to each person and their story, this project is about raising awareness towards a greater social acceptance.

Everyone is welcome to come along and view!

Start Date
3 March -  
End Date
4 March 2016
Artist
Kate Bartlett and Rebecca Solomon
Main Image
Poster for Our Catharsis - Kate Bartlett & Rebecca Solomo
Description

Constructed by Kate Bartlett, in collaboration with Rebecca Solomon, Our Catharsis is a performance work that looks to address the destabilising effects of life’s apparent fragility.

How do we wear our worry? In what form do we find cathartic release from this?

These notions of questioning are carried out through text, movement, and film to present a personal unfolding of events. We, two women with overlapping experiences, will share a semi-autobiographical account of our method for living; exposing the instances in which we find ways of coping...

of becoming

of projecting

of ending

 

Part of Wellington Fringe Festival 2016

Start Date
23 February -  
End Date
28 February 2016
Artist
Ivy Urquhart
Main Image
Invite to LUCY, Ivy Urqhart exhibition at Thistle Hall 2016
Opening
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 10.30am- 6.30pm
Description

LUCY is an exhibition that explores the nuances that make us human, the small details that our habits reveal about us. It offers the opportunity to explore the intimate nature of an individual's bedroom from the safety of a gallery.

The analytical approach to the subject matter allows the viewer to start their own investigation into the subtle changes in an individual’s space, documented by daily photographs, notes, and a small selection of objects.

This is Ivy Urquhart’s first exhibition, and is a project that she will continue to grow in the future. This is the first in a developing series.

 

Start Date
16 February -  
End Date
21 February 2016
Artist
Various Street Artists
Main Image
Colourful V street art logo for Vivid Festival
Opening
Description

Celebrating and empowering artists to tame Wellington’s boring walls.

Over the week three works will be completed outside the gallery in the streets of Wellington. Phlegm (UK) will cover a wall Jessie Street, local artist T-Wei is at work on Taranaki St, and a cohort of emerging artists take over Inverlochy Place.

Thistle Hall will host a space encouraging discussion around how we’re currently trying to tackle tagging, start to map out artworks that exist in the city and question what type of works we want in Wellington.

 

EVENT

Thursday 18 February, 6.30pm

Film screening: Dregs - A New Zealand Street Art Documentary

 

Read more on Phlegm's project - "Street artist Phlegm spruces up Wellington wall for Vivid festival" via Stuff NZ.

 

Start Date
9 February -  
End Date
13 February 2016
Artist
Kirsten Ruch
Main Image
Kirsten Ruch, Copacetic, Thistle Hall 2016
Opening
Description

Copacetic. A wonderful word whose origin nobody can seem to agree on. I like the theory that it derives from Cajun French coup esètique / coupersètique, which means “able to cope with anything and everything”. When art is in my life, when I create, I feel like everything will work out, everything will be fine.

But it is not without paradox; it is old French slang for “final cut”, meaning the point beyond which something can no longer be changed. When I hang my art on the wall, I have to let it go. The creative effort has come to an end.

I am OK with that. I am taking the next copacetic steps to new works.

Start Date
1 February -  
End Date
7 February 2016
Artist
Lan Zi, Wei Wei, Xiao Ling, Judy Huo
Main Image
Paintings by Lan Zi, Wei Wei, Xiao Ling and Judy Huo
Opening
Description

Thirty years ago four young women graduated from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts and went their separate ways. Lan Zi, Wei Wei, Xiao Ling and Judy Huo are now back together to host an exhibition in Wellington. Their varied life experiences are reflected in their individual styles—but their shared love of painting remains unchanged. This exhibition will highlight the unique and shared Aspects of their works.

Opening to include a Tea Ceremony by Ms Huang Lihong of the Ming Tea Studio.

Start Date
26 January -  
End Date
31 January 2016
Artist
Wellington Illustrators
Main Image
Poster for PrettyUgly
Opening
Description

PrettyUgly is a group exhibition with a split personality - 'Pretty' on one side, 'Ugly' on the other.

Featuring art by Cory Mathis, Iain Anderson, Jane Peng, Marc Johnston, Simon Kao, Stacy James Eyles, Stacey Robson, Tom Robinson, T-Wei and Yoii.

Start Date
19 January -  
End Date
23 January 2016
Artist
Douglas Crane
Main Image
Douglas Crane exhibition Cursem Imperium (Course of Empire)
Opening
Description

A new sculptural body of work by Douglas Crane looking at the course of an imagery Empire, which is at best an allegory of our own world today. It is centred around five children's swimming pools.

Start Date
15 December -  
End Date
20 December 2015
Artist
Local, independent creatives
Main Image
Just Good Stuff 2015
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 11am - 7pm
Description

JUST GOOD STUFF | 6 DAYS OF LOCAL CREATIVE CONSUMABLES

Start Date
9 December -  
End Date
13 December 2015
Artist
Fledgling Collective
Main Image
Poster for Fledgling Collective's exhibition Wrapt at Thistle Hall
Opening Hours
Wednesday - Sunday: 11am - 7pm
Description

Works from a Collective of Artists, Designers and Makers in Wellington, New Zealand / Aotearoa.

A chance to see the lovely things we've been making, and maybe to find the perfect gift.


Email: fledglingnz@gmail.com

Facebook: Fledgling Jewellery, Art + Design 

Start Date
1 December -  
End Date
5 December 2015
Artist
Rongotai College and St Patrick's College Students
Main Image
Placeholder
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 10am - 12 noon (pick up purchases)
Description

The Young and The Restless is an exhibition showcasing young talented students from two local Wellington boys’ schools, Rongotai College and St Patrick’s College. This will be the first time most of the students will have exhibited their work in a public forum.

We hope through this exhibition to raise the public’s perception of what teenage boys are like and to display their more creative sensitive side. Hopefully the public will get to meet them in a positive and engaging environment.

The works are in a range of media—printmaking, painting, drawing and photography.