A creatively curated exhibition of unique and exquisite heritage textiles & crafts, with written and visual narratives from many corners of the world, will be on display.
Wellington city is a melting pot of people from many parts of the world, more so than ever. The wider Wellington Community accepts and celebrates this global diversity through cultural events, food festivals and eateries which helps raise awareness, understanding and acceptance of each other's culture and heritage.
This exhibition represents the fabric of our Wellington Community through a rich display of cultural and heritage attires, textiles, accessories etc., from NZ, Pacifica, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, India, Bhutan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, Guatemala, Peru, Japan, Ghana and many more.
The generational knowledge, skills and techniques used to create these beautiful works are slowly disappearing in this modern age, and some are already lost. Come and join us on this visual journey.
Opening Night on Monday 26th September - 4pm to 8pm - All welcome.
We will also run a series of audio-visual presentations on selective days in the adjacent Thistle Hall Meeting Room. For more details, visit https://atitravel.nz/textile-exhibition/
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Come and take part in creativity contemplation and community as we visualise and work towards a world of justice peace and sustainability...
Details of the Workshops can be found here:
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Society Members will be on site to assist with genealogy enquiries and talk to subject matter.
This exhibition is to celebrate the centenary of the Shetland Society of Wellington and Shetlanders connection to Wellington.
The Exhibition displays includes a display of the Society's activities over the past 100 years including:
- Shetland lace and fair isle knitting
- Shetland's contribution to fishing in Island Bay
- Taitville
- Shetland Music
- Shetland literature & dialect
- Wellington streets with a Shetland connection
- Meeting our members
- Vikings/Viking Galley
- Lodge Zetland History
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When you explore the streets of Wellington, you’ll find nice little palaces everywhere.
There are buildings all across this city known as electricity substations. They power our lives and are a presence in every neighbourhood.
Some have operated for a century and many feature art inspired by the communities they serve. Yet, these striking structures are seemingly invisible.
Nice Little Palaces is a solo photography exhibition that brings them into the light and celebrates the important role they play in powering Pōneke. Come along for an electrifying experience!
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Through painting, ink illustration and sonic sound the artworks in ‘Where Are You From’ explore the experiences of the artists’ growing up as Asians in Aotearoa. Reflecting on past identity dilemmas, the exhibition encapsulates warm moments and memories to celebrate a sense of home and belonging.
WORKSHOP: Saturday 3rd September (2.00pm - 4.00pm)
We welcome you to join us at the Workshop Day to illustrate and share your own special moments and memories of home!
Special thanks to our wonderful sponsors: Arobake, Fix & Fogg, Garage Project, Parrotdog
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Poster design by Jay Chan
delimit is a group show of contemporary jewellers and jewellery adjacent practitioners. It features the work by 33 artists from across the motu. The artists have worked in a range of media exploring the concepts of interstitiality and liminality. If an object is a discrete form in a given state, then it stands to reason that it must have an ending, an edge or threshold, where said object and or its state ceases to be and something other begins, and between these beginnings and endings there must be a space, or a clearing, the smallest of intervals between things, a void, a new space, so that what is not there has the same weight as what is.
Vivien Atkinson, Maca Bernal, Becky Bliss, Vernon Bowden, Nadene Carr, Fran Carter, Kristin D’Agostino, Peter Deckers, Sharon Fitness, Mandy Flood, Karl Fritsch, Nik Hanton, Lisa Higgins, Louise Hill, Neke Moa, Katie Pascoe, Sarah Read, Sandra Schmid, Nadine Smith, Mia Straka, Caroline Thomas, Nina van Duijnhoven, Lisa van Hulst, Tia Venning, Lisa Walker, Sarah Walker-Holt, Raewyn Walsh, Jess Winchcombe, Kathryn Yeats, Grace Yu Piper, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna, John Sheehan & Sean O'Connell
Stages reflects the immigration story of one families journey to New Zealand. It spans three generations movements across four countries in search of new beginnings. These journeys are expressed in multiple media (charcoal, watercolours, ceramics, pen & ink) reflecting each of their personalities and experiences. Stages contemplates what we as immigrants bring to our new home, wisdom, hope, vitality but mostly resilience and diversity.
From Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th August, at 5pm daily, Katy Soljak will read a story from My First Real Pash and talk about her work.
My First Real Pash is a book launch/art exhibition. Described as gripping, funny, tragic and cathartic, these 12 paintings and accompanying 12 stories condense the experience of a whole life into a series of works. The book with its frank and colloquial style offers a subtle yet biting critique of New Zealand Society. Katy Soljak will read from her book during the exhibition.
Painting has been a constant pursuit of all three of us women. We have known each other for many years and share similar viewpoints on life and the world around us. We chose to exhibit together as we all share a great joy in creating and wanted to share our creativity to a wider audience. We paint generally from a representative viewpoint but then we often wander from this into abstract form.
Made by Maranga is an aspirations project based in Wellington city, not far from here! We provide on-hand learning and training for young adults with intellectual disabilities. Everything you see here has been crafted and created by the talented people of Maranga. These young people are keen to find opportunities to have their own financial independence whether that is through paid employment or creating their own business making products, you can see here today. All our products are handmade using recycled, upcycled, or sustainable materials from around the city. Anything you see at our exhibition can be made and personalized for you, orders are accepted, come in and fill in one of our forms.
We hope you can join us for the Exhibition Opening, on Monday 25th July from 5:30 - 8:30.
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In our Exhibition we plan on providing inspiration for other emerging artists, especially those who have, or will shortly be, finishing study in the Creative disciplines. We will be showing how it is possible for emerging artists to create their own artistic identities and unique styles of art, whilst staying true to themselves and their passion for creating. We will be showcasing high quality art which we hope will inspire others to get creative themselves. Our artworks will portray objects and subject matter that convey our own unique personalities, emotions and interests. There will be artwork in a range of media including Glass, paintings, prints, ceramics, digital illustrations and bronze work.
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The exhibition explores various compositions of eggs, knives and eyeballs using a heavily stippled digital drawing style and large amounts of white space to create dramatic and minimal imagery.
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Ceramic Artist Peter Rumble, takes a swipe at (almost) everything that riles him. If non-PC isn't your cuppa tea, visit Te Papa instead!
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Artist Louis Mikaere has created a body of work inspired by Te Ao Maori and the stories that have been passed down by our ancestors. He believes that these stories have the lessons and metaphors to better understand ourselves and the world we live in. In western society Pakiwaitara often get categorised as myths and legends however to us as Tangata whenua these stories are imperative to us as people of the land and more!
Mauri Ora!
Nine Wellington artists combine to bring you a wintery collection of newly crafted items and artworks. The vibe is ethereal, beastly, wintry and wistful, bringing fantastical artwork and an occult vibe to the year’s darkest days. Signature scents will be molten beeswax, petrichor, cooling lava flows and leather.
Exhibitors; Rebecca Hawkes, Gemma Proebst (Exomoprh), Thorn Richards, Isobel Te Aho-White, Jess Stab (Hex), Darcy Woods, Sonja Howard, Chimera and Pepper Raccoon, working in a wide range of media but brought together by their inventive otherworldly art.
This exhibition comes from admiration of Nature. It gives us everything we need, and we should care more about our Nature, to pay it back.
Of Natalia's artwork, people have said " Your paintings reflect joy and the healing energy".
Artists - Freedman White, Charlotte Hird, Ben Dellabarca, Sam Balzer, Jerome Moo, Amit Dutta, Nick Cattell, Brenton Cottman, Harris Gebbie, Mary Guo, Nathan Tucker, Tatiana Krayushkina, Stephen Njoto and Tri Phan
There will be artists Involved in the exhibition present at all times, and many will be painting. Feel free to come along and ask any questions you might have.
Experience New Zealand through the eyes, minds and brushes of a group of enthusiastic plein air artists. En Plein Air is simply painting from life. In viewing these paintings you bear witness to not just a snapshot, but each artist's personal meditation on a landscape. In a typically short period of time (1-3 hours) the artist will grapple with changing colours, light and reflections to present a dynamic and spontaneous moment. Each painting has a unique story to its making, All recorded within the choices made and the brushstrokes themselves. They are a reminder, to be more observant of the wonderous ever-changing beauty that surrounds us. We are pleased to share these experiences with the New Zealand landscape with you at Thistle Hall, offer an opportunity engage with artists and perhaps come away with a desire to make your own.
My artwork I think stems from a subconscious place that always makes more sense than the waking world. It is a pendulum swing of dark and disturbing to whimsical and joyful. My art is not necessarily bunched together in concepts. It is rather autonomous, each piece having its own story. What that story is, is up to the viewer...and the artist.
This exhibition is the culmination of a year-long drawing project. The artist's goal for 2021 was to make a small A6 ink drawing of the world around them.
"The sameness of the everyday also reveals shifts in the everyday. Far from being repetitive, each drawing reveals nuances in mood, atmosphere, artistic interpretation. The days I didn't draw are also revealing, the blank page is a question mark."
For the duration of the exhibition the artist will be making drawings of the gallery space, bringing the project to completion with an 'in situ', interactive experience.
Pepper Raccoon's first solo exhibition features works in a variety of mediums, exploring themes of nature, magic, and what happens when the natural world evolves beyond what we expect or imagine.
Her works feature gilded creatures, touched by magic, as well as artifacts, plants, and objects that tie into her imagined world.
As a creator of artist-designed merch and prints, Pepper will also be popping-up her online store in the space during the week. Come by and view the work, shop the wares, and chat with the artist any time during open hours!
Opening night sponsored by Waitoa Brewing, Pair Marketing, and Known Unknown Wine.