On Now

19 May -  
25 May 2025

Fair Winds and Following Seas

Neil Johnstone and Janis Freegard
Artwork by Neil Johnstone. A wrecked ship lists in the sands. The broken wooden ribs of its hull glow white in photographic negative. Other images seem to be double exposed - light flares and oil slick rainbow pools.
Artwork by Neil Johnstone. An ambiguous object encrusted with barnacles lies in beach sand. Is it an overturned boat? A rock formation? It appears ghost like against the inky black sky and dark ripples of sea water in this negative printed photograph.
Artwork by Neil Johnstone. Wreckage in a rocky shore, sticking upright between boulders. A headland in the back. All is silvery against a black sky. Coral coloured flares of light dance across the foreground.
Opening
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm

Every shipwreck has a story to tell, and every shipwreck is undergoing a fundamental transformation. With artworks and stories by Neil Johnstone and poetry by Janis Freegard, this exhibition is a meditation on those strange, liminal spaces that continue to fascinate, alchemise and promise long-lost treasures.

Neil’s work has been created over the course of 15 years – some of it before migrating from Scotland to New Zealand eight years ago but most of it since. This will be the first viewing of all the pieces and poems. The artworks will all be for sale to take away at the end of the exhibition, for what Neil’s wife considers a very reasonable price :D

In addition to the exhibition itself, there is a collaborative limited-edition book of poetry, stories and art.

 

EVENTS

Opening night and book launch: Tuesday 20 May, 6 - 8pm

Live music performance with Erika Grant: Friday 23, 6.30pm

 

CONTACT

 

artbyneilinprogress.wordpress.com

janisfreegard.com

 

Up Next

26 May -  
1 June 2025

HOP3: Art for Hope, Peace and Connection

Deirdra McMenamin
Poster of events for Deirdra McMenamin exhibition "HOP3: Art for Hope, Peace and Connection". Features Deirdra's vibrant and colourful abstract ink drawings.
Colourful ink drawings by Deirra McMenamin. A rainbow ink blot and an abstract spiral form in green and blue.
Opening
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 11am - 6pm

GALLERY EVENTS

Tuesday 27 May

  • 11am, OPENING Toiri Taonga Puoro
     
  • 3 - 6pm, DJ Panda and friends
     

Wednesday 28 May

  • 12.15pm, Patricia Given: Creating Community; Soup
     
  • 5 - 6pm, Jessica Browning: Harp
     

Thursday 29 May

  • 12.15pm, Deidra McMenamin; Money talks
     
  • 4 - 6pm, Forum theatre; Co-Operative Supermarket
     

Friday 30 May

  • 12.15pm, Deidra McMenamin; Peace talks
     
  • 3pm, Shannon performance poetry
     
  • 5 - 6pm, Forum theatre what does a peaceful future look like?
     

Saturday 31 May

  • 11am, Flightless fairy, Scot songs
     
  • 12pm, Heart talks and Heart listens quiet creative conversation and healing
     
  • 2pm, Jun Yuan Guqin
     
  • 4 - 6pm, Laurence Boomert Community game
     

Sunday 1 June

  • 12pm, Breathwork, mindfulness, silent creative processes
     
  • 3pm, Toiri Taonga Puoro
     
  • 5pm, CLOSING

 

 

CONTACT

Facebook: Deirdra McMenamin 

9 June -  
15 June 2025

Lōemis Art Show and Markets

Loēmis Midwinter Festival
Glass art by Dirt Child Design. A ball of crystal forms, clumped in stalactites.
Black and white illustration by Tomollusk. An old school TV with screen filled with static. Close up the static dots reveal themselves to be cartoon characters.
Assemblage art by Ben Klocek. A monarch butterfly specimen mounted on a mossy branch base.
Opening
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Thursday: 10am - 6pm
Friday: 10am - 8pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 10am - 2pm

Lōemis festival art show and markets. Showcasing the works of multiple artists, call in anytime, browse, hang around, grab a coffee, and chat to the artists!

 

ARTISTS

Bill Hunt, Datura Child, Dark Harbour Yarns, Dirt Child Design, Antoinette Ratcliffe, Ben Klocek, Serpent Dream, Thorn Richards, Medusa's Eye Tarot, Tomollusk, Disintegration Silver, Pepper Raccoon, Hex Products, curated by Kelda Morris

 

 

EVENTS

Opening - Wednesday 11 June, 6pm
                 RSVP essential - email to kelda@dirtchilddesign.com

 

Market Events: Friday 13 June, 5-8pm
                         Saturday 14 June, 10-4pm
 

FACEBOOK EVENT
 

 

CONTACT

Website: www.loemis.nz
Instagram: @loemisfestival
Facebook: Lōemis

 

#Loemis #Loemis2025

 

 

 

Images

Glass art, Dirt Child Design @dirtchilddesign

Static TV illustration, Tomollusk @tomollusk 

Butterfly, Ben Klocek