Dave Bang
As well as working primarily in pen and ink, drawing very detailed studies of rural NZ, Dave's recent exploration of red wine, beer and coffee as painting mediums has resulted in something truly different and unique.
He also finds satisfaction and enjoyment for larger works using chalk pastel.
Amelia Downs
Amelia is a self-taught artist and has been painting for 17 years.
Her love of nature inspires her paintings of landscapes, with her favourite subject being seascapes, whilst her strong spiritual side influences a love of abstract expression also.
Painting is Amelia's true passion in life and she feels very rewarded by the joy and appreciation that people have for her work.
Elza Dissanayake
Elza discovered the love of painting about 4 years ago and hasn't stopped creating since. She paints mostly abstracts, predominately in oils but is equally skilled using acrylic.
Sharlene Schmidt
Sharlene is an experienced international artist., noted for her painting in oils, with an additional talent to render beautiful studies in both pastel and charcoal.
Vicky Webster
With a natural talent, uncomplicated by formal training, Horowhenua acrylic artist, Vicky Webster's love of colour and experimentation with different materials has resulted in the development of her own very enjoyable unique and quirky style.
John Wysocki
John is a well-known craftsman throughout the lower North Island, his many exhibitions and Arts Trail displays have demonstrated John’s ability to take woodturning to the next level where it can be enjoyed as its own art form
Play by Play will be the first event of its kind in New Zealand—an interactive, public exhibition of grassroots game development talent. Taking place during the first week of the April school holidays, the exhibition will feature a selection of international and locally developed videogames, all fully playable. Come along and check out the great games that Kiwis have been making!
Hanging from the walls will be traditional art pieces submitted by artists around New Zealand, inspired by games and games culture. These will be purchasable from the venue if you're looking for a spark of play to brighten your lounge!
During the evening will be tabletop play nights - sample a variety of games and give old favourites a go or introduce yourself to new ones.
For those of you that want to make games as well as play them, or just understand a little more about how they're built, we'll be putting on workshops throughout the week.
EVENTS
Monday the 18th of April
10am-6pm: Exhibition at Thistle Hall.
10-11.30am: Control a Game, Your Way - Mindlab workshop at Thistle Hall.
Tuesday the 19th of April
10am-6pm: Exhibition at Thistle Hall.
2pm-3.30pm: Dance Dance Revolution - Mindlab workshop at Thistle Hall.
6.30pm-late: Games night at Level Up, the local videogame co-working space on Dixon Street.
Wednesday the 20th of April
10am-6pm: Exhibition at Thistle Hall.
10am-11.30am: Shots Fired, Shots Fired! - Mindlab workshop at Thistle Hall.
7pm - late: Wellingtaru - casual drinks with other local game developers at the Fork & Brewer.
Thursday the 21st of April
10am-6pm: Exhibition at Thistle Hall.
2pm-3.30pm: B-Ball, Anyone? - Mindlab workshop at Thistle Hall.
6.30pm-9pm: Game Developers of Wellington - meetup of local game devs with a talk by Liam Esler, at BizDojo.
Friday the 22nd of April
10am-6pm: Exhibition at Thistle Hall.
10am-11.30am: Whack-a-Mole - Mindlab workshop at Thistle Hall.
12pm-7pm: Yoobee graduation interaction exhibition at Toi Poneke.
Saturday the 23rd of April
10am-5pm: Exhibition at Thistle Hall.
10am-5pm: Conference at Thistle Hall (upstairs).
12pm-7pm: Yoobee graduation interaction exhibition at Toi Poneke.
6.30pm-late: Awards and afterparty at Mac's Function Centre.
Check out the website for more information!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
JUST GOOD STUFF | 6 DAYS OF LOCAL CREATIVE CONSUMABLES
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.
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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.
Sophie Gardiner creates rich and vibrant artwork, often using unconventional materials. Her work is motivated by animal, social and environmental issues, though is always gestural, bold and often displaying a sense of irony. Her lively exhibition combines an installation, paintings, ceramics, textiles and sculptures which will prompt consideration from the viewer and an appreciation of the chosen materials.
Rising Tide is a fundraising exhibition hosted by Oil Free Wellington featuring works donated by artists from across the community.
Whilst Rising Tide represents the physical phenomenon of rising sea levels and other major effects of climate change, it also represents the rising tide of opposition to fossil fuel extraction and use, and the growing commitment of communities to begin a just transition away from our current systems of exploitation.
These ideas will be explored across a variety of mediums – sculpture, painting, jewellery, graphic design, photography – and proceeds from the sale of this work will go toward Oil Free Wellington’s summer campaign.
Flux: A continuous change, the state of in-between. Whitireia Visual Arts students present a showcase of printmaking, painting, textiles and jewellery. Flux is the constant development and continuous flow of creative energy among students.