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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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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