tell tales – Mayumi Sherburn

June 2023

narrated by daintily handcrafted prints +

Hononga –

June 2023

Year 5 and 6 students explore their connection to a special place, Durie Hill School.

Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa

Keeping connected and maintaining relationships so we can keep moving forward together

Quirky Creatures – Rachel Dickison

June 2023

Guest Artist Rachel Dickison supports our community event Hononga with a range of her favourite illustrations.

C U R V E – A celebration of design –

May 2023

In 2021 Whanganui was officially recognized as a UNESCO City of Design – This group exhibition celebrates design in our artistic community.

Flirting with Colour – Grace Couper

May 2023

I use my art practice as a way to create joy and tell stories about those closest to me by playing with shape and colour. I love to see the way each piece is interpreted differently in the eye of the beholder.

Sing Into My Mouth – Rachael Garland

May 2023

An imaginary collection of historical snapshots from the album of two anonymous characters.

Beach Life – Monica McCormack

May 2023

A collection of functional and ornamental handmade ceramic pieces

The Blink of an Eye – John Girdlestone

May 2023

A selection of photographs taken on medium and large format film cameras.

Yellow – Adele Dubarry

May 2023

This series of works explores the joy a change of season brings, with the warm coppers and yellows and fading blues of autumn, preparing us for settling in for the winter.

money trees – Siobhan Wooding

May 2023

Always betting on the prosperity of the future.

D A V I D T R A U B –

May 2023

Using multiple techniques such as blown hot glass and kiln processes like fusing and slumping, David creates collectable platters and freestanding works inspired by painting, textiles and architecture.

Lighten Up – Elaine Mayer

April 2023

Drawings by Elaine Mayer.

Have a Little Faith –

April 2023

Local & national artists respond to the line ‘Have a Little Faith’. Learn what it means to them in their life and practice during modern times.

The Stations of the Cross – Graham Hall

April 2023

Born out of widespread devotion to the passion of Christ in the 12th and 13th centuries, the Stations of the Cross, as a devotion, did not begin to develop until the Franciscans were granted custody of Christian sites in Jerusalem in 1342. The Via Dolorosa or the Way of sorrows was identified, which imitates the path Jesus walked to Mt Calvary.

Stream – Patrick Gregg

April 2023

A series of recent works inspired by the Artist’s immediate natural environment.

Garden Rapture  – Amy Blackburn

March 2023

To be uplifted and carried away.

This exhibition is proud to be participating in Artists Open Studios!

Drawing My Think – Judy McIntyre

March 2023

Drawing is my comfort zone.
A place where I explore ideas of materiality, temporality, and mark-making.
The process walks the line of chaos and control to produce a drawing that is less of an illustration but something to enter and experience, using the materials themselves and the application of the materials.

This exhibition is proud to be participating in Artists Open Studios!

Morphosis – MB Stoneman

March 2023

Infused by science, art history and symbolism, this series depicts silhouettes roiling with forms of nature.

This exhibition is proud to be participating in Artists Open Studios!

Shadow of a doubt – Adele Dubarry

March 2023

A retrospective exhibition of works of paper & canvas.

Black Mark – Chris Lambert

March 2023

Male psychology takes the form of charred, rhythmic chaos. Weathered, torn, impulsive, Instinctual and deluded.