Now Showing
Coming Soon
FRESH AIR
Adele Dubarry
Opening: September 22 5:00 pm
Viewing: September 22, 2021 until October 2, 2021
The restorative powers of a long walk in a beautiful landscape.
Lost for Words
Katherine Claypole, Jenn Dickie, Deb Frederikse, Sue James, Catherine Macdonald, Fiona McGowan, Lindsay Marsh & Felicity Priest
Opening: September 22 5:00 pm
Viewing: September 22, 2021 until October 16, 2021
An exhibition of ten artists working in different styles, telling different tales.
What is said of Hope
Leigh Anderton-Hall
Opening: September 22 5:00 pm
Viewing: September 22, 2021 until October 2, 2021
“Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act.” -Rebecca Solnit
gloaming/merge
Rosalie Jurczenko
Opening: October 6 5:30 pm
Viewing: October 6, 2021 until October 16, 2021
Earthy tones in sweeping brush marks set against fading lights & darkening depths.
flowing stone
Sarah Harvey
Opening: October 6 5:30 pm
Viewing: October 6, 2021 until October 16, 2021
Small sculpture & adornment created from a variety of stones from all around the globe.
Fragments of Fame
Rachel Dickison
Opening: October 20 5:30 pm
Viewing: October 20, 2021 until October 30, 2021
A look through the broken lens of fame and the power of destructive storytelling in media.
from windows
Mark Antony Smith & Craig Williams
Opening: October 20 5:30 pm
Viewing: October 20, 2021 until October 30, 2021
New ceramics and paintings inspired by our changed world.
Simulation Stimulation.
Ian Lewis
Opening: October 20 5:30 pm
Viewing: October 20, 2021 until October 30, 2021
Prints and photographs that explore the beauty existing between ourselves and our media technology.
Past Exhibitions
Dark Florals – Kaye Coombs
May 2021
An exploration of cascading floralscapes, emerging from the darkness.
A Different Perspective – Fiona Goulding
April 2021
Animals are part of our everyday lives, whether we are aware of them or not. They form relationships with each other and with us, yet as people our choices have the power to shape their existence.
274 Days Til Summer – Antonia O'Mahony
April 2021
Day to day tasks, nothing changes. Wild berries ripen, everything changes.
Floating hours and ghost days – Alice Fennessy
April 2021
This series of drawings contemplates the elastic qualities of time spent alone at home, while casting light on the dualities of softness and crushing tedium, confining restriction and nurturing safety that domestic spaces present.
Interiors – Susan Dryden & Rose McLeod
April 2021
An exploration seeking clarity in the midst of chaos and complexity using paint and colour.
Homes for Servicemen – Patrick Mckenna
April 2021
A curated selection of high quality reproduction prints of Architectural Drawings & Plans from the 1948 Rehabilitation Housing Plan Service (Expandable Housing or State Housing)
The original plans have been a recent and topical discovery made by Local Business man Patrick Mckenna of ‘Patrick’s Bookstore’
With thanks, we acknowledge sponsorship by Harcourts Whanganui to make this exhibition come to life.
Getting Closer – Sarah McDowell
April 2021
A tenderness toward unpredictable encounters represented in drawing, painting and sculpture.
in stillness – Mayumi Sherburn
March 2021
contemplative work on paper and threads
Eclectic – David Rimmer
March 2021
An eclectic mix of paintings and boards that could be best described as strange and unusual to say the very least.
Han Made Ceramics – Hannah Frances Blackburn
March 2021
The debut launch of Han Made Ceramics celebrating a unique collection of wheel thrown pottery.
Legs, Pegs & Scrambled Eggs – Jamie Mackman
March 2021
Trains, Boats and Planes – Michael Haggie
March 2021
These paintings celebrate the period of travel in New Zealand during the 1960-1970s era. They are unashamedly nostalgic and colourful. A world that has virtually disappeared into our collective memory.
Day Tripper – Glen Hutchins
March 2021
Sometimes you might see parts, shadows or hints of what was there, sometimes it will be gone completely.
Born to Create – Lucie Blaze
February 2021
An inspirational series of artworks on skateboards celebrating heroines from all around the world. Women from the past and present that are currently shifting the paradigm from being the “others” to powerful agents of change.
75 Years in the Making – Rita Dibert
February 2021
Celebrate with us the life and achievements of this much loved local artist. 75 Years in the Making is a snapshot of artistic involvement from 1970’s to just yesterday; mediums include painting, photography, drawing & printmaking.
Horizon – Kylie Wardlaw
February 2021
Colour, texture, gesture and painterly expression collide in landscape form.
Counting Heads – Leigh Anderton-Hall
February 2021
Silhouette heads become silent unseeing observers; these sightless Guardians seek out the invisible virus and unknown future.
Love Lies Bleeding – Katherine Claypole & MB Stoneman
February 2021
Explorations of our curious relationships with plants.
souvenir – Adele Dubarry
February 2021
Created post lockdown in a burst of creative energy – somewhat to my surprise, these works invite you to remember your journey and think about where you might go from here.
Return to the Garden – Amy Blackburn
December 2020
A playful exploration of paint celebrating a love of gardens