Now Showing
Interiors
Susan Dryden & Rose McLeod
Opening: April 14, 2021
Viewing: April 14, 2021 until April 24, 2021
An exploration seeking clarity in the midst of chaos and complexity using paint and colour.
Homes for Servicemen
Patrick Mckenna
Opening: April 14, 2021
Viewing: April 14, 2021 until April 24, 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
Opening: April 14, 2021
Viewing: April 14, 2021 until April 24, 2021
A tenderness toward unpredictable encounters represented in drawing, painting and sculpture.
Coming Soon
A Different Perspective
Fiona Goulding
Opening: April 28 5:30 pm
Viewing: April 28, 2021 until May 8, 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
Opening: April 28 5:30 pm
Viewing: April 28, 2021 until May 8, 2021
Day to day tasks, nothing changes. Wild berries ripen, everything changes.
Floating hours and ghost days
Alice Fennessy
Opening: April 28 5:30 pm
Viewing: April 28, 2021 until May 8, 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.
Past Exhibitions
KuaOHO WOKE –
February 2020
The 2020 La Fiesta! feature exhibition facilitated by Vanessa Edwards. KuaOHO WOKE- Women Of Knowledge Empowered- showcases strong, female, indigenous narrative to honour mana wahine.
KuaOHO WOKE- Mauri oho – Tia Ranginui
February 2020
KALAHARI – Sandy de Kock
November 2019
Tswana for Kgalagadi,(in the San language) “The Waterless Place”
9000kmsq of vast area covered by red sands bordering Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Believing Is A Beautiful Thing – Carmen Simmonds
November 2019
Cast glass and mixed media sculptures celebrating the beauty in imagination.
Animistic Object – Keiran Donnelly
November 2019
In many ancient spiritual traditions It is believed that some objects hold a conscious essence of their own
The Storm – Judy McIntyre & Dr. Karen Seccombe
November 2019
‘When the shelter is sure the storm is good’ -Henri Bosco.
Panic! at the Studio. – Patrick Cush
November 2019
New works
Ova – Leigh Anderton-Hall
November 2019
New work exploring and playing with repeated ovals and ovoids in clay and wool.
Blue Nights – Alice Fennessy
October 2019
A body of work exploring an experience of new motherhood through drawing, painting and cyanotype.
Newton’s Laws – Rachael Garland
October 2019
Newton’s three laws of motion may be stated as follows: Every object in a state of uniform motion will remain in that state of motion unless an external force acts on it; Force equals mass times acceleration; For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Domiciliary – Janeen Page
October 2019
A sedimentary palette of Taranaki earth, rock and ash on domestic stoneware.
Of my home to yours
Facsimile. – Justin Hughes
October 2019
Portraiture endeavours to capture the likeness of an individual, but through this process what is gained and what is lost is not always clear.
A dog walks – Mark Antony Smith & Craig Williams
October 2019
New paintings & ceramics
Salt of Saturn – Ksenia Korniewska (Ukraine) & Neddal Ayyad
October 2019
A series of alien hieratic works inspired by alchemy, lichenology and medieval iconography.
What are you afraid of? – Samantha Matthews
September 2019
New observations challenging a photographer’s point of view, agency of subject and boundaries of practice.
The Flora Series – Richard Wotton
September 2019
These images capture the sometimes unnoticed beauty in plants, both garden-picked and found.
I seen the little lamp – Tanya Hayton
September 2019
Works inspired by the short stories of Katherine Mansfield.
TEXTING – Catherine Macdonald, Jo Giddens & MB Stoneman
September 2019
The development of the printing press revolutionised how information was disseminated, it became the property of the people, An exhibition by 3 women printmakers Catherine Macdonald, Jo Giddens & MB Stoneman.
Reclamation – Nicola Gregory
September 2019
Mixed media dolls and miniature paintings, inspired by the fairy tale Vasalisa, exploring the reclamation of feminine intuition.
talk to me – D Milton Browne
September 2019
When paired with bird calls the mannequins in this video seem capable of experiencing life.