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Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit
Mark one of the world’s most celebrated festivals by heading down to your local library for a variety of colourful and diverse events.
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Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit
25 Jan 2023Mark one of the world’s most celebrated festivals by heading down to your local library for a variety of colourful and diverse events.
Two new exhibitions opening at Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu is readying for the opening of two new exhibitions that showcase the work of two contemporary New Zealand artists.
New lightboxes to help illuminate the arts in Christchurch
Christchurch will soon be home to seven large freestanding lightboxes celebrating and promoting creativity in Ōtautahi.
Eight new artworks to go on display in central Christchurch
Intriguing artworks by local and international artists will punctuate Christchurch’s city centre when the SCAPE Public Art Season 2022 opens on Saturday 5 November.
Two otherworldly new exhibitions arrive this spring
The otherworldly visions of two of New Zealand’s most celebrated painters are arriving at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū this spring with the opening of two new exhibitions – Jeffrey Harris: The Gift and Barbara Tuck: Delirium Crossing.
Christchurch Town Hall's 50 years of famous acts
To mark the 50 year anniversary of the Christchurch Town Hall, we’ve had a look through the archives to pull out some of the famous acts that took to the stage over the last five decades.
Gallery visitors greeted by new harakeke art work
At your next visit, make sure you look up – a brand new commission from Mata Aho Collective is now swooping down from the skylights and across the foyer at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
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Heritage building saved for community arts
Rolleston House will get a new lease on life as a space for local artists.
He mahi pounamu: Chance to give pounamu carving a go
Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei mahi toi ki te taone. A mobile Pounamu carving unit will be parked outside Tūranga this week and will be offering free drop-in pounamu carving and repair workshops.
