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THE MORIORI OF REKOHU: T'chakat henu - People of the Land
22 August- 30 January 2011
The last known Moriori of full descent, Tame Horomona Rehe, later known as Tommy Solomon, died on 19 March 1933. Contrary to popular belief, Moriori people did not disappear after his death. Hundreds of Moriori descendants now live on Rekohu (Chatham Island), throughout New Zealand and around the world.
This exhibition is a testament to their fortitude and determination to reclaim their culture and identity and share it with all New Zealanders.
 
SHEEP - NZ Icons in Art
18 September - 23 January 2011
At a time when the dairy industry is flourishing, maximising exports and earning record prices and in some cases taking over pastoral farms, it seems an appropriate time to recognise and celebrate the contribution that SHEEP have made to this nation's development.
Major New Zealand artists including painters, photographers, printmakers and sculptors have all created works depicting sheep. Many of their works and the subjects they depict are now iconic in that they are seen as an integral part of New Zealand's cultural heritage.
  
Images from left to right: Trevor Moffitt Southland Series II, no.19, Rutherford Collection, Aratoi Museum.
Gregor Kregar Mathew 12:12, private collection.
Brit Bunkley Just Before Snow, private collection.
WHITE GODESS
11 September - 6 February 2011
The archetype of the White Goddess will be explored in a series of wedding dresses designed by Kerrie Hughes, along with elaborate head dresses by milliner Liza Foreman.
The White Goddess, a symbol of fertility, regeneration and hope, has become a universal symbol appropriated by brides in many countries thoughout the world.
NGA KAKAHU: Change and Exchange: Jo Torr and Roka Ngarimu-Cameron
18 September - end of January
Nga Kakahu: Change and Exchange. A celebration of cross cultural expression in New Zealand that explores the art of Maori weaving from both a Maori and Pakeha perspective. Sculptor Jo Torr and weaver Roka Ngarimu-Cameron have chosen costume as a medium to explore this theme, drawing attention to the way both benefited from the exchange.
The works of both artists play off each other. Torr's suite of hybrid garments, made from recycled blankets, focus on the relationship between Maori cloaks and European blankets, while Ngarimu-Cameron's installation of finely woven contemporary cloaks and tartan kilts, created using a western loom, are a metaphor for the blending for the two cultures themselves.
Torr's garments are inspired by Alfred Burton's photographs of groups of Maori dressed in combinations of Maori and European dress - often European gowns with imported woollen blankets alternating with fine cloaks.
Above left, Roka Ngarimu-Cameron. Above right, Jo Torr
19 August - 5 September
Fine Spells - Chatham Islands
Prints and paintings in a variety of styles ranging from topographical to abstract,
small scale to large. The show is based on an artists field trip organised by Geologist/Printmaker Chris Adams in September 2008. It reflects our individual responses to the remote Chatham Islands.Fine Spells share the common denominators of themes, colour and light from our Chatham Islands experience, but these are expressed in our own personal and idiosyncratic ways.
  
9 September - 26 September
Mouth and Foot Artists
An exhibition of paintings from the ASSOCIATION OF MOUTH AND FOOT PAINTING ARTISTS.
The Mouth and Foot Painting Artists is a self-help organisation which gives disabled people the opportunity to fulfill their creative ambitions while still maintaining financial independence.
 
Above, Kerrin Tilley
14 August - 2 September
Toihoukura, new works from the students of Toihoukura - Tairawhiti Polytechnic, Gisborne
18 September - 17 October
TARANAKI 5 - Works in Clay, Fibre and Paint
Maria Brockhill, clay artist. I make sea-themed bowls and organic sculptural shapes and have developed vivid and glossy glazes to highlight my work and bring out texture.
Waldo Hartley. I paint in acrylic and find influence in the human condition and the landscape and roadways of Taranaki. I like to incorporate a little drama and humour in the painting.
Sally Johnson. Following an inherent passion for fibres, textiles and textures, my foray continues with a collection of art dolls inspired by a journey into cronehood, and a celebration of Life Itself.
Bev Rea. Member of NZ Society of Potters New Plymouth Potters Honorary Life Member.
When I began potting in Dunedin over 40 years ago I was fortunate to fire with Oswald Stephens, a founder of NZ Potters. His influence involving chemistry of glazes and colour. I began with reduction stoneware in oil fired, then natural gas fired brick kilns then specialised in salt glazing in a large wood fired kiln. Recently I am using electric firings at lower firing temperatures and experimenting with glaze interaction and texture.
Joyce Young, potter. My pottery involves my environment on the Taranaki Coast, reflecting on volcanic rocks along the foreshore.
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