29 March – 15 April 2012
Mana Arts Society 30th year anniversary exhibition with work from current members and photos of past and present ones.
The Mana Arts Society was founded in 1982 with the aim of promoting interest and participation in the visual arts in the community, and assisting aspiring artists to achieve their goals.
The society has purpose built...
New glass works by Te Rongo Kirkwood
4 March - Mid May 2012
Using light, four cloak forms tell the story of consciousness awakening and a progression through the cycle of life, represented here as the Morning, Mid-day, Afternoon and Evening. Combining the disciplines of glass and weaving, the cloaks depict an observation of universal rhythms and principles as the supporting threads of personal...
3 March - 1 April 2012
Although Korea is a divided peninsula it is still connected by one mountain system called the Baekdu Daegan. Revered for thousands of years as a provider of energy and vitality for the Korean people, it is an unbroken ridge that stretches for some 1700km. Water never crosses it, making it therefore the watershed of the entire peninsula. It is a place of huge nationalistic and spiritual...
19 April - 6 May 2012
Artists, including Marty Vreede, Sheyne Tuffery, Elliot ‘Askew1′ O’Donnell, Matthew McIntyre-Wilson, Basia Smolnicki, Nestor Opetaia, Christine Imlay-McLean, Troy Hunt, Spring Rees, Fleur Ruth, Chloe Reweti and Rachael Gannaway will either collaborate with a musician or use a piece of New Zealand music to inspire the creation of an...
7 April - 13 May 2012
Paintings by Frances Krsinich
These paintings are wallpapering for the interior of a mind in different states: transition, admiration and action. In this context weeding is an incorporation, rather than a rejection, of the unwanted. The laborious process of painting by hand mimics other crafts such as knitting or quilting, where small ...
