Tairāwhiti Museum is a 5-minute walk from the CBD, across Peel Street Bridge and through Kelvin Park. There is free parking on Stout Street.
Spanning 15 years or more, Norman Maclean participated in and organised ‘Life Drawing from the Nude Model’ sessions in Lysnar House Studios on behalf of the Gisborne Artists’ Society. Many of the models were international travellers who answered his promotional flyer placed in backpacker accommodation in the city. Life drawing is about engaging in a... Read more »
This exhibition about the history and range of hand-coloured photography is a selected blend of the Museum’s collection and that of a private collection begun in Gisborne in 1993 and now numbering 220 examples. It traces the development of this rich and varied tradition from the 1850s until 2012, the colouring an attempt to bring... Read more »
Hand-Coloured: photography’s parallel universe, co-curators Peter Ireland and Dudley L Meadows in conversation about the history, development and technical aspects of this much ignored but fascinating phenomenon. Audience participation most welcome.
Hand-Coloured: photography’s parallel universe, members of the public encouraged to bring in hand-coloured images from family collections for discussion with co-curators Peter Ireland, Dudley L Meadows and other members of the audience.