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.
Textile artists (TARTS), Morva Thomson, Irene Smith, Bronwyn Furlan, Lina Marsh, Donna Rowan, Kathy Grimson and Deb Williams have exhibited together for many years. We all enjoy working with textiles and fibre to create our art. We often meet to share techniques, ideas and processes to encourage and learn from each other. This exhibition is... Read more »
“I love the characteristics of wildflowers. Their resilience and ability to find a place to grow in unlikely and difficult places, their diversity and the provision of food and habitat to many species, including humans are all qualities to be admired. All this and looking great too! This collection of pieces is me celebrating the... Read more »
A Māori artist collective re-indigenises the customary artform of taonga puoro (Māori musical instruments) through the contemporary lens of their respective art practices—whakairo (carving), uku (clay), print media, and videography. Taonga puoro has undergone a renaissance in recent years, the sounds and associated stories emerging and reintegrating into the living culture of tangata whenua. In... Read more »
The Gisborne pottery group has been ever evolving for the past 50 years. It takes time, effort and connection to transform a piece of clay into a piece of art. A Piece of Me is a reference to our work being ‘A Piece’ or ‘Pieces’. Each piece has been moulded and created by hand which... Read more »
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