RECLAIM TO FAME 2019 FEATURES THE TRANSFORMATION OF DISCARDED MATERIALS INTO CREATIVE ART WORKS. Proudly sponsored by Fullers 360, this popular open exhibition is promoted widely throughout the community and always results in an inventive cornucopia of artworks. It encourages the creation of innovative, useful, entertaining artworks containing at least 80% recycled materials. This year we do not have a specific theme and are encouraging our artists to be as creative and free as they can be. Works must be constructed ...
Susan Edge presents a delightful new selection of works based on Waiheke scenes and landscapes. Hailing from Waipu, Susan has strong family connections to the island and has regularly exhibited at the gallery with her colourful naive - styled yet intricately detailed paintings. Six Months in a Leaky Boat Acrylic, collage, gold leaf on canvas $850 Sculpture on the Gulf - Acrylic on canvas $850 Boat Shed at Little Oneroa - Acrylic on canvas SOLD Pot Luck - Acrylic on canvas $850 The Opening - Acrylic and ...
Waiheke based painter Peter Howard presents an exhibition of new watercolour works. Boats and Bits in the Annex until 20 October 2019 Abandoned $1450 Boatyard 2 $950 Boatyard $950 Causeway 1 $950 Derelicts $1550 Getting Ready $950 Port Chalmers $450 Saratoga $450 Setting the Net $950 The Hulk SOLD $1450 Tutukaka $950 Boatyard 3 $1450
Its that time of the year again and time for our ever popular Members Show. This is a great opportunity to exhibit a two or three dimensional creation, and for those who's membership might have expired to rejoin or get that friend who's always wanted to join to do so.Download the Entry Form HERE with all the details, or pick one up at the gallery and have fun creating! All works must be delivered no later than Monday 26th August for the ...
Feast – our winter celebration of food, flavours and friendships, curated by Judy Rae and featuring a tribute to Merilyn Wiseman. Feast is an exhibition of ceramics, painting and works on paper that draw on the themes of food, serving ware and iconic New Zealand traditions, an eclectic exhibition that showcases high quality works by many of New Zealand’s outstanding makers, across a range of domestic ware, still life works, realist themes along with a touch of humour.
Suellen Gifford strives to create original, fine cast, porcelain vessels. In 2011 she and her family found themselves living on Waiheke Island for 5 years and at that time reconnected with her old friend Penny Ericson (Portage finalist and Ceramic Degree tutor). She had an extensive background in photography and the fashion industry. Because photography had changed so much over the years from the black and white hand developing, which she loved, to sitting at a computer processing data, which she didn’t enjoy so much, ...
The exhibition documents our colourful local Waiheke personalities, the friendly neighbours, who may attend a stall at the Ostend Markets, inhabit a Putiki houseboat or busk outside local shops and cafes in Oneroa and more. Svetlana majored in Painting at Unitec in 2007, and her interest in line and lino printmaking originates from introducing year nine students to black and white lino prints early in her teaching career. Since then she has developed the reduction process to include as many as ...
Diane Brand is an architect and academic who engages in her art practice to create vibrant, original contemporary jewellery.
Our Matariki exhibition for 2019 is aligned to the Year of Indigenous language, and is titled Arero Hei Whakawhitinga kōrero – a conversation Within this kaupapa artists are encouraged to discover, participate and research opportunities to converse in the indigenous language of Aotearoa Maori. We have asked that artists consider how language bonds and creates connections, instils pride, commands respect and how language is imperative to maintaining cultural traditions. Te Reo Maori, our indigenous language links to our life force / mauri allowing us ...
Waiheke artist's get put On the Spot, featuring a wide range of imaginative 2 and 3 dimensional creations on a circular format.
The Small Sculpture Prize is a National Award for an original free-standing or wall sculpture up to 800mm in any direction and has a Premier prize of $3000 This award is proudly sponsored by Perpetual Guardian in association with Te Motu Wines. The Selector and Judge for 2019 is Reuben Friend, Director Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua. The Winner of this year’s premier award is Chris Mules for her work: ‘Fireflies Use Light To Locate Their Mate, And Vampire Squids Use It To ...
Waiheke artists Preston Camp and Trevor Bayly present an exhibition of New Works in the Small Gallery and Annex.
In April 2019, hot on the tail of the Perpetual Guardian Sculpture in the Gulf, Waiheke Community Art Gallery is holding a significant show with the theme Sea Conversations. Curated in collaboration with AUT PhD Researcher Lisa Waldner, Sea Conversations considers our relationship to the sea via three components: a fine art response, virtual reality piece 'Ontogeny' and The Intertidal Zone. These all respond to the theme: “If you could have a conversation with the sea, what would you say?”. The fine art ...
The Artworks Courtyard features large scale works by Paul Dibble and Hannah Kidd as part of the Perpetual Guardian Sculpture On The Gulf 2019 along with the Small Sculpture Showcase nearby up in the gallery. In the weekends, Saturday and Sunday 10 - 1 enjoy a 'hands on' experience and create small ceramic water containers for Waiheke's bird's and insects with the Water Systems Community Engagement programme. Once fired, these will form an interconnected sculpture. At the conclusion of the exhibition ...
Waiheke’s largest event the Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on the Gulf is currently in exhibition this summer. New dates, outside of the traditional peak season timing, were recently announced for this exhibition opened on Friday 1st March and run through till Sunday 24 March. The 2019 exhibition sees an expanded sculpture experience extending from the Walkway up to the Waiheke Community Art Gallery, and Artworks environs. The Small Sculpture Showcase will be a feature of the exhibition programme at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery for ...
A Look back at previous Sculpture on the Gulf events, including maquettes from the gallery's permanent collection. The gallery will be open 9am - 6pm over the duration of Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on The Gulf. Image: There's Gold in them Thar Hills - Anton Forde and Matt Harte
A selection of works by artists we love. Pathways to Paradise features works by well known NZ artists including Denis O'Connor, Sara Hughes, Rick Killeen, Clive Humphreys, Euan McLeod, Judy Darragh, Peata Larkin, Max Gimblett, Megan Jenkinson, Mark Mitchell, Michel Tuffery, Virginia King and others.
In our second Treaty exhibition, Ngati Paoa pays tribute to the Kuia within the hapu connected to Waiheke and shines light on our history.
Margaret Feeney explores and discusses Information Space in the 21st century with a new exhibition in the Small Gallery. It Started With a Kiss; a low resolution show about high technologyArtist's statement This project is about how our thinking and feeling is mediated through digital platforms, the content being determined by the form of the algorithm. It is an investigation of the expanding influence of form over content in the Human Built world. We have always been enamoured of technology, from ancient technologies ...
Waiheke based artist Peter Wichman presents a series of oil paintings depicting the Labours of Hercules.
The gallery looks forward to showcasing Waiheke Artists in the colourful and vibrant summer show 'Waiheke Unwrapped' The brand new Waiheke Art Map 2019 will be available also - hot off the press!
Reclaim to Fame 2018 features the transformation of discarded materials into creative art works. This popular open exhibition is promoted widely throughout the community and always results in an inventive cornucopia of artworks. It encourages the creation of innovative, useful, entertaining artworks containing at least 80% recycled materials. This years theme is Refashioning Fashion Repurpose Restitch Reshape Restyle Reinvent. Textiles, Shoe Lasts, Sewing Machines, Hats and Hat Racks.... As always with RTF the theme will be available to inspire you, but not to limit you, ...
The Ceramics Studio at Otago Polytechnic is the largest in the country and the department has strong partnerships across the country. This has led to the establishment of six studio locations in Auckland, Waiheke, Hamilton, Otaki, Hawkes Bay and Christchurch where distance students can undertake practical classes. The Waiheke students present their end of year exhibition in the Small Gallery.
The Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award 2018 is proudly sponsored by Walker & Hall in association with Casita Miro Vineyard, Booklovers Cottage,The Skin Institute Waiheke, and the Waiheke Community Art Gallery. This is a National Award for two dimensional works in any medium and has a Prize of $5000 as the Premier award. This year's selector and judge is Noel Ivanoff, Director MFA Programme, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design. Congratulations to the Winner of the Premier Award Stefan Roberts ...
He Poutama Ki Te Ao Marama - The Sacred Steps towards the World of Light. Anton Forde presents works from his Masters of Maori Visual Arts Assessment in the Small Gallery.
Denis O'Connor revisits his work The Archive Bar, featuring unique works on slate and iconic Waiheke wine labels.
The Waiheke Community Art Gallery was extended the privilege of hosting an exhibition of the estate works of the late Malcolm Harrison who worked on the island passed away at his home on Waiheke in 2007. The exhibition on Waiheke curated by Ceres Dallaway Davidson ran from 22 September - 16 October 2017. Malcolm Harrison: A Celebration Exhibition Catalogue Malcolm was an outstanding textile artist whose work was collected by major New Zealand institutions and galleries and frequently commissioned for public spaces. The ...