Upstage: Invercargill Festival of Cabaret promises to brighten up the city this winter, and tickets are now on sale. Invercargill City Council Venues Manager Jason Wade said the eight-day festival will see theatre, music, and creativity collide, with the stellar line-up set to offer something for everyone. “Upstage will bring a really exciting roster of […]
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William Hodges Fellowship Exhibition artists draw on Southland for inspiration ahead of show
This year’s William Hodges Fellows have drawn inspiration from Southland to create works of art for this year’s exhibition. The Artist in Residence and Fellowship programme has been running for 29 years. This year will showcase the two Fellows – Daegan Wells with his show Finest Fuchsias and Kyla Cresswell’s Tracing the Land. This year’s […]
Read More >Comic talent on display at Kapow! The Great Comic Art Show
In need of a superhero? Kapow! may be just what you need. The team at He Waka Tuia have teamed up with Greenlight Innovations and Whare Tuapua to present Kapow! The Great Comic Art Show, held at Whare Taupua/Rest Room gallery on Forth St between 4 May and 3 June. Greenlight managing director Leon Hartnett […]
Read More >Tamariki encouraged to show their artistic side with Kids Can Curate exhibition at He Waka Tuia
Young budding art lovers have got the opportunity to walk in a curator’s shoes and help decide what the next He Waka Tuia exhibition will look like. Kids Can Curate is the chance for anyone under the age of 18 to look through 70 works of art from the Invercargill Public Art Gallery collection and […]
Read More >Wedgwood serving up the tea for He Waka Tuia’s next exhibition
He Waka Tuia has got the tea, and it’s being served at the Wedgwood Exhibition. From November 12 to 27, the Invercargill Public Art Gallery and Southland Museum and Art Gallery Wedgwood collection will be on display at He Waka Tuia. Wedgwood is a brand of English pottery developed in the mid-1700s by Josiah Wedgwood. […]
Read More >Fifty local artworks to go on display at He Waka Tuia for the 2022 Annual Spring Exhibition
A selection of 50 local artworks will be on display when the 2022 Annual Spring Exhibition officially opens at He Waka Tuia on Friday. Guest artist Tāme Iti has arrived in Invercargill and while here will be speaking and taking part in a Q&A at Centre Stage, working with tamariki at Māori and Pasifika Arts […]
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