Artists Exposed
Wellington City Council Press Release
The Wellington Arts Centre opens its doors to the public for a Studio Crawl on Thursday 24 November from 5.00pm-8.00pm.
A group exhibition of new works by the centre's artists will be on view in the ground floor gallery to Tuesday 29 November, and all works are for sale.
All Wellingtonians are invited to Thursday's gallery reception and open studios. The exhibition includes paintings, jewellery, mixed-media, glass art, and hand-carved objects created by more than a dozen emerging artists, including Alistair McAra, Lynn Baird, Bruce Mahalski, Aaron Frater and Vincent Duncan. The Studio Crawl offers art enthusiasts a chance to meet some of the 37 visual artists based in the centre.
Arts Programmes and Services Manager Eric Holowacz says that the studios are not often open to the public. "The Studio Crawl evenings have been a great way for people to interact with our creative community and tour the labyrinth of productive spaces."
Wellington Arts Centre officially opened in July, and the ground floor gallery space has shown more than a dozen exhibitions since then. The facility has grown to house artists, organisations, producers, cultural leaders, clubs, meetings, and community events. Academy-award nominated local film-maker Taika Waititi has recently set up his Sad Animals production office and wardrobe shop in the arts centre project rooms.
Every day, the Arts Centre is home to over 100 different projects, collaborative meetings, rehearsals, workshops, or planning sessions. The results are already hitting the streets in the form of theatre productions, new films, book launches, dance conferences, festival events, and live performances.
"This Thursday's gallery reception and studio crawl will be an opportunity to meet the people who make the arts centre a diverse, interesting place," says Mr Holowacz. "Everyone's invited to stay a while and get to know this next wave of New Zealand's cultural producers."
The Wellington Arts Centre opens its doors to the public for a Studio Crawl on Thursday 24 November from 5.00pm-8.00pm.
A group exhibition of new works by the centre's artists will be on view in the ground floor gallery to Tuesday 29 November, and all works are for sale.
All Wellingtonians are invited to Thursday's gallery reception and open studios. The exhibition includes paintings, jewellery, mixed-media, glass art, and hand-carved objects created by more than a dozen emerging artists, including Alistair McAra, Lynn Baird, Bruce Mahalski, Aaron Frater and Vincent Duncan. The Studio Crawl offers art enthusiasts a chance to meet some of the 37 visual artists based in the centre.
Arts Programmes and Services Manager Eric Holowacz says that the studios are not often open to the public. "The Studio Crawl evenings have been a great way for people to interact with our creative community and tour the labyrinth of productive spaces."
Wellington Arts Centre officially opened in July, and the ground floor gallery space has shown more than a dozen exhibitions since then. The facility has grown to house artists, organisations, producers, cultural leaders, clubs, meetings, and community events. Academy-award nominated local film-maker Taika Waititi has recently set up his Sad Animals production office and wardrobe shop in the arts centre project rooms.
Every day, the Arts Centre is home to over 100 different projects, collaborative meetings, rehearsals, workshops, or planning sessions. The results are already hitting the streets in the form of theatre productions, new films, book launches, dance conferences, festival events, and live performances.
"This Thursday's gallery reception and studio crawl will be an opportunity to meet the people who make the arts centre a diverse, interesting place," says Mr Holowacz. "Everyone's invited to stay a while and get to know this next wave of New Zealand's cultural producers."