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WORD Christchurch Presents: Eleanor Catton in Conversation

International prize-winner and South Island storyteller Eleanor Catton makes her long awaited return to Ōtautahi Christchurch to celebrate her eco-thriller novel Birnam Wood.

Literature

Arts Organisation

What’s on at Eastside Gallery This Month

Check out what’s happening at Eastside Gallery this month – Open calls for artist submissions, classes and exhibitions…

Visual Arts

Funding

Funding Update – March

Update on funding programmes for March/April

Feature

Nā Te Kai Ka Paihere; One Table, One World

Nā Te Kai Ka Paihere; One Table, One World is a collection of recipes and accompanying prints as an offering…

Authors, Visual Arts

Events & Exhibitions

Readers and Writers Festival – Akaroa

Readers and Writers Akaroa is a weekend festival celebrating some of Aotearoa’s finest writers – the inaugural event takes place…

Literature

Events & Exhibitions

Raising Sakinah | Finding Peace exhibition: Saturday 25 March – Sunday 21 May

Raising Sakinah | Finding Peace an exhibition to help transform tragedy through creative communities…

Visual Arts

Artists at Toi Auaha – Meet Janneth Gil

Meet the artists and creatives in the studio spaces at Toi Auaha – Janneth Gil is a photographer and artist…

Visual Arts

Nau Mai, Haere Mai

Mā te pohewa mā te auaha hoki, ka whakapuaki ngā kura e huna ana. With imagination and creativity a hidden jewel can be revealed. Welcome to Toi Ōtautahi.

Upcoming Events

24.03 2023

Good Vibes Mākete

17:00 PM – 8:30 pm

On Friday March 24th head along to the: GOOD VIBES MĀKETE!

Roy Stokes Hall, 146 Seaview Road, New Brighton

26.03 2023

Raising Sakinah/Finding Peace Documentary Screening

14:00 PM – 4:00 pm

Don’t miss this great event next Sunday 26 March at Tūranga – a viewing of the Raising Sakinah/Finding Peace documentary…

TSB Space at Tūranga

31.03 – 30.04 2023

Escapism – Jacob Yikes

17:00 PM

Opening Friday 31st of March, Jacob Yikes’ ESCAPISM will be an exhibition to get lost in and explore…

Fiksate Gallery, 54 Hawdon Street

31.03 – 02.04 2023

Art Show at LEStrange Gallery

18:00 PM

Check out the Single Fin Mingle Art Exhibition at LEStrange Gallery in Sumner

LeStrange Gallery, Sumner

19.04 2023

The Boy with Wings

10:00 AM – 11:30 am

‘The Boy with Wings’ is a comic, touching, and environmental story using the ageless wonder of puppetry that dares us…

Great Hall, Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre

Year of the Arts 2023

Te Hā – at The Physics Room

The exhibition Te Hā considers the sacred breath: the deep inhalation, a savouring, the expulsion, pulse, echo and squall, resonating tone and timbre, intonation and incantation.

Visual Arts

Port Noise – A Music Festival in Lyttelton

Port Noise – a new music festival for Lyttelton is coming in March

Music

SHIFT – Urban Art Takeover of the Museum

A who’s who of the urban art scene from Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas will flock to Ōtautahi Christchurch in…

Street Art, Visual Arts

Year of the Arts 2023 – Celebrate Creativity!

Year of the Arts 2023 is here. Celebrating creativity in our city throughout the year.

Arts Access

Your Chance to Own a Toi Auaha Cup – Uniquely Created by Tatyanna Meharry

Get in quick for your own handcrafted Toi Auaha cup and help support the arts in Christchurch!

Craft & Object

Feature

Be Part of Year of the Arts 2023!

Let’s celebrate creativity in Ōtautahi with the 2023 Year of the Arts! Find out more here…

Literature, Music, Ngā Toi Māori, Pasifika, Performance, Visual Arts

Year of the Arts is Just Around the Corner…

Download resources for Year of the Arts 2023

Nga Toi Māori

Rei Art Collective

Rei is a newly Māori-operated art collective with a retail space located in Lyttleton – We speak to Noah Mackie about the kaupapa of the gallery and the future plans for the space.

Ngā Toi Māori

Arts Organisation, Spotlight On…

Māui Studios

Māui is a production studio capable across creative disciplines, sustainable business practice serving global partners with digital outcomes grounded in…

Ngā Toi Māori, Te Toi Ataata

Tā Moko – The Fine Art of Surfacing

Phil Vine meets Ariana Tikao and her whānau and discovers the beautiful story behind ‘Mokorua: Ngā Kōrero Mō Tōku Moko…

Literature, Ngā Toi Māori

ProfileFeatured

NZ On Screen Spotlight On… Marlon Williams

Music

2023 Weavers Hui

Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa are pleased to announce the date and location for the 2023 Weavers National Hui!

Raranga

FeatureFeatured

Hine, Owner of Hinerewa Art Tā Moko Studio

Owner of Hinerewa Art Tā Moko Studio in New Brighton shares her inspiring story of becoming a tā moko artist.

Visual Arts

Creatively Christchurch

Miriama Kamo – Writer and Broadcaster

Writer and broadcaster Miriama Kamo

Latest Opportunities

Opportunities & Proposals

Open Call Show at Eastside

Open call for artists to exhibit at Eastside Gallery…

Visual Arts

Opportunities & Proposals

Calling all artists – Elmer’s Ōtautahi Elephant Art Trail is on its Way!

Apply to have your artwork adorn Elmer’s Elephants! Submissions are now open to all artists to be part of the…

Visual Arts

Arts Organisation

Creative New Zealand to Host Regional Workshops on the Future of Arts Development

Creative New Zealand invites artists and creatives to join a series of conversations taking place across the country to co-develop…

Arts Access

Entries Open for World of Wearable Art

Entries for the Wearable Art Awards are now open…

Fashion and Design

Opportunities & Proposals

Proposals Open at Eastside Gallery

Proposals are now open at Eastside Gallery…

Visual Arts

Opportunities & Proposals

Applications Open for The LiVS Incubator Project

Life in Vacant Spaces is looking for applicants for their latest project, The LiVS Incubator Project…

Arts Access

Opportunities & Proposals

Helping New Brighton Thrive – LiVS Trial to Increase Community Creativity

Help New Brighton thrive! Making The Roy Stokes Hall a creative community hub…

Arts Access

Bruce
Russell

The Dead C’s Bruce Russell on creativity

Lydia Thomas

Neighbourhood

Tonga

Raki

Beyond Ōtautahi

Hauauru

Rāwhiti

Central City

South-east part of christchurch

Tonga

The South of Christchurch is bursting with creativity from independent galleries, amazing street art and a vibrant music scene in Lyttelton. Creatives of all kinds have made the south their home in years past and continue to do so today.

North Ōtautahi

Raki

Take a stroll down Victoria Street to see some iconic murals that have become synonymous with Ōtautahi. As well as street art, you’ll find poetry installations and public art to lift the soul.

Beyond Ōtautahi

Amazing galleries from Akaroa to Oxford and communities of creative craftspeople and artists of all disciplines can be found just outside the city…

West Ōtautahi

Hauauru

The city’s west side is home to historic and contemporary galleries and further west you’ll find contemporary works and studios from Riccarton to the Airport. It’s an area that’s home to a variety of creative disciplines and creative communities.

Rawhiti

Rāwhiti

So much creativity has had its start in the East of the city – the area is as diverse as the art forms that have sprung from it. Painter Rita Angus, Poet Denis Glover, Singers Scribe and Ladi6, Filmmaker Ramai Hayward, Writer Keri Hulme, Flying Nun’s Roger Shepherd… and that’s just the beginning.

Central City

The city has some amazing new venues, majestic heritage spaces, a range of contemporary and traditional galleries, amazing public art installations and a enviable street art culture.