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Thanks For You Helping With You: Resonating Visibility

All Projects Māpura Studios Creative Avondale Living art group and Tim Danko October 2025 Locations across the Whau Thanks For You Helping With You: Resonating Visibility This is a public art exhibition that celebrates visibility and representation by showcasing work from the Māpura Studios Creative Living art group, a programme for disabled artists based in […]

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B St Gallery

All Projects Jessie Kanji September – December 2025 Browne Street cafe, Avondale @jessiekanji B St Gallery   The Whau is brimming with creative talent, yet opportunities to exhibit locally remain limited. In response, ArtsWhau has partnered with the team at Browne St to establish B St Gallery, an evolving exhibition space inside one of Avondale’s

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Manawaka Ao | Healing Ourselves

All Projects Maha, Laura and Destiny from Aotearoa Bone Collective March and June, 2024 Glenavon Community Hub and Glenavon School Manawaka Ao | Healing Ourselves In March 2025, 13 local participants from Māori, Pasifika, and ethnically diverse communities came together at the Glenavon Hub for a day of connection and creativity. Guided by Maha and

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AIS Mātariki Mural

All Projects @Haser_nz @iloveavondale and Avondale Intermediate School students Mātariki, 2025 Avondale Intermediate School AIS Mātariki Mural For Mātariki this year we collaborated with I Love Avondale, Dominique Crawford, Avondale Intermediate School and Haser. Haser provided us a foundation to build from and together alongside the students of the kura we used bold colours to represent

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The Public Stand – an ode to the Avondale Racecourse

All Projects Becca Wood and Molly Mullen Sound mix by Peter Hobbs October, 2024 Avondale Racecourse Book in here: https://the-public-stand.eventbrite.com A chance to encounter the Avondale Racecourse though an immersive experience, weaving memories, sound and live performers This October you’ll have a chance to encounter the Avondale Racecourse in a new way. Artists Molly Mullen

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Hui Kōrero – Waka journeys

All Projects Whau Arts Festival 2025 Archibald park, Kelston Saturday 18 October 2025 4:00pm – 7:30pm Archibald Park, Kelston KOHA | All welcome Photo credit: Natalie Robertson Instagram Thanks to Te Whau Pathway Project for co-funding this project. Hui Kōrero – Waka journeys Charlotte Graham Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Te Ākitai

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Braids and Bottle Caps

All Projects Opening Show Afternoon Tea: May 18Workshop Dates: May 24 (1:30 – 2:30 pm) & Africa Day, May 25 (12:30 – 1:30 pm) Avondale Library Braids and Bottle Caps: Art, Environment, and African Legacy Join Nigerian-born artist Mary Adeosun and co-creator Tristan Bloemstein as they re-imagine locally collected bottle caps and braided forms into

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Blockhouse Bay Mash Up

All Projects Peaknuckle Productions Sunday 16th February, 2025 Blockhouse Bay Community Centre WEBSITE The FREE Family Fun Day Mash Up Join us for the Blockhouse Bay Mash Up, a vibrant community event featuring multi-genre entertainment for all ages! Enjoy performances including a school Kapa Haka group, a circus and juggling act, vaudeville musical comedy, and

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Night Garden

All Projects Esther Toclo and Laura Allen April – May 2025 ALL GOODS and along the Whau awa Night Garden What blooms in the garden when the night falls? What springs from our hands when creativity strikes in the dark? Join local artists Laura Allen and Esther Toclo as they explore endemic plants and textures

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Whau Youth Awards 2024

All Projects Friday 6th December, 2024 New Lynn Community Centre Whau Youth Awards 2024 We were stoked to be able to support the annual Whau Youth Awards by supporting young local artist Nicky Michael A.K.A. Lazarus to handcraft the awards this year.A massive congratulations to all the nominees and award winners at our 2024 Whau

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