Presented by Avondale Art ParkFriday 8th December to 11th December, 2017Avondale, Auckland Forum is a new event that celebrates graffiti writing as an evolving and thriving artform. Taking place in the Auckland suburb of Avondale, Forum brings together 10 of New Zealand’s top and most active writers including Berst, Ceap, Erok, Freak, Gasp, Haser, Ikarus, […]
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Throughout June and July you may take away more then just clean laundry when you visit your local Laundromat. Whau the People and local artists will be presenting 6 art projects across Laundromats in the Whau. Artists include Bronwyn Bent, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Janet Lilo, Takitua Tuaratini, Jody Yawa McMillan and more. Art projects will include
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28 April – 26 May, 2017Alan Wood Reserve, Methuen Rd LookoutNew Windsor Blockhouse Bay photographer Dianne Smith has been documenting the construction of the Waterview Connection since January 2013. As construction comes to an end she’s presenting an outdoor exhibition featuring a small selection of these images in the newly replanted Alan Wood Reserve beside
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ROBOART Workshop and ExhibitionWorkshop: 19 November 2016Exhibition 19 November – 27 NovemberOut of the factory : The Robot is our Artist and she is looking forward to collaborating with you to make art This workshop installation involved an industrial robot interpreting photographs and re-drawing them. Over the course of a day it created a series
We all do amazing work in our local neighbourhoods and want to grow and support each other. To help us do that (and get to know you all better) ArtWest and I are hosting a meet-up for people working in the arts in the Whau. There will be refreshments and the opportunity to catch up
Warming the Whau is a response by curator Ariane Craig-Smith, artist Xin Cheng, and film-maker Amarbir Singh, to recent discussions of a city and country in crisis, of individuals and families struggling for basic needs, of refugees, increased financial precariousness and homelessness. In a time of bleakness and scarcity of money, the urban environment can
Inter+Generation is a project by Whau the People that uses art and creative practice as a way of forging connections between and amongst different generations living in the Whau, It engages with the idea of “heritage” from a contemporary perspective – exploring the idea of living memories and living history as something that is not
Oneone presented by Imagine the Land is a participatory installation project created in collaboration with regional youth that explores and engages us in ‘place’ through the medium of soil. The project seeks to uncover the rich qualities of the earthen pigments of the Waitakere and Whau area and immerse youth participants and exhibition visitors alike
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Serene Timoteo, Layne Waerea & Tuafale Tanoai a.k.a Linda T13 – 28 November, 20151875 Great North Rd, Avondale (corner Rosebank Road) At The Moment is a changing programme of transitory artworks responding to the Whau and the diverse communities that live there. It makes its home in Avondale, a suburb that sits at the entrance
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In 2014, the inaugural Whau Arts Festival exploded onto Auckland’s creative scene with involvement from over 120 artists, 30 businesses, and thousands of audience members over four days of intense artistic activity in Avondale. Driven and curated by multi-disciplinary arts group Whau the People, the 2015 Festival is set to meet the 2014 bar, if
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