All Projects Opening Show Afternoon Tea: May 18Workshop Dates: May 24 (1:30 – 3 pm) & Africa Day, May 25 (12:30 – 3:30 pm) Avondale Library Braids and Bottle Caps: Art, Environment, and African Legacy Join Nigerian-born artist Mary Adeosun as she transforms bottle caps collected from the local area into braided masks and wigs. […]
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All Projects 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 a live
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All Projects Saturday 5 April – Maker’s Hikoi Thursday 17 April – Opening night More dates to come! ALL GOODS and along the Whau awa Night Garden Join local makers Laura Allen and Esther Toclo in exploration of Te Whau through ceramics and textile for their new joint project: Night Garden. Following the bends of the Whau
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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All Projects December 2024 In seven locations across the Whau! website instagram Watch out for road cones this December! Watch out! The road cones in your area might come alive. They might start to walk, dance, balance, and groove. It’s not a mirage but the workings of Co Theatre Physical who will relieve road cones from
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All Projects February 8th to March 15th 2025 New Lynn Library It’s a Wrap (A knitted one, that it!) The wonderful world of lace knitting will be opened up to enthusiastic participants who will learn how to knit a wrap or shawl in lightweight yarn over six sessions. These sessions are for knitters who can
All Projects Throughout 2024 Neighbourhoods in the Whau Fiji Baat Fiji Baat translates to ‘Fiji talk’ or the language Fiji Hindi. This photographic series will share stories of Indo-Fijians in the Whau area who migrated to New Zealand amidst decades of political upheaval, providing insight into their lives today. The project is a collaboration between
All Projects May to June, 2024 Avondale @LADYBUG_BEBE @SPDRTWNBBY AD 2 Me, 2024 Join sisters Nia and Mile on a sensory journey through an immersive exhibition and zine. Where their perspectives, growing up in Avondale (AD), breathe life into treasured memories of our evolving community. Through vibrant visual art—spanning drawing to mixed media—and evocative sonic
All Projects May to June, 2024 ALL GOODS, Avondale INSTAGRAM COKANA Sewing Classes 2024 !!SPACES FILLED!! We are so excited to announce that we are offering FREE beginners sewing classes run by AD’s finest, Ota Valu. Ota has four decades of sewing experience, and has been in and around the industry for a long time.
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All Projects 2024 Blockhouse Bay, Green Bay WEBSITE Ahi Raranga – wananga 2024 Ahi Nyx (Te Āti Awa me Ngāti Raukawa) is an Avondale based artist. Known for hand woven harakeke toanga and raranga wananga she is extending her practice to help reconnect to traditional Māori harvesting practices. Her creativity comes from a deep spiritual
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