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COMMUNITY ART GALLERY |
A Community Inspiration.
The greatest experiences of art are unexpected.
Walk into this Gallery and prepare to be dazzled! You will experience diverse and inspiring art of national and international importance that you would never expect to find on a small island.
Acclaimed artists from Waiheke and all around New Zealand exhibit here regularly. Every three weeks there is a new collection of eclectic, iconic, and stimulating art on show: including national exhibitions of paintings, ceramics, jewellery, photography, and design.
Out there Diversity.
Our community spirit finds expression in ingenious art that never draws the line on artistic mediums or hot local and global issues of the day. Our first exhibition in July 1995 was “Ten Years Later”, a look back at the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior and the initiatives of Greenpeace.
To us, art of significance is anything that has the real power to engage, challenge, inform or inspire and gets to the heart of who we are as a community. Our Gallery activities therefore extend to outdoor events, book launches, art education, youth exhibitions, environmental awareness, and creating gala occasions all over the island.
We constantly seek new ways to engage people in art beyond these Gallery walls. A brilliant example is the staggeringly beautiful national art event “Headland: Sculpture on the Gulf” - where New Zealand’s leading sculptors transform the coastal headlands drawing thousands of people to the island.
Art meets heart here like no other gallery.
The reason why we are so unique and innovative is simple. We are owned and run by the community, for the community. It makes us highly motivated to foster emerging talent and help everyone feel part of the creative life of the island.
Ask about our youth and adult workshops, our Artist in Residence program, and the many Award opportunities we offer.
When you support this Gallery, you help our creative community continue to flourish.
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ALT/ ENERGY KINETICS during Art Out There 2010
6 Nov - 7 Nov 2010
Invitations To Participate in : A display of Alternative Energy powered garden sculptures as part of Art Out There 2010 (in conjunction with the Jassy Dean Garden Safari)
Venue: Brigitte & Benoit Houvenagel have a small holding at Awaawaroa Bay, 326 Orapiu Rd. Participants are asked to send contact details and working drawings to the Waiheke Community Art Gallery. Assesors from the Waste Resource Trust and the gallery will select on the basis of practicality, feasibility, orginality and aesthetic appeal. Works will be for sale with 25% to the gallery. Help may be available for materials and construction. Use of recycled materials wherever possible is encouraged. For further details please contact Nora West on 021 877910.
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Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award 2010
22 Oct - 15 Nov 2010
Submissions are invited for The Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award 2010. This is the gallery's major annual award exhibition. This years selector is Sara Hughes. This award is for Two Dimensional work in any medium. The Award Prize is $5,000 and up to two Merit Awards are also presented. Entry forms are available at the gallery and a pdf will be available soon. Past winners have been Barbara Von Seida for "Te Mata' in 2009, Rebecca Wallis for 'Fold' in 2008, Kushana Bush for 'Love Painting' in 2007, and Simon Esling for his Untitled work in 2006.
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