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The Māoriland Film Festival (MFF) is now the largest indigenous film festival in the world, and this year will see the largest programme offered as well. One hundred and sixty-eight films from 111 indigenous nations will screen in Ōtaki from March 20-24. Now in its 11th year, MFF will offer 11 feature films, eight feature documentaries and... Keep Reading
We have the great pleasure to invite you all to our amazing "Ineffable" Art Exhibition at the fabulous, newly refurbished, Toi Mahara Gallery in Waikanae! Come along and view some extraordinary art by our people, from 27th January to 31st March. Ineffable is a selection of work by some of the talented creatives that... Keep Reading
As we move to a firm programme of exhibitions in the main gallery, LightSpace Gallery becomes our venue for smaller exhibitions, individual artist hires and solo shows. We are offering 12-day hires giving two weekends – Wednesday through Sunday of the following week – at $140 per day. Shared between two artists, $70 per day... Keep Reading
Water World -Clouds, streams, rivers, sea and ice The President’s Prize of $1500 has been awarded to Joe Zhou’s ‘Wellington Harbour’, a representation of the inner harbour in oils that reveals the inspiration of Russian and French impressionists in its approach to its subject by the Wellington-based artist. The Curator’s Prize of... Keep Reading
Creating a community and a home for artists is what makes Pablos Art Studios a vital part of Wellington, says its manager, Anastasija Bubanja. It’s all about supporting and empowering everyone who comes into the space. Keep Reading
An ex-pat friend of Rodger's captured the Big Band's gig at the Carlyle Room, in Washington DC, on 10 January 2024. Peter Grattan is a former TVNZ employee, now living in the USA, and his video handiwork can be seen below. The Rodger Fox Big Band is in the USA through early January, having represented New Zealand at JEN, the Jazz Educational... Keep Reading
Invited guest artist, Danny Forrest, won the people’s choice award in our “Fantastic Beasts – fins, fangs, feathers and fur” exhibition with her polymer clay on plywood work, “Our Friendly Neighbour”. Danny is a self-taught artist who has developed her own sculpting technique to create unique, detailed art pieces out of polymer... Keep Reading
Reece Tong has been attending Pablos Art Studios for 14 years and has work in Connecting the Past, an exhibition celebrating 30 years of Pablos – on display now at the front of the studio at 45 Vivian St in Wellington. Keep Reading
Rodger Fox plays Hone Tuwhare near top of list for Jack Bower's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023 Esteemed jazz critic Jack Bowers, of the 'All About Jazz' website, proclaimed a review of "so many splendid big-band albums along with wonderful enterprises by smaller groups". He was talking about a very long list of great jazz albums in 2023. And near... Keep Reading
Tihei mauri ora Ko Titirangi te maunga Ko Waiau te awa Ko Takitimu toku Waka Ko Rangiahua toku marae Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwi Ko Ngai Tamaterangi toku hapu No reira tena koutou, tena koutou Katoa. Hello, I am Deborah, an artist, Head Tutor at Vincents Art Workshop. I would like to thank the staff and... Keep Reading
On Saturday 23rd September at 11am about a dozen artists gathered in the LightSpace Gallery for the purpose of having examples of their paintings critiqued by Sir Grahame Sydney. Like me, most of them would be feeling a little anxious at having their works critiqued by one of New Zealand’s best-known artists. We need not have worried as it... Keep Reading
The shows to date have been monumental, so it stands to reason we'd want to add an Auckland gig to our schedule - seven towns in total. The Rodger Fox Big Band featuring King Kapisi, and with Erna Ferry, is playing at the Bruce Mason Centre on Sunday 12 November. The concerts fuse the modern big band sound with Aotearoa-New Zealand hip-hop by... Keep Reading
The university made a big point of praising the work of Senior Lecturer, Rodger Fox in its 6 October faculty newsletter. See what they said, here. A quintessentially Kiwi collaboration A musical mash up of brassy big band jazz and Aotearoa hip hop is set to surprise and entertain audiences around the country. Rodger Fox, Senior Lecturer in... Keep Reading
Deb Shepherd’s towering and intricate thread hanging, ‘Woman’s Work #1’, narrowly beat Merit Award winner Lucy Dolan Kang’s hanging, ‘The beginning and the end’, in the Peoples’ Choice Award competition of the Parkin Drawing Prize this year by a single vote. Merit Award winner Emily Harris’ ‘Take It Away’... Keep Reading
“Barbershop singing has taken me out of my comfort zone as I’m not a good singer,” wrote one man participating in a barbershop programme at Spring Hill Corrections Facility. “However, with their patient and persistent teaching styles, I’ve learned singing techniques and am part of a group harmonising system Keep Reading
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