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Holding the viewers' attention

Musings on the Parkin Drawing Prize and what drawing can be, from established New Zealand still life artist Jonette Murray.
Queerly We Roll Along - Part 2

In the second part of this blog post, Hamish McIntosh expands on his previous discussion of being a queer male dancer to advocate for change.
Robert Mcleod's Balancing Act at PGgallery 192 a well-timed exhibition in 2018

Robert Mcleod's Balancing Art, the October/November exhibition at PGgallery in Christchurch alluded to bigger questions about the enduring and unfortunate nature of human behaviour
Queerly We Roll Along - Part 1

In this two-part post, Hamish McIntosh shares his experience of queerness growing up as a male dancer in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Three works by Tom Dale- A Cage for Voices, 2017, The Red Zone. What happens when a city dissolves into thin air? 2018, and Monument to the Present, 2018

Andrew Paul Wood comments on 'Ōtautahi’s contested and fraught post-quake urban fabric', discussing Tom Dale's two commissions for SCAPE Public Art's Season 2018 and the artist and film maker's contribution to its 2017 programme
Audrey Baldwin reviews We Do This, the Christchurch Art Gallery's exhibition, honouring 125 years of women’s suffrage

Audrey Baldwin reviews, We Do This, and is impressed by the Christchurch Art Gallery's selection of works and the contexts, politics and aspirations that they encompass and address in the 125th year of women's suffrage in Āotearoa New Zealand
Research to strengthen the case for creative spaces

The impact of arts and creativity on the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities is a much-discussed topic at the moment. For those of us working in the arts, we constantly see, hear and read about examples of this impact. We just know!
Reuben Woods discusses Jacob Yike's 'Bad Company' exhibition

Jacob Yikes opens a new and extensive body of work at Fiksate Gallery in Christchurch
Fundraising Art Exhibition at The Third Eye

We have a fundraising exhibition coming up in November down at Tuatara Brewing's The Third Eye - Tuatara's Temple of Taste in Wellington - big thanks to them for their support!See artworks made by our people, and they're for sale. All proceeds go to the artists and the Shed Project Kapiti. Order your tickets today!Wine, nibbles, pizzas and b...
Drink Wine - Support Shed

We're involved in a fundraiser with Sileni Estates and Redmetal Vineyards. Ordering their range of fantastic wines means you'll be supporting us as well. Prices start from $10.00 per bottle depending on type.
Unlocking creativity within prisoners

What I’ve seen around my time in the Department over the past 14 years is just how truly talented many of the people who come into our care are. Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards 2018 and the two Corrections awards that were presented there are a testament to their...
A Woman of the Moana: The Process of Searching, Learning & Creating

A Woman of the Moana: The Process of Searching, Learning & Creating I often question myself as an artist; what kind of work do I want to make? Who am I making it for? And what is my intention? For those of you who do not know me, my name is Ufitia Sagapolutele, I am a New Zealand-born Samoan woman and I am an interdisciplinary artist cu...
In The Eye Of The Beholder

When I was first trying to write this I had the most massive mind blank. To have my work all across the internet is a lot of pressure for an artist. There are so many judging critics out there and you can't help but want to please everyone. I’ve learnt over the years that it's not possible to please everyone, that there’s always going to be someone
Drawing, is dirty

Drawing, is dirty. It gets under my nails, stains the edge of my hand. I sweep the bench of watercolour pencil shavings and my palm is a rainbow of colour. My hands at the end of a studio day are dusty pink and ochre fingers, palms a wipe of pastel.
Reviewing Dance

Reviews are one way in which dance and theatre can live on long after the season has finished. Writer/reviewer Lauren Sanderson talks about what it is to be a reviewer and how she does it.