Joanna Margaret Paul: An Architectural Palimpsest 14 Apr 2025 Joanna Margaret Paul: An Architectural Palimpsest initiates recognition of architectural heritage preservation and highlights the Forrester Gallery’s grand historic infrastructure. Untitled (Forrester Gallery) (1997), by Joanna Margaret Paul, presents a point in time that has passed but is yet familiar, allowing us to imagine the memories and ‘souls’ of historic buildings. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Wind and Waves | David Elliot 14 Apr 2025 'Wind and Waves' has grown out of David Elliot's fascination with the sea, weather, maps, and old books. An internationally recognised writer and illustrator, his characters, real and imagined, are inspired by Port Chalmers, the Otago Harbour and our wild Otago coastline. Waitaki Museum, 60 Thames Street Ōamaru 9400, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Design your own bookmark! 14 Apr 2025 Sick of loosing your place in a good book? Or a bad book for that matter?Design a bookmark these school holidaysand go in the draw to win a prize. Tagged as: , Youth events, Kids activities
Floral Ecologies 14 Apr 2025 Floral Ecologies celebrates the therapeutic nature of flowers and the introduction of early domestic photography, documenting a progression from studios to intimate outdoor floral microcosms. As cameras became more accessible for everyday people, it became common to favour exterior spaces over studios. Floral Ecologies incorporates local archival imagery, Museum objects and collected artworks. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
He Pounamu Ko Āu 14 Apr 2025 Filmed entirely in Te Waipounamu, Tia Barrett’s (Waitaha, Ngāti Māmoe, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Tamainupō, Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato) He Pounamu Ko Āu (2022) explores wahine Māori identity and channels whakapapa through moving image, pounamu pūrākau (storytelling), mōteatea (sung poetry) and sound. Barrett’s mahi toi instils the importance of celebrating and preserving Te Ao Māori. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Hononga Rohe - Regional Ties 14 Apr 2025 Hononga Rohe - Regional Ties presents a selection of contemporary art from the Forrester Gallery’s collection from the last 60 years, contextualising and locating them within the art historical discourse of Te Waipounamu. It acknowledges the accumulating strengths of the collection, acknowledging the generosity of residents, supporters, artists and the wider arts community. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Ngā momo wai Types of water 14 Apr 2025 Ko te wai te ora o ngā mea katoa Water is the giver of all thingsWater holds deep cultural, spiritual, and practical significance for Māori. In te ao Māori water is a taonga. In this interactive wonderlab exhibition we explore Waiora, Waimāori, Waikino, Waimate, Waitai, and Waitapu. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
Redefining Space 14 Apr 2025 Redefining Space presents an alternative collecting agenda for the Forrester Gallery collection, as a recent bequest provides an opportunity to consider its future. While fortunate to feature an abundance of lush landscape paintings and portraits that reflect the Waitaki rohe and its social histories, this exhibition ponders: which voices have been missing? Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & festivals
HER' - An exhibition by Lucy Dolan Kang 18 Apr 2025 The Kakanui Church will be hosting Lytteton based artist Lucy Dolan Kang's solo show over Easter and ANZAC weekends. Kakanui Church, 3 Harbour Street, Kakanui, Kakanui 9495 6 more dates Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos, Heritage, Visual arts