Ballad of the Waitaki 30 Aug 2024 This exhibition charts the flow of Waitaki’s past over the last 120 years. Like any chart it is only a snapshot of our understanding, as time marches on, the course of our past changes just like that of the mighty Waitaki. Waitaki Museum, 60 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos
Well Made New Zealand |Temuka Pottery 30 Aug 2024 The Waitaki Museum | Te Whare Taoka o Waitaki holds one of the largest collections of Temuka Pottery in New Zealand, including rare and unique pieces which it will be showing in this upcoming exhibition. Upstairs at Waitaki Museum, 60 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos
Classic Aotearoa | MikiNobu Komatsu 30 Aug 2024 Assembled over decades of exploring New Zealand, Sydney-based photographer MikiNobu Komatsu invites you to cast fresh eyes on Aotearoa’s buildings, streets and landmarks – some of which are still with us, others no longer existing. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos
Rubbish Bodies | Fiona Frew 30 Aug 2024 Rubbish Bodies is an exploration of the connection between human and non-human bodies. Using her local environment as source material, Kakanui artist Fiona Frew presents contemporary jewellery, and objects that emerge from the collaboration between the Kakanui river and local beaches, the weather and the stuff that is left behind. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos
This is Fine, Everything's Fine 30 Aug 2024 Audrey Baldwin’s solo exhibition playfully takes aim at ‘grind culture’, internalised capitalism and the challenges of living in a media choked society. Incorporating business jargon, toxic positivity statements and a small army of fans, she aims to provide an outlet for anxieties – both her own and those of society at large. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos
Uplifting Art Auction | Friends of the Forrester 30 Aug 2024 An eclectic mix of artworks from different artists and time periods. All the works are for sale with proceeds going to the Friends of the Forrester Gallery lift fund. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos
Revitalise our Places Ōamaru: Brocante at 179 Thames Street 30 Aug 2024 Revamped, Revived and Upholstered Furniture along with Inspired French Furniture and Eclectic Vintage Décor. 179 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Community, Talks, courses & workshops
Revitalise our Places Ōamaru: Colour Me Creative at 169 Thames Street 30 Aug 2024 Colour Me Creative showcases a fabulous selection of work from a group of eight Palmerston artists, and invites you to express your own creativity in an explosion of colour. 169 Thames Street, Oamaru 9400 Tagged as: , Community, Talks, courses & workshops
Do we moemoeā in colour? 07 Sep 2024 Do we moemoeā in colour? celebrates the vibrancy, colour, and creativity in the Forrester Gallery Collection. It talks of the playful dreams and abundant opportunities accompanying an imagination. Largely inspired by the George Burns Memorial Art Exhibition, the selected works occupying the Forrester’s Vault Gallery radiate colour and creativity. Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400 Tagged as: , Exhibitions & expos