A new exhibition for children celebrating the magical touch of textiles. Featuring craft-based items from TheNewDowse collection and supplemented by touch-friendly samples. Fuzz, Felt and Fur will fascinate and delight.

Under Construction is a collection of artist projects that respond to notions of space, location and environment. Joanna Langford, Karin van Roosmalen, Douglas Bagnall, Fiona Connor and A.D. Schierning each have ...

A contemporary take on watercolour. Watercolour has become synonymous with cloyingly sentimental depictions of colonial landscapes, cottage gardens and softly modelled portraits and seemed destined to be locked in the ...

A selection of stunning jewellery from TheNewDowse collection, each work with its own story to tell. Jane Dodd, Lynn Kelly, Warwick Freeman, Areta Wilkinson, Octavia Cook, Kirsten Haydon, Kim Brice, Pauline Bern, Jacqui ...

Best of The Blumhardt, in TheNewDowse's Blumhardt Gallery, celebrates the vision of one of New Zealand’s most passionate arts advocates, Dame Doreen Blumhardt, ONZ, DNZM, CBE. The exhibition of ceramics by local ...

Join an informal gathering of TheNewDowse Friends to visit and discuss the Best of Blumhardt exhibition in the Blumhardt Gallery followed by yummy coffee at Reka Café. Discuss the exhibition with fellow Friends, share ...

Is your 4 year old a budding artist? Come along to a Little Sparks session, a club for creatively-minded preschoolers. Little Sparks meet once a month on a Tuesday (Registration 15 mins prior to starting ...

Inspired by gallery exhibits, children will explore their creative process, develop skills and experiment with art materials while connecting with other creative kids. Cost is $5 per child – please pay on booking. ...

With some very clever materials at their fingertips, children will use their own ideas to create bag tags or key rings to take home. Pre-booking required. Please pay on booking: newdowsebookings@huttcity.govt.nz or 04 ...

Get behind the scenes and become part of the action of this internationally acclaimed production. Learn puppetry, polish your acting skills and get a taste of the German language. The workshop is suitable for ages 8+, ...

In association with the exhibition Fuzz, Felt and Fur, children will delight in creating their own felt badge to take home. Basic hand sewing involved but all materials supplied. Pre-booking required. Cost is $9 per ...

Vocalist Lisa Tomlins (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Toa ) has recently launched her solo career but is best known as the beautiful voice behind many of New Zealand's top acts, including Rhombus, Hollie Smith, ...

Join one of this year’s judges, artist Peter Gibson-Smith, as he shares some of his perspectives on the works of the winners and selected finalists in a preview of the Wallace Art Awards exhibition at ...

An innovative exhibition of postcards that explores the representation of place in contemporary German and New Zealand photography. Mark Adams, Fiona Amundsen, Karin Apollonia Müller, Wayne Barrar, Frank Breuer, John ...

Craft 2.0 is a cult Wellington craft fair for style junkies, craft enthusiasts and fans of handmade. Over 4 years Craft2.0 has become synonymous with high quality, diverse products proudly claiming ‘New Zealand ...

Singer-songwriter Justin Firefly Clarke is perhaps best known as a skilled producer of other people's music and for his involvement with various jazz, soul and folk projects in Wellington. He currently works with Rio ...

Insects have long inspired artists in their work. Bugs, Beetles and Butterflies showcases a selection of art works by prominent New Zealand artists who have drawn inspiration from critters in the natural world. ...

Discover the world of New Zealand’s sci-fi and fantasy illustrators, designers and conceptual artists. The work of these internationally-acclaimed artists often goes unrecognised, here's the chance to celebrate their ...