Archive Events and Activities
DECONSTRUCTING NEW ZEALAND Jayne Ivimey
1:30pm Sun 07 Mar 2010
British artist and conservationist Jayne Ivimey presents an illustrated floortalk, discussing how New Zealand's natural environment has informed and influenced her upcoming exhibition.
PACIFIC CURLS
7:30pm Sat 06 Mar 2010
After a successful tour of Canada, New Caledonia, South Korea and Europe, Pacific Curls are coming home for 2010.
NAVIGATING HER WAY Floortalk by Doreen McNeill
11:00am Fri 26 Feb 2010
Floortalks by Doreen McNeill, with Penelope Jackson. Two talks, 11am and 1pm
ART AND INVESTMENT by Ben Plumbly
6:00pm Wed 10 Feb 2010
Collecting art and the New Zealand art market.
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD OF CAPTAIN COOK by Dr Michael Goldsmith
3:00pm Sat 30 Jan 2010
Goldsmith discusses Cook's relationship with the Judaeo-Christian tradition, and demonstrates that he showed a great curiosity and respect for religious customs in other societies.
CAPTAIN COOK'S SHOES by Dr Tom Ryan
3:00pm Sat 23 Jan 2010
Mythologising James Cook, the great explorer - or 'Kapeni Kuki' as he had become known to some.
BLACK CARNIVAL and GIFTED
11:00am Sat 19 Dec 2009
Floortalk by Penelope Jackson on the BLACK CARNIVAL and GIFTED exhibitions.
ARTFUL MUMS WITH UNDER-ONES
9:30am - 11:30am Wed 9th Dec 2009
An opportunity for Mums (and Dads) to enjoy a fun and relaxing, practical art workshop in the company of others.
PUSHING THE EDGES AT SEA by Professor Dame Anne Salmond
6:00pm Thu 03 Dec 2009
Professor Dame Salmond will discuss Captain Cook’s and Captain Bligh’s great voyages of Pacific exploration, and the relationship between them.
COOK, BANKS AND TUPAEA by Professor Paul Tapsell
6:00pm Mon 30 Nov 2009
Was Tupaea a pivotal founding hero of the nation of New Zealand? Tapsell provides a Mäori perspective on Cook's first voyage to Aotearoa.
ADULT ART WORKSHOPS
Tue 10 Nov 2009
Tauranga Art Gallery is offering an adult art workshop by James Ormsby and Laurie Steer.
JADE STRING QUARTET
8:00pm Sat 07 Nov 2009
A series of brilliant live concerts has established Jade String Quartet as a musical force to be reckoned with. Formed in 2003 by four Auckland Philharmonia (APO) players, the group’s enjoyment of a...
THE MAN IN THE HAT
2:00pm Sun 01 Nov 2009
Curator Luit Bieringa's documentary on art dealer, and Wellington identity, Peter McLeavey.
SKIN TIGHT
8:00pm Fri 18 Sep 2009
A play by Gary Henderson, directed by Jon Pheloung. A timeless and powerful love story set in post-war New Zealand. Inspired by Dennis Glover's classic poem, The Magpies.
REMBRANDT - THE EXPERIMENTAL ETCHER
1:00pm Sat 12 Sep 2009
Floortalk by Victoria Robson, curator of European art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
THE PIONEERS
8:00pm Thu 13 Aug 2009
Using original acoustic music, texts by leading New Zealand poets, story telling and character portrayal, The Pioneers tell the stories of three of their ancestors who travelled from England and...
MATTHEW MARSHALL
8:00pm Wed 05 Aug 2009
Matthew Marshall, one of New Zealand’s leading guitarists and versatile musicians performs solo guitar with electronics in a dazzling display of virtuosic pyrotechnics.
The Cellophonics
3:00pm Sun 26 Jul 2009
The University of Waikato is offering Tauranga music lovers a second gold-coin concert, showcasing its gifted music students.
MARK LAURENT & BRENDA LIDDIARD
7:30pm Thu 23 Jul 2009
Mark Laurent and Brenda Liddiard are part of that secret army of 'indie' musicians who fly just below the commercial radar, playing grass-roots music in an 'unplugged' style.
THE LADY BUNCH
8:00pm Sun 12 Jul 2009
Three of NZ's top female comediennes appear together on stage in this show which debuted at the NZ International Comedy Festival in 2008.
Mid-Winter Adult Art Classes
5:15pm Wed 1st Jul - 6:30pm Wed 22nd Jul 2009
Tauranga Art Gallery is offering four art seminars and workshops based on portraiture and the figure, held over four consecutive weeks: two practical sessions and two theory.
RICHARD ADAMS & NIGEL GAVIN
8:00pm Fri 19 Jun 2009
Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin have worked like few other New Zealand musicians, crafting their art in rehearsal rooms and recording studios, and presenting their magic in concert halls and to...
TOP ART
Tue 2nd Jun - 12:00pm Fri 5th Jun 2009
Fifty folios created by senior secondary students who achieved excellence at NCEA Level 3, Visual Art in 2008.
PERSONAL CHOICE
1:00pm Thu 21 May 2009
As part of our public ArtBytes programme for Boom Time: Art from the BNZ Collection, we are inviting guest speakers to discuss their favourite painting from the collection.
BIG BELLY WOMAN
8:00pm Wed 20 May 2009
A uniquely Maori musical journey that covers a wide spectrum of sounds, vocal harmonies and rhythms melded together by traditional and modern instruments. Drawn from both Maori and European...
THE BROWN YEARS: Nigel Brown floortalk
11:00am Sat 16 May 2009
Floortalk by Nigel Brown on The Brown Years exhibition.
GOING FOR BROKE - NZ Art in the 1980s by Greg O'Brien
3:00pm Sun 10 May 2009
Wellington poet, writer and curator, Greg O'Brien, talks about New Zealand art production and collecting during the 1960s - 80s, the boom time for New Zealand art, with particular reference to the...
FIFTEEN YEARS TO BE AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS by Roger Hall
7:00pm Sat 18 Apr 2009
Renowned New Zealand playwright Roger Hall talks about his life, covering the years of writing before he became established with the launch of his first stage play, GLIDE TIME - the play that...
THE MAMAKU PROJECT
8:00pm Thu 16 Apr 2009
Weaving French bohemian roots, Pacifica dub and scents of the Middle-East, The Mamaku Project has been touring for the last three years - including WOMAD.
HAUnt Wind Stories
4:00pm Sun 22 Feb 2009
Musical performance using taonga puoro (Maori musical instruments) and voice (pakeha) by Warren Warbrick and Virginia Jamieson, for the closing of He Aho Tangata: The Human Threads.
PACIFIC CURLS
8:00pm Sat 21 Feb 2009
8pm, SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY Pacific Curls have toured Australia, Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland with their Global Roots Sounds of over 14 different instruments including: taonga puoro...
MYRIORAMA:4 floortalk with Julia Morison
1:30pm Sun 23 Nov 2008
Exhibition opening and floortalk with artist, Julia Morison
Drawing As Thinking
9:00am Thu 9th Oct - 3:00pm Fri 10th Oct 2008
Shelley Ryde will facilitate a workshop that will be of benefit to all visual arts teachers. This workshop will explore the role of drawing "as a central means to generate, analyse, clarify and...
Birds of Tristan da Cunha: an evening with Julian Fitter
7:00pm Wed 08 Oct 2008
Tristan da Cunha is located in the middle of the South Atlantic and is the world’s most remote community. Gough Island, a dependency of Tristan da Cunha, is a World Heritage Site and described as...
ON THE CONDITIONS & POSSIBILITIES OF HELEN CLARK TAKING ME AS HER YOUNG LOVER
7:30pm Fri 26th Sep - Sat 27th Sep 2008
This hilarious show is back by popular demand. Don't miss out!
An Italy of the Mind: Colin McCahon and Tony Lane
2:00pm - 3:00pm Sun 31st Aug 2008
A lecture by Associate Professor Peter Simpson, from Auckland University, on Tony Lane's work. Peter is a widely published author on New Zealand art and literature, a curator, and director of the...
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