Archive Events and Activities
DOUBLE PORTRAIT Finding Frances Hodgkins
7:00pm Fri 23 Jul 2010
Jan Bolwell's critically acclaimed play on the intensely colourful life of New Zealand's most significant expatriate modernist painter of the 20th century, Frances Hodgkins.
TALKS ON TOP ART
11:00am Mon 12th Jul - Wed 14th Jul 2010
Talks on the Top Art exhibition, covering the five contexts of Visual Arts, by: Grant Thompson, Gallery Education and Visitor Programmes Manager, and Tracy Murray, Secondary Visual Arts Advisor.
THE CELLOPHONICS TO PLAY AT GALLERY
3:00pm Sun 20 Jun 2010
The highly acclaimed group, consisting of seven of the country's leading young cellists, along with their renowned cellist tutor James Tennant, presents an afternoon of sonority and rich delight.
WHAKAPAPA: GET DOWN UPON YOUR KNEES
11:00am Sat 12 Jun 2010
Floortalk by Reuben Paterson Gold coin donation
THE FARMER Floortalk by Penelope Jackson
11:00am Sun 23 May 2010
Floortalk on The Farmer by Penelope Jackson. Gold coin donation
OF COURSE I MEANT IT WHEN I SAID I DIDN'T MEAN IT
1:00pm Sat 22 May 2010
Floortalk by Jill Sorensen. Entry by gold coin donation.
CARING FOR ARTWORKS by Ingrid Ford
5:00pm Thu 20 May 2010
Art conservator Ingrid Ford, from the Auckland Art Gallery, discusses the role of an art conservator and talks about what you can do to preserve your precious art works in a variety of media.
AN AFTERNOON WITH DAME LYNLEY DODD
1:30pm Sun 16 May 2010
Bring your children along to listen to Dame Lynley Dodd, renowned children's book author and illustrator, read some of her wonderful stories.
RICHARD ADAMS & NIGEL GAVIN
7:30pm Fri 30 Apr 2010
Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin – two highly talented musicians in their own right – are now performing together on a tour of the country with Arts on Tour New Zealand.
ART AFTER DARK: Aspects of New Zealand Art History
7:00pm Wed 28th Apr 2010 - Wed 19th May 2010
This series of lectures will examine the tradition of landscape art in New Zealand; the training and education of New Zealand artists; New Zealand art on the global market; and Tauranga's recent art...
THE FARMER Floortalk by John McLean
11:00am Sat 24 Apr 2010
John McLean will give a floortalk on his upcoming The Farmer exhibition.
GRANDMA McGARVEY GOES TO THE GALLERY
11:00am Wed 07 Apr 2010
Bring along a gold coin and a cushion and listen to the tales and adventures of the infamous Grandma McGarvey, and other book characters, told by their visual creator, artist / illustrator Trevor...
MOUNTAIN TO THE SEA Floortalk by Moyra Elliot
3:00pm Sat 27 Mar 2010
Ceramic lecturer, curator, writer and ex-maker with over 30 years experience in the field, Moyra Elliot will give a floortalk on Len Castle's Mountain to the Sea exhibition currently at Tauranga Art...
HAWAIKI Floortalk by Nigel Borell
1:00pm Sat 27 Mar 2010
Nigel Borell will give a floortalk on his current painting installation at the Galllery, Hawaiki. Entry by gold coin donation.
MUKA PRINT EXHIBITION
12:00pm Sat 27th Mar - 4:30pm Sun 28th Mar 2010
Muka Youth Prints is an exhibition for children only. No adults are allowed in to view the prints, the aim being to acquaint young people with contemporary art by offering them real works of art to...
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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