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Hutt City Council appoints Community Arts Advisor

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:30:18 GMT

Pippa Sanderson will take up the role of Hutt City's Community Arts Advisor, the city's primary advocate for the community arts, from Tuesday 25 June. Pippa is an experienced project manager and advocate for social change who most recently was the Community Development Advisor at Arts Access Aotearoa. "I am very excited about my new role," Pippa says, "It brings together all the different threa...

2013 ECC Student Craft Design Awards

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:57:12 GMT

Awards Up For Grabs for Talented Design Students

His Own Steam: A Barry Brickell Survey

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:00:03 GMT

Thinsos, Fatsos, Dogs and a Pigwi... Barry Brickell's Life of Pots opens at The Dowse, 4 May

Retrospect

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:29:01 GMT

'Retrospect' pays respect to New Zealand contemporary jeweller, Peter Deckers

Everyone Talks To Everyone

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:21:49 GMT

Handcrafted Conversations at The Dowse – New exhibition in the Blumhardt Gallery opens 16 February

Saskia Leek: Desk Collection

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:03:26 GMT

Caravan of Cardboard at The Dowse... Major Saskia Leek Exhibition opens on 15 December

Come and Play with us at The Dowse

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:04:22 GMT

1 December 2012 – 1 April 2013 | Free

MEDIA STATEMENT: For Your Eyes Only

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:47:57 GMT

'The Dowse acknowledges the wide public interest in this exhibit and recognises and understands the different sides of the debate. In hindsight, we would have worked harder to ensure accurate information about the work, its cost, content and intent, was available to the public earlier. This experience has given us valuable insights for the future. The parties have had a constructive discussion...

New Director for The Dowse and Petone Settlers Museums

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:31:25 GMT

Hutt City Council New Release | 4 September 2012 | Read an interview with Courtney in Hutt News

Lauren Winstone: holding holes

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:03:08 GMT

27 October 2012 - 10 February 2013 | FREE

In Spite of Ourselves: Approaching Documentary

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:02:42 GMT

8 September – 2 December 2012 | FREE

Arcade: Homegrown Video Games

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:39:00 GMT

10 November 2012 – 24 February 2013 | FREE

Judy Darragh's STAINLESS opens at The Dowse

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:49:04 GMT

7 July – 11 November 2012 | FREE

Ronnie and Robot take on Cult Status at The Dowse

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:57 GMT

I've See Things is at The Dowse from 7 July until 11 November 2012

From July, Fallen Robot will be on permanent display in The Square in front of The Dowse

Octavia Cook exhibition opens at The Dowse

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:34:51 GMT

Dynasty: Works by Octavia Cook | 28 July – 22 October 2012 | FREE

Solo: Four Wellington Artists at The Dowse

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:40:25 GMT

12 May – 19 August, 2012 | FREE

Dowse announces 2012 Blumhardt Curatorial Intern

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:55:35 GMT

Auckland's Ane Tonga is the fifth recipient of the Blumhardt Foundation's Curatorial Internship funded by Creative NZ. A legacy of New Zealand potter Dame Doreen Blumhardt's commitment to arts education, the internship provides a rare opportunity for an aspiring curator to develop their skills alongside professional museum staff, in a contemporary gallery setting. Ane will begin work part-time ...

Clay, Fire and Glazes - Dowse Pays Tribute to Len Castle

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:53:57 GMT

The Dowse is celebrating the life and work of pioneer potter Len Castle (CBE, DCNZM) in a new exhibition that features his stunning volcanic and geological-inspired forms. Castle, who died last year, created unique works unlike any seen elsewhere in the world. He was arguably New Zealand's most significant potter, credited with forging a path for indigenous New Zealand ceramics. Wellington...

So It Vanishes

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:50:26 GMT

Dowse exhibition cancelled.

A View on Beautiful Collaborations

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:16:39 GMT

A View From Where I Was Sleeping is a new exhibition at The Dowse that takes its name from a poem by Wellington's Gregory O'Brien. From 10th March, visitors will be able to experience the poem wrapped around a vase by artist Noel McKenna, just one of the many beautiful and diverse collaborative art and design works in the show. Created by local and international artists, the collaborative...

Accrual Over Time: Critical Mass Opens

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:10:41 GMT

What do bright red snakeskin, an iconic Pink Floyd album, dolls heads, Elastoplast bandages and an axe all have in common? They're all part of Critical Mass , a new exhibition from The Dowse Collection that opens on 25 February. "The stuff of this exhibition is the stuff that makes up the world around us — ordinary domestic objects and discarded junk — that are transformed by artists into...

Klezmer Music at The Dowse

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:25:15 GMT

Klezmer Rebs is an eight piece Wellington band formed in 2002 that plays (mostly) klezmer music, an engaging style of world/folk music born out of the Yiddish/Jewish culture of eastern Europe in the 1800s and 1900s. Klezmer then went to America and in the early 1900s began to fuse with jazz and swing. There has been a worldwide revival of klezmer music since the 1980s. Klezmer Rebs instrumentat...

Dowse Yourself in Big Summer Beats

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:16:02 GMT

Sun 25 March 2012, 1-6pm | FREE

Shapeshifter 2012

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:50:22 GMT

Objects of the Imagination Come to Life in the Hutt.

Delicate Dealings with Death

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:19:26 GMT

Teresa Margolles: So It Vanishes | 25 February – 17 June, 2012

A Time and a Place for Everything

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:58:38 GMT

Local Knowledge opens at The Dowse, 17 December 2011

Be Bedazzled at The Dowse

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:21:10 GMT

Sumptuous Gowns, Tantalising Tutus and Terrific Tights

Scott Eady's Artworks You Can Ride

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:10:39 GMT

100 Bikes: Part 1 | Scott Eady | 8 October 2011 – 12 February 2012 | FREE

20th Wallace Art Awards Winners Announced

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:56:54 GMT

20th Wallace Art Awards Winners’ Announced

Knitted & Knotted

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:33:59 GMT

A French-knitted Jesus, embroidered human hair, jewellery knotted from plastic bags…

Crystal City

Mon, 23 May 2011 11:03:37 GMT

16 July – 16 October 2011

Ruby: A 40 Year Love Affair with The Dowse

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:45:27 GMT

“The public will forgive you as long as you are not boring,” James Mack, Dowse Director 1981-88. It’s forty years since The Dowse Art Gallery was opened by the Governor General, Sir Arthur Porritt and quickly found its way into the hearts of New Zealanders. Ruby: A 40 Year Love Affair with The Dowse opens on 14 May and showcases a selection of much loved highlights from the collection. It also...

High Tea

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:33:52 GMT

High Time for High Tea at The Dowse

2011 CNZ Blumhardt Intern Announced

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:16:21 GMT

Wellington’s Lily Hacking is the fourth recipient of the Blumhardt Foundation’s Curatorial Internship funded by CreativeNZ

Furnish

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:27:56 GMT

Rockaround to The Dowse for the hottest NZ Furniture Design

Sean Kerr: Bruce Danced...

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:39:27 GMT

Misbehaving Machines

Digital Artist brings Humour and Mischief to
The Dowse

Yield: Making Fashion Without Making Waste

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:19:42 GMT

International designers unite for zero-waste fashion exhibition at The Dowse. The creations of fashion darlings Zandra Rhodes and Yeohlee Teng, plus many other leading international designers, are coming to New Zealand for a new exhibition that is then bound for New York. Yield: Making Fashion Without Making Waste opens on the 26th March and runs until 26th June at The Dowse Art Museum. It will showcase garments that are created with zero or minimal fabric waste. All other aspects of the exhibition process, like design and installation, will also consider the environment.

Craft2.0 Handmade for the Holidays

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:06:59 GMT

Craft2.0: Handmade for the Holidays | Sat 18 December 2010 | 10am–3pm

Craft2.0 October Fair

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:10:33 GMT

Saturday 30 October | 10am–3pm

Get Lost in 'White Cloud Worlds'

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:34:26 GMT

Exhibition that celebrates New Zealand's Award Winning Sci-Fi and Fantasy Artists opens December 11

The Bruce and Denny Show

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:38:43 GMT

Billy Apple and the Gods of Speed
The Bruce and Denny Show opens 20 November at The Dowse Art Museum

NZ Student Craft/Design Award 2010

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:29:38 GMT

The Friends of The Dowse announce the winner of the 2010 New Zealand Student Craft/Design Award.

Best of The Blumhardt (updated)

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:03:26 GMT

Keeper of the Kiln: Ceramics show pays tribute to arts advocate, Dame Doreen Blumhardt

Scuttle into Summer with Children’s Show

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:35:42 GMT

Bugs, Beetles and Butterflies examines how artists are inspired by the creepy-crawlies of the natural world.

Sightseeing

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:37:47 GMT

SIGHTSEEING…through the eyes of contemporary artists
Postcard exhibition offers armchair travel with a twist