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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 A fantastical three-metre-high yellow giraffe, a flock of fibreglass sheep and a gigantic stainless steel fur seal are taking up temporary residence in Lower Hutt. These creatures and 50 other artworks will transform Lower Hutt’s Civic Gardens into an enthralling sculpture garden with the return of Banks Shoes shapeshifter, New Zealand’s...

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