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Waka Kōrero Māori Exhibition
Waka kōrero Māori: waka carrying the taonga, te reo
The Waka Kōrero Māori exhibition encourages learning the Māori alphabet by pronouncing the names of the kaharehe animal treasures on display
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Silver Shadows: The Story of Marineland
A visit to Marineland was always something special, a treat, an adventure - the first on the agenda when visiting family or holidaying in Hawke's Bay
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1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down
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Eye Spy: Curious Stories
Eye Spy: Curious Stories brings together some weird and wonderful objects from the Hawke’s Bay’s Museums Trust’s collection
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Pictures and Other Works
Celebrating 10 years of the MTG Foundation; a group of Hawke’s Bay people who have supported the expectations of this museum’s community and worked collectively to turn ambition into reality
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Vital Machinery
25 Noema - 25 Pēpuere 2024
25 November – 25 February 2024
Ka tūhuratia e Vital Machinery ngā hononga i ngā mahi a te tokorima ringatoi wāhine o Aotearoa i roto i te hopu whakaahua me ngā ata nekeneke
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Student Art Portfolios Exhibition
Thanks to the assistance of CHB College Arts Department, the CHB Museum presents an art exhibition showcasing past and present student art portfolios supporting the importance of teaching creativity within our community
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Empty Vessels & Desert Narratives
Empty Vessels: Matthew Galloway & Desert Narratives: Mohamed Sleiman Labat
Exploring the shifting political grounds of global food production, Empty Vessels and Desert Narratives is a dialogue between Aotearoa New Zealand artist Matthew Galloway and Sahrawi Western Saharan artist Mohamed Sleiman Labat
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He Whare Ātaahua: Jade Townsend
He Whare Ātaahua is an installation by Jade Townsend which combines different traditions of painting, adornment, and decoration
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1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Exhibition
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down
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Lines And Hues
Downstairs on our south wall, we have ‘Lines and Hues’ by Elizabeth Humphreys-Cole
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'Dreamscapes' - Emma Stannard
On our north wall downstairs, we have ‘Dreamscapes’ by photographer Emma Stannard
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'Small Wonders' - Leonard Lambert
Opening on january 22 we have a full-gallery exhibition by local poet and artist leonard lambert
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Down the Rabbit Hole By Arkay (Rob Kemp)
Introducing “Down the Rabbit Hole”: A captivating solo exhibition by a multi-talented artist, Arkay Rob Kemp
With a lifelong passion for art, stemming from early encounters with a pencil, Rob has journeyed from offset printing to the vibrant world of tattoo artistry
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'Trick Or Treaty' Waitangi Exhibition
As Aotearoa ventures into a new coalition that vows to undermine the rights of tangata whenua under our partnership the Treaty of Waitangi
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Gary Waldrom - John Lancashire - Angus Walker - Exhibition
Hastings Community Art Centre is hosting a landmark exhibition by a trio of Hawke’s Bay painters which promises to be a feast of bold artistic expression and a tribute to the perseverance of three individual artistic visions, crafted over decades
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Retrospective - Marie Clare and Lisa Clare
This exhibition will trace the dual artistic paths and legacies of mother and daughter, Marie and Lisa Clare
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Sione Faletau: Ata Moana
'Moana' is a term deeply rooted in Pasifika and Māori communities, where its meaning is the vast expanse of the ocean, sea, and waterways
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Artist Talk: Selina Ershadi and her mother, Azita Chegini
Artist Talk Saturday 24 February, 11am
Join us to hear artist Selina Ershadi and her mother, Azita Chegini, in conversation with Elham Salari as they discuss their collaboration in creating Amator, a film which features in the exhibition, Vital Machinery
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He Maikuku ātaahua: Beautiful Nails
Join local nail artist Tilly Merson and artist Jade Townsend for a morning of inspiring conversation and decoration
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'Out of the Closet' - The Two Brushketeers
'Out of the Closet' - Christine Parnell - Gail Davidson
Gail and Christine (aka 'The Two Brushketeers') welcome you to their eleventh exhibitions of original paintings
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'The Figurative Collective' Group Exhibition
The Figurative Collective
8 March - 16 April, 2024
New and selected works by Gary Waldrom, Andy Leleisi’uao, Delicia Sampero, and Richard Boyd-Dunlop
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Cosmic Business - Jenny Milne
The colourful abstract paintings in Jenny Milne’s debut exhibition explore techniques with acrylic pouring and the use of resin to enhance and bring out different figurative and landscape elements which reference the cosmic, earthly, and everything in-between
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Gabby O’Connor: All the Colours - All the Light
In the Antarctic, moisture particles in the air can freeze and act as tiny prisms, reflecting a rainbow of light that creates twinkling clouds known as ‘diamond dust’
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Can You See Us Now? Jasmine Togo-brisby
Jasmine Togo-Brisby is a fourth-generation Australian South Sea Islander of Ni-Vanuatu ancestry
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Foundations and Additions: Plans for The Heretaunga 100 Bloc
This exhibition presents a sample of the original architectural features and evolution of the Heretaunga streetscape, bringing together hand-drawn plans for a cluster of Art Deco buildings in central Hastings
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'Our Story' Art Exhibition - Brain Injury Hawke's Bay
Brain Injury Hawke's Bay is hosting the annual ‘Our Story' art exhibition
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CHB Museum: Wet Plate Portrat Sessions
The CHB Museum: Wet Plate Portrait Sessions
The Central Hawkes Bay Museum
Waipawa
9th April 2024
10am - 3pm
This April, photographer Adrian Cook takes his mobile darkroom (a 1950's Bond-wood caravan) to the CHB Museum in Waipawa to craft timeless portraits using the wet plate collodion process, a 19th century method of development that predates film photography
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CHB Holistic Wellbeing Expo
This amazing yearly event is run by "Chb Creative souls" and is our yearly Holistic Wellbeing Expo