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Category Archives: Wellington
Some things to see and do, January 2023
January has whizzed past and many of us are back at the day job, but it’s still summer and there’s still time to catch a few of the summer seasonal shows. Starting overhead, in Auckland, it’s the last week of … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Awards, Christchurch, CTANZ people, Exhibitions, History, Maori, sculpture, Weaving, Wellington, wool
Tagged Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Brett Graham, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū., Leah Craven, Masterworks Gallery, Mataaho Collective, Te Papa Tongarewa, WoolOn Creative Fashion Awards
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Katherine Mansfield 1888-1923
One of the most lauded and influential of New Zealand writers, Katherine Mansfield died in France on 9 January 1923, of tuberculosis. Although only 34, she left behind a legacy of short fiction that continues to inspire. A century after … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Exhibitions, Heritage, History, Local events, Museums, Wellington
Tagged Katherine Mansfield
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Style from the south
Textile tourism has suffered during the first bit of this year, and many of us are back to the armchair for viewing and reading. So CTANZ is pleased to announce a new initiative bringing textiles to you, with an upcoming … Continue reading
Wellington goes big on textiles to counter:
Once more, Covid has arrived right at arts festival season, but one part of the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts that is largely proceeding is its visual arts component. A few years ago, this side of the … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Craft, CTANZ people, Dowse Art Museum, Embroidery, Exhibitions, Festivals, Textiles, Wellington, wool
Tagged Aotearoa New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, Areez Katki, Arielle Walker, Bronwyn Lloyd, Caroline McQuarrie, Dowse Art Museum, Erica van Zon, Heidi Brickell, Petone Settlers Museum, Terri Te Tau, Threads Festival, Vita Cochran
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Around Aotearoa in March
There seems to be no end to the number of textile and dress exhibitions around at the moment. The biggies – Quant, Eden Hore – are winding down but there’s also a lot that’s in the small /perfectly formed basket … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Christchurch, Craft, Dunedin, Embroidery, Exhibitions, Fashion, Heritage, New Zealand Fashion Museum, Photography, Textiles, Uncategorized, Weaving, Wellington, Whanganui
Tagged Annie Mackenzie, Edith Collier, Jay Hutchinson, Joanna Margaret Paul, Olga Gallery, Physics Room, Serjeant Art Gallery, Tessa Ma'auga, Wai Ching Chan, Whanganui Woollen Mills
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The annual Aotearoa summer dress and textile crawl, 2021-2022
It’s just about time for the annual post on what’s on around Aotearoa New Zealand in the CTANZ sphere of interest but it’s quite the season. This is just a starter: look forward to more detailed posts over the next … Continue reading
Posted in Auckland, Books, Christchurch, Collections, CTANZ people, Dowse Art Museum, Dunedin, Exhibitions, Fashion, Maori, Museums, Nelson, Textiles, Weaving, Wellington, Whanganui
Tagged Auckland Art Gallery, Broadgreen Historic House, Christchurch Art Gallery, Eden Hore, Feathermania, Margery Blackman, Mary Quant, Otago Museum, Otago Polytechnic, Rita Angus, Scope, Whanganui Regional Museum
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Summer viewing
The holiday preview is late this year, but there are textile and dress exhibitions to be found from one end of the country to the other this summer. Starting with Michele Beevors in Invercargill. Yes, those giant skeletal animals on … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Christchurch, Craft, Dowse Art Museum, Emma Fitts, Exhibitions, knitting, Local events, Maori, Museums, New Zealand Fashion Museum, Pacific Islands, Textiles, Weaving, Wellington
Tagged Auckland Art Gallery, He Waka Tuia, Mata Aho, Maureen Lander, Michele Beevers, Moana Currents, Pataka, Veranoa Hetet, Yuki Kihara
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Wellington woven and wearable
If you’re anywhere near the Beehive over the next couple of days, there’s a couple of small exhibitions to check out at Parliament and the National Library. The exhibition on the first floor of Bowen House offers a monochrome Muka … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Classes, Craft, Education, Exhibitions, Libraries, Maori, Students, Theatre, Weaving, Wellington, Workshops
Tagged Handmade, National Library, Parliament, Queen Margaret College, Raukura Weavers Collective
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Happy 2020
Welcome to another year. We hope you’ve all been able to enjoy relaxing time with family and friends, and members should have received their copies of the glorious summer issue of Context just before Christmas for their holiday reading. This … Continue reading
New exhibitions – Auckland and Wellington
Just opened this weekend (19 October), textile exhibitions at two of the country’s most recognised centres of craft/object art. At Objectspace in Auckland, Mulame is the first solo exhibition by Lema Shamamba, a community leader, educator, mother and storyteller who … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Australia, Christchurch, Dowse Art Museum, Embroidery, Emma Fitts, knitting, Objectspace, Radio NZ, Weaving, Wellington
Tagged CoCA, Kate Scardifield, Knit a Critter, Lema Shamamba, Zena Abbott
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