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    • 2024 Visual Artist in residence announcement
      • Toi Pōneke Arts Centre is proud to announce Mitchell Manual as our 2024 Visual Artist in Residence. Mitchell Manuel is a digital artist of Cook Island Māori (Ngāti Toora, Ngāti Apai, Ngāti Taraare) Tahitian, Scottish (clan Brown/Broun) and Portuguese descent. He was born and raised in Tāmaki-Makaurau Auckland, and now lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Manuel is an innovative, multi-talented creative with a background in film and television (actor, script writer, Gofta award winner), digital textile design and fashion.

    • Pū Rākau mataono ara toi
      • Toi Pōneke Arts Centre in partnership with Johnson Witehira and James Prier present the Pū Rākau mataono ara toi. Explore Pōneke and celebrate Matariki Puanga with us. At several locations around Wellington Central and Te Aro awaits a special VR experience like no other. Scan the QR code install the app that brings these mataono and their pū rākau alive. Johnson Witehira (Ngāti Hinekura, Ngāi Tūteauru) & James Prier of PAKU DESIGN The aim of Pū Rākau blocks is simple, to make learning the Māori alphabet and stories enjoyable and engaging for Tamariki and whanau. The designers have applied Mātauranga Māori blended with augmented reality, bringing Māori and Aotearoa design into the future. The blocks are a beautiful representation of each Atua but when stacked and scanned in the digital world with the free companion app, augmented reality brings the atua to life with elements that reinforce their story and character. The different atua stories can overlap and interact. 1 - Tahiwi 113 The Terrace, Wellington Central Tāne/Tangaroa Hinetītama/Tāwhirimātea 2 - Te Wharewaka 1 Taranaki Street, Wellington Central Niwāreka/Rongomatāne 3 - Circa Theatre 2 Taranaki Street, Wellington Central Tangaroa/Hineteiwaiwa 4 - Te Wāhi Āwhina 117 Manners Street, te Aro Hinetītama / Tāwhirimātea 5 - Te Whakaturanga o Te Aro Pā 115 Manners Street, Te Aro Tāne / Hineraukatauri Whiro / Hineahuone 6 - Toi Pōneke Arts Centre 61 Able Smith Street, Te Aro Tūmatauenga / Hineteuira Matariki Puanga 2024 June 27 - August 9 Check out the line up Toi Pōneke have to celebrate Matariki Puanga.

    • Create a Stone Rubbing (& meet the artist)
      • Come and meet the artist – Daniel Worth in the gallery. Daniel will invite you to make a rubbing of the stone carvings in his exhibition. You can then choose to display these in the gallery or take them home.

    • Message to a stranger
      • Message To a Stranger, is an ongoing body of work combining ephemeral electronic modern communication with stone cutting, which is traditional, slow and enduring. This work playfully explores how these messages are sent, hiding them in urban and natural environments. Visitors can interact with the work, creating and displaying rubbings.

    • 2024 Sonic Artist in Residence Announcement
      • Toi Pōneke Arts Centre and Victoria University’s New Zealand School of Music —Te Kōkī (NZSM) are delighted to announce Kieran Monaghan as the 2024 Creative New Zealand/NZSM/ Toi Pōneke Sonic Artist-in -Residence. Kieran Monaghan (he/him) is predominantly, and persistently, a drummer and percussionist of found sounds. He calls Te Whanganui-a-Tara /Wellington home. His first crude musical steps were in the late 80’s, playing drums in southern punk rock bands.

    • Ngā kai a Matariki, nāna i ao ake ki runga
      • The WAITUHI public art project takes place every year. Māori artists from across the Wellington region are invited to submit designs for flags that will be raised on the 8 flag poles that face Whairepo Lagoon. Flag designs respond to this prominent site on the waterfront and to Matariki as a time to come together, to reflect and remember, to farewell the past year and welcome in the new. This year, local artist, Hemi McGregor (Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe), Senior Lecturer, Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University has designed the flag series, titled Ngā kai a Matariki, nāna i ao ake ki runga – The food supplies of Matariki, scooped up.

    • Film Screenwriters Panel: Screenwriting Partnerships
      • To launch the 2025 Write Room Screenwriting Residency, we will be holding a panel discussion with 2024 Write Room residents Amelia Addis and Ebed Pohl alongside established filmmakers Rob Sarkies (Scarfies, Two Little Boys, Out of the Blue) and Duncan Sarkies (Scarfies, Two Little Boys).

    • Korero Mai with Liz Mellish
      • Experience an enlightening evening with Liz Mellish MNZM, a distinguished Māori business leader and advisor, at "Korero Mai: An Evening with Liz Mellish" hosted at the prestigious Hannah Playhouse. Delve into the rich tapestry of Te Whanganui-a-Tara's landscape through the lens of indigenous leadership with Liz Mellish, whose expertise spans sustainable economic development, Māori and Indigenous economic empowerment, and strategic negotiation. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights from a revered figure in both cultural and commercial spheres.

    • Te Aka Tawhaito – Te Reo Māori Season
      • Each year, Taki Rua presents highly engaging and meaningful children's theatre show performed completely in te reo Māori, to thousands of school-children and people of all ages throughout Aotearoa. These shows are ideal for te reo Māori learners of all ages. Bring your whānau. Free to attend but numbers strictly limited so bookings essential.

    • Kōwhaiwhai Painting Demonstration
      • Come into the gallery to see Keanyn Arthur (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Rangitāne o Wairau) and Kauia Moriarty (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Koata) doing some live painting inspired by the painting practice - kōwhaiwhai.

    • Artist's Talk - Aho Hononga
      • Join artists Keri-Mei Zagrobelna, Kohai Grace and Vianney Parata as they discuss the works in the exhibition Aho Hononga and their respective artforms.

    • Making with the Maramataka
      • Artist Keri-Mei will be hosting a making workshop where friends and whanau can come in, have a little kai and a cup of tea while making pendants or earrings out of shells, beads, polymer clay and other materials.

    • Whakairo Demonstration
      • Come into the gallery to see kai whakairo Whareahuru Gilbert doing some live carving. Whareahuru Gilbert hails from Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tama.

    • Aho Hononga
      • Te Wharetoi o Toi Pōneke (Toi Pōneke Arts Centre) presents Aho Hononga: a six-week special exhibition to celebrate mana whenua ringatoi of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

    • Visual Artist in Residence 2024 – Call for Applications
      • Toi Pōneke is calling for proposals from Wellington-based artists for our 2024 Visual Arts Residency. The aim of this residency is to support a Wellington-based visual artist or small group of Wellington-based visual artists to develop their individual or collective practice and provide them with resources to dedicate themselves full time to their practice for a period of 12 weeks.

    • Sonic Artist in Residence 2024 – Call for Applications
      • The Creative New Zealand/NZSM/Toi Pōneke Sonic Artist-in-Residence is a 3-month full time position for established New Zealand sonic artists to develop a body of work that may include performances, installations, workshops and so forth. The position is funded by Creative New Zealand and Toi Pōneke, with the NZSM and Toi Pōneke as host organisations. A studio space is provided by Toi Pōneke for the duration of the residency, and the Residency will culminate in a 4 week exhibition in June 2025 at Toi Pōneke Gallery.

    • Stitching Workshop
      • Join artist Alison Leauanae as she teaches you her own technique of hand-stitching designs onto paper. In this workshop participants will draw simple motif or use a template that they can stitch onto a selection of papers.

    • Saili - seek
      • ‘Saili’ – seek – explores the journey of navigating one’s path in seemingly uncertain times. Leauanae’s contemporary stitched works on paper are inspired by connections to the past, that propel us forward into a hopeful future, using motif and a visual language informed by her diverse cultural heritage.

    • Demonstration of Iko and spectral spatialisation
      • Join sound artist Ben Leonard (BJ Leo) and NZSM associate professor Dugal McKinnon as they demonstrate the Iko icosahedral speaker and discuss working with spatialisation and 3d audio, along with Ben's work on spectral fission.

    • Breathwork
      • Hā-kina, hā-puta. Breathe in, breathe out. Dive into the world of Breathwork, a new immersive audio exhibition by BJ Leo.

    • Announcing - Write Room Wellington Screenwriter 2024
      • Wellington writing team Amelia Addis and Ebed Pohl have been announced as the 2024 Wellington Write Room Screenwriter Residents with their project In Alex. Producer Kate Goodwin will join the programme’s mentor team as this year’s Producer Intern. Amelia and Ebed will be in residence at Toi Pōneke from 25 March - 16 June 2024.

    • always love xxx
      • always love xxx is an exhibition through Yumoi zheng and Isadora Lao’s stories. A core focus within this body of work is connection: location, family, queer identity, love and how these overlap.

    • always love xxx (Live on TEAMS)
      • Please join us for an online talk with artists Yumoi Zheng (China), Isadora Lao (Aotearoa) and Angel C Fitzgerald (Aotearoa). In the stream, they will share about their favourite food and talk about their current projects and creative practice

    • Mess Painting
      • Join the artist Selene Simcox to experience ‘Mess’ painting. As it sounds, this is a workshop all about painting messily. Selene’s workshop is designed to inspire your creativity, invoke your inner child to have fun and be in a safe space to let your creativity fly.

    • A Guided Tour with Amanda Smith
      • Join us for a tea or coffee and meet the artist Amanda Smith as she leads you through her exhibition This is the Life That Was to reveal the personal stories that have inspired each work..

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