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    • Under, Over and Across
      • Exploring the potential of woven structures through textile making, the exhibition by Angela Kilford and Lisa Munnelly titled Under, Over and Across creates a dialogue between painting, raranga and hand-woven works.

    • Make a collaborative woven artwork - A drop-in workshop
      • Come along to this drop-in style workshop in the gallery with artists - Lisa Munnelly and Angela Kilford to make part of a collaborative raranga artwork. You’ll use off cuts from Lisa’s canvas paintings; that the artists will then teach you to weave, to create a new artwork that will hang in the gallery. This workshop is whānau friendly and would suit anyone interested in working with their hands in a creative way.

    • oroRUArangi: Two stars, one night
      • oroRUArangi is a brand new, exciting collaboration by Māori musicians Horomona Horo and Rameka Tamaki. Both artists are joining together to create a new composition for this performance.

    • Drawing Into Print: Soundwalking
      • Join Gemma Thompson on a soundwalk from Toi Pōneke Gallery to Central Park in Aro Valley, finishing at Inverlochy House. Participants will draw inspired by sounds heard on the walk. These drawings will then be transformed into simple drypoint prints using recycled Tetra Pak.

    • voices notations distortion
      • voices notations distortion is the debut solo show by artist and musician Gemma Thompson at Toi Pōneke Gallery 17 Jan - 6 Feb 2026. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros' Sonic Meditations, the exhibition explores her soundwalking practice through graphic scores, realised as drawings, paintings, prints, and sonic compositions. Each mark resonates with its own energy – echoing, layering, and unfolding across the surface.

    • 20 Years at Abel Smith
      • 20 years at Abel Smith looks back on the tapestry of Toi Pōneke at Abel Smith Street and invites artists, friends, family and guest on a small stroll down memory lane in hopes to build an even stronger step forward into the future. Opens Friday 5:30 24 Oct and is on in the back gallery until Friday 21 Nov 2025.

    • In Each Other's Pockets
      • In Each Other’s Pockets opens Friday 24 October 2025 at Toi Pōneke Gallery, Te Aro, Wellington. Through her playful installation, contemporary jeweller Louise Hill interrogates the politics of pockets; the private spaces that shape how we move through the world, investigating what it means for some to be equipped with the tools they need, while others are not.

    • Pike River: Crafting Authenticity
      • Toi Pōneke Art Centre, WIFT and Massey University are proud to host a special presentation from director Rob Sarkies (Out of the Blue, Pike River, Scarfies) and screenwriter Fiona Samuel (Piece of My Heart, Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story, Pike River) to launch the Wellington Write Room Screenwriter's Residency for 2026.

    • Takatāpui Kōrerorero
      • Our panel of artists from Utu ā Matimati Takatāpui Art Collective will discuss elements of our kaupapa, inspired by our latest magazine. Topics of decolonizing mental health and art spaces within this modern world and society, the importance of our existence as takatāpui and how visibility and solidarity are integral to surviving in this political climate.

    • Kōkōwai Wānanga
      • Join us for a hands-on wānanga where we’ll learn how to process, and create traditional paint using kōkōwai (earth pigment).

    • Rangatahi Digital Arts Programme
      • We’re excited to open registrations for the Rangatahi Digital Arts Programme — a FREE creative wānanga for rangatahi aged 15–18, brought to you by Tuatahi Creatives in partnership with Toi Pōneke and Massey University’s College of Creative Arts.

    • Sonic Artist in Residence 2025 – Call for Applications
      • The Toi Pōneke/NZSM Sonic Artist-in-Residence is a 3-month part-time position (.6FTE) for an established Wellington-based sonic artist to develop a body of work that may include performances, installations, workshops and so forth. The position is funded by 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 March/April 2026 at Toi Pōneke Gallery.

    • Marquetry Workshop
      • Marquetry is the art of ‘drawing’ with wood veneers, cutting intricate jigsaws of imagery and inlaying in, or onto timbers. In three hours have a go at exploring the different veneers, get to know the chisels and knives, and create your own ‘take home’ block (or coaster) having discovered the fundamentals to take it further.

    • Artistic Potential: Marine Reserves
      • Join artist Katy Cottrell as she chats with academic researcher Matteo Collina and director of the Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab – Alice Rogers. Alice and Matteo will talk about their work with marine reserves from a scientific perspective and how this has inspired the artworks by Katy Cottrell and Rick Allender for their exhibition Taputeranga: Above and Below.

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