What's On at The Dowse 1 March 2011

What's On at The Dowse
1 March 2011

Events...

Late Lounge with Matiu "The Hook" Te Huki This Thurs 3 March 2011 | 7-9pm | KOHA

Our monthly Late Lounge sessions are popular with all ages. Join us on the first Thursday of every month for chilled out tunes in a relaxed setting. All galleries, cash bar, shop and cafe open until 9pm. Known for his amazing vocal power with Fat Freddys Drop, Rhombus and Tiki Taane, Matiu is at The Dowse with his own soulful roots music. He was the founding member of the popular roots band Homefire Burning and is currently still and member of basscamp and his current band My Golden Soul. Matiu's messages in his music are positive, uplifting, inspiring and motivating. The music itself is soulful roots, dub, funk and hip hop. www.dowse.org.nz/en/Events/Events/Late-Lounge-Matiu-The-Hook-Te-Huki /

Little Sparks Tues 15 March | 1-2pm | $5
Is your 4 year old a budding artist? Come along to a Little Sparks session, a club for creatively-minded preschoolers. Inspired by an exhibition or object at The Dowse, children get to make something in The Dowse creative workshop. Little Sparks meet once a month on a Tuesday from 1-2pm. http://www.dowse.org.nz/en/Events/Events/Little-Sparks/
White Cloud Worlds Weekend This weekend | 5 & 6 March
Press release attached, four workshops provide an amazing opportunity to meet and learn from the leading artists behind White Cloud Worlds: http://www.dowse.org.nz/en/Events/Events/White-Cloud-Worlds-Weekend/ Bookings: T 04 570 6500 | E dowsebookings@huttcity.govt.nz

Opening Exhibitions...

Sean Kerr: Bruce danced if Victoria sang, and Victoria sang; so Bruce danced opens Sat 19 March
The Dowse is hosting the first survey exhibition of one of New Zealand's leading digital artists, Sean Kerr. Auckland-based Kerr is delighted to be returning to Lower Hutt, where he grew up and attended Wainuiomata College in the 1980s. His menagerie includes an inflatable finger which deflates as you approach it, a sneezing computer, a giant nose, a ghost that follows you around, a sub woofer fart and a thing stuck inside a locker trying to escape. http://www.dowse.org.nz/News/Latest-News/Sean-Kerr-Bruce-Danced/ Image attached: Sean Kerr, The Upside Down Mountain and Finger 2010. Image courtesy of the artist. Exhibition toured by Artspace and Gus Fisher Gallery Auckland and Sean Kerr, Pop Dots, 2010. Image courtesy of the artist. Exhibition toured by Artspace and Gus Fisher Gallery Auckland.

Yield: Making Fashion Without Making Waste opens 26 March
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. Co-curated by Wellington's Holly McQuillan and New York's Timo Rissanen. Image attached: Yeohlee Teng, YEOHLEE Fall 2009 - Zero Waste Sarong, 2009. Courtesy of Yeohlee Teng
http://www.dowse.org.nz/en/News/Latest-News/Yield-Making-Fashion-Without-Making-Waste

Furnish opens 26 March
The latest in New Zealand furniture design by 10 designers including Jamie McLellan, Tim Wigmore and Nathan Goldsworthy. Image attached: Kennedy Brown, Maverick, Two Seater Bench Seat, 2006
http://www.dowse.org.nz/en/News/Latest-News/Furnish/

Ongoing Exhibitions...

Richard Stratton: Aprés les Baleines (After the Whales) until 1 May 2011
Wellington ceramicist Richard Stratton has transported himself back in time, creating ornate and luxuriously glazed new works as if he was his ancestor, Francois Narbey, a 19th century whaler. Imagining his ancestor was equally skilled in the ceramic trade as he was in the techniques of early whaling, Stratton's pieces are in the style of English and European ornamental ware but with a contemporary twist.
Who Am I? Big Faces, Big Names: Portraits From The Dowse opens until 15 May 2011
Take a close look at portraits from The Dowse collection, including renowned New Zealand artists Rita Angus, Frances Hodgkins and Toss Woollaston. There are also contemporary works by Michael Smither and Paul Rayner's delightful ceramics bust of Carmen, Ken and Ken and Split Enz. This family show examines elements of portraiture, like pose, gaze, style and setting. Featuring hands-on activities, children will see how portraits can convey the personality of their subjects.

Closing Exhibitions...
White Cloud Worlds until 13 March 2011
Last chance to discover the world of New Zealand's sci-fi and fantasy illustrators, designers and conceptual artists. The work of these internationally acclaimed artists often goes unrecognised, here's the chance to celebrate their extraordinary skill and technique as they create worlds from their imagination.www.dowse.org.nz/News/Latest-News/White-Cloud-Worlds /

Light Stones until 27 March 2011
Shining a light on The Dowse glass collection, Light Stones features stunning works by ten New Zealand artists including Ann Robinson, John Edgar, Garry Nash, Lyndsay Patterson and Elizabeth McClure. Presenting a condensed history of the development of the glass movement in New Zealand, he stars of the glass world are highlighted. This beautiful little exhibition replaces Small Stories and demonstrates The Dowse's commitment to regularly displaying its collection items.

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