What’s On At Dowse
What’s On At Dowse
Clayzy Faces - school holiday
workshop Tues 19 April & Thurs 21 April | 10am & 1pm | $5
per child | 5 years + Children can create a clay-zy face in
this fun 40 minute session inspired by portraiture in the
exhibition, Who Am I?
For
jam connoisseurs, or even just fans, don't miss the Jam Off
(judging begins around 2pm on the day) with special guest
judge Al Brown, www.jamoff.co.nz/what.html
Time
For Tea Sat 30 April | 3-4pm | $10 In association with High
Tea, join Shane Dickson, our tea professional from Dilmah
NZ, for tea tasting as well as an outline of different types
of tea and how best to brew them. There will be give-aways.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL, ph 570 6500, dowsebookings@huttcity.govt.nz
Yield Floor Talk
with Holly McQuillan Sun 1 May | 1pm | FREE| No booking
required Holly McQuillan, co-curator of our 'zero waste'
fashion exhibition, will discuss the background to and
development of Yield as well as giving global perspectives
on sustainability in the fashion industry. A lecturer at
Massey University's College of Creative Arts, Holly is also
a fashion designer and one of her garments, designed in
collaboration with Gen Packer, features in the exhibition.
Image attached, Holly McQuillan, photo: Mark
Tantrum
Ongoing Exhibitions...
High Tea until 17
July Our gorgeous little exhibition of domestic ware from
The Dowse collection has just opened and is going to be
very popular. It features dainty tea cups, quirky teapots,
delicate doilies and a fragile flour sift and icing syringe.
High Tea includes works by New Zealanders, Paul Maseyk,
Chris Weaver, Trudie Kroef, Penny Walker, Ann Verdcourt, Len
Castle, Debbie Pointon, Emily Siddell, Bronwynne Cornish and
Susannah Bridges as well as internationally renowned English
potter, Dame Lucie Rie. In association with High tea, The
Dowse has produced the attached limited edition tote bags,
retailing for $22.50 and available from The Dowse in Lower
Hutt and Martha's Pantry in Wellington. http://dowse.org.nz/en/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/High-Tea/
Images: Emily Siddell, Untitled (pink series), 2001.
Collection of The Dowse Art Museum Gift of the Artist.
Trudie Kroef, Bonco Flour Sift (detail), 2008. Collection of
The Dowse Art Museum
Yield: Making Fashion Without
Making Waste opens 26 March Strike a pose and swipe a QR
code. 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.
Those with Smartphones can swipe the QR barcode next to each
garment and be taken straight to the relevant page on the
Yield website. 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. http://www.dowse.org.nz/en/News/Latest-News/Furnish/
Sean
Kerr: Bruce danced if Victoria sang, and Victoria sang; so
Bruce danced until 29 May A giant finger that deflates when
you approach it, a subwoofer fart, a stack of 1970s speakers
that respond to the audience, 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. Kerr's work employs
slapstick humour to explore contemporary social trends and
technologies. http://www.dowse.org.nz/News/Latest-News/Sean-Kerr-Bruce-Danced/
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. http://dowse.org.nz/en/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Richard-Stratton-Apres-les-Baleines-After-the-Whales/
Who Am I? Big Faces, Big Names: Portraits From The Dowse
until 8 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.
Petone Settlers
Museum...
Tatou Tatou ongoing | The Esplanade, Petone
| Wed to Sun 10am- 4pm | FREE To mark the 70th anniversary
of the opening of its building, the Wellington Provincial
Centennial Memorial, the Petone Settlers Museum has recently
been refurbished and a new exhibition, Tatou Tatou
ends