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A historic place, artistic space and community treasure in Rotorua, Aotearoa NZ 🏡

✨Coming up this April School Holiday Weekend! ✨

From 10am to 2pm on both Saturdays in April Holidays; April 24th and May 1st.

Children of all ages are invited to join us on the Saturdays in the upcoming April Holidays to make art in amazing art activities led by talented local artist Jane Rotherham aka @fangnfinn

Happening in Studio Two at The Arts Village with all instruction & materials supplied at tables each focused on a different activity so there is lots for everyone!

Activities: Painting & Drawing, Collage, Movie Poster, Photo-StandIn, and Rock Painting!

This is supported with projects funding from the amazing team at Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow night is the o

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow night is the opening for "Here & Now" being held Friday 9th April from 5.30pm here at The Arts Village.

Join us to celebrate the opening of this beautiful show, meet the artists, perhaps purchase some artwork, and share in this experience. Refreshments provided, and AVC will also be open selling hot delicious coffee (added bonus: a portion of each cup sold is donated to our community mahi).

Here & Now is an existential exhibition that challenged our exhibiting artists to reflect on 2020 and contemplate 2021 and onwards. Each artist was asked to consider: What are your individual experiences/thoughts here & now that you want to share through your artwork?

The resulting show is an amazing collection of works that examine this from so many angles: they enchant, mourn, celebrate, and contemplate the monumental time in history that we are all living through now.

Our thanks to the exhibiting artists, our community, and the funding support from Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust that has made this show possible.
Exhibiting artists: Ann L Bosomworth, Anne Hunter, Anneke Westra, Annette Bates, Antonia Wright, Campbell Warnock, Catherine Ward, Chanel Brightwell, Cindalee Te Rehu-Tuki, Ella Fredricsen, Friedrat, Gargi Vaidya, Jill Walker, Jo Reid, John Skudder, Judi Hulton, Judy Prictor, Julie Voss, Kelly Shrimpton, Kim Wilson, Kristina Joyce, Lani Eyles, Liz Pearce, Natascha Hartzuiker, Paige McLeary, Sam Smith, Sarika Sinha, Sue Skellern, Summer Botes, Suz Guet, Tammy Savage, Teresa Ronayne, Toni Armstrong, Vanessa J. Hill, and Violet Tarei.

Images used credited to participating artists: Anneke Westra, Kristina Joyce, and Tammy Savage

Just a reminder that we have a really exciting job

Just a reminder that we have a really exciting job vacancy up at the moment which closes this Thursday at 3pm :)

Link here in our Instagram bio 🤓🎨

Also listed on @thebigideanz and our website 💚

Happy weekend, whānau! Can't believe we are sayin

Happy weekend, whānau! Can't believe we are saying goodbye to this amazing exhibition today. "UN: Twenty20 in Review was a thought-provoking exhibition on the un's of 2020 that ultimately makes one reflect on the re's following it. Our congratulations to the ladies of the @qiddity Collective for this great mahi - Denise Ria, Karen Hansen, Paulette Teatai-Ariki, and Vanessa McWilliams.

Sending out our mihi to the project supporters of this exhibition: Rotorua Civic Arts Trust and project partner Avid Business Agency.

In other news, Here & Now will start installing next week, and some of the works have just been delivered today by our lovely community of local artists! Keep an eye out and hope you all join us on the 9th of April, Friday, at 5.30pm for the opening night.

Ka kite, Villagers!

Mōrena Villagers! Today, we are spotlighting Ka

Mōrena Villagers!

Today, we are spotlighting Karen Hansen, one of the talented members of the Qiddity Collective. The collective currently has an exhibition running at our Studio Gallery, "UN: Twenty20 in Review," on until the 3rd of April.

"My niche interest is in Healing Art work and practice by exploration of personal and community empowerment. Targeting of individual transformation to influence the collective. I have very philanthropic motives, with a deep and ongoing experimental interest in Anthropology, Linguistics, Metaphysical science including quantum physics and sound, psychology and Ancient Cultural Knowledge applied with relevance today.
My favourite subjects to explore within my artwork are: Contemporary understandings of Enlightenment, The Natural World, Trauma and Vulnerability, Self Love, Ancestral Wisdom, Personal and Collective Empowerment I would describe my Artistic Style as: A Mixed Media Artist with a socio-political and dark neo-vintage slant. My work has theatrical influence, with a formative and continuing history in youth-work, community, teaching, performance art, experiential / participatory art , product design, assemblage sculpture and large scale installation. Thematically speaking, The colour palettes and materials I often use reflect the juxtaposition of darkness, light, and abundance from the earth. I have been working with a return to natural pigmentation and painting processes. Leading explorations of science and technology are sometimes used within my work to examine and bring forward hidden geometry and subtle layers of nature, culture and human design; understanding the role creativity plays in our world and it’s potential for transformational application."

Photo 1: Unmasked
Photo 2: Unfurling
Photo 3: Unafraid

Hear the kōrero behind Karen and the Qiddity Collective's mahi during their Artist Talks this 31st March, Wednesday, 5pm-6pm at The Arts Village.

Supported with funding by Rotorua Civic Arts Trust and project partner Avid Business Agency.

Holiday Arts Academy for April is coming soon! If

Holiday Arts Academy for April is coming soon! If your rangatahi enjoys arts and crafts, definitely check out our kaupapa. Open to youngsters from 8 to 12 years old. 🖌️🎨🖍️

Block One: Tuesday 20th to 23rd April
This four day programme is all about painting – learning different styles including open air, abstract, still life, and watercolour.

Block Two: Tuesday 27th to 30th April
Our second four day programme is focused on 3D creation skills – using different skills including papier mache, layering, fabric, and prop fabrication.

Our program is taught by local artist and educator Maui Riley, and provides a stimulating environment for nurturing young creatives.
The blocks run Tuesday to Friday, from 9am – 3pm each day.

More info and enrolment, check out our website (link in bio 😊). For more questions, email us at office@artsvillage.org.nz

Mōrena, whānau! There's a chill in the wind the

Mōrena, whānau!

There's a chill in the wind these days, but the sun's out! Today, we give the spotlight to Vanessa McWilliams, member of the Qiddity Collective.

"Vanessa McWilliams is a Rotorua-based fashion designer who recently completed a graduate diploma in Creative Entrepreneurship at Toi Ohomai. With a strong background of hand crafts from a young age, Vanessa is mostly self-taught with her main focus on creating unique hand-knitted garments. She spends most of her time creating custom garments under her womenswear label, Magpieness, alongside creating pieces that are in the realm of wearable art. Her work stems from a love of finding a use for unwanted “ugly” clothing and draws aesthetic inspiration from fashions of the mid-20th century. Vanessa’s latest works explore the transformation of textiles into something unexpected or an object of beauty."

Photo 1: Unkind
Photo 2: Unfocused
Photo 3: Unraveled (NFS)

Qiddity Collective exhibiting at The Arts Village. Come by and see "UN: Twenty20 in Review," a play and a reflection to the un’s of 2020 and pulled together into collaborative art pieces. On until 3rd of April.

We also invite you to an artist talk on 31 March, Wednesday, 5pm-6pm at The Arts Village.

Supported with funding by Rotorua Civic Arts Trust and project partner Avid Business Agency.

"Ko Ngongotaha te maunga Ko Rotorua- nui- a- Kahum

"Ko Ngongotaha te maunga
Ko Rotorua- nui- a- Kahumatamomoe te roto.
Ko Te Arawa te waka
Ko Te Arawa te iwi
Ko Ngati Whakaue te hapu
Ko Denise Ria taku ingoa.

I am a local born and bred in Rotorua. I have a Bachelors of Creative Technologies gained through Toi –Ohomai and a background in art therapy and social work. I like to use many different media to explore and express myself. I have a broad range of interests including social and political issues as well as culture and identity. I like to take traditional concepts and reinterpret them in a contemporary way using non-traditional, recycled material and found objects. The aim is to tell a story or offer an opinion and create dialogue or discourse in order to effect change."

Denise is one of the awesome artists in the Qiddity Collective exhibiting at The Arts Village. Come by and see "UN: Twenty20 in Review," a play and a reflection to the un’s of 2020 and pulled together into collaborative art pieces. On until 3rd of April in our Studio Gallery.

Here are some of Denise's mahi:
Photo 1: Unpack
Photo 2: Unwind 3
Photo 3: Unseen

All available for sale ✨

We also invite you to an artist talk on 31 March, Wednesday, 5pm-6pm at The Arts Village.

Supported with funding by Rotorua Civic Arts Trust and project partner Avid Business Agency.

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