Check out the current and upcoming art exhibitions at The Arts Village Rotorua. Our three gallery spaces have ever-changing exhibitions from local artists, community groups and from the wider community. If you would like to have your own exhibition in our space, exhibit with us!
Exhibitions this, Exhibitions that…..are waiting for you to come and see:
Emerging – Kelly Shrimpton
Opening Friday August 30th – Wednesday September 25th
The upcoming pop-up exhibition “EMERGING” showcases the work of Rotorua artist Kelly Shrimpton. This exhibition follows her previous shows, including “Healing My Brain: Post Concussion Syndrome,” “We Need to Talk About Dying,” and “We Need to Talk About Living: Life After Loss.”
The concept of “EMERGING” reflects Kelly’s return to the studio after a hiatus for intense concussion rehabilitation, which involved the use of a “Cocoon” for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Arca Arcade – Preston Mc Neil
The Wallis Gallery 6th-28th September
Join Preston McNeil for a kōrero about video games, retro technology, and the process of creating Arca Arcade. Preston McNeil, an artist and curator, is the mastermind behind the creation of the Arca Arcades Interactive Exhibition. Kōrero Toi / Artist Talk – Geek Speak: 28th September 11 am Start.
Test your Street Fighter skills against the local talent for prizes and street cred!. Street Fighter II – Hyper Fighting Competition: 28th September 12:30 For info and registration contact: comp@arcaarcades.com or @arca_arcades on Instagram / Facebook
St Chads Art Exhibition – St Chads
5th – 27th September
The St Chads Charitable Trust is dedicated to providing opportunities, experiences, and learning outcomes for individuals with diverse needs and abilities. The organisation aims to help them lead fulfilling lives as active members of society.
St Chads exhibition centred around Dragons opened on Thursday, 5th.
The exhibition is a platform for learning new techniques with different mediums and also embodies the principle of Enabling Good Lives, focusing on whakawhanaungatanga / relationship building.
On until Friday 27th September
POP-UP Exhibition – Te Manawa Ora
Extended until Sat 14th September.
Artist: Morehu Te Whakapiripiri Rangitauira
“Kua ta mokongia te iho matua”
Tena koutou katoa
Ko Morehu Te Whakapiripiri Rangitauira toku ingoa. Ko au te potiki a Rawiri Rangitauira raua ko Cathy Dewes.
No Te Arawa, no Ngati Porou, no Te Whakatohea ahau.
I kuraina au ki Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ruamata. Ko Hinematioro Margaret Mahutonga taku kaiako toi, katahi au ka whiwhi i taku Diploma of Art and Design ki Toi Ohomai o Waiariki. Heoi, mai i toku tamarikitanga, kua ngakau nui au ki nga mahi toi. Ko tetahi tino awenga oku, ko taku tuakana a Tenga. I āta mataki au i a ia e mahi toi ana, me te rata hoki. Ko taku mahi i roto i nga tau, he rapu pukenga hou, akoranga hou, he whakapakari, he whakawhanake.
Nau mai, haere mai ki taku whakaaturanga toi me nga maumaharatanga ki o tatou tini mate kua whakawhiti atu ki tua o te arai. ma ratou tatou e manaaki, e tiaki, e arahi i nga ra o te anamata.
Tiheia te mauri ora!
Naku noa, na
Morehu Te Whakapiripiri Rangitauira
Te Huringa Transformation
nā Glenys Courtney Strachan raua ko Miria Kalman
2 – 29 October 2024
Glenys Courtney-Strachan is a Hoarder. Her ongoing fascination assembling used and found objects, gives a playful imagining and a new way of ‘seeing’.
Miria Kalman is an artist who draws inspiration from raranga practices: shaped in real time, fold by fold, layered to last generations. Intentionally paralleled, Miria’s work is a mindful process, representative of the patterns observed in her marae, Tipapa.