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Solo 2014: Five Wellington Artists
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 11:19 am | The Dowse Art Museum
Solo 2014: Five Wellington Artists Nine metres of hydrangeas in oil paint, a translucent pyramid, colourful collage, experimental jewellery and captivating performance work are some of the treats that The Dowse Art Museum has to offer as part of biennial ... More >>
What’s on at The Dowse 11 August 2014
Monday, 11 August 2014, 3:20 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
Peter Peryer had his first solo exhibition at a public gallery here at The Dowse in 1977. It was a visionary move by then director Jim Barr at a time when photography was rarely seen in public art institutions. Fast-forward to 2014 and Peter Peryer: ... More >>
Entries Called for ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards
Friday, 4 July 2014, 11:24 am | The Dowse Art Museum
The call is out for tertiary design students and 2013 design graduates to enter the 2014 ECC New Zealand Student Craft/Design Awards. These prestigious annual awards, run by The Friends of The Dowse and hosted at The Dowse Art Museum, have been supporting ... More >>
Big Day Dowse - Big Crowd Pleaser
Monday, 24 March 2014, 11:04 am | The Dowse Art Museum
The sun shone as the crowd of thousands enjoyed a final summer fling at the Big Day Dowse in Lower Hutt on Sunday 23rd March. The annual event proved to be a crowd pleaser with all ages enjoying the free entertainment and activities. More >>
Everyday Fiction: Artists imagine the world at The Dowse
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 2:45 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
What would you pack in an apocalypse toolkit? How would the heroes of Greek mythology fare in colonial New Zealand? A new exhibition at The Dowse brings together ten New Zealand artists' speculations on history, memory, and how we might live: right now, ... More >>
What's On at the Dowse - Man Made Knit-In
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 11:47 am | The Dowse Art Museum
Knit up a storm and challenge some stereotypes in our communal knit-in. Open to everyone, whether experienced or learning, but male knitters are particularly welcome. More >>
Double win for Dowse Art Museum at architecture awards
Friday, 8 November 2013, 11:15 am | The Dowse Art Museum
Hutt City and The Dowse Art Museum have won three awards in this year’s Wellington Architecture Awards. Dowse Square on Laings Road won in the Planning and Urban Design category and was praised as a space around which civic activities can be planned. ... More >>
Artistic Systems at The Dowse
Monday, 16 September 2013, 3:25 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
The repetition in Bill Culbert’s installation Light Plain duplicates the function of a simple office lamp to create a huge glowing roof of light. It’s just one of the dynamic artworks in a new exhibition at The Dowse that explores the systems and ... More >>
Man Made textiles at The Dowse
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 4:07 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
Textile works by twelve contemporary male artists feature in a new exhibition at The Dowse. Man Made, 19 October until 16 February, goes some way to quash traditional gender stereotypes of a medium more often associated with women. While textiles are ... More >>
Awards Up For Grabs for Talented Design Students
Monday, 17 June 2013, 2:58 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
The call is out for design students, and 2012 design graduates, from around the country to enter the 2013 ECC New Zealand Student Craft/Design Awards. These prestigious annual awards, run by the Friends of the Dowse and hosted at The Dowse Art Museum, ... More >>
What's Coming Up At the Dowse: Kobi Bosshard Jewellery
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 11:23 am | The Dowse Art Museum
Meet Swiss-born New Zealander Kobi Bosshard and hear about his amazing life and practice as a one of our first, and finest, contemporary jewellers. More >>
What's on at The Dowse? - 12 Nov 2012
Monday, 12 November 2012, 3:19 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
Events… Understanding The Art of Video Games Sat 17 November, 1pm | FREE | No Booking required Are video games art? Meet Grant Tavinor, Lecturer in Philosophy at Lincoln University and author of ‘The Art Of Video Games’. Grant will offer ... More >>
Faking it – Judy Darragh’s STAINLESS opens at The Dowse
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 10:02 am | The Dowse Art Museum
After visiting the LA Car Museum, Auckland artist Judy Darragh was so taken by the folly, and failure, of the DeLorean car, the time machine in the 1985 movie Back to the Future, she was inspired to create an exhibition based around its ‘wonder ... More >>
Ronnie and Robot take on Cult Status at The Dowse
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 9:59 am | The Dowse Art Museum
Melbourne-based New Zealand artist Ronnie van Hout is known for creating endless, intriguing versions of himself in his exhibitions and in I’ve Seen Things, from 7 July, he takes on the role of cult leader, inserting himself into the larger story ... More >>
New market for The Dowse, Sunday 8 July, 11am-3pm
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 1:34 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
The weekly Underground Market on Wellington’s waterfront is expanding to bring a “best of the best” art and craft market to The Dowse on the second Sunday of every month. More >>
Dowse Announces 2012 Blumhardt Curatorial Intern
Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 1:40 pm | The Dowse Art Museum
Auckland’s Ane Tonga is the fifth recipient of the Blumhardt Foundation’s Curatorial Internship funded by Creative NZ. A legacy of New Zealand potter Dame Doreen Blumhardt’s commitment to arts education, the internship provides a rare opportunity for an aspiring ... More >>
