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SUPPORTING THE DOWSE FOR OVER 40 YEARS
ISSUE 47 / MARCH 2015
IN THIS ISSUE
MUDLARK: BRONWYNNE CORNISH, CERAMICS 1982–2013
Later this year The Dowse will host a major survey exhibition of Bronwynne
Cornish’s work. Katrina Smit talks to the artist about the exhibition and her
iconic installation Home Is Where the Heart Is.
WHAT’S ON
AT THE DOWSE
All the information you need
about the exhibitions and events
taking place at The Dowse in the
coming months.
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NUKU: SYMBOLS
OF MANA
2014 Blumhardt/Creative
New Zealand Curatorial Intern,
Bridget Reweti tells us about her
exhibition, Nuku: Symbols of Mana.
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THE HORSES STAYED
BEHIND
We profile Cat Auburn’s latest
project as the artist-in-residence at
Tylee Cottage, Whanganui.
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PLUS ALL THE LATEST INFO ABOUT UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
ISSUE 47 / MARCH 2015
ON THE COVER
Bronwynne Cornish, Frog Figure, 1979.
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust,
Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 79/216.
Photo: David Frost.
IN THIS ISSUE
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Greetings from Courtney
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Greetings from Heather
Profile: Gerda Nana
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What’s on at The Dowse
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Nuku: Symbols of Mana
2014 Blumhardt/Creative New Zealand
Curatorial Intern, Bridget Reweti tells us about
her exhibition, Nuku: Symbols of Mana.
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Mudlark: Bronwynne Cornish,
Ceramics 1982–2013
Later this year The Dowse will host a major
survey exhibition of Bronwynne Cornish’s
work. Katrina Smit talks to the artist about the
exhibition and her iconic installation
Home Is Where the Heart Is.
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The Horses Stayed Behind
We profile Cat Auburn’s latest project as
the artist-in-residence at Tylee Cottage,
Whanganui.
The Dowse gets Wiki-savvy
Mackenzie Paton provides us with an update
on The Dowse’s Wikipedia project.
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Upcoming Friends Events
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Greetings from Courtney
Welcome to a new year
at The Dowse!
My first highlight of 2015 was the opportunity
to present on an innovative project we’ve
been running here at The Dowse at the Fifth
National Public Galleries Summit, held in
Bendigo, Australia. The Bendigo Art Gallery,
the Summit’s host, is regarded as a leader in
cultural tourism, and a highlight of the visit
was a chance to hear about how they have
put art at the heart of the city’s promotion,
as well as see their beautiful new collection
storage space.
Over summer, with funding provided by the
craft trust Ngā Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa,
myself and two interns - Bridget Reweti
and Mackenzie Paton - embarked on a
vast learning curve in order to add 100
biographies of New Zealand craft artists to
Wikipedia. The online encyclopedia is the
world’s most commonly used reference
tool, but New Zealand artists are poorly
represented on it. The goal of the project is
to increase the profile of New Zealand craft
artists and history by putting accurate and
plentiful information where people are most
likely to find it.
While other museums have undertaken
projects linked to Wikipedia, this one - with
its strong focus on artists, not the institution
- is quite unusual. Work on the project
continues, but the result so far is about 85
new articles, primarily on artists such as John
Parker and Bronwynne Cornish, but also on
organisations and events important to New
Zealand’s post-war craft history, such as the
Bone Stone Shell exhibition of 1989.
This history, of course, is one that The Dowse
is integrally part of. This Wikipedia project has
increased our own knowledge about many of
the artists represented in our collection, and
takes a step closer to a digitisation project
of our own.
One of our core project principles is to be
generous with our knowledge and time,
and the Public Galleries Summit is just one
of a number of public presentations we are
making. We plan to run several workshops
this year for people keen to learn how to
contribute to Wikipedia, so keep an eye on
our events calendar!
NGĀ MIHI NUI,
COURTNEY JOHNSTON, DIRECTOR
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ISSUE 47 / MARCH 2015
Greetings from Heather
Hello Friends!
Big Day Dowse is very near and we are
happy this year to have a Friends of The
Dowse area where people can come and
“slip, slop, slap” with sunscreen, and at the
same time learn about The Friends. We look
forward to seeing you there, and are sure it
will be an exciting day for all.
The Friends of The Dowse committee have
some important goals for this year. Firstly,
we aim to grow our membership to at least
twice its current size. This is an audacious
goal, but it is an important goal to have, and
we would like to ask for the support of our
current members to help us get there. One
of the things you can do as a member, is to
encourage a friend or family member to join.
We would also like to hear your suggestions
for good ways to help attract more members.
Do you belong to other groups like ours and
what can we learn from them? We have
open ears, so if you have any ideas contact
us by email or by phone (details at the back
of this issue)… and we will listen.
The next goal is to support at least 3 or 4 key
exhibitions with specific activities for Friends
members. Last year, for example, we hosted
a very successful talk in conjunction with an
exhibition of Barry Brickell’s work. We aim to
hold more events of this calibre in the coming
months, so watch out for more details in
the next issue. Friends members will also
always receive invitations to exhibition
openings, which are great opportunities to
meet with artists, The Dowse curators and
other Friends members.
The Friends would also like to get more
tech-savvy with our membership database
and online applications. We are looking at
a number of ways that we can improve the
management of our membership information,
especially around membership renewal time
(which is coming up very soon – at the end
of March!). This is a big physical mail out
process for us and if we can automate it
with online payments for new and existing
members, then that will save us a lot of time
and save a few trees as well. Once again, if
you have any experience with this type of
thing, we would love to talk to you.
The other two big events that are on our
agenda is the ECC NZ Student Craft /
Design Awards and the Architecture Tour. I’m
pleased to say that the winner and runner-up
of our 2014 Awards will be on display at the
Urbis DesignDay in Auckland on 21 March.
Thanks to our friends at Urbis for making
this possible. Watch this space for more
information about these events in 2015.
Just a reminder… membership renewals
are due by 31 March. We will send you
the information regarding renewal and will
advise of payment options soon. If you
manage to join a friend up as well, we will
be very grateful!
ALL THE BEST UNTIL NEXT TIME
HEATHER CRICHTON
PROFILE
GERDA NANA
EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
MANAGER
Kia Ora, my name is Gerda Nana and
I am the new Exhibitions and Projects
Manager here at The Dowse. I have
appreciated the warm welcome that I
have received from The Dowse team
and the assistance that I have been
given to find my way as I settle into
my new role.
Prior to my appointment here I was
the Exhibitions Manager at City
Gallery Wellington for 8 years. Before
that I worked at Te Papa Tongarewa
Museum of New Zealand as an
Exhibitions and Project Manager and
was fortunate enough to be involved
in the ‘Day One’ opening project - this
is going back a bit now and might give
a clue as to how old I am!
I enjoy working with creative people
and being involved in a creative
environment and have been lucky
enough to do this all of my working
career. When time permits, I also
enjoy being creative myself and have
dabbled in many areas, including
screen printing, painting, pottery and
bronze casting to name a few.
I am of Indian decent, born in
Wellington and am married to Janine,
who is an Acupuncturist. We have two
teenage kids, Sabine and Jaeger.
Big Day Dowse, 2014. Photo: Mark Tantrum.
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ISSUE 44
47 / MAY
MARCH
2014
2015
WHAT’S ON AT
MARCH 2015 – MAY 2015
Exhibitions
NUKU TEWHATEWHA
NUKU: SYMBOLS OF MANA
ONGOING
Commissioned by Te Ātiawa chief Wī Tako Ngātata in
the 1850s as a sign of support for the Kīngitanga (Māori
King) movement, Nuku Tewhatewha is one of seven
pātaka built around the North Island as ‘Pillars of the
Kingdom’.
UNTIL 26 APRIL 2015
Curated by the 2014 Blumhardt/Creative New Zealand
Cuartorial Intern, Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi
Te Rangi) this exhibition explores the concept of mana
wāhine. Featuring work by Maureen Lander, Octavia
Cook, Tui Emma Gillies, Denise Batchelor, Erena Baker,
Pauline Bern, Candice Stock, Areta Wilkinson and
Joanna Langford.
MUDLARK: BRONWYNNE CORNISH,
CERAMICS 1982 - 2013
11 APRIL 2015 – 2 AUGUST 2015
Mudlark is a major survey exhibition of over sixty works
by Bronwynne Cornish, one of New Zealand’s most
celebrated ceramic artists. The exhibition pays homage to
an artist who has devoted her life to the ceramic medium.
Bronwynne Cornish, Frog Figure (detail), 1979.
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 79/216.
Photo: David Frost.
REWETI ARAPERE: RANGIMATUA
Nuku Tewhatewha (detail).
Areta Wilkinson (Ngāi Tahu), The Herbal Mixture, 2000.
Collection of The Dowse Art Museum, purchased 2001.
ALPHABET STREET
FALLEN ROBOT
ONGOING
Commissioned by the E Tu Awakairangi Hutt Public Art
Trust, Ronnie van Hout’s giant metal robot reclines in
front of The Dowse.
UNTIL 17 MAY 2015
Featuring an artwork for each letter of the alphabet,
Alphabet Street is a curious neighbourhood where
families will use the letter as the clue to solve the puzzle.
11 APRIL 2015 – 2 AUGUST 2015
Exploring customary whakairo (carving) with new
materials, Reweti Arapere will build a giant poupou out
of cardboard to represent a tiki. Inspired by Māoritanga
and street art, this larger than life sculpture will be
adorned with felt pens to depict the creation myth of
the sons of Ranginui and Papatuanuku.
MODERN REVIVALS: CONTEMPORARY
NEW ZEALAND FURNITURE
UNTIL 22 MAR 2015
Modern Revivals features award-winning furniture by
New Zealand designers who draw inspiration from
the sleek lines of modernist twentieth century design,
while addressing twenty-first century values such
as comfort, space and financial constraints and the
environment.
Reweti Arapere, Uenuku (detail), 2013. Courtesy of the artist.
Alphabet Street installation shot, 2015.
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
UNTIL 5 JULY 2015
Stand-out necklaces from The Dowse’s rich collections
will shine in The Bold and the Beautiful. The exhibition
showcases larger-than-life necklaces, pendants and
breastplates that offer a glimpse into the story of
contemporary New Zealand jewellery.
Simon James, Pick Up Sticks Chair, 2014.
Courtesy of Simon James Design.
SPACES
UNTIL 22 MAR 2015
SPACES brings architecture, the background to
our lives, to the forefront with works influenced and
inspired by architectural spaces. Featuring work by
artists Andrew Barber, Zac Langdon-Pole, Gavin
Hurley, Kate Newby, Patrick Lundberg, Fiona Connor
and Peter Peryer.
Upcoming
Exhibitions
CUT + PASTE: THE PRACTICE OF COLLAGE
21 MARCH – 14 JUN 2015
Bright and satirical, political and dreamy: Cut +
Paste traces the influence of international movements
such as Dadaism, Surrealism, Pop art, abstraction and
new media art on contemporary collage in New Zealand.
Events
LATE LOUNGE
THURSDAR 2 APR – APRIL FISH
THURSDAY 7 MAY – ANDRE MANELLA
BIG DAY DOWSE
SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2015 12PM – 6.30PM
Save the date! With the Black Seeds as the headline
act, this is going to be a great Big Day Dowse. Mark it
in your diary now!
TALK & TOUR: BRONWYNNE CORNISH, MUDLARK
SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2015 11AM
Join one of New Zealand’s most celebrated ceramic
artists Bronwynne Cornish for a Talk & Tour of Mudlark,
a survey show of her practice that spans over three
decades of making.
TALK & TOUR: REWETI ARAPERE
SUNDAY 12 APRIL 2015 1PM
Enjoy a lively discussion between Reweti Arapere
and Kura Puke. Kura will explore how Arapere’s work
blends customary and contemporary Māori art.
LISA WALKER JEWELLERY WORKSHOP
SPACES installation shot, 2014.
Kate Woods, Forestry and Landscape, 2014.
Courtesy of Bartley + Company Art.
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SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2015 1PM -5PM | $20
Lisa Walker will run a workshop that draws upon
the flotsam-and-jetsam we find in our everyday
lives, teaching how these objects can be made into
fascinating pieces of jewellery. Participants will need to
bring a collection of objects to work with - they can be
pieces of rubbish found on the street, the beach, things
from a favourite shop or bits and pieces from the back
of the couch – anything goes. Places strictly limited.
ISSUE 47 / MARCH 2015
EXHIBITION PROFILE
ABOVE: Denise Batchelor, Ruru, 2011. Still from moving image.
NUKU: SYMBOLS OF MANA
Tēnā koutou, my name is Bridget Reweti and I am from Tauranga Moana. Since June 2014, I have been the Blumhardt/Creative
New Zealand Curatorial Intern. This means I have had the opportunity to curate an exhibition in the supportive environment of
The Dowse. On my first day here, we had waiata practice in front of Nuku Tewhatewha, the carved pātaka (storehouse) that is
housed at The Dowse. It is an amazing pātaka that portrays the fascinating history of the area.
The show features work from The Dowse
collection, such as Areta Wilkinson’s
The Herbal Mixture and Pauline Bern’s
Scrubber. I have sourced two moving image
works from the valuable resource that is
Circuit: New Zealand’s Artist Moving Image
website as well as work from collections
such as Te Papa Tongawera, Auckland Art
Gallery and Anna Miles Gallery. There is also
a new installation made by Joanna Langford
from sticks and stones she collected during
a visit we made to Brancepeth Station.
Pātaka are regarded as a symbol of mana
and one’s ability to provide and care.
Wiremu Tako Ngātata of Te Ātiawa, Ngāti
Ruanui and Taranaki iwi commissioned the
building of Nuku Tewhatewha in 1856 to
show support for the emerging Kīngitanga
movement. Other Iwi leaders throughout
Aotearoa New Zealand also showed their
support for the Kīngitanga by building
pātaka. These were known as the Pillars of
the Kingdom. The theme of providing care
has continued throughout the 150 year
history of Nuku Tewhatewha as it was cared
for by the Beetham family at Brancepeth
Station in the Wairarapa before being gifted
to The Dowse in 1992. Nuku Tewhatewha
is the only remaining Pillar of the Kingdom.
The kūwaha (door) of Nuku Tewhatewha
features a carved woman breastfeeding
and is the inspiration for my exhibition,
Nuku: Symbols of Mana. This distinctive
kūwaha acts as a portal into the all-women
exhibition, providing the overall premise for
the show, mana wāhine. Nuku Tewhatewha
is a significant taonga from this rohe (area)
and the mana of the pātaka with its portrayal
of the importance of women became
ABOVE: Tui Emma Gillies,
Daughter of a Lost Dynasty, 2013.
the entry point to exploring the notion
of mana wāhine. For me, mana wāhine
extends the capacity for women’s potential,
communicating our integrity, influence,
authority, prestige, power, and our ability to
be a first rate version of ourselves.
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The Blumhardt/Creative New Zealand
Curatorial Internship has been a wonderful
opportunity to curate an exhibition at The
Dowse. I have felt empowered by the trust
and support both The Dowse and the
Blumhardt Foundation have extended to me
during my time as an intern.
BRIDGET REWETI
NUKU: SYMBOLS OF MANA
OPEN AT THE DOWSE
UNTIL 10 MAY 2015
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COMING SOON
MUDLARK
BRONWYNNE CORNISH,CERAMICS 1982–2013
ABOVE: Bronwynne Cornish, Small Standing Figures (detail). Collection of the artist. BELOW LEFT TO RIGHT: Bronwynne Cornish, Baa Birds (detail), 2013. Collection of the artist. Bronwynne
Cornish, Home Is Where the Heart Is installed at MTG Hawke’s Bay, 2014. Bronwynne Cornish, Pacific Sphinx (detail), 1993. Collection of the artist. PHOTOS: David Frost.
In 1986, James Mack, the then director of The Dowse Art Museum, described
Bronwynne Cornish’s installation Home Is Where the Heart Is as ‘one of the most
important ceramic statements ever made in New Zealand’.1 It is fitting then, that this
significant work (from The Dowse collection) should be the centrepiece of Mudlark:
Bronwynne Cornish, Ceramics 1982–2013, a major survey of the artist’s work that
will be on show at The Dowse from 11 April to 2 August this year.
When asked if the exhibition is a
‘homecoming’ of sorts, Bronwynne Cornish
says she has had various homes. She grew
up in Napier, has spent a great deal of her
adult life in Auckland and is enthusiastic
about her connection to Lower Hutt. “I was
born in Lower Hutt and as a child spent my
holidays with my grandparents in Petone.
Years later when I moved to Wellington to
study I was the au pair for James and Jemi
Coe2 in Melling, which was an influential
time in my life”.
Bronwynne has had a long relationship
with The Dowse. Mudlark is the third solo
exhibition of the artist’s work to be staged
here. When asked about James Mack’s
enthusiasm for Home Is Where the Heart
Is, Bronwynne laughs and says: “He liked it
enough to buy it for The Dowse collection!
James Mack had a long-term view of
collecting in that he saw the collection with
a historical long view. He liked to collect
throughout the career of an artist, not
just a single work, to get a chronology of
an artist’s practice and to get the bigger
picture of craft in New Zealand”.
The domestic references in Bronwynne
Cornish’s work and the notion of home have
continued throughout the artist’s career.
Bronwynne says, “Most artists work from
what they know - my own experience as
a mother, of the mother figures I have had
through my life and my studio at home have
all been central elements to my work. I have
always been interested in natural history
and animals being emblematic through
history. For instance, the seated cats that
features in Home Is Where the Heart Is
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reference seated cats that go back to the
Egyptians and are very much guardians of
the domestic space”.
It is the connection between the domestic
and historical elements and the magic
of clay that resounds so strongly with
audiences of Bronwynne Cornish’s work.
Bronwynne describes working with clay
as ‘very elemental’. “People love making
things – firing turns the clay into something
permanent, it’s magical. It is a material that
should be treated with respect”.
Visitors to The Dowse will experience the
breadth of Bronwynne’s work through the
many collectors and institutions that have
lent works for Mudlark. On the theme of
homecoming, Bronwynne says of the
survey of her work, “It is great to see the
works all together again. They have their
own lives”.
KATRINA SMIT
1. James Mack. Bronwynne Cornish. Exhibition
catalogue, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, 1986.
Unpaginated.
2. James Coe was an important art educationalist and
the head of the Wellington Polytechnic School of
Design and Jemi Coe was one of the founders of the
Playcentre movement. The function rooms at The
Dowse are named after James Coe.
ISSUE 47 / MARCH 2015
THE DOWSE
GETS
WIKI-SAVVY
Over summer Courtney Johnston,
Bridget Reweti and I have been
researching and writing Wikipedia
entries for approximately 100
New Zealand craft and applied art
practitioners. During the research
stage we nestled down in The
Dowse, Te Papa or Wellington
Library with stacks of books,
becoming familiar with the names
and shapes that define these
incredible people.
Since starting this project in late
November, we have had a real crash
course in the world of Wikipedia and
are quickly becoming much more Wikisavvy. Equipped with a list of artists,
we’ve launched right into creating a
series of ‘stubs,’ which are short, well
referenced articles that include key
details about the subject’s life.
As we get deeper into this project,
we realise how many other avenues
of New Zealand art have yet to be
explored and uploaded to Wikipedia.
Every day our wish list of New Zealand
artists, exhibitions and institutions is
growing. The more research we do,
the more we realize that this ‘100
New Zealand Craft Artists’ goal is
simply the tip of the iceberg. There’s
a great deal of room for growth and to
get others excited and engaged about
this wonderful, fact-rich project.
Ngā Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa:
A Treasury of New Zealand Craft
Resources is generously supporting
this project. If you’d like to see some of
the stubs and articles we’ve created,
check out Maureen Lander, Kobi
Bosshard and Bone Stone Shell.
MACKENZIE PATON
THE HORSES
STAYED BEHIND
ABOVE: Cat Auburn, Sample of horse hair rosettes, 2014.
INSET: Frank the horse donating to the project at the Canterbury A&P show, 2014.
Between November 2014 and February 2015 Cat Auburn, a Preparator at The
Dowse, was the artist-in-residence at Tylee Cottage, Whanganui. Her residency
project has focused on memory and mortality, reflecting on the thousands of horses
who left New Zealand for service in World War One and never returned. Grief and
the ways in which it affects an individual, a community, a nation – immediately
and over the course of generations – is central to this project, as she creates a
collaborative memorial to war, community and animals.
Over the course of the residency Cat has
received over 400 donations of horse hair from
across New Zealand, which she is weaving
into flowers in the style of a Victorian Hair
Wreath to create a large memorial tapestry.
For every donation she has gone through
the incredibly time consuming process of
washing, sterilising, sorting and weaving
each donation into an intricate rosette. The
resulting tapestry will form the centrepiece
of her exhibition, which is scheduled to open
on 20 June 2015 at Sarjeant on the Quay,
38 Tāupo Quay, Whanganui, the Gallery’s
interim venue during the Sarjeant Gallery
Redevelopment Project.
Alongside the tapestry in the final exhibition
will be an oud, a Middle Eastern string
instrument, which a Whanganui luthier will
be making out of donated horse hair. The
instrument will be playable and performances
will be an essential part of the exhibition as
an exploration of the multisensory nature of
grief. Two Lower Hutt-based musicians are
also collaborating with Cat on this aspect of
the project.
The third aspect of the exhibition is the
result of Cat’s research into the memorial to
the ANZAC Mounted Rifles, Camel Corps
FOLLOW THE PROJECT ONLINE
and the Desert Mounted Corps, which was
erected in Port Said in 1932. It was destroyed
in the 1956 Suez conflict and the head of the
statue is now on display at the Australian
War Memorial. A fragment from the reins of
the sculpture, the only other remaining piece
from the original 1932 memorial sculpture, is
being sent to Whanganui from the Australian
War Memorial Museum for the exhibition.
The inclusion of a bronze fragment of this
historic monument confronts the idea that
public memory is usually placed within giant
bronze monuments that invoke might and
glory. Cat seeks to subvert the traditional
glorification of war within the medium of
sculpture by displaying a tiny remnant of the
original memorial monument as a relic and
reminder of the realities of war.
SARAH MCCLINTOCK
Assistant Curator, Sarjeant Gallery
Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
Another exciting opportunity has recently arisen
for Cat, who has just been accepted into the
prestigious Masters programme at Northumbria
University held in association with The Baltic
Gallery in Newcastle in the UK. Only ten people
are accepted into this programme from around
the world every year. A fantastic achievement congratulations Cat!
@catauburn#horsesstayedbehind www.catauburn.com https://www.facebook.com/catauburnartist
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Cat Auburn with Rest Cure, 2009.
ARTIST
TALK
with
Cat Auburn
6.30PM THURSDAY 16 APRIL THE DOWSE ART GALLERY
Come along and hear artist Cat Auburn talk
about her latest project, The Horses Stayed Behind.
MATARIKI ART NIGHT
SAVE THE DATE
Thursday 2 July 2015
JOIN US IN WELCOMING IN
THE MĀORI NEW YEAR
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE DETAILS
AGM – 1ST NOTICE
FRIENDS AGM
TUESDAY 2 JUNE 2015
6PM – 8PM at The Dowse Art Museum
All members welcome!
Committee nominations and any General
Business must be made in writing at least seven
days before the AGM to:
Friends of The Dowse
PO Box 30 396
Lower Hutt
or email [email protected]
Nomination Forms can be collected from the
front desk of the gallery. If you are interested or
would like to put someone’s name forward please
contact: Heather Crichton on 021 937 750.
TREASURER WANTED
The Friends Committee would especially
welcome nominations for a person willing to
take on the role of Treasurer.
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We have regular organised visits to exhibitions, floor talks, private art collection visits and studio/gallery/architectural tours. There are
opportunities to volunteer or assist on special Dowse projects if you wish. Become more closely involved with The Dowse and like-minded people.
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www.dowse.org.nz/friends