Event Highlights 11 – 24 June
Welcome to the Christchurch Art Gallery e-Newsletter. Mātāriki continues this fortnight at the Gallery, with some exciting events on offer such as Māori Astronomy, Kapa Haka, and a unique concert performance by Ariana Tikao. Don't forget to visit Morris & Co: The World of William Morris in its last two weeks on show, and check out the great events running in conjunction with this exhibition.
LAST DAYS!!
Morris & Co: The World of William Morris
Closing 29 June. Don't miss it!
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Sat 14 Weekend Art Bite: The Adoration of the Magi designed by Edward Burne-Jones
2 pm, Floortalk, admission charges apply
Join acclaimed tapestry artist Marilyn Rea Menzies to hear more about the making of this stunning work, described as 'one of the finest pieces in the world'. |
Morris & Company, London, Britain, 1861 – 1940. Edward Burne-Jones, designer, Britain, 1833 – 1898. J. H. Dearle, designer of floral ground, Britain, 1860 – 1932. The Adoration of the Magi 1900 02, designed 1887, London. Wool, silk. Morgan Thomas Bequest Fund 1917, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
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Tue 17 Life Drawing in a Victorian Setting
6.30 – 9 pm,
Victorian Reading Room under the stairs,
$65, Friends $55
Join us for a glass of Bordeaux in the Victorian Reading Room and a private, after-hours life drawing class. Includes a guided tour of the exhibition Morris & Co. Places are limited. Tel 941 7342 to register. |
The Awakening Or Vanity; Leonard Booth (New Zealander, b.1879, d.1974)
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Morris & Company, London, Britain, 1861 – 1940. William Morris, designer, Britain, 1834 – 1896. Evenlode curtain c.1925, designed 1883, London. Indigo discharge & colour wood block print on cotton. Gift of William & Lili Manos 1991. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
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Sat 21 Weekend Art Bite: Acanthus Portiere by Mary Isobel Barr Smith
2 pm, Floortalk, admission charges apply
Floral and botanical designs dominated Morris’s embroidery patterns. Sara Newman discusses this stunning Morris & Co. example designed by J.H. Dearle.
Tues 24 Morris & Co. Gala Evening
6 pm, Friends free, public $10
View the Morris & Co. exhibition as well as demonstrations of embroidery, quilting, tapestry weaving, printing and more. Lecture by Dorle Pauli at 7.15 pm.
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6 pm, Philip Carter Family Auditorium, free
Wed 11 Exciting Public Artworks Revealed: SCAPE 2008
Deborah McCormick, director of the SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space, joins curators Fulya Erdemci and Danae Mossman in inviting the local public to preview some of the remarkable new artworks being developed for the fifth SCAPE Biennial.
Wed 18 Tatai Arorangi / Māori Astronomy
Learn about Māori traditional star lore and the role of Mātāriki in the measurement of time with astrophysicist Pauline Harris.
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Anglo Australian Observatory. David Malin Images.
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The Gallery is pleased to offer a programme of events in support of Mātāriki.
Sun 15 Kapa Haka featuring Ngā Manu a Tane
2 pm, Foyer, free
Come and watch Māori performing arts group Ngā Manu a Tane, winners of the Waitaha Regional Kapa Haka competition. |
Sun 22 Performance: Ariana Tikao
11 am & 2 pm, Philip Carter Family Auditorium, free
Ariana Tikao recently released her bilingual album Tuia. This unique concert performance features traditional Māori instruments, poi, rakau and projection by video artist Louise Potiki Bryant. |
Ariana Tikao.
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