Event Highlights: 7 January – 20 January

Welcome to Christchurch Art Gallery's eNewsletter. With the school holidays well and truly underway, why not bring the children along to enjoy our school holiday programmes and treat yourself to a little quiet time in one of our thought-provoking exhibitions. A Wednesday evening highlight is our Water Garden Walk and Sketch, which involves not just a tour of the Botanic Gardens but the option of staying on to draw en plein-air.

School Holiday Programmes

Wonderful Wunderbox

Held in the Education Centre, weekdays only, bookings tel: (03) 941 7382
Mon 5 Jan – Fri 23 Jan, $5
Mornings: 10am – 12pm
Afternoons: 1 – 3pm

Be inspired by the exhibition Wunderbox. Become a crazy collector and collage your own cabinet of wonders in the Education Centre.

Holiday quiz: Fiona Hall

Mon 5 Jan – Sun 1 Feb, 10am – 4pm, collect from the front desk, free

Come and explore Fiona Hall: Force Field with this fun activity sheet. Fiona is an Australian artist who uses common household materials and objects to make her art, changing them to make us look at materials in a new way.

Wednesday Evenings

Cinema Classic: Humoresque (1946) 

Wed 7 January
6pm, Philip Carter Family Auditorium, 125 mins, free

This classic tale has Joan Crawford as a married, promiscuous arts patron who is obsessed with talented young violinist John Garfield. She becomes his manager and sees him rise to the top of the music world, while he shuns her desires.
Sponsored by The Press

ART BITE Amazonical by Fiona Hall

Wed 14 January
5.15pm, meet at the front desk, free

Did you know that the giant leaves of the victoria amazonica water lily are so strong that a small child can sit on one without sinking into the water? Diane Swain examines this video work made on an expedition to Guyana and the artist's ongoing process of engaging with scientists and research into the natural world.

Water Garden Walk and Sketch

Wed 14 January
6pm, meet at the Museum entrance to the Botanic Gardens, free

Visit the beautiful Water Garden in bloom with this introduction from Botanic Gardens’ plant collection curator Dean Pendrigh, who demonstrates the variety of water lilies and plants that make up this stunning garden. Optional: BYO sketching requirements and stay on to draw plein-air.
Sponsored by The Press

Current Exhibitions

Wunderbox

Until 15 February 2009

Wunderbox brings together secretive spaces, model worlds and eccentric collections from some of New Zealand's best-known contemporary artists, including Judy Darragh, Andrew Drummond, Bill Hammond, Neil Pardington, Francis Upritchard, Terry Urbahn and Ronnie van Hout.

Fiona Hall: Force Field

Until 15 February 2009

Renowned Australian artist Fiona Hall explores the intersection of nature and culture, transforming ordinary objects such as sardine tins, videotapes and paper money into complex and evocative works of art. This spectacular survey includes works from the 1970s through to new works created especially for the exhibition.
Exhibition organised and toured by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia and City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand

Te Huringa / Turning Points

Pākehā Colonisation and Māori Empowerment
Until 15 February 2009

An exhibition of paintings from the collections of the Fletcher Trust and Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui, Te Huringa / Turning Points charts a journey from early European contact and colonisation through to work by present-day New Zealand artists reflecting contemporary concerns.

Let it be now

Until 8 March 2009

This exhibition presents new work by six emerging New Zealand artists. These recent graduates unravel conventions and show us new aspects of contemporary art practice.
Generously supported by Coffey Projects.

White on White

Until October 2009

Keeping younger audiences in mind, and including a number of new works by contemporary artists, White on White is an exhibition brimming with the imaginative possibilities of white.
Generously supported by Chartwell Trust.

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch. Admission Free.
Open 10am to 5pm daily. Late night Wednesday until 9pm.
Email info@christchurchartgallery.org.nz
Tel (03) 941 7300, Fax (03) 941 7301

www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz

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