Galleries & Museums AWA ART HUB GLASS-ENAMEL GALLERY & SCULPTURE COURTYARD Heina Petzold & Eva Busch 1 Gloucester Street, near Dublin Street Bridge Thurs, Fri and Sun 11am to 4pm or by appointment Phone 0226282103 www.evabusch.co.nz Ceroc Dancing Wednesdays from 6.30pm Fridays from 6.00pm Peat Street Studio, 82-92 Peat St Facebook and www.ceroc.co.nz Liz Frith 02102054038/lizfrith01@ gmail.com Craig Winton Jewellery Open by appointment. Come and see my latest creations or commission a hand-made piece of jewellery. Also offering jewellery workshops. Ph: 021 145 1440 www.craigwinton.com Fine Arts Whanganui Gallery 17 Taupo Quay Wed - Fri 10.00 - 3.00; Saturday 9.00 - 1.00 and Sunday 10.00 - 1.00; closed Monday except Public Holidays 10 - 3.00. www.fineartswhanganui.com Contact: 06 3482080 / 027 535 8669 GALLERY 85 85 Glasgow Street, Whanganui Wed-Sat, 11-3 www.raynerbrothers.com INKT Shop/Gallery Pens, Ink and NZ artwork 17 Victoria Avenue Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm Sat 9am-2pm Ph 06 262 8080 www.inkt.co.nz
Ivan Vostinar Gallery and Studio 7 Rangiora St, Castlecliff Thursday 10-4 Friday 10-4 Saturday 10-4 Sunday 10-4 Other times by appointment Ph: 06 927 6828 / 021 256 9236 www.vostinar.com JUXTAPOSITION GALLERY & GIFT BOUTIQUE 25a Drews Avenue Tues – Fri 9.30am – 4.30pm, Sat 10am – 1.30pm Contact Tanya: 027 765 37 38 / 06 213 491 Leftbank Art Supplies 19 Taupō Quay Mon – Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am to 1pm Ph 06 345 0949
[email protected] LOUISE HERDMAN MOSAICS 50 Guyton Street Open Wed - Fri 12-4pm, Sat 10-4pm And by appointment Mosaic workshops available Enjoy mosaics and other creative art workshops here! 027 375 4715 / www.mosaicpictures.co.nz MiNZ Shop/Gallery Winter opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday 10am - 2pm 1 Victoria Avenue Contacts: green.gables206@xtra. co.nz
[email protected] New Zealand Glassworks 10am to 4:30pm, Every day 2 Rutland Street, Whanganui, 4500 New Zealand Glassworks - Te Whare Tūhua o Te Ao (NZG) is the new national centre for glass art located in Whanganui. OFF THE WALL GALLERY 180 Victoria Avenue hrs Wed - Sat 11 - 3 (or by appointment) 021 988 487
RAYNER BROTHERS GALLERY 85 Glasgow Street, Whanganui Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 3pm www.raynerbrothers.com Renata’s Art & Framing 17 Taupō Quay. Mon 12.00pm – 4.00pm, Tue – Fri 10am – 5.00pm, Sat 9.30am – 1pm Ph: 06 348 4463 www.artandframing.co.nz RIVER CITY ARTISTS Thursdays, 9.30am to 4pm Christ Church Community Hall, 243 Wicksteed St Artists of all levels, beginners to established artists Lovely rooms with heat pumps; tea/ coffee provided Free parking. Bring your own lunch. Contacts: V Donkervoort 343 6316 / 0274 599 448 or W Kelly 344 5495 Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui Sarjeant on the Quay 38 Taupo Quay Mon - Sun, 10.30am - 4.30pm Also upstairs in the i-site, Wanganui Visitor’s Centre, 31 Taupo Quay Weekdays 8.30am - 5pm, Sat/Sun 9am-3pm www.sarjeant.org.nz SINGOS STUDIO 5 Peakes Road, St Johns Hill Oils/Potter/London Street Games book. Open Studio most days Ring to view: John “Singo” Singleton, 345 3803
Wanganui Arts Society Cook’s Gallery Trafalgar Place, Wanganui Open Monday & Tuesday 10.00am to noon and some Saturdays Whanganui Regional Museum 62 Ridgway Street Mon-Sat 10am – 4.30pm NOW FREE TO ALL VISITORS www.wrm.org.nz
Out of Town Galleries FEILDING AND DISTRICT ART SOCIETY 104 Manchester Street, Feilding Open: Mon-Fri: 10am to 4pm Sat: 10am to 2pm; Sun: 1pm – 3pm www.fadas.co.nz / 06 323 2323 THE BANK ROOM Devils Cup Coffee & Gallery 44 Bedford Street, Patea Open: Tuesday-Friday 10am - 2pm Or by appointment - text 021 149 6644 Printmaker MB Stoneman & monthly guest artists YELLOW CHURCH GALLERY SH1 Mangaweka Resident Artist Richard Aslett OPEN Weekends and most other days 10am - 5pm 06 382 5774 / 027 52 666 12 www.freewebs.com/mangawekagallery
Festival of Cultures Sat 27 Oct 10.00am www.mainstreetwanganui.co.nz Whanganui Regional Museum Botanical Group 50th Anniversary Weekend 27 & 28 October. Field trips and dinner Contact Margi Keys 06 344 1250
[email protected] Mainstreet Christmas Parade December 2018 www.mainstreetwanganui.co.nz Christmas Late Night Shopping www.mainstreetwanganui.co.nz Wanganui Opera Week January 2019 – 25th Anniversary! www.wanganuioperaweek.co.nz Vintage Weekend January 2019 NZ Masters Games February 2019 www.nzmg.com
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A celebration of our vibrant community Cover image: In the Hand A group show featuring ceramic, jewellery and mixed media works on an intimate scale 18 August – 11 November Venue: Sarjeant Gallery object space, above the iSite, 31 Taupō Quay
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For details on opening hours and locations, please see our Gallery listings. INTO THE LIGHT - JEAN MCDAVITT September INKT, 17 Victoria Avenue For the first time in Whanganui, an exhibition of drawings by artist Jean McDavitt, better known for her vibrant paintings. An eclectic mixture of life and nature studies. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) HERE NOW - PERRY DAVIS Sat 1 to Fri 7 Sep Space Studio and Gallery New Views from Old Alleys (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times)
THE COLLECTIVE CONNECTION Sat 15 Sep to Thu 18 Oct 2018 Fine Arts Whanganui Gallery This will include works by painters, photographers, printmakers, sculptors. Fine-art embroidery, artistic box-making and book-binding. The work will range from the finest realist painting and impressionism to abstract paintings and sculpture of outstanding finesse. (See our gallery listing for address and opening times) SUFFRAGETTE Wed 19 to Sat 30 Sep Juxtaposition Gallery 25a Drew Ave (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) ROAM - SAMANTHA MATTHEWS
COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION Sat 1 Sep to Wed 31 Oct New Zealand Glassworks, Rutland Street (See our listing in Gallery Listings for more information) DENDROCHRONOLOGY GLEN HAYWARD Sat 1 Sep to Sun 2 Dec Sarjeant on the Quay, 38 Taupo Quay (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) RP BEVAN EXHIBITION Mon 3 to Sun 30 Sep Cooks Gallery, Wanganui Trafalgar Place (off Ridgeway Street) An exhibition of works donated to the Arts Society by Ropiha Paul Bevan, a sponsor, for some years, of young artists. Open Monday & Tuesday 10.00am to noon and some Saturdays NGA MANU - JOE MCMENAMIN
Sun 9 to Fri 21 Sep Space Studio and Gallery Our New Zealand native birds delight us with their curiosity and birdsong. This exhibition seeks to capture their natural beauty through painting. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) NIGHTMARE ON GLASGOW STREET Fri 14 Sep; 5.30pm Opening Rayner Brothers Gallery A group exhibition. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) A DISTORTED MONUMENT Fri 14 Sep; 5.30pm Opening Rayner Brothers Gallery New Ceramics by Katerina Smoldyreva. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) 125: CELEBRATING WOMEN FROM THE COLLECTION Sat 15 Sep to Sun 17 Feb 2019 Sarjeant on the Quay. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times)
Sat 22 Sep to Fri 5 Oct Space Studio and Gallery A new collection of photographic works exploring a South Island sense of place. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times)
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS: OPTIV101 RALLY 2018 To Sat 8 Sept Mon - Fri 10am to 4pm, Sat 10am to 1pm Whanganui Arts @ the Centre Optiv101 Studio Artists Deploy and Destroy With Weapons of Mass Broadcasting, or Using Art as Political Tool and for Social Engineering. KILLER MOULDS To Wed 13 Sep Rayner Brothers Gallery A group exhibition featuring cast and press-moulded works. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) MANTLE To Wed 13 Sep Gallery 85 An exhibition of photographic works by Frances Jill Studd (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times) LEAF LINES
To Thu 13 Sep Fine Arts Whanganui Gallery Southland artist, Katherine Buess, has been printmaking for many years and, more recently, experimenting with paper sculpture. Her art practice also includes woodcuts, mixed media and jewellery. After two years of living in Vanuatu, her work has a Melanesian flavour. Katherine is interested in the use of leaves in the making of adornment, in particular the salusalu (a neck garland worn to mark special occasions). (See our gallery listing for address and opening times)
SEPTEMBER 2018 www.facebook.com/awaeventguide #awawhanganuievents EDITH COLLIER: AHEAD OF HER TIME To 4 Nov Sarjeant on the Quay, 38 Taupō Quay Portraits of women by Whanganui artist Edith Collier (1885 – 1964) selected from the Sarjeant Gallery and Edith Collier Trust collections IN THE HAND To 11 Nov Upstairs at the i-SITE, 31 Taupo Quay A group show featuring ceramic, jewellery and mixed media works on an intimate scale. (See Gallery Listings for opening days and times)
WANGANUI CITY GUIDED WALKING TOURS Depart from i-Site Contact: 06 349 3258 Cost $10 per person
WANGANUI JAZZ CLUB Sun 2 Sep, 5.30pm Doors Open 6.30pm – 8.30pm Music RSA, 170 St Hill Street Daniel Hayles & the Golden Pawn Shop Band Members $10; Others $20 WANGANUI AMATEUR DANCESPORT CLUB SOCIAL Sun 2 Sep, 7.00-9.30pm St Andrews Hall, Bell Street Ballroom, New Vogue, Latin, social dances Visitors welcome: $10 each. Contact: Graeme 027 434 1823 ART JOURNALING CLASSES Tuesdays, 5.30-7.30pm LeftBank Art Supplies, 19 Taupo Quay Get creative by learning a variety of techniques, media and activities for art journals. email: handmethatpencil@gmail. com SONGS FOR NOBODIES N Tue 4 Sep, 7.30pm Royal Wanganui Opera House, 69 Saint Hill St Ali Harper (Best Actress - Chapman Tripp Awards) shares five lifechanging encounters among five every-day women whose lives have been touched in some way by five legendary divas: Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Maria Callas.
CONFESSIONS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR Fri 7 Sep, 2.00pm Jane Winstone Retirement Village, 49 Oakland Ave. Hear publisher, author, art critic, treasure-hunting buccaneer And telecommunications owner Henry Newrick talk about his life and works. A U3A Whanganui event
[ CURATOR TALK : EDITH COLLIER AHEAD OF HER TIME Thu 27 Sep 7.30pm Sarjeant on the Quay, 38 Taupo Quay Join Curator of Collections Jennifer Taylor Moore for an illustrated talk about Edith Collier, discussing her life and significance as an early New Zealand Modernist painter and a woman artist of her time.
WHANGANUI MUSICIANS CLUB NIGHT Fri 7 Sep, 7.00pm doors open Savage Club, 65 Drews Ave Featuring: TamaKmuzik Open Mic 7pm – have a go! Bring drinks and nibbles Entry $5 members, $10 nonmembers. Enquiries: Annie Keating 021 154 615; Clare Gibney 021 022 79729
SUNDAY GRAND JAM Sun 30 Sep, 6.30pm The Grand Irish Pub, St Hill Street Free. Relaxed sing-around session for acoustic musicians, singers and listeners. All abilities & styles of music. www.facebook.com SundayGrandJam
WARD OBSERVATORY Fridays 7.30pm or Sunset (whichever is first!) Cooks Gardens; access from St Hill Street. Entry is by donation (suggested charge of $2) Phone: 027 245 8066 with queries or alternative viewing times. GUINEAS AND FILLIES % RACEDAY Sat 8 Sep, Racing from 12.55pm – 5.00pm Wanganui Jockey Club, Purnell Street Featuring the HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas & O’Learys Fillies Stakes Free Parking and Entry www.wjc.co.nz
[ ART FIX : IN THE HAND Thu 13 Sep, 2.00pm Sarjeant Gallery Object Space, above the ISite, 31 Taupo Quay Assistant Curator Jessica Kidd will walk through this group exhibition of small but perfectly formed works of art. Participants are encouraged to investigate and discuss. All welcome. ARTIST TALK : GLEN HAYWARD[ Sat 15 Sep, 11.00am Sarjeant on the Quay, 38 Taupo Quay Multi-disciplinary artist Glen Hayward will discuss his exhibition. Dendrochronology in conversation with Greg Donson, Curator and Public Programmes Manager.
ARTIST TALK : JULIA HOLDEN [ Tue 18 Sep, 7.30pm Sarjeant on the Quay, 38 Taupo Quay The current Tylee Cottage artist-inresidence will give an illustrated talk about her practice and upcoming residency project. WANGANUI GREYHOUND % RACING SONJA WILSON Wednesdays from noon SCHOLARSHIP RECITALS – Friday nights from 4.30pm FINAL Hatrick Raceway Wed 19 Sep, 7.00pm Free entry, bar, TAB and restaurant Prince Edward Auditorium, Wanganui on site. Collegiate School www.wanganuigreyhounds.co.nz The Sonja Wilson Scholarship is an CEROC DANCING annual event promoted by the Whanganui Branch of the IRMT Wednesdays and Fridays (Institute of Registered Music Teachers). Peat Street Studio Six of Whanganui’s best young 82-92 Peat Street (Cnr Peat St and Pitt St) instrumentalists compete in a short Facebook / www.ceroc.co.nz recital judged this year by pianist Richard Mapp. The winner of the Nita (See Gallery listing for times and prices) Oldham Trophy (vocal class) and RIVER CITY ARTISTS ! Intermediate section will also perform. Entry is door sales only (no eftpos) – Thursdays, 9.30am to 4pm Adults $15.00, students $5.00 Christ Church Community Hall, 243 Wicksteed St JUMPS RACE DAY % Artists of all levels, beginners to Thur 20 Sep Racing from 11.55pm – established artists Lovely rooms with 5.00pm heat pumps; tea/coffee provided Wanganui Jockey Club, Purnell Street Free parking. Bring your own lunch. Free Parking and Entry Contacts: V Donkervoort 343 6316 / www.wjc.co.nz 0274 599 448 or W Kelly 344 5495 THOUGHTFUL THURSDAYS N DOCUMENTARY SCREENINGS Thursdays, 6.30pm Confluence, 15 Watt Street $10 door sales See Ad for full details
WANGANUI JAZZ CLUB MUSIC Thu 4 Oct - 5.30pm doors open, 6.30pm Johnson, Dreyer, Lockett Trio NEW VENUE: Lucky Bar & Kitchen, 53 Wilson Street General admission $20; Members discounts apply THE KUGELS Fri 5 Oct, 7.30pm Prince Edward Auditorium, Wanganui Collegiate School Klezmer is the folk idiom of the Jewish people, highly popular in Eastern Europe. The Kugels bring this exciting and passionate music to the stage, together with commentary that is informative, entertaining and engaging. They are one of NZ’s most popular bands. Tickets: Royal Wanganui Opera House or at the door (no eftpos). Adults $35.00, Snrs $32.00, Subscribers $20.00 (or pre-pay) Students $5.00 www.chambermusic.co.nz/whats-on/ the-kugels WANGANUI JAZZ CLUB Sun 7 Oct - 5.30pm doors open, 6.30pm Music NEW VENUE: St John’s Club, 158 Glasgow Street Erna Ferry and the Bongo Club General admission $20; Members discounts apply WANGANUI JAZZ CLUB MUSIC Thu 18 Oct - 5.30pm doors open, 6.30pm Music NEW VENUE: Lucky Bar & Kitchen, 53 Wilson Street Shuffle Demons General admission $20; Members discounts apply FESTIVAL OF CULTURES Sat 27 Oct 10.00am www.mainstreetwanganui.co.nz ART IN THE GARDEN Sat 3 Nov & Sun 4 Nov QT Nursery, 60 Papaiti Road, Whanganui
ART WORKSHOPS SUSAN SHAND: FELTMAKER WORKSHOPS Sun 23 Sep, 11.00am to 4.00pm Come and create a play mat that could be used to tell stories and rhymes, or for children to create their own stories. No experience necessary for a fun few hours of felting. Cost: $50. For enquiries or to register, please contact Susan Shand -
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WHANGANUI FILM SOCIETY Whanganui’s #1 alternative for classic & contemporary art cinema. All screenings Mondays, 7pm at the Davis Theatre, Whanganui Regional Museum. Screenings open to members only unless stated otherwise. 2018 HALF YEAR memberships now available! Full programme and membership options at whanganuifilmsociety.org.nz. Contact whanganuifilmsociety@gmail. com. NEITHER HEAVEN NOR EARTH (Ni le ciel ni la terre)
Mon 3 Sep Belgium/France, 2015, 98mins. M Animal slaughter, offensive language In French and Farsi, w/subtitles A company of French soldiers mysteriously disappears in a remote Afghan valley. Is it the Taliban or a more existential threat? LE QUATTRO VOLTE
Mon 10 Sep Italy, 2010, 88mins, G. No dialogue A rustic village in the mountains of Calabria is the setting for this poetic film, a wordless yet spellbinding take on a way of life as old as the elements. LES COWBOYS
Mon 17 Sep France, 2015, 104mins, M. Violence, offensive language, drug use In English, French and Urdu, w/ subtitles Screenwriter Thomas Bidegain (A Prophet) debuts as director with this provocative thriller about a father looking for his daughter who has run away with a jihadist. SANTI-VINA
Mon 24 Sep Thailand, 1954, 114mins, PG. Violence In Thai w/ subtitles Long believed lost, the first Thai film to be shot in colour has been restored to all its former glory. “Had Douglas Sirk made a Thai Buddhist melodrama, it might have looked something like this.” – London Film Festival
