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WHISPERS IN THE STREETS

Klaasz Breukel + Level 5 NMIT Arts & Media students

Whakatū CBD + NMIT G Block Atrium
19-29 Oct
| Tues-Fri
 9am-5pm (NMIT)
+ Bollard takeover Sun 22nd - Sun 29th

Journey / Movement / Growth / Regeneration.

COULD BE BIGGER.

Elisabeth Pointon

Nelson Airport + Refinery ArtSpace Window
19-29 Oct (Terminal daily 5am-late, window accessible 24/7)
Artist Talk: Sat 28 Oct 1pm (Refinery ArtSpace)

A bold, fun, 7 metre disruption literally pops up at the Airport this Festival!

FLORECER

Lucia Zúñiga Cáceres

Cultural Conversations
Throughout Festival | All Ages

Since migrating to Aotearoa, Lucia Zúñiga Cáceres' art practice has blossomed alongside her own journey of healing. Experience this in her joyful paintings at Cultural Conversations.

CAPTURING WHAT CANNOT BE CAPTURED

Karen Sewell

ATELIER Studio|Gallery + Christ Church Cathedral
Throughout Festival | Gallery Weds-Sat 11am-5pm | Cathedral daily 8.30am-5pm

Exploring relationships between colour, light and space.

TE PITO

Keri-Mei Zagrobelna

Kiss Me (By Kismet)
19 - 29 Oct | A
fter sunset

A digital sound and visual experience that acts as a creative portal, Te Pito tells the story of connecting to our whenua (land) and ancestry.

GATHERED VOICES: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FLETCHER TRUST COLLECTION

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
Throughout Festival | Open daily 9.30am-4.30pm

Commemorating the Fletcher Trust Collection's 60th anniversary, the touring exhibition Gathered Voices was developed in collaboration with the New Zealand Portrait Gallery.

NELSON SUTER ART SOCIETY’S SPRING EXHIBITION

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
Throughout Festival | Open daily 9.30am-4.30pm

The NSAS Spring Exhibition presents a curated selection of members' artworks across various genres, harmoniously transitioning from the McKee Gallery to the Potton Gallery.

KANOHI KITEA (the seen face)

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
Throughout Festival | Open daily 9.30am-4.30pm

Moko kanohi (facial markings) are a powerful expression of Māori cultural heritage worn with pride.

CATHERINE BAGNALL

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
Throughout
Festival | Open daily 9.30am-4.30pm

An intimate display of Catherine Bagnall's magical, dream-like watercolours.

SENSORY SELF PORTRAITS

Bailee Lobb

Refinery ArtSpace
19-28 Oct | Thurs 19 Oct 5pm-8pm, Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm 

Enter into a breath-taking world of colour, filled with large-scale soothing sensory bubbles.

TE ARA O HINE RĒHIA – A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF KAPA HAKA

Melissa Banks

Nelson Provincial Museum
Throughout Festival

Te Tauihu ki te poi! A homage to kapa haka in Te Tauihu.

NIGHT VISION

Participating Galleries + Whakatū CBD
Thurs 19 Oct | 5-8pm

Join us in celebrating the start of our 2023 Festival with us - Night Vision invites you to see the whole town as a gallery!

IN THE TEMPLE

Catherine Bagnall & Jane Sayle

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
Thurs 19 Oct | 5.30pm | 20 min

Hot on the heels of their acclaimed 2021 collaboration, artist Catherine Bagnall and poet Jane Sayle celebrate another collection of watercolours and poems inspired by nature.

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