Studio ~ Sounds ~ Stars
Check out the upcoming Waiheke Weekender and Waiheke Guide app for all the latest! Studio is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday or ring for an appointment on 021 887819.
Have a look at the new astro cards! These are some of the amazing celestial objects above us here on Waiheke throughout the year.
It’s that time of the year again and so looking forward to the long Kings Birthday Weekend!
Open Studios Waiheke returns! Discover the creative heart of Waiheke Island at Open Studios Waiheke 2026, a vibrant event featuring over 50 artists across 30 participating Studios and Galleries throughout the island over King’s Birthday Weekend.
Experience art across a range of disciplines including painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, textiles, jewellery and more. There’s something for everyone with opportunities to see artist demonstrations, meet talented creators, and gain insight into their creative process. With exclusive artworks available for purchase this is a must-visit event for creative explorers, art lovers and collectors alike.
Presented by Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Director Fiona Blanchard states ‘Events like Open Studios Waiheke are an opportunity for us to celebrate our unique identity as a creative island and cultural destination.’
Get your tickets now and plan for a fun, art filled creative weekend!
Grab a ticket and come on over! Nat’s making fresh coffee, Sarah is being adorning and I’m hauling out the music makers and the paints! it’s going to be a great weekend!
Tickets ($25) get you a full weekend pass to all the studios and entry to the fab Sunday Soiree, wine and cheese and On the Spot silent auction! Rain or shine we’ll have a good time!
Have you got your early bird tickets yet?
Just $12.50 until end of day Friday 23 May!
BOOK TICKETS: https://www.waihekeartgallery.org.nz/…/open-studios…/
It’s going to be a fun weekend of colour and creativity, entry to the Sunday Soiree at the gallery and more!
Open Studios Waiheke 2025
Kings Birthday Weekend!
31 May – 2 June 2025
Discover the creative heart of Waiheke Island at Open Studios Waiheke 2025, a vibrant event featuring over 30 participating Studios and Galleries all over the island over the long Kings Birthday Weekend.
Tickets after the 23rd $25, (still great value!) include the weekend pass and map to see all the Open Studios and spaces, entry to the Sunday Soiree wine and cheese and silent auction at the Gallery on the Sunday.
Map and pass will be available to collect at the Gallery in the week prior to the long weekend, please keep your receipt as proof of purchase.
Experience art across a range of disciplines including painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, textiles, jewellery and more. There’s something for everyone with opportunities to see artist demonstrations, meet talented creators, enjoy festive hospitality and gain insight into their creative process. With exclusive artworks, available for purchase this is a must-visit event for creative explorers, art lovers and collectors alike.
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Save the date! We’re busy getting the studio busy for the long weekend, and looking forward to this fun creative weekend.
There’ll be paintings, photography, music, coffee, and more! plus stargazing later on in the evening!
Check out the event on the Gallery website.
Launched recently at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery was the new online digital Waiheke Art Map 2025. The exhibition ‘Works from the Art Map’ currently shows in the Long Gallery until 9 February, don’t miss it!
Currently in the exhibition I have small framed astrophotography image ‘Home – near Alison Park’ happily alongside a beautiful poetic work of Tracey Sullivan’s.
The online Waiheke Artmap lets you geolocate studios and galleries, their websites, hours, contacts and location, so if you’re exploring the island by car, bike, bus or walking you can plan your studio tour from wherever you are!
And Save the Date! Kings Birthday Weekend will be a festive feast of Open Studios around the island, watch this space!
Haven’t done a post for a while, it’s been a busy 2024. Here’s a quick one, the studio on Aotea is progressing well and have started mapping the tracks and will document and illustrate the trees along the way…. opening the new doors through the mulberry tree!
Still a way to go in Oneroa, but we’ll get there!
Great new exhibitions on all through summer at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery as well, come on over!
Up at the Waiheke community Art Gallery is this years Members Show. Exploring the broad theme of ‘Home’ which is defined as a dwelling or location of culture and origin; home also signifies a sense of place, belonging, relationships, memory, comfort, security, and safety. The exhibitions is full of colour and creativity in response.
Check out ‘Heading Home- The Navigator’ a limited edition digital print on archival paper. I hear it mentioned that it should have been hung landscape format but….. no it’s the right way up.. or down…. The image is captured from approx. 2,500 ft looking straight down at the Navigator, the ferry that services the island.
This is part of a new body of work exploring the journey to and from Aotea Great Barrier Island.
Starting to get colder, time for quiet creativity. The studio is coming along amongst all the other busyness!
I can actually see the floor now!
There are new exhibitions up at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery and Anomalous and around the motu now the seasons beckon more indoor activities and contemplation.
As always check out the Waiheke Art Map and check out what everyone is up to – have a great Autumn everyone!
New Waiheke astrophotography postcards available here and at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery – watch this space!
Check out the up coming Waiheke Weekender double page Map for all the Open Studios over the last long weekend before the autumn sets in. Perpetual Guardian Sculpture on the Gulf 2024 is on until 24 March so come on over! There’s a lot to discover, explore and enjoy with stunning exhibitions on at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery and the other studios and galleries around the island!
Time for this old website to get a shoosh up and an online shop, so watch this space!
Summers nearly here as is the Waiheke Art Map 2024 (being printed as I write!)
They will be available at the upcoming Jostle – Waiheke Small Things exhibition showing at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery from 15 December, see you there!
Studio hours: Sun / Mon / Tues 11 – 5 but feel free to ring anytime on 021 887819
Have a great creative week everyone!
