Seasonal Art Gallery Celebration

5:30 PM
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7:30 PM

Te Manawa Museum Manawatลซ-Whanganui

Community Events

๐ŸŽจ ๐“๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!
Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science & Heritage welcomes the community to a special ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง on ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ.

This event marks the opening of two exciting exhibitions that showcase the creativity and history of the region:

๐Ÿ–Œ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ญลซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ! โ€“ A collection of works by five talented local artistsโ€” ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ, ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐Š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  โ€”exploring themes of identity through glass, weaving, photography, drawing, and painting.

๐Ÿ“ท ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ฒ๐ž โ€“ A look back at the iconic 1970s photography exhibition, The Active Eye, which shaped the future of art photography in Aotearoa.

The evening will feature guest speaker Jan Bieringa.

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก: events@temanawa.co.nz

๐Ÿ’ก ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฐ๐š:

๐ŸŽญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก (๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž)

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Œ โ€“ Exhibition curator Sian van Dyk leads a tour of Manawatลซ Now! with the artists.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ โ€“ A conversation with Fiona Clark, an iconic photographer and activist, discussing the impact of The Active Eye with curator Talei Langley.

๐ŸŽถ ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐Ÿ”โ€“๐Ÿ— ๐๐Œ (๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž)

A vibrant evening of art, music, and performance featuring:

๐ŸŽต Live music from Persimmon & Sports Dreams

๐ŸŽญ A performance by Bek Coogan

๐Ÿ• Tonyโ€™s Pizza Pop-up & food trucks

๐Ÿ“ธ 3D photo booth, zine-fest, exhibition tour & more!

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ, ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ!

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