Paper-based collection items are now on display at He Waka Tuia for the first time since the pieces moved to Te Pātaka Taoka Southern Regional Collections Storage Facility. Papier Graphica is an exhibition displaying Southland’s heritage through a selection of paper-based art and objects from Te Kupeka Tiaki Taoka: Southern Regional Collections Trust. He Waka […]
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Popular kid’s PLAY exhibitions returns to inspire creativity at He Waka Tuia
Get ready to dive into a realm of creativity and imagination with He Waka Tuia’s wildly popular PLAY exhibition set to return. PLAY 3.0 is back and better than ever for the third year running. This year’s exhibition includes nine interactive zones designed to get the grey matter working in the young and young at […]
Read More >Southland’s first woman architect to be showcased in exhibition
The work of Southland’s first registered woman architect will be showcased at He Waka Tuia’s upcoming exhibition. Monica Barham: So You’re Building: You and the Architect, exhibition champions the contribution Barham has made to art and architecture across Invercargill and New Zealand. Exhibition Collaborator, Architect Megan Rule said Barham was a world-class architect, who had […]
Read More >Southland art collection celebrated with latest He Waka Tuia exhibition LOCAL: By|For|Of
He Waka Tuia is returning to its roots with its latest exhibition LOCAL: By|For|Of. Staff have carefully chosen 84 works from the Invercargill Public Art Gallery (IPAG) artworks to go on display before the collection goes to the Tisbury storage facility that is currently being built as part of Project 1225, the museum rebuild project. […]
Read More >He Waka Tuia exhibition Seen/Scene captures Southland’s LGBTQIA+ community
Southland’s Rainbow community is being recognised in He Waka Tuia’s latest exhibition, Seen/Scene. Wellington art photographer Adrienne Martyn was commissioned to photograph 41 people from the Southland LGBTQIA+ community specifically for the exhibition. The idea for the exhibition came about following a movement beginning in 1989 called Day Without Art, an international response to the […]
Read More >Configure: HOME – “tender and delightful”
Configure: HOME has seen the space at He Waka Tuia on Don St transformed into a paeon of the female form and the rich, oft-forgotten inner life women both enjoy and endure. Configure: Home is the fourth in a series of exhibitions that began with a simple premise – to examine the relationships between feminist […]
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