Ashburton District Council Events
Caught in the Moment: Guardian photographs of 1974
Ashburton Museum
18th May 2024 - 21st Jul 2024
Which moments in time did the Ashburton Guardian photographers capture around Hakatere Ashburton throughout 1974? In this exhibition, a selection of photographs from our large collection of negatives will take visitors on a journey across various aspects of life in...
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Artist Talk | Ynes Guevara
Ashburton Art Gallery
19th May 2024 -
02:00 pmJoin us for our upcoming artist talk with Ynes Guevara on Sunday 19 May at 2pm.At this talk, Ynes Guevara will be in conversation with curator James Hope to discuss her new exhibition Altar, Beautifying Understanding.In this new suite of...
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Two O'Clock Tours | Legacy Issues
Ashburton Art Gallery
26th May 2024 02:00 pm
Two O'Clock Tours are back! We are kicking things off on Sunday 26 May with a tour of photography exhibition Legacy Issues. Legacy Issues brings together contemporary photographic artists Mitchell Bright, Conor Clarke, Ella Hickford, Moana Lee, Mike O’Kane, Tim...
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Glow in the Park
Ashburton District Council
31st May 2024 - 2nd Jun 2024
5.30pm-9pm | King's Birthday Weekend
Glow Up Your Winter! Bring your family and join us for three magical nights of light, music, food and fun for all ages at Ashburton Glow in the Park! Don't miss the chance to experience Ashburton Domain under the colourful...
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Home Front Heroines
Ashburton Museum
13th Apr 2024 - 30th Jun 2024
Until recently, the unsung heroes of Aotearoa New Zealand’s WWII home front efforts went largely unrecognised.‘Land girls’ of the Women’s Land Service, an organisation formed under the Women’s War Service Auxiliary in 1942, played a vital role in the country’s...
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Altar, Beautifying Understanding | Ynes Guevara
Ashburton Art Gallery
22nd Apr 2024 - 7th Jun 2024
In this new suite of paintings Timaru-based artist Ynes Guevara looks to feminine archetypes to explore the magical and imaginary. Her reconstructed silhouettes produce new imagery, considering the duality of the divine and erotic using a palette of six magenta...
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Legacy Issues: Lens-based Investigations of Waitaha Canterbury Whenua
Ashburton Art Gallery
27th Apr 2024 - 14th Jun 2024
Legacy Issues brings together contemporary photographic artists Mitchell Bright, Conor Clarke, Ella Hickford, Moana Lee, Mike O’Kane, Tim J. Veling, and Hannah Watkinson, and presents the diverse ways they have pictured our region. This selection of photographs aims to provide...
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Exhibition | Tuitui Tangata
Ashburton Art Gallery
27th Apr 2024 - 14th Jun 2024
The European art of embroidery and quilt making was taught to Cook Islands women by early missionaries’ wives 200 years ago. Needlework quickly replaced the beating of Tapa cloth made collectively by vaine (women). A revered art form, Tivaevae plays...
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