Below are some of the artists who are currently exhibiting, have exhibited, or are about to exhibit at our gallery.
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Birgit Moffatt
April 7th 2024 from out of the blue studio gallery is delighted to be able to introduce Birgit Moffatt to the upcoming travellers who will be workshopping at the studio gallery. These visitors have chosen to learn about New Zealand through the lens of fibre experiences under the guidance of Rowan Tree Travel. We are… Read more
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Merrilyn George – Member of The Stellar Quilters Group
Merrilyn George’s thoughts on Art and its practice. What initially attracted you to fabric as a medium creative expression? This is a hard one, but my early memory is comfort associated with cloth. I wanted clothes for my dolls and I liked pretty clothes and blankets. I can remember that I was ‘making things’ from… Read more
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Clara Benadon
Artist In Residence. May 7th – June 3rd 2024. Clara Benadon is a passionate naturalist, trained marine ecologist, and long-time fiber artist from Maryland, USA. From August 2023-24, she is traveling the world as a Thomas J. Watson fellow to explore ties between environmental change and the fiber industry. What strategies do farmers employ to… Read more
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Cathy Jane Designs – Cathy Jane Brickhill.
Mountain Whispers 17th August – 25th September 2023 Website: http://www.cathyjanedesigns.com Instagram: @cathyjanedesigns Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathyjanedesigns We are excited to be adding Cathy Jane Brickhill of Cathy Jane Designs to our community of artists here at the studio gallery. Many of you will know her outstanding stitched works but for this opportunity Cathy Jane has been working… Read more
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viv davy
weaver, botanical dyer and printer, knitter, slow stitcher, gallerist. Viv is the very happy and privileged owner of ‘from out of the blue studio gallery’. There is a statement about this part of Viv’s life at the front of this website : https://fromoutofthebluestudiogallery.com/about/. There is also an interview done by Venture Taranaki about the informing… Read more
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Marilyn Rea-Menzies
from out of the blue studio gallery is very honoured to host Marilyn Rea-Menzie’s solo exhibition Extinction is Forever April 27th – May 29th 2023. Marilyn is a very unusual artist in the New Zealand Fibre Scene – she has chosen since the 1970’s to live solely by making her art which is traditional handwoven… Read more