An update to the Garden Story ( April 2025):
We enjoyed inviting people back into the garden again in 2024 when things were very late in the season so the garden was not really looking it’s most amazing!!! However we … Read more
Viv’s Garden Story
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Waymarkers – Into The Unknown.
Toni Hartill – Solo Exhibition & Artist Residency
9 November
to
17 December 2023
Waymark N (Navigation) a symbol or signpost marking the route of a footpath
Toni Hartill, well known print maker and paper artist, has been involved with the gallery for the past year or so and we … Read more
The Cupboard Collection 2023 Annual Solo Exhibition by Viv Davy.
Taranaki Arts Trail.
September 28th – November 8th 2023.
The year in review
It has been a very interesting year for the studio gallery as we gradually move our lives back into slightly more familiar patterns of functioning and the … Read more
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 … Read more
He Korowai Mahana. To Be Cloaked In The Comfort Of Whakapapa.
Donna Dinsdale – Solo Exhibition. Retrospective and New Works.
13th July – 14th August 2023
Donna has described how this beautiful invitation was conceived and it’s connection to the exhibition.
The background letter is a transcripted letter of my Mum’s … Read more
With A “Flour-ish”!
Anne Garvey – Solo Exhibition.
June 1st – July 10th 2023
Anne Garvey has a long running involvement with our studio gallery, both as a contributing artist and as an instructor. We have been waiting some time to see the … Read more
Paper Making Deckles.
These deckles are now available.
The deckles are the same size and materials as the ones we use in the paper-making workshops – approximately an A4 size paper when it is couched. The mesh is the fine mesh the studio … Read more
Aotearoa – Land of the Long White Cloud.
20th January 2022 – 28th February 2022.
Curated Exhibition for NZ Area Surface Design Association Members
The call went out to the members of the New Zealand group of The Surface Design Association to consider this topic from various aspects: … Read more
I Haven’t Lost My Marbles (Yet)………
A Solo Exhibition by Jeanette Verster.
11th November – 22nd December 2021.
This is the long awaited and rescheduled solo exhibition of one of Taranaki’s premier, award winning textile artists. Known for her unusual insights and imaginative combination of materials … Read more
From My Land
Current exhibition on until 8th November 2021.
Extended hours for the Taranaki Arts Trail days .
Open Everyday 9am – 5 pm until 8th November.
The current exhibition highlights the work of the resident artist Viv Davy. This aligns with … Read more