Holiday Opening Days
This exhibition will be open on Thursday 21st December. 1 – 5 pm
Friday 22nd Dec. 1-5 pm OPEN
Saturday 23rd Dec. 1-5 pm. OPEN
Sunday Christmas Eve 24th Dec. 1 -5 pm. OPEN
Christmas Day 25th Dec. CLOSED
Boxing Day 26th Dec. CLOSED
Wednesday 27th Dec. CLOSED
Thursday 28th Dec. OPEN
Friday 29th Dec. OPEN
Saturday 30th Dec. OPEN
Sunday 31st Dec. OPEN
Monday 1st Jan. OPEN
Tuesday 2nd Jan. OPEN.
Wednesday 3rd Jan. OPEN.
This collection was an open call to all textile practitioners both in Aotearoa and Offshore.
Our planet is largely composed of water so, as humans, we are intimately connected to beaches on all kinds of levels. Globally beaches are places of restoration, chances for liaising with nature, sites for recreational enjoyment and the venue of many walks and fossicking journeys. For everyone who has ever been fortunate to have access to a beach or beaches there will be different types of memories created and stored. For those of us who have no personal experience of a beach there will be imaginings and dreams of such an encounter.
This exhibition asked creatives to bring into the gallery their record of an encounter with a beach, either real or imagined. Pause and think how they have been or imagine how they would be affected by having a beach as part of their reality.
A wide and eclectic range of textile works have been submitted and curated to fill the gallery with works that will speak to everyone. Ōpunakē is a vibrant coastal settlement with a very active art scene so many people enjoy a trip or a longer visit to our township at this time of year. A chance to be in the unspoilt natural world of Mounga Taranaki and the wonderful wild West Coast carved by The Tasman Ocean.
This will be a cash and carry collection to accommodate the summer travellers that will be in Ōpunakē at the time of the exhibition.