Information about events, exhibtions, workshops and more at Toi Pōneke.
Exhibit your work at Toi Poneke. This proposal round for exhibitions in our 2021 programme closes on Sunday 28 February, 2021 at midnight.
Marcus Jackson is an artist, composer and writer based in Pōneke. He creates work that interrogates the links between physical gesture and sound production, often with uncanny results.
Marcus Jackson will be joined in performance by Elliot Vaughan and Glen Downie to close the exhibition. Drawing on and responding to the narrative of the installation, they will perform superimpositions of a series of works created during the residency period.
Tree Museum, a new exhibition of paintings by Pōneke artist, Ben Lysaght explores peculiarities within the history of botanical gardens and archives.
Come and meet our creative community!
Try out a free workshop and enjoy our friendly hospitality. Our artists studios will be open and you can meet the artists and see their work.
Looking for an opportunity to start your own art collection or expand on your current one? See what the residents of Toi Pōneke have been up to in our annual cash & carry exhibition.
In addition to the Toi 3 Hundy this year you can buy artworks from our talented residents online!
Join us for a lunchtime talk with Matilda faser and Mark Amery. Tea and coffee provided.
Working with the breath, body and voice to bring life into puppet manipulation.
Join artist Sheyne Tuffery in a 1 day workshop exploring relief textured printing. In this workshop you will explore embossing, hand burnishing and ghost printing.
Garden Leave, a new exhibition by Toi Pōneke Art Centre’s visual artist-in-residence Matilda Fraser, examines the future of work and labour in an economic landscape impacted by pandemics, recessions, global trade, automation and excess.
A 2 day workshop for developing public art for urban spaces. Guest speakers and mentors will work with you to develop your concept and test it. This will culminate in a lively display for public jaunt around Pōneke in 2021.
Join artist Katy Cottrell in a hands on workshop to learn the craft of wooden marquetry.* This is a beautiful technique dating back centuries, yet here modernised with latest technology.
In this workshop you will be learning the essential elements to consider when designing a puppet for yourself, or a show.
Turumeke Harrington’s new exhibition Gentle ribbing is a birth, a coming into being with a lifetime ahead. The exhibition of sculpture and major installation features a huge, brightly coloured quilt.
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre and New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī are pleased to announce Marcus Jackson as the 2020 Sound Artist in Residence.
Up skill your graphic design skills and get an understanding of basic design principles to take your design work to the next level.
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre are delighted to announce our Dance Residents for 2020-21; choreographers Otto Kosok & Amit Noy and producer Monique Gilmour.
Join Write Room resident Stella Reid (BURBS, Second Unit), 2019 Write Room resident Abi King Jones (The Fifth Eye, Operation 8, Hot Air) and mentor Vicky Pope (Savage, Gardening with Soul, Two Little Boys) in a discussion about script writing in relation to The Write Room residency at Toi Poneke.
Artist Katy Cottrell’s new exhibition Furniture Memoirs delves into the untold and forgotten stories of trees used in the production of domestic furniture.
This workshop is a fun and interactive beginners guide to comic making. An all-ages workshop, designed to be non-intimidating, an opportunity to try out some new things, and have fun while learning about comic storytelling.
A weekly contemporary dance class open for professional independent dancers in Wellington.
Coinciding with Ted Whitaker’s exhibition Oceans turn to goo, Waves is a collaborative book project with Fraser Austin.
Oceans turn to goo is an exhibition of photography and sculpture by artist Ted Whitaker, based on physiological mutations that are common with surfers.
Toi Pōneke are calling out to local artists/ designers to design a new artwork for the exterior of its east building on Abel Smith Street, Te Aro, Wellington.
A free drop in workshop for all the family. Come and get playful with your whanau and see what you can create together. Plenty of inspiration from Rebekah’s show on in the gallery.
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre and the New Zealand School of Music - Te Kōki are pleased to announce the 5th annual Sound Art Residency, with a call for submissions.
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre is delighted to announce Matilda Fraser as the 2020 Toi Pōneke Visual Artist in Residence.
In Loose Parts and Joyful Mayhem artist Rebekah Rasmussen explores the boundaries between a child’s and an adult’s creativity.
Join Joan Costello from Reo Tūhono for a fun and friendly 2 hour workshop working on your te reo pronunciation and tips for speaking more confidently.
An opportunity for two choreographers and one emerging producer to undertake a residency, which will culminate in a double bill production at NZ Fringe.
So, we make sound. People ask, “What is band?” Band is a way of being together. Band is a way of feeling it out. Band is a way of saying, “What’s here?” Just like the news. Let’s play.
Girls Rock! Pōneke is a week-long holiday programme where young women, trans and gender-non-conforming people can build confidence and make great music. Girls Rock! Pōneke will take place from the 6 - 11th July 2020
Sometimes art making feels like an act of self-acceptance. What are these tangled, drippy, complex, funny things? They are you, and me, and what’s between us. They push and pull, unravel and stick together. They are proud and stand up. They are tired, and slump against a wall, their back drooping and moulding to what’s already there.
PŌNEKE ART + MUSIC
Featuring POP host Hopepa, artists Miriama Grace-Smith, Ritchie Adamson & Air Aotearoa. Music by DJ Marcos Alonso & Rhombus Sound System.
