Please join us for an online talk with artists Yumoi Zheng (China), Isadora Lao (Aotearoa) and Angel C Fitzgerald (Aotearoa). In the stream, they will share about their favourite food and talk about their current projects and creative practice

Join us for a tea or coffee and meet the artist Amanda Smith as she leads you through her exhibition This is the Life That Was to reveal the personal stories that have inspired each work..

Join artists Connah Podmore and Johanna Mechen, and writer Flora Feltham, as they discuss some of the inspiration behind Podmore's exhibition Ordinary Devotion, and the influence that domestic environments has had over their respective practices.

Come ‘binnekijken’ and join the artist Elisabeth Vullings for a ‘look inside’ her exhibition – Gehaakte Gordijntjes - Crocheted Curtains. In this guided tour, the artist will lead you through the exhibition to explain the personal stories associated with each artwork.

Join Yon Yi Sohn, Moonhee Han & Eun Jung Jang, who will talk about their artistic journey through different mediums over the years, and the ideas and development of their exhibition Listening to Lines, which they have collaborated on. A Q&A session will follow.

Join artists Matt Tini, Maija Stephens, Renati Waaka, and Elena Rei as they discuss their thoughts around the exhibition, what brought them together, and their reflections on this collaboration. The talk will touch on their individual relationships to contemporary Māori identity and how their art practices help them reconnect to and affirm this.

Kerry Ann Lee will facilitate a discussion with the artists of the exhibition Sailing Lanterns. Chyna Lily, Simon L Wong, Grace Ko, Matt Yee and Jacqueline Trinh will share narratives about their Asian/New Zealand ethnicity and what it means to be an Asian artist living in contemporary Aotearoa.

Join us for an afternoon kōrero with artist Sam Clague who will be discussing his current exhibition Under Heaven’s Heel. Touching on some of the reoccurring motifs and symbols depicted in his paintings and sculptures and how they are inspired by the works of Albrecht Dürer and Philip Guston.

Stuart will “lead” a walk-through of his exhibition The Hand of Dog, where he will discuss how his beloved canine companion Roo has played muse to his artistic output over the past 5 years.

Please join us for an in-depth discussion with Photographer Simon Mark, who will be in conversation with curator/educator Heather Galbraith, talking about his new work in Liminal at Toi Pōneke Gallery.

You are warmly invited to a talk between Clara Ehrenwerth, artist in residence at the Goethe-Institut in Wellington, and Claire Mabey, director of Verb Wellington Festival. Join us for an interesting discussion with drinks and nibbles.

Join artists Stevei Houkāmau and Jamie Berry on a walk-through talk of their exhibition Ira Tangata Ira Atua.

Join us for an informal discussion with Maisie about her new solo exhibition Where Does it Hurt?

Join Bailee in her exhibition In Bathing, Bask in the Toi Pōneke Gallery for a casual conversation around the inflatable sculptures she has created.

Join us for a lunchtime talk with Matilda faser and Mark Amery. Tea and coffee provided.

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.

Join us for a chat over lunch with Poneke based artist - Chris Ulutupu as we see what he has been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with dancer and choreographer from Borderline Arts Ensemble - Lucy Marinkovich as we see what she has been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with the Co-Director of Barbarian Productions - Thomas Lahood as we see what he has been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with the Creative Director of Cuba Dupa - Gerry Paul to see what he has been up to during lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with Wellington artist Miriama Grace Smith as we see what she has been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with Wellington artistic director of The Performance Arcade - Sam Trubridge as we see what he has been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with Wellington artist Laura Duffy as we see what she has been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with Director of Pātaka Art Gallery and Museum - Rueben Friend to see what he’s been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a chat over lunch with Wellington drag performer and creative producer - George Fowler to see what he has been up to over lockdown.

Join us for a lunchtime talk with Robbie and his flatmate, fellow artist Elisabeth Pointon. Tea and coffee provided.

Join us for tea and coffee and a chat with Gary Peters about his recent work in the exhibition New Old Forms on at Toi Pōneke Gallery 8 - 29 Feb.

As part of the closing celebration for Why is matter so intelligent, though? artist Amy Jean Barnett is joined by Dr. Craig Radford and Louise Wilson from the Leigh Marine Laboratory to discuss their recent collaboration and delve further into the biological role of underwater sound, in particular how human induced noise in the marine environment might be affecting the various creatures that inhabit this space.