Waiheke Art Events
Events are our real passion and we love supporting local artists and the Waiheke art scene by creating unique events and pop-up exhibitions in a variety of interesting settings across Waiheke Island and in collaboration with our local businesses.
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Artisphere presents Art in the Garden
Huia by Liz Harrop
Artisphere has a great collection of artists that we work with who will display artwork in four gardens as part of this years Waiheke Garden Festival. With a mix of outdoor sculpture works and a garden art tent for paintings and prints, there will be something for everyone.
So far the list of artists includes: Fabric artist Paula Richa Artista; ceramicists Gail Barratt, Liz Harrop, Belinda Fabris, and Steve Fabris; sculptors Kiya Nancarrow and Nigel Scanlon; painters Danielle Fillion, Kitty, Yolanda Whitehead, Peter Wichman; printmaker Svetlana Parmenter; and artist Paulie Rhind. All artwork will be for sale and proceeds will benefit the Jassy Dean Trust.
Visit waihekegardenfestival.org.nz for more info. Tickets are on sale at Fullers.co.nz and Paper Plus Waiheke.
Stuart Jobling and Barry Danby
We are extremely happy to present this show by two of the great characters of the Waiheke art scene, Stuart Jobling and Barry Danby. With a long career as a full-time artist Stuart is now accompanied on his artistic path by his partner Barry who has recently rediscovered his love of pottery and is also working in a sculptural vein influenced by Stuart’s mixed-media approach to painting. The exhibition will be held at Gallery Anomalous, Surfdale, Waiheke Island.
Surfdale Art Stroll
Join us for a Summer evening stroll through Surfdale village, Waiheke Island.
Participating Galleries:
Artisphere’s exhibition @ The Blue Rabbit Gallery featuring works by Jamie Reid and Gail Barratt
The Ostend Gallery in Surfdale with Ingrid Berzins and Daisyland
The Middle Restaurant & Bar with garden works by Belinda Fabris and Liz Harrop
Gallery Anomalous with works by Harry Macintosh.
Artisphere’s exhibition at The Blue Rabbit Gallery will run until Sun 23 January, 10 am to 2 pm daily.
Past Events
The Surfdale Art Stroll
The Surfdale Art Stroll was a Summer evening stroll through Surfdale village, Waiheke Island that took place Friday, 14 January 2022.
Participating Galleries were:
Artisphere’s exhibition @ The Blue Rabbit Gallery featuring works by Jamie Reid and Gail Barratt
The Ostend Gallery in Surfdale with Ingrid Berzins and Daisyland, The Middle Restaurant & Bar with garden works by Belinda Fabris and Liz Harrop, Gallery Anomalous with works by Harry Macintosh.
Winter
The Winter Exhibition was in collaboration with Rangihoua Estate on Waiheke Island and featured a live Raku firing of pottery. Pottery produced from the raku was displayed alongside works by local painters.
Artists included were: Gail Barratt, Sylvain Beauval, Caro Becroft, Jane Burn, Barry Danby, BJ Dodds, Belinda Fabris, Liz Harrop, Catherine Huckerby, Emma Hughes, Stuart Jobling, Hillary Kerrod, Jenny Mason, Kiya Nancarrow, Jamie Reid, Paul Rhind, Lois Simpson, Ann Skelly and Katy Soljak.
Video of the Artisphere Raku - Rangihoua Estate, Saturday, 10 July 2021
Live Raku
The Winter exhibition was opened with a stunning display of live pottery creation called a Raku, a type of low-firing process inspired by traditional Japanese raku firing. Western-style raku usually involves removing pottery from the kiln while at bright red heat and placing it into containers with combustible materials. Once the materials ignite, the containers are closed. This produces an intense reduction atmosphere which affects the colours in glazes and clay bodies.
Autumn
Autumn was our very first exhibition and took place at the Kennedy Point winery on Friday, 9 April 2021.
Belinda Fabris, BJ Dodds, Brent Simpson, Caro Becroft, Daisy Saaiman, Danielle Fillion, Emma Hughes, Ingrid Berzins, Liz Harrop, Paula Richa, Peter Wichman, Stuart Jobling, Zoe Leeb du Toit.
Autumn Exhibition, Kennedy Point Winery. Emma Hughes painting.
Caro Becroft vase at Kennedy Point Winery