19 Nov 2024

Classes Showcase: 25 November – 21 December 2024

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This show is a celebration of the 16 weekly classes we have developed and run over the last three years, thanks to funding from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

We’ve offered everything from drawing, painting, art therapy, dance, creative writing, multicultural, Māori arts, classes especially for 55+ and especially for kids.

Classes were designed to grow community alongside skills and catapulted the Centre into a hive of constant activity.

And what comes next? We’re pleased to say that thanks to a grant from the Christchurch City Council we will be able to keep most classes running next year. We also have a great exhibition programme lined up that so far includes 7 open calls for local artists.

Keep an eye on our website for updates.

Location: Eastside Gallery, 388 Worcester St, Christchurch, free parking onsite.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday. Galleries 12-5pm. Classes start from 10am and run into the evening.

22 Oct 2024

10 – The White Room: 29 October – 23 November 2024

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The exhibition “10” at Eastside Gallery is a celebration of ten years of The White Room Creative Space and includes works from 30 artists who use the studio. From it’s inception in 2014, The White Room has provided support to artists to explore art making, develop their art practice, connect with the arts community across Ōtautahi, and showcase their work through exhibitions and creative projects.

Works in the exhibition include a range of mediums, including painting, collage, drawing, and printmaking, and reflect a diverse range of subjects from abstract pattern-making to pets.

The White Room Creative Space: People who face barriers to participation in art and creative activities need supportive and non-judgemental places where creativity is the common language. The White Room is a community creative space that enables opportunities to make, participate and share art alongside others. We’re welcoming, accessible and supportive. Through this, artists build confidence, connections and embrace new opportunities. The White Room Community Creative Space was developed in late 2014 in response to a growing need to foster and develop the creative talent of people supported by SkillWise. With its own dedicated creative space, it has become an exciting and successful place where artists can explore and showcase their artistic potential.

Location: Eastside Gallery, 388 Worcester St, Christchurch, free parking onsite.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday. Galleries 12-5pm. Classes start from 10am and run into the evening.

We offer 16 weekly classes & activities, run exhibitions and events in Eastside and the Mini and hire our spaces for arts activities and events evenings and weekends.

Photos by Linwood Arts and Centuri.

20 Sep 2024

Eastside Spring 2024: 30 September – 26 October

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Eastside’s exciting annual show for emerging and mid-career artists features a huge variety of recent work from ten local artists. This is the top show of our “progressive pathway” exhibitions (“First Steps” – “Stride by Stride” – “Eastside Spring”).

Artists: Alice Tulkens, Amy Couling, Anni Kuehne, Brad Bannan, Emma Velde-Schaffer, Isabelle Wannenburg, Josephine Backhouse, Nicholas Williamson, Tracey Osborne and Vicki Mangan.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday. Galleries 12-5pm. Classes start from 10am and run into the evening.

Location: Eastside Gallery, 388 Worcester St, Christchurch, free parking onsite.

We offer 13 weekly classes & activities, run exhibitions and events in Eastside and the Mini and hire our spaces for arts activities and events evenings and weekends.

21 Aug 2024

Ethereal Canterbury: 2 – 28 September 2024

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Opening Event: 5.30-7pm Monday 2 September 2024

15 local artists contribute to this show which features artworks with a Canterbury focus done in styles such as magic realism, the sublime, the ethereal and etherealism.

This is a show full of contradictions. Its very title is oxymoronic: Ethereal relates to the unearthly and the celestial while Canterbury is rooted in our place. Hence, there are some ways in which the four main styles are completely opposite to one another, while in other ways, they intersect and share tendencies. There are artworks full of wonder, awe, isolation, mystery, infinity, alienation, overwhelming terror, dreamed realities and strange juxtapositions. Past and present merge, objects are invented, the airy is expressed through poetic imagination and the realistic and precise meet the metaphysical.

What does all this add up to? Idealised environments, nature that threatens us, recognisable landmarks made strange and strange creatures in recognisable landscapes, some riding moas… Ultimately new ways of exploring where we live with magnificent local artists.

Artists include: Alice Tulkens, Anya Diepold, Ashleigh Min, Catherine Coster, Cheriene Singer, Chris Quinn, Hadani Woodruff, Hazel Rae, John Maillard, Jordan Willan, Lorraine Frances-Rees, Paige Officer, Ross Ellen, Scarlett Giffin Munn and Tracey Perrin.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday. Galleries 12-5pm. Classes start from 10am and run into the evening.

Location: Eastside Gallery, 388 Worcester St, Christchurch, free parking onsite.

We offer 13 weekly classes & activities, run exhibitions and events in Eastside and the Mini and hire our spaces for arts activities and events evenings and weekends.