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.
Nigel Greenlees
Isaac Tait
Fynn Salm
Kayla Hood
Neville Shapcott
Michelle Brown
Joanna Lyall
Christopher McFarlane
Gary Buchanan
Samantha Bennet
George Smeaton
Andrea Monds, "Untitled," mixed media book, 2024
Gary Buchanan, "New Years Eve, Sydney Harbour Bridge," acrylic on canvas, 2018
Chris McFarlane, "Cottage in a Cornfield," mixed media, 2024
Jo Lyall, "Man on a Chair," felt pen and pencil on paper, 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.
Brad Bannan
Amy Couling
Isabelle Wannenburg
Emma Velde-Schaffer
Josephine Backhouse
Anni Kuehne
Nicholas Williamson
Vicki Mangan
Alice Tulkens
Amy Couling, "Suisen (Daffodils)," gouache on paper, 2023
Brad Bannan, "Love Not Man The Less, But Nature More," acrylic on canvas, 2023
Josephine Backhouse, "Evening Sky," ceramics, wire and sand, 2024
Alice Tulkens, "everything and nothing all at once #I," acrylic on canvas, 2024
Nicholas Williamson, “Wild Dogs,” acrylic on wood, 2024
Vicki Mangan, "Peninsula IV," ink, paper, wax and acrylic on board, 2024
Emma Velde-Schaffer, "Te Karoro Karoro - the cries of seagulls," oil, gold leaf and pigment on canvas, 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.
Anya Diepold, "Moa Rider #1 - The Search," acrylic and oil on wooden panel with metal leaf, 2024
Scarlett Giffin Munn, "Untitled 2," oil on canvas, 2023
Scarlett Giffin Munn, detail of "Untitled 4," oil on canvas, 2023
Lorraine Frances-Rees, "Floods close SH1," charcoal & acrylic pen on paper, 2024
Tracey Perrin, "Simplicity," limited edition photograph 1/10, 2024
John Maillard, "Beach at Night," limited edition photograph 1/5, 2024
Hazel Rae, "Will o' the Wisp," oil on canvas, 2024

Inner City to East School Seniors 12-31 August

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Opening Event: 5.30-7pm Monday 12 August 2024

Come and enjoy works by the next generation of Christchurch artists in Eastside’s annual “Inner City to East School Seniors” show.
NCEA students from seven local schools from the inner city to the east of Christchurch present recent works, most of which will go into NCEA portfolios. The schools include: Ao Tawhiti, Avonside Girls’ High School, Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School, Hagley College, Mairehau High School, Shirley Boys’ High School and Te Aratai College.
You can also see works by younger pupils from Christchurch East School in the Mini Gallery.

 

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.
Mairehau High School
Te Aratai High School
Shirley Boys' High School
Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery
Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School
Avonside Girls' High School
Hagley College
Christchurch East Primary in the Mini Gallery
Venuji Omalhara, "Untitled," acrylic on paper, Hagley College
Jhett McNeill, "Untitled," photography and digital art, Ao Tawhiti
Willow Buckingham, "Self Portrait," photography, Te Aratai College
Katie Sixtus, “Untitled,” acrylic on card, Avonside Girls' High
Mahdi Hassanzada, "Untitled 2," pencil on paper, Shirley Boys' High
Lee Beredo, "Ancient Ruins," acrylic on card, Mairehau High School