Eastside Gallery - Linwood Arts

Open Call for Local Artists: First Steps 2022.

Exhibition Dates: 28 March – 30 April 2022.

Location: Eastside Gallery, Christchurch.

First Steps is a supportive environment for artists who are new, or nearly new, to exhibiting. There’s no cost to be involved, as it’s one of Eastside’s annual Centre-run exhibitions.

Please request a Contributor Form by emailing arts@tewhare.org, or feel free to discuss your involvement either by phone (981 2881) or by visiting Eastside Gallery in Linwood Arts at 388 Worcester St. We’re open Tuesday-Saturday from 1 Feb. Classes start from 10am and the galleries (Eastside and the Mini) are open from 12-5pm.

Registrations close on 28 February 2022.

Please spread the word!

Images from First Steps 2021.

The Linwood Community Arts Centre is a project of Te Whare Roimata Trust.

Soil is vital to life on Earth. The soil’s role in recycling nutrients, and wastes, is an important part of sustaining life on Earth, providing renewal and new growth, in the dance between life and death.

This exhibition celebrates the variety, and intrinsic beauty, of soils in our landscapes in the context of both art and science. It is also a celebration of World Soil Day (5^th December) and reminds us about the importance of soil in our daily lives for food, fuel, and fibre production, as well as maintaining biodiversity and water quality.

The artists featured in this exhibition, Juergen Esperschuetz, Megan Balks, and Allan Hewitt, are all also soil scientists. To illustrate the importance of soil cycles the artworks include recycled metals and reclaimed timber, as well as wool, and the soil itself, as media.

Opening Event: 5.30-7pm Monday 29 November 2021

Hosted By: Eastside Gallery, 388 Worcester St, Christchurch.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm, free onsite parking.