Eighteen talented sculptors have been chosen to take part in the 2018 Rotorua Sculpture Symposium in November this year. Picked from more than 25 entries, the finalists will spend ten days carving and sculpting pieces relating to this year’s symposium theme Ngā Wai o Rotorua –...
Come and view this special exhibition of student artwork from Rotorua’s MindPlus programme on display at Rotorua Lakes Council Galleria. The exhibition showcases the shells they painted alongside artists Tony Pope and Stephen Arthur and will be on display from Monday 13 August until Friday 2...
Are you keen to be part of the Nightmare? Are you creative with a spooky and macabre side? Do you enjoy crafting unique artworks with a ghoulish twist. This year we are offering a unique opportunity for your art to be part of the show. The...
It’s true that artists, in most genres, tend to be sole operators, and there are countless cases of writers, painters, poets and potters who spend impossible lengths of time alone developing concepts or masterpieces in a quiet, detached world. “Writing, at its best, is a lonely...
The shortest day of 2018 is officially behind us – it’s a wonderful thought that we’re over the mid-winter hump and waltzing into summer again. Possibly wishful thinking with a couple of chilly months still to come, but knowing the days are now getting longer somehow...
We sure had some strong winds earlier this week. On Monday night I raced outside at 2.00am, feeling very mortal as 80km gusts pummeled and thrashed the tawas towering over the house. As the trees bent and swayed vigorously in the dark early hours, I stood in...
Last weekend we took the opportunity to join a celebration with family in Queenstown. It sure is a different world down there. On the morning we arrived it was minus 7 degrees, so our first stop was a beanie shop. Indeed, the sun struggles to peek over...
‘’Tēnā ngā kanohi, kua tīkona e Matariki-‘Here are the eyes affected by Matariki’’ ROTORUA - The Arts Village welcomes submissions for their inaugural Matariki group show to be held across the Mosaic and Cottage galleries on-site at The Arts Village during July, 2018. The show is being...
Are you organising a free event in your community to celebrate Matariki 2018? Rotorua Lakes Council wants to make this year’s Matariki celebrations in Rotorua the best so far and if you are organising a free community event to mark the occasion, we would love to...
Have fun finding all the decorated power boxes and murals by following this map around central Rotorua! Click here or on the image below to download the map. Click on the Facebook icon below to share the map to your Facebook page. ...