Attachment 4

2017 programme The Dowse Art Museum

 

Appendix 4: 2017 programme, The Dowse Art Museum

 

At The Beach: 100 Years of Summer Fashion in New Zealand (until 19 Feb)

Touring exhibition of swimming costumes from the New Zealand Fashion Museum

 

James Greig: Defying Gravity (until 12 March)

A major survey of this late Wairarapa potter. Contains collection works.

 

Raewyn Atkinson: I Too Am In Paradise (until 12 March)

Outdoor sculpture in the courtyard by a Wellington potter. Has community outreach programme.

 

SOLO 2016 (until 2 April)

 Two-yearly presentation of new work by Wellington region artists.

 

Task Action: Jim Allen, Bruce Barber, Campbell Patterson (until 7 May)

Photographs and videos of performance art works. Contains collection works.

 

Once… (opens 25 Feb)

Collection exhibition curated by exhibition team with Naenae Computer Clubhouse participants

 

Dark Objects (opens 4 March)

Annual exhibition by curatorial intern, funded by Creative New Zealand and Blumhardt Foundation

 

Richard Stratton (opens 25 March)

New work by this Wellington potter. Developed as a touring exhibition.

 

Emma Fitts (opens 25 March)

New work by this New Zealand artist, alongside textile works from the collection

 

This Time of Useful Consciousness (opens 14 April)

Contemporary artists from New Zealand looking at environmental concerns in our digital age

 

Drawing Connections (opens 13 May)

Exhibition of drawings by New Zealand artists from the collection

 

Te Reo Show (opens 17 June)

Exhibition based on collection items and borrowed works, looking at the Māori language

 

Maureen Lander (opens July)

A new project by this senior artist, an expert in Māori weaving and contemporary sculpture

 

Fiona Clark (opens July)

Display of a large suite of documentary photographs from the Taranaki region from the collection

 

Handshake 3 (opens August)

New work by a group of New Zealand jewellers taking part in an international mentoring programme

 

Nick Mangan (opens August)

Survey show of rising Australian artist

 

Gavin Hipkins survey (opens November)

Major survey of New Zealand photographer and film-maker

 

Collection show (opens November)

Family-oriented exhibition based on the collection

 

Collection show (opens December)

Collection-based exhibition based on contemporary craft works (glass, textiles, ceramics, jewellery)