Aratoi spring: “different perspective” on home

Aratoi’s spring collection of exhibitions explores what “home” represents – from food, textiles and

stories, these exhibitions will inspire you to look at your home from a different perspective.

Alongside the Main Gallery exhibition _ Cat Auburn and Christine Borland’s Approaching Home, and Bev Moon’s knitted yum cha banquet, Fortune _ two new exhibitions open in September.

In the Windows Gallery, discover a quirky take on a group exhibition with “Artists on Artists.”

In Artists on Artists, each artist is the subject of another artist’s work – like links in a chain. 

The audience follows the artworks around the exhibition to see how each artist has painted, photographed and created the work of another artist.

The exhibition features established and emerging artists such as photographer Felix Jackson, zine

artist Ali Pang / AAPPA-PAPPA, Adam Portraiture Award finalist Waiāio Ngā Mōrehu Elkington and Molly Morpeth Canaday finalist Bonnie Wroe.

In the Wesley Wing, just in time for the school holidays, is a staff and visitor favourite. 

Popular annual exhibition Breadcraft Wairarapa School’s Art is a splendid show to visit. Showing works from schools around the whole region, it is a vibrant and exciting look at what our students are producing in schools.

Natasha Priddle, Aratoi’s Educator was stunned by the variety and quality of work produced in the

Wairarapa schools this year.

“Selecting the works for the exhibition was extremely difficult,” she said. “The variety of techniques being taught in schools from such a young age is encouraging for the future of artists in this region.”

The exhibition has been run in the region since the 1980s and is made possible by the support of

Breadcraft.

More information on Exhibitions, Public Programmes and upcoming Events can be found on

our website www.aratoi.org.nz

Caption: Nadia Baird, Wairarapa Homeschoolers “Tiger,” 2024 acrylic