News

10 Jan 2019

Getting to know our new Director, Karl Chitham

With the new year freshly begun, we sat down with Karl to learn a little more about our newest member of the team.

21 Dec 2018

Connection: The Arts Communications Hui – A Roundup

This November arts communicators, promoters and marketers joined us at The Dowse Art Museum to meet, network and learn how to expand coverage and reach new audiences in ...

20 Dec 2018

Four Gifts for a Coffee Lover

Four more days of Christmas shopping to go, so here are four ideas for your favourite coffee-lover!

12 Dec 2018

A present to The Dowse

This summer we are refurbishing the Blumhardt Gallery to make sure our awesome visitors and our wonderful art works have a great experience with us.

10 Dec 2018

Holiday open hours

This summer we are open 10am – 5pm every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The rest of the time we will be open ...

3 Dec 2018

Vivian Lynn, 1931–2018

The Dowse whānau is saddened to hear of Vivian Lynn’s passing today.

Jo Howard's cat plates joined by delightful Gill Burke knitted toys

27 Nov 2018

Five Gifts For An Animal Lover

Continuing on in our quest to to help you Christmas shop, presenting Five Gifts for an Animal Lover!

27 Nov 2018

Five Gifts For Your Eco-Friendly Friend

The lead up to the holiday season is well underway, whether you like it or not! Here at MINE: The Dowse Shop, we want your present shopping experience ...

23 Nov 2018

Be a Pattern Project Patron

The next edition of The Dowse Pattern Project is set to launch this weekend, in celebration of Museum Store Sunday on 25th November. The Pattern Project was first ...

Peter with his son Clovis and grand-daughter Rita at the opening of Peter Peryer: A Careful Eye. 23rd November 2014.

19 Nov 2018

Peter Peryer, 1941 – 2018

With heavy hearts we mark the passing of our dear friend and artist Peter Peryer.

8 Nov 2018

Congratulations to the winners of The Friends of The Dowse ECC Student Craft Design Awards

On Thursday 1 November at the ECC showroom in Wellington The Friends, our wonderful sponsors and judges, students from around New Zealand, lecturers, family and friends came together ...

POCKET HISTORIES EXHIBITION VIEW. PHOTO CREDIT SAM HARTNETT. COURTESY TE URU Scalene (2016), Nonagon (2018), Varvara (2017)

6 Nov 2018

My Yarn

A personal take on Vita Cochran’s embroidered splendour by Marketing and Communications Intern, Brittany Robson