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2 Jul 2018

Caring for Aotearoa New Zealand’s contemporary jewellery history

Help us make a new home for our contemporary jewellery collection.

SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS, INSTALLATION VIEW. PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHN LAKE.

18 Jun 2018

Reflections on Art, Craft, and the AIDS Crisis

When you spend several months researching something, you can find yourself becoming numb towards your object of inquiry. The human cost of something as catastrophic as the HIV/AIDS ...

12 Jun 2018

This month in the arts

Each month Courtney chats to Kathryn Ryan on her show Nine to Noon on RNZ. In this blog we’ve rounded up the projects discussed so that you can ...

Kit-Set Whanaungatanga nested in foam with duvet supports

1 Jun 2018

Seatbelts for art

As the long weekend stretches out ahead of us, thoughts of packing up and travelling to visit friends and family come to mind. Here at The Dowse we’re ...

21 May 2018

Our Pattern Project is tops!

Last night the 2018 ServiceIQ New Zealand Museum Awards winners were announced at a heart-warming celebration at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Excitingly our Pattern ...

Lauren Kalman 'But if the crime is beautiful - Strangers in the garden'

11 May 2018

Lauren Kalman: All That Glitters Open Day Presentation

In celebration of our first ever exhibition of international contemporary jewellery, The Language of Things: Meaning and Value in Contemporary Jewellery, The Dowse hosted a special open day ...

Milly Mitchell-Anyon. Photo: Kirsty Baker

10 May 2018

Our New Blumhardt / Creative New Zealand Curatorial Intern Is…

The Dowse is extremely proud to partner with the Blumhardt Foundation and Creative New Zealand to invite an emerging curator to create an exhibition for our programme to ...

'THE LANGUAGE OF THINGS' INSTALLATION VIEW WITH YUKA OYAMA'S 'HELPERS – CHANGING HOMES'.

9 May 2018

Sian van Dyk discusses Helpers: Changing Homes

Listen to Sian van Dyk as she takes Eli Hill from The Hutt Zone on a guided tour of Yuka Oyama's work Helpers – Changing Homes. This work is ...

Otto Künzli with fianl chain made by students. Photo: Therese Hilbert crop

17 Apr 2018

Otto Künzli chats to Kim Hill

On Saturday Morning, 14 April, the dear and talented Otto Künzli chatted all things contemporary jewellery with Kim Hill.

'The Language of Things' installation view

11 Apr 2018

Wearing Materiality

Lucy Jackson has generously reviewed The Language of Things: Meaning and Value in Contemporary Jewellery in EyeContact.

10 Apr 2018

Episode 49: Pattern Project

In this episode of the podcast, Sasha Greig and Michael pester discuss The Dowse's Pattern Project - a partnership between emerging and local designers, and MINE: The Dowse ...

Harriet McFettridge and whānau at the opening of Gavin Hipkins: The Domain

25 Mar 2018

Networking, generosity and internships

One of the best things I did last year was work with two talented interns from Victoria University. Both were a pleasure to work with and brought a ...