Home News News Menu ↑ BlogMedia ReleasesPodcastOur Favourites 29 Apr 2022 Yarns With Ans - Time Capsule: Ans Westra in the Hutt On a rainy morning at the beginning of autumn, in a slightly unpredictable council car, I joined photographer Ans Westra and curator Sian van Dyk for a four-wheeled ... Read More 12 Feb 2022 Mark Schroder – Workplace Orientation 'So... Tell us about the cheese and the bananas.' Artist Mark Schroder and Gus Fisher Gallery Curator, Lisa Beauchamp take us on a workplace orientation in 'Mark Schroder: ... Read More 23 Sep 2021 Claudia Kogachi in conversation with Chelsea Nichols Did your mother ever tell you, ‘There’s no I in team’? Claudia Kogachi’s mom did, so she made it the title of her exhibition.Senior Curator Dr. Chelsea Nichols ... Read More 8 Sep 2021 COVID-19: The Dowse is open COVID-19 Update Read More 24 Aug 2021 Dr Bronwyn Lloyd announced as Blumhardt Curator 2021 The Dowse is excited to announce Dr Bronwyn Lloyd as its 2021 Blumhardt Curator, as part of a new programme developed by the Blumhardt Foundation in partnership with ... Read More 2 Aug 2021 The Dowse x TMD Crew: Street Art Mentoring Programme A group of Lower Hutt rangatahi learned from world-renowned street artists to create murals around their communities as part a year-long street art mentoring programme hosted by The ... Read More 24 Jul 2021 Fiona Pardington, The Golden Huia: ‘Spectacular’ new commission for The Dowse The Golden Huia, a major new artwork by leading Aotearoa photographer Fiona Pardington, was unveiled tonight (Friday 23 July) at a glittering event to celebrate The Dowse Art ... Read More 6 Jul 2021 Homecoming for Shane Cotton Major exhibition of new work by renowned artist Shane Cotton at The Dowse, 17 July Read More 6 Jul 2021 Breaking the Bronze Ceiling opens From bronze and ceramics to duct tape and wool, a new exhibition at The Dowse celebrates five decades of female sculptural practice in Aotearoa. Read More 21 Jun 2021 [WATCH] The Most Dedicated: Street Art Festival takes over Lower Hutt, 2021 In March 2021, The Most Dedicated: Street Art Festival turned Lower Hutt CBD into an outdoor art gallery with internationally acclaimed street art collective TMD Crew. Read More 14 May 2021 Fun and friction played in Mother-Daughter portraiture From surfing to tennis to golf, sports become a playful metaphor for exploring the challenging emotional terrain of the mother-daughter relationship in There’s No I In Team, a ... Read More 9 May 2021 Top Art comes to The Dowse Some of New Zealand’s best secondary school artwork will be on display at The Dowse from 10 - 14 May 2021, as part of the Top Art exhibition. Read More Load More