Home News News Menu ↑ BlogMedia ReleasesPodcastOur Favourites 22 Sep 2020 COVID-19 update: The Dowse is open The Dowse Art Museum is open today. Read More 17 Sep 2020 Watch: Tu’ifonualava Kaivelata - Making & Playing Tongan Fangufangu, Mimiha & Tukipitu In celebration of Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e Lea Faka-Tonga / Tongan Language Week (6-12 September), artist and musician Tu‘ifonualava Kaivelata shares his knowledge and practice of tufunga ngaohi ... Read More 27 Aug 2020 Listen: Gimme Shelter, a conversation on architecture and care Facilitated by writer and lecturer Dr Tim Corbalis, listen to this discussion with urbanism senior lecturer Dr Rebecca Kiddle (Ngāti Porou, Ngā Puhi), PhD candidate and public art curator ... Read More 20 Aug 2020 2020 NZ Student Craft / Design Awards Entries to the 2020 ECC NZ Student Craft / Design Awards will open on 1 September. The awards are open to all students who are currently enrolled to ... Read More 3 Aug 2020 LISTEN: Maramataka workshop with Nikau Hindin, Hinerapa Rupuha & Raihania Tipoki For the opening of Nikau Hindin: Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai, Nikau was joined by apprentice navigator Hinerapa Rupuha (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Whānau a Apanui) and indigenous activist and voyager Raihania ... Read More 3 Aug 2020 Taita Central School x Ā Mua: Animated whakapapa Taita Central School, 2020Animated Whakapapa Read More 3 Aug 2020 The Dowse x TMD Crew: Street Art Mentoring Programme A group of Lower Hutt rangatahi learn 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 28 Jul 2020 Contemporary Jewellery in Aotearoa (revisited 2020): Areta Wilkinson & Alan Preston Relive a defining moment in Aotearoa’s jewellery history, with this special presentation by Areta Wilkinson, Alan Preston and special guests at The Dowse Art Museum, 12 July 2020. Read More 28 Jul 2020 Fiona Amundsen & Tim Corballis: Essay on ‘Human Hand’ Care […] corresponds to a quite ordinary reality: the fact that people look after one another, take care of one another, and thus are attentive to the functioning ... Read More 14 Jul 2020 Poem by Nikau Hindin: Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai Poem by Nikau Hindin, as part of Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai, on until 4 Oct 2020. Read More 13 Jul 2020 TMD & local rangatahi take art to the streets of Lower Hutt Year-long street art mentoring programme begins 16 July 2020. Nine Lower Hutt rangatahi will have the chance to learn from world-renowned street artists and create murals around their ... Read More 23 Jun 2020 Listen: Artist talk with Nikau Hindin, Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai Listen to Nikau Hindin speak about her work in Kōkōrangi ki Kōkōwai, during a live artist talk recorded at The Dowse on Saturday 20 June 2020. Read More Load More