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Angela Singer, Second Sight 2020 at The Dowse (install view). Photo by Mark Tantrum.

19 Jan 2021

Angela Singer: Second Sight artist talk

Dr Chelsea Nicholls chats to artist Angela Singer about her most recent exhibition, Second Sight. Singer discusses her practice and shares stories behind the ghost birds, floating snouts, ...

Xin Cheng and Adam Ben-Dror, Making like a Forest 2020 (install view) at The Dowse. Photo by Ted Whitaker.

30 Nov 2020

Making Like a Forest: Xin Cheng and Adam Ben-Dror

In Making Like a Forest, artist Xin Cheng and designer Adam Ben-Dror explore how kindness and care is embodied within two local communities: Common Unity Project Aotearoa and ...

Reuben Paterson, Black Matter 2020 (install view) at The Dowse. Photo by Hagen Hopkins.

23 Nov 2020

Reuben Paterson: in conversation

Listen to artist Reuben Paterson (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi) in conversation with curator and The Dowse director Karl Chitham (Ngā Puhi, Te Uriroroi) on the opening weekend ...

22 Sep 2020

Listening in: Fiona Amundsen, Tim Corballis & Emily Beausoleil in conversation

Artists Fiona Amundsen and Tim Corballis in conversation with listening theorist Emily Beausoleil as they explore listening as a social responsibility and a methodology for connecting.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Selection of works presented as part of the talk, 20 July 2020. Photo: Isobel Mackinnon

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.

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.

16 Jun 2020

Listen: Areta Wilkinson & Gina Matchitt in conversation, Ngā Hokohoko

Join Gina Matchitt (Te Arawa, Whakatōhea) in conversation with Areta Wilkinson (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha) about her practice, PhD and recent projects.

8 May 2020

Human Hand: Artist talk with Fiona Amundsen & Tim Corballis

Join artist Fiona Amundsen (2019 Fulbright Scholar & 2020 Walters Award nominee) and writer Tim Corballis in conversation with curator, Melanie Oliver (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o ...

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 ...