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Soap Carving. Whānau Drop-in. Thursday 8 October. 11:00am-1:00pm. All ages welcome! FREE | RSVP Appreciated. Try your hand at the age-old art of soap carving! Using soft ivory soap, wooden knives and bamboo sticks, carve and whittle away to create

Sculpture from Found Objects. School Holiday Workshop (kidsonly). Tuesday 6 October . 10:00am–11:30am | 1:00pm–2:30pm. Ages 5+. $10 | Bookings Essential. Drop-off your kids for a fun school holiday workshop. Choose a treasure from nature- a

Wayne’s Dojo: A Creative Workshop with Wayne Youle. Sunday 4 October, 10am-12pm. Free | Registration Required. In this workshop Wayne Youle will be focusing on harnessing and embracing your creative spark to make badges using collage, text and more

Art for Educators: A Professional Development Workshop with Wayne Youle. Saturday 3 October, 9am-3pm. Free | Bookings essential. “The toughest part as an artist (for me at least) is the unlocking of ideas.the starting of something, the loosening

FROGS! Whānau Drop-in. Thursday 1 October. 11:00am-1:00pm. All ages welcome! FREE | RSVP Appreciated. Step into the painted worlds of Kushana Bush’s exhibition Pobblebonk. A pobblebonk is a type of frog known for its strange call, which sounds a

Inked Creatures. School Holiday Workshop (kidsonly). Tuesday 29 September. 10:00am–11:30am | 1:00pm–2:30pm. Ages 5+. $10 | Bookings Essential. Drop-off your kids for a fun school holiday workshop. If you love to doodle and draw, this is for you!

Opening Floor Talks: Kushana Bush and Laura Emel Yilmaz. Saturday 19 September, 11am. Free | RSVP appreciated. Two intriguing and otherworldly new shows are opening at The Dowse, full of strange creatures and untameable bodies. The intricate

Kushana Bush, Clown Madonna and Child, 2024. Gouache and watercolour on paper. Kushana Bush, Giant Toad Must Die, 2020. Gouache and watercolour on paper. Private collection, Dunedin. Kushana Bush, It Hides Behind Itself, 2025. Gouache and

Laura Emel Yilmaz, Metra Morpher (film still), 2026. Spatial design for Laura Emel Yilmaz, Metra Morpher, 2026. Laura Emel Yilmaz, Metra Morpher (film still), 2026. Previous. Slide to 0. Slide to 1. Slide to 2. Next. Metra Morpher is an immersive,

The Shape of Words. Sunday 13 September, 1pm. Free | Registrations appreciated. Hear from some of New Zealand’s best contemporary poets as they translate master jeweller Warwick Freeman’s works into words. Exhibition Hook Hand Heart Star

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School Holiday Workshop: Soap Carving

School Holiday Workshop: Sculpture from Found Objects

Wayne’s Dojo: A Creative Workshop with Wayne Youle

Art for Educators: A Professional Development Workshop with Wayne Youle

School Holiday Workshop: Frogs!

School Holiday Workshop: Inked Creatures

Opening Floor Talk: Kushana Bush and Laura Emel Yilmaz

Kushana Bush: Pobblebonk

Laura Emel Yilmaz: Metra Morpher

Poetry: The Shape of Words