Sunday 7 October 2018, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm The history of jewellery with John Benjamin Royal Society of New Zealand 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington John Benjamin, a noted jewellery expert and regular contributor to BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow will give a talk on The History of Jewellery from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth Taylor followed by a workshop and jewellery appraisal on Sunday 7 October in Thorndon. $35.00
Thursday 13 October 2022, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Floortalk: Lifting the lid on the photobook phenomenon Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington In this 'Art on Thursday' session Curator Photography Athol McCredie will walk us through Worlds Within. $25.00
Friday 17 February 2023, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Studio Visit: Virginia Woods-Jack, Juliet Black and Rachael Weeber 30 Upstairs Studio 30 Courtenay Place, Wellington 6011 Virginia is looking forward to meeting the Friend's again and to giving you an in-depth talk. Artists will be in the studio to answer your questions - with such a variety of work this promises to be a very interesting time! $20.00 – $25.00
Thursday 9 March 2023, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm High Tea: Celebrating Katherine Mansfield Icon, Level 2, Te Papa Cable Street, Wellington In 1940 the National Art Gallery acquired a striking portrait of Katherine Mansfield, by the American artist Anne Estelle Rice. It is a bold, modern painting, full of colour and pattern, and alive with the rhythm of early 20th-century modernism. $65.00 – $80.00
Sunday 26 March 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Talk: The BBC Antiques Roadshow Soundings Theatre, Level 2 Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand Marc Allum shares his personal insight and experience of Antiques Roadshow and it's many great discoveries, drawing upon his knowledge of the world of art and antiques. $20.00 – $25.00
Thursday 30 March 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Talk: What Isabella wanted: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston’s Gilded Age Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand ***SOLD OUT*** Hear about the self-assembled collection of art and objects created by Isabella Stewart Gardner, from her first purchase of Johannes Vermeer's The Concert. $25.00 – $30.00
Monday 17 April 2023, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Book Talk: A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa 55 Cable Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand With his recently published “A History of New Zealand in 100 objects”, Jock Phillips creates powerful stories about exhibits in museums, including 24 objects held by Te Papa. $25.00 – $35.00
Friday 5 May 2023, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Local Art Tour: Artists on Artists – Twentysix Gallery Visit Twentysix Gallery 26 Constable Street, Wellington, New Zealand We are delighted to invite you to join us for a personally guided tour of the Artists on Artists exhibition led by curator and exhibiting artist, Lindsey Horne. $20.00 – $25.00
Friday 9 June 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm TALK: Digby-Woolf Photo Digitisation Project Rangimarie, L3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand With an estimated quarter of a million negatives, The Spencer Digby - Ronald D. Woolf Collection is a treasure trove of images of faces and moments from Wellington’s past. The collection ranges from the 1930s to the 1980s and includes studio portraits, wedding photographs, and shots from community events like wrestling tournaments and cat shows among many other things. $25.00 – $30.00
Thursday 15 June 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Talk: From Rural to Urban: How Indian Textile Artists Adapted During Covid-19 Rangimarie, L3, Te Papa Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand With post-covid borders now open again and tourists returning, Joji and Shani have picked up the metaphorical threads of their connections in India and will talk to us about the impact of the pandemic on the handcrafted textile industry in India, how it has recovered and what changes the pandemic has led to. $25.00 – $30.00