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Landscape 2017 at Page Blackie Gallery

'Landscape 2017' at Page Blackie Gallery explores how leading New Zealand artists - Rita Angus, Dick Frizzell, Michael Hight, Colin McCahon, Karl Maughan, Toss Woollaston and others, respond to their surroundings.

$20.

Rock art—the noisy kind

While the history of rock music is fascinating in itself—a ‘long strange trip’ as the Grateful Dead put it—it also reveals artists’ remarkable capacity to engage with new social formations ...

$12

Karori Cemetery, historic and heritage tour

... the fabulous stained glass windows of Wilhelmina Geddes ...a highlight of Irish Arts and Crafts specialist Dr Joseph McBrinn’s recent visit to Wellington.

$25.

Trust in God and keep the kettle boiling

History Curator Katie Cooper will explore the role of food in New Zealand’s rural communities, and how meals are used to mark social boundaries and cement social bonds.

$20.

The Fine Art of Caricature

Start the weekend on a high note – come along to the Portrait Gallery, handily located on the waterfront, relax with a glass of wine and be entertained by Listener columnist Jane Clifton, award-winning cartoonist Toby Morris and cartoon historian Ian Grant, with Ian Fraser as moderator, in a lively discussion

$10

St Mary of the Angels

St Mary of the Angels is an outstanding example of "ferro-concrete" Gothic design and is certainly Wellington's pre-eminent ecclesiastic architect Frederick de Jersey Clere's best known church.

Free

Studio tour — Anna Williams (i)

We visit the studio of Anna Williams who has made her reputation in repairing, mending, restoring and wall-mounting all kinds of handmade carpets, rugs, kelims, soumaks, and antiques.

Studio tour — Anna Williams (ii)

We visit the studio of Anna Williams who has made her reputation in repairing, mending, restoring and wall-mounting all kinds of handmade carpets, rugs, kelims, soumaks, and antiques.

$15.

Studio tour — Bob Kerr

Bob Kerr’s paintings have an illustrative and narrative quality, which reflects his position as an artist and an author. His historical landscape paintings are often unidealised and raw, revealing the stories embedded in the land and showcasing a beauty we may otherwise overlook.

$25 – $39

Wool on Parade

In this illustrated talk, Claire Regnault, Senior Curator History, will explore the early years of the IWS promotions in New Zealand, and in particular the organisation’s strategic use of British and European high fashion to promote the wonders of wool.

$3 – $25