2:00 pm - 3:00 pm E. Mervyn Taylor: Artist Craftsman Wednesday 28 June 2017, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm E. Mervyn Taylor: Artist Craftsman A repeat talk and tour back by popular demand - Join Art Consultant Tony Mackle for a tour and discussion of previously unseen drawings and watercolours from the Taylor family estate in the exhibition E. Mervyn Taylor: Artist Craftsman $12
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Frances Hodgkins: the formative years Monday 10 July 2017, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Frances Hodgkins: the formative years Before Frances Hodgkins left for her first overseas trip in 1901 she painted, sketched and exhibited for some fourteen years. Art consultant Tony Mackle will discuss her formative years. $20.
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Landscape 2017 at Page Blackie Gallery Thursday 13 July 2017, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm 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.
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Rock art—the noisy kind Tuesday 18 July 2017, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm 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
1:30 pm - 3:45 pm Karori Cemetery, historic and heritage tour Monday 24 July 2017, 1:30 pm - 3:45 pm 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.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Trust in God and keep the kettle boiling Tuesday 25 July 2017, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 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.