Te Wāhi Toi/The Arts Place exists to connect the creative community of Queenstown and Wānaka with audiences, students, teachers, spaces and each other. We are a not-for-profit organisation powered by Three Lakes Cultural Trust and inspired by local arts and culture.
Among the highlights is a brand-new, site-specific wall painting by Arts Laureate John Reynolds, created live during the pre-opening of the exhibition. Additionally, works from Ani O'Neill, Gordon Walters, Veronica Herber, Julian Hooper, and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu are on display, all of whom are featured in the Chartwell Collection, one of Aotearoa's most significant collections of contemporary art.
Supported by the 2024 Garden Party donors of the Arts Foundation, Lyrics and Lines aligns with Chartwell’s pillars - Seeing, Thinking, Making - encouraging viewers to engage deeply with the creative process and the patterns that emerge from it.
Inspired by, and partnering with, the Chartwell 50th Anniversary Project 2024.
Observe Arts Laureate John Reynolds create a site-specific wall painting that responds directly to the theme of Lyrics and Lines. Witness his artistic process firsthand as Reynolds transforms the space with his unique interpretation of lines and marks. A rare opportunity to see a renowned artist create in real-time.
Celebrating the Chartwell Collection’s 50th anniversary showcasing six artists John Reynolds, Veronica Herber, Ani O’Neill, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Gordon Walters and Julian Hooper.
At the opening, Arts Laureate John Reynolds will speak about his site specific installation at Te Atamira and there will be a performance by At the World’s Edge Festival.
A chamber music festival in the southern alps. An exploration of people and place where folk and classical collide. A prism that takes our shared stories, heritage and history, and disperses them through the kaleidoscopic sounds of chamber music. Find out more here.
An installation and solo dance performance by Louise Potiki Bryant
In this new work, Ngāi Tahu choreographer Louise Pōtiki Byrant weaves animations created from her illustrations with filmed dance movement and her own live performance.
A lively evening of spoken word performance from four of New Zealand's leading poets: Tusiata Avia, Tayi Tibble, Hera Lindsay Bird and Daren Kamali. Responding to Te Atamira's exhibition Lyrics and Lines, and bringing their own creative lens on life and art, these writers will draw us into the magic of the written and spoken word.
Since 1974, Chartwell’s mission has been to understand, support, demonstrate and articulate the value and impact of creative visual experiences. We aim to enhance our understanding of the potential of the creative mind, and so encourage everyone to access and use both their sensing, imagining bodies and conscious, reasoning minds. The Chartwell Collection of contemporary art demonstrates our commitment to promoting creative visual thinking. It has been held on long term loan at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki since 1997. Click here to learn more about the Chartwell Project.
Image: John Reynolds, APOCALYPSEoCLOCK #3, 2022, Acrylic and paint marker on canvas (detail). Image courtesy of the artist and Starkwhite.
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Te Atamira, Remarkables Park
12 Hawthorne Drive, Queenstown 9300
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