Nga mihi o Matariki, te tau hou - Happy Matariki to you all. Come and celebrate Matariki at Pataka with a constellation of exhibitions and events this June and July. Click on the blue text to link to each event/exhibition.
Exhibitions:
In the Bottle Creek Gallery we have Poi Poi Poi - work by Gabrielle Belz, Diane Prince and Shona Rapira Davies
In the Toi Gallery Simon Lardelli exhibits his pallet artworks which explore light & shadows and positive & negative spaces in his exhibition He Pou Manawa .
And the Tuatara Gallery has been transformed into a Matariki Wonderland - a fantastical starry place with glowing fluorescent lights and stellar activities.
Events:
Saturday 14 June - Porirua History Tour with Linda Fordyce. $12 per person, meet at Pataka
Thursday 3 July - Art Night: Po Whakaatu Toi - talks, music and free bus rides to other regional art venues, from 5-10pm
More information about Matariki Events throughout the whole Wellington region can be found here: http://www.matarikiwellington.org/