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Spring is almost here, and that means the start of the 3rd coromandel artbeat spring festival! Yes, it’s hard to believe, but we’re in round 3 already! Woop-woop!

In her solo exhibition of retrospective and contemporary work and aptly subtitled ‘A Textural Exhibition of an Exploration of Plant Dyes’, the artist wants to show the vast range of colour that can be obtained from plant dyes and earth pigments…

Sofia Tekela-Smith is a New Zealand-Rotuman artist specialising in jewellery and body adornments. Many may recall her stunning garland in the Art is Identity exhibition in Kūaotunu and Kapanga this past January. Sofia just returned from New York where her work is on show at the Oceania Gallery in the MET.

Over the coming months, we’ve decided to share the enthusiastically received exhibition, Art Is Identity. Our first choice is a long-held historical and collaborative pair: the delightful, talented, and humble Louisa Humphry and Kaetaeta Watson.

After eight years of dedicated service, Bernie Ross has retired from her role as an original Trustee of He Mana Toi Moehau Trust/ Creative Coromandel. A respected figure in the Whangamatā arts community, Bernie is widely known for her beautiful harakeke weaving and her passionate advocacy for Toi Māori/ Māori art.

By Jessica Paton In this Q&A session, Jessica Paton has a chat with our mayor and his musical partner about their musical background, what drives them,  and why they enjoy live perfoming the best of all. Q: Who Are You? Could you introduce yourself and give...

Ngākau Carving Symposium is back for its third year and kicks off next month in Thames between the 12th and 26th of April. With a fantastic lineup of artists, activities, and wānanga (workshops), this is a mahi toi event you do not want to miss! Ngākau this year has...

The annual artists’ open studios, held the first two weekends of March each year, feature a rich and eclectic mix of art mediums. This is a unique opportunity to visit and chat with member artists in their studios, see their work in progress, learn what inspires them and what new art they are creating, and buy directly from their studios.

“And then, for 10 days – with input from anyone who visits – we create a single piece of ever-shifting music, pieced together from the sounds and ideas made in the space.”

Art-Is Identity is a current statement in the politics of Aotearoa at this moment, an opportunity that might offer a public reflection of identity through art. It enabled the participatory artists to define and reflect various aspects of their identity and would resonate with the viewer’s curiosity about the multifaceted nature of identity.