Coming up at City Gallery Wellington | Trios, talks, Family Day and mroe

EVENTS:

http://citygallery.org.nz/events

Weekend Exhibition Tours

Saturday and Sundays, 12.15-12.45pm | Free

Learn more about the exhibition with a 30-minute tour of selected works in Francis Upritchard: Jealous Saboteurs.

NZTrio Art3: Zoom

Thursday 7pm | Ticket charges apply

Enjoy piano-trio works from New Zealand and international composers John Musto, Chris Watson, Elliott Carter and Anton Zemlinksy in NZTrio's latest, Zoom.

There will be a free, open rehearsal at 3pm.

Tickets: $40 adults, $20 students and City Gallery Friends

Bookings: manager@nztrio.com | Ph: 04 913 9033

Matariki Development Festival Readings

Friday 17 and Sat 18 June, 11am–2pm | Free

MDF 2016 is an international script development festival featuring new works by tangata whenua writers from Aotearoa, Australia and Canada.

This year, it presents new writing by Hōhepa Waitoa with He Kura E Huna Ana, Jamie McCaskill with The Biggest and Mīria George with The Night Mechanics.

Talk: Amelia Barikin and Martin Patrick on Daniel Crooks

Saturday 18 June, 2pm | Free

Art historian Amelia Barikin (University of Queensland) and art critic Martin Patrick (Massey University) discuss the works of Melbourne-based, New Zealand artist Daniel Crooks that feature in Bullet Time.

ANZ Family Day

Sunday 19 June, 11am–4pm | Free

A day of free, fun art activities for the whole family. Explore art works on a kid-friendly exhibition tour, see short films from Square Eyes Film Foundation, draw, look and make.

There'll be prizes, giveaways and more.

NZIA City Talks: Ever the Land

Monday 20 June, 6pm | Free

Sarah Grohnert's 2015 documentary Ever the Land tracks the birth of New Zealand’s first ‘living building’, Te Wharehou o Tūhoe, exploring the sublime bond between a people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking.

In partnership with the New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Branch.

Time in te Ao Māori: Patu Hohepa, Huhana Smith and Ngahina Hohaia

Sunday 26 June, 2pm | Free

Perceptions and experiences of time in te Ao Māori are explored in this talk for Matariki, a time of renewal, memories and reconnections. Kaumātua Patu Hohepa, former Māori Language Commissioner, shares his theories of time alongside artists Huhana Smith and Ngahina Hohai.

In association with Bullet Time.

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