SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE in our Xmas Show!

Eclectic – varied – exciting – bright – accomplished – these are just few descriptors for our end-of-year Exhibition at Kapiti Gallery.

The “Christmas Show” has plenty of gifts to choose from, as well as art in several media, jewellery, pottery and stitching, sculptural works, greetings cards, art prints… and so much more.

ATTRACTIVE FAMILY LOCATION

Bring a friend and visit your local gallery on the coast: Kapiti Gallery in the Matai Road Reserve at 192 Matai Road, Raumati Beach. Children will enjoy the recently refreshed playground; there are a couple of picnic tables and plenty of on- and off-street parking.

BUY LOCAL!

Every item is for sale, and each one is made by a Kapiti Coast artisan, crafter and/or artist.

JOIN US to create in great company: 2023 subscriptions – payable by the end of January – work out to less than $2.00 per week. You can join as many groups as you wish, and display and sell your work in our gallery or Arts and Crafts shop in Raumati village. If you’re already a member, share this post with a friend and encoourage them to join.

We’re open Thursday to Sunday, 10.00 am-3.00 pm until Christmas Eve.

The gallery will then be closed for a refresh & refurbishment until mid-January 2023.

Happy holidays!

Oils & Acrylics at Coastlands, October 2022

The Oil and Acrylic Group is holding an Exhibition in Coastlands Shopping Center on 27th, 28th and 29th October 2022.

Come along and join us!

2020 Coastlands Exhibition

Oil paintings at Coastlands

Here are a few examples of recent work by our members:

Guest & featured artists

A new page on our website will feature the guests we invite to join exhibitions in Kapiti Gallery; sometimes members of the Society are “featured artists”, and we’ll include them, too. The new page is a work-in-progress as we bring it up to date. You can also see some of the guests who’ve exhibited with us on our Pinterest page.

KA&CS Award winners 2022

Congratulations to all KA&CS Award winners and thanks to everyone who entered work in the “New Zealand Icons” exhibition.

We had a good crowd of members, friends and family at the Celebration of the Awards on Saturday afternoon (despite the weather!) See some photos below, and more on our Facebook page.

Results are:

Art Awards – Winner: Nancy Anderson, “Thermal Wonderland”

Highly Commended: Merlene Beard, “Anything Goes” and Valerie Falkner, “The Voyage”

Craft Awards – Winner: Pam Stapleton, “Piwakawaka (Small)”

Highly Commended: Alison Parsons, “Red Beech Forest” and Val Waugh, “Beehive”

Our special thanks to Harriet Bright for judging the work.

Fine Feathers in fibre and birdhouses

The “Fine Feathers” exhibition in May-June 2022 showcases the creativity of our Spinning, Weaving and Knitting and Felting Group members: there are many fibre forms to work with!

We’re also enjoying the quirky crafts of Bill Davies, birdhouse maker.

About Bill – from the Art Shed, Napier:

After hitch-hiking around Australia and working in Western Australia with Aboriginal groups, Bill returned to New Zealand and started a family. As he was always interested in horticulture he ended up running a commercial organic vegetable farm in Te Horo. Back injuries put paid to that so he retrained as a potter.

After 20 years potting he started dyeing fabric using plants and pigments found locally. In the background he was making bird-houses and they have taken on a life of their own. He loves searching for odd bits and pieces to decorate them with. Most are donated by people who have bought houses before. His flock is huge now, and his own house has many sparrow apartments on it!

Morning Light or Evening Glow?

Come to Kapiti Gallery’s Exhibition & sale of work by Society members – and see how featured artists Marion Henderson, Pauline Medhurst, Heather Chambers have responded to the challenge of this first exhibition of the year, with the theme “Morning Light or Evening Glow“.

Storm Davenport guest at Clay Expressions exhibition

“Clay Expressions” exhibition is now open at Kapiti Gallery, featuring work by our Pottery Group members, including guest artist Storm Davenport. Storm, a painter and sculptor, has spent fourteen years exhibiting throughout the Wellington region and greater North Island with work being held by many collectors both nationally and internationally.

Showing work her in galleries, art shows, fundraisers, community events and awards, she has won awards in both painting and ceramics.

Specializing in ceramic sculpture, she works from her home studio in Paraparaumu Beach where she has a gallery open to the public by appointment. Her work is inspired by ancient lost civilizations, and traditional firing techniques used to create refined but rustic artworks that tell a story.

From small wall-hung works to seven foot tall outdoor sculptures her works include:

The Warrior series: life sized warrior heads, breast plates and weaponry
Oceanic Life series: with whales, sharks, stingrays, jellyfish and kina
Animal series: white Rhino, bulls, war horses, buffalo, bear, warthog, mammoth, bees

Large outdoor totem series:

Black Arts
Life’s Backbone

Paintings:

Current series exploring themes of human contact and connection

Collaborative lighting artwork series with artist Peter Robson

FUNDRAISING

Some examples of fundraising work are:

5 years of gifted artworks to The Wellington Supper Club Auction for Ronald Ma Donald House with sales of over $10,000 gifted.
Ronald MacDonald Retreat Fundraising event 2015 gifted a painting which sold for
Wellington hospice Art from the Heart exhibition 2020
Kapiti Vaulting art show fundraiser The Vault, set up plus donation of commission 2019
Wellington Free Ambulance Art Show Fundraiser Artrove 2017 & 2018

CURRENTLY SHOWING AT:

Red Peach Gallery, Ahuriri, Napier
Artmospere Gallery, Waipawa
Artel Gallery, Otaki
Kāpiti Gallery, Raumati Beach

Images below include Storm’s current work and items exhibited at Kāpiti Gallery 2017 – 2019.

Fabulous Fibre: basket weaving, wool craft and fibre artwork

“Fabulous Fibre” exhibition and sale of work, with guest artist Mary Moon, will showcase the work of our spinners, weavers, knitters, fibre artists and felters. Most of the work on display will be for sale.

Mary has been an artist all her life, trained in oils and watercolour, and also has a lifelong interest in crafts. Now retired, Mary is currently focusing on Raranga (flax weaving). She did a year long course with Te Wananga o Aotearoa, learning all aspects of Māori weaving and its cultural context.

All her weaving is completed according to tikanga, from the harvesting of the harakeke to the final whiri (plait). Mary says, “I love that the items are from locally sourced materials, hand processed and biodegradable. At the end of their useful lives they return to Papatūānuku.”

Mary will be at the Gallery each Sunday of the exhibition, demonstrating the art of Raranga.

As well as spun, woven, knitted, felted and hand-crafted fibre artwork, Vivien Adams‘ prize-winning machine knitting will be on display.