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• School Holiday Fun at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre

  Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: families, children, arts, young people, activities, Film, School Holidays, creativity
  Te Matatiki Toi Ora | The Arts Centre will be bursting these school holidays, with creative activities to inspire, enthuse and spark the imagination of tamariki

• Ex-soldier's tribute brightens Chorus cabinet

  Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, Community
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 28th August 2023 A colourful tribute to New Zealand and Australian soldiers is catching the eye of people travelling on Pages Road in Wainoni

• Transforming Waimakariri District with Cabinet Art

  Posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, technology, Community
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 18th July 2023 Cabinet art is coming back to the Waimakariri District and now is the time for artists to get designing

• Children's claymation series comes to life at Turanga

  Posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, exhibition, arts
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th June 2023 Kiri and Lou explore the world of feelings, childhood emotions and friendship

• Transforming tragedy through creativity

  Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: event, Community, recovery, arts, exhibition
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th March 2023 A new exhibition opening soon at Tūranga Central Library demonstrates the power of art as a tool for healing

• Concrete pour major milestone in Court Theatre build

  Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, rebuild, recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th March 2023 Construction of The Court Theatre’s new home in central Christchurch has begun

• Christchurch's The Year of the Arts ramps up

  Posted: Friday, March 3, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, festival, event
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd March 2023 The local arts scene is getting a boost through the Year of the Arts (YOA) initiative

• Shift: Urban Art Takeover opens this weekend

  Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, exhibition
  Urban artists have converged on the city and they are running the show! They are going to paint the town red - or at least the museum! More than 60 urban artists including six international artists have been let loose in the Canterbury Museum as part of S

• Visits increase as public confidence returns

  Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th December 2022 Visitor numbers to Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū are starting to see a return to normal after three years of COVID-19 disruption

• Thousands enjoy first year at Te Ara Ātea in Rolleston

  Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, culture, learning, community connection, library
  Selwyn District Council News: 21st November 2022 As it approaches its first birthday Te Ara Ātea is already showing itself to be one of the most popular community facilities in the district

• Hawkins appointed to build The Court Theatre

  Posted: Friday, November 4, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, built environment, recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 3rd November 2022 With funding now secured for The Court Theatre’s new central city home, Christchurch City Council has appointed Hawkins to deliver the project in 2024

• Government grant to help pay for Canterbury Museum redevelopment

  Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Community, arts, culture, history
  Christchurch City Council Newsline 12th October 2022 A one-off Government grant of $25 million will allow Canterbury Museum to push on with its planned redevelopment

• Theatre Performance classes from Many Hats Theatre Company

  Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in: Training With tags: disabilities, Community Groups, arts, development
  Would you like to gain a new skill, and apply yourself to some personal development? Many Hats Theatre Company provide inclusive drama groups that create a performance environment for vulnerable adults and adults with disabilities who may never have had t

• Pahu! exploding at Te Ara Atea

  Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, exhibition
  Selwyn District Council media release: 20th July 2022 A new six-month long exhibition has just opened at Te Ara Ātea, and has completely changed the ‘vibe’ in the building

• Going to the chapel

  Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, built environment, recreation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 5th July 2022 A shell-shaped chapel that won people’s hearts has been restored and moved to a prominent spot next to He Puna Taimoana Hot Pools on the New Brighton foreshore

• Support the White Room on Wheels project

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: funding, fundraising, arts, Community Groups
  The White Room Creative Space’s White Room On Wheels (WROW) project has been chosen to be part of the Boost Ōtautahi. The White Room has been chosen to receive match funding along with 14 other art projects in Christchurch

• Riverside phones way to talk your worries away

  Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental wellbeing, arts
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 27th April 2022 Inspired by the story of a grieving man following the 2011 Japan tsunami, the organisation behind the River of Flowers project has installed 12 telephones along the river to talk your worries away

• Celebrating 10 years of cabinet art in Otautahi Christchurch

  Posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, built environment
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th March 2022 A joint initiative between Christchurch City Council’s Graffiti Team and telecommunications provider Chorus has helped turn dozens of mundane metal cabinets into small works of art

• New vending machine dispenses art

  Posted: Thursday, February 10, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, support
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 9th February 2022 A unique piece of international art can be yours for the same price as of a pound of butter

• Family matters for Doris Lusk Reserve artwork

  Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, parks
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 3rd May 2021 A reimagined interactive artwork of a well-known painting by Doris Lusk – created by two of her granddaughters – will take pride of place in a reserve named in the artist’s honour