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• 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

• New exhibition of Māori moving images

  Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, exhibition, maori
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th May 2022 The newest exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū has some of Aotearoa’s leading Māori artists embracing moving image – from slick animation to 16mm film, with an unexpected dose of kara

• 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

• Donate to help fund the St Albans Community Garden Shed Mural

  Posted: Friday, April 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: support, arts, community gardens, funding
  Help Sustainable St Albans raise funds to commission mural artist Koryu Aoshima to brighten up the garden shed with a design inspired by the produce of the new community garden. Six months ago 130 Caledonian Road was an empty section

• 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

• New exhibition celebrates art of Maori weaving

  Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: maori, culture, arts, exhibition
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th December 2021 The art of Māori weaving was under threat 40 years ago, and is celebrating its survival against overwhelming odds in a world first exhibition - Te Puna Waiora: The Distinguished Weavers of Te Kāhui Wh

• New opening date for Ravenscar House Museum

  Posted: Thursday, October 7, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th October 2021 Christchurch’s stylish new art museum – Ravenscar House Museum – will open to the public on Monday 8th November 2021

• Fee changes coming as new budget is introduced

  Posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, arts, pools, parking
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th June 2021 Fees and charges for some Christchurch City Council-run services and facilities will change over the coming months

• 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

• Digital exhibition captures community earthquake images

  Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, disasters, recovery, exhibition, earthquake
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th February 2021 Several seldom seen photos capturing post-earthquake life in Christchurch will go on show in a new digital exhibition by Christchurch City Libraries to mark the 10th anniversary of the quakes