What's on at the Cultural Precinct
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IHC Telecom Art Awards
30 Jul 2010 - 5:00am - 10:00pm
Entry by donation
Since its inception five years ago, the IHC Telecom Art Awards have played a vital role in showcasing the talent of artists with an intellectual disability. The awards were established to encourage, support and recognise the art and creativity of people with intellectual disabilities. The event is steadily growing, with more than 400 people entering in 2009.
Top Floor Gallery Centre of Contemporary Art
Rutherford's Den
30 Jul 2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
By donation.
Take a trip back in time and meet the ghost of acclaimed Kiwi physicist Ernest, Lord Rutherford 'the father of the atom' in his original laboratory. Rutherford's Den is an inspirational multi-media experieince spread over six heritage rooms in the Arts Centre's Clock Tower.
Rutherford's Den, Clock Tower, 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch The Arts Centre
Blue Planet
30 Jul 2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Free
Blue is a feeling, a place to dream, an endless idea and the colour of our amazing planet as seen from space.
Looking at the ways artists have used the colour blue, Blue Planet celebrates imaginative art making and thinking, as well as different cultural and global perspectives.
Christchurch Art Gallery Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Massey's Heritage: Insights into the University's collection
30 Jul 2010 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Admission: Free
Delve into aspects of one of New Zealand’s most significant art and heritage collections: this exciting exhibition offers the chance to share stories about Massey University, its history and people through the objects from its collection, and to see ceremonial objects seldom seen outside of Massey University. The collection features artworks by leading New Zealand artists, as well as items from the Massey Silver Collection, gifted to the university by the family of former Prime Minister, The Right Hon. William F. Massey.
the Corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Boulevard Our City O-Tautahi
Sue Novell – 'Random Walk'
30 Jul 2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Entry by donation
Drawing reference from the mathematical formalisation called ‘Random Walk’, which describes the ceaseless and seemingly pointless movements of minute molecules through a path of uncertainty, Sue Novell begins an exploration of transformation through cause and effect. Molecules move ambiguously by tracing a straight path until they collide with another, then ricochet off into a random trajectory, only to repeat the same pattern countless times. Novell adopts this method of movement and flux to create large-scale, highly colourful acrylic paintings.
Front Gallery Centre of Contemporary Art
marketSOLE
30 Jul 2010 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Every Friday, the Arts Centre marketSOLE brings fresh seasonal produce into the heart of he city.
Sustainable, Organic, Local, Ethical.
Market Square, Worcester Blvd The Arts Centre
The Arts Centre Weekend Market
31 Jul 2010 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Each weekend - rain or shine - the Arts Centre Market burst into life with over 80 stallholders offering an ever-changing mix of top quality New Zealand-made art, craft and clothing, fresh local produce and international food. Plus enjoy free entertainment in the Quads and along Worcester Boulevard.
Worcester Boulevard The Arts Centre
Nature Photography
1 Aug 2010 - 9:00am - 9:00pm
Celebrating the natural world. An exhibition from Society of New Zealand Nature Photography. Level One, Central Library.
For more information see www.naturephotography.org
1st Floor, Central Library Central Library / Te Kete Wānanga o Ōtākaro
Babytime
2 Aug 2010 - 10:30am - 11:00am
During each session we will share a variety of stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and other book related activities. The programmes are especially suitable for under 2 year olds.
Centre for the Child Central Library / Te Kete Wānanga o Ōtākaro