Profiles

Creative spaces from Northland to Southland provide access to the arts for marginalised people and communities. This section profiles some of these creative spaces.

Groovy new space for Magenta

2 July 2010
Fiona Shaw “heaved a big sigh of relief” when a solution was found to the financial woes threatening the future of Nelson’s Magenta Creative Space earlier this year. View Groovy new space for Magenta...

Vincents Art Workshop: potential and ability

1 June 2010
Vincents Art Workshop is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year and is pulling out all the stops. Celebrations began in February with a Fringe Festival open day at the Wellington workshop and will continue until November with its Annual Group Exhibition at the St James Theatre Gallery. View Vincents Art Workshop: potential and ability...

Community Art Works: a reason to get out of bed

7 April 2010
“Expressing yourself through art is an essential part of life. You don’t have to be a fine artist to create art. If it pleases you and makes you happy then you need to do it,” says Faye Wullf, Co-ordinator of Community Art Works in Nelson. View Community Art Works: a reason to get out of bed...

King Street Artworks: driven by the artists

4 March 2010
“If someone wants to do something we’ll figure a way to do it,” says Harry Watson, one of the art tutors at King Street Artworks in Masterton. “It’s driven by the artists.” View King Street Artworks: driven by the artists...

Auckland Creative Spaces Network

3 March 2010
Auckland Creative Spaces Network (CSN) meets four times a year. Arts Access Aotearoa attended one of its meetings in early 2010, which was attended by 14 representatives from the region’s creative spaces; researcher and writer Tanya Black, Attitude TV; and IHC advocate Marguerite Vanderkolk. View Auckland Creative Spaces Network...

“No barrier to creating beautiful, interesting artworks”

15 December 2009
Dudley Arthouse, a creative space enabling artists with intellectual disabilities to develop their artistic skills, is firmly established in its Lower Hutt premises after moving from Petone in early 2009. View “No barrier to creating beautiful, interesting artworks”...

Challenging perspectives of dance and disability

26 August 2009
Jolt Dance Trust in Christchurch celebrate the unique qualities of its dancers and challenges perspectives about dance and disability, enabling people with disabilities to have a creative voice. View Challenging perspectives of dance and disability...

Lower Hutt artists welcome Lounge Gallery

23 July 2009
The warm and friendly atmosphere at Take 5 & Te Whare Marama in Lower Hutt now extends to its new art gallery, Lounge Gallery, opened in June and providing opportunities for its artists to exhibit and sell their work. View Lower Hutt artists welcome Lounge Gallery...

Artsenta, the heart of Dunedin

30 June 2009
Artsenta is a place where people can be creative – whether it’s drawing, painting, crafts, creative writing, making pottery or playing music. View Artsenta, the heart of Dunedin...

A small space in a cluster of studios

26 May 2009
Studio 2 is a small studio space in central Dunedin where people with disabilities are supported to create artworks, and exhibit and sell their work if they wish. View A small space in a cluster of studios...

A safe, creative environment

28 January 2009
Established in Whangarei in 1999 as a peer support service for mental health clients, Whau Valley Whaiora Support Trust has become a creative space providing a range of arts-based activities alongside and supported by peer and advocacy services. View A safe, creative environment...

Accessible art in Auckland

25 November 2008
“Toi tu” means to be upstanding in art and this captures the essence of Artstation toi tu’s activities. Making art accessible for all, fostering the arts and making opportunities for participation in the visual arts is what this Auckland community arts centre is all about. View Accessible art in Auckland...

The art of papermaking

8 September 2008
The Papermill is a creative space, established in Whangarei in 1989 to train people in the art of papermaking in a nurturing, supportive and educational environment. View The art of papermaking...

New kids on the block

21 July 2008
MARCO Trust moved to a fabulous new venue in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden in June 2008. As the new kids on the block, it celebrated with a Block Party for all its friends and supporters, and to meet its new neighbours. View New kids on the block...

Innovative art education programmes

19 May 2008
Spark Studio provides a learning environment in creative expression and visual arts for people with a wide range of disabilities. Operating from a quiet, peaceful centre in Fowlds Park, St Lukes, Auckland, it draws students from as far away as Waiheke Island and the North Shore. View Innovative art education programmes...