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Workshop. Migratory Patterns - Art Making

He ārai kē (ārai kē) - Jesse-James Pickery
  
Image Credit Owen Spargo

On Saturday 1 March, join us for an art making session!

Opening. Two Walls Mural Opening

Nick Lowry, 'Breaking Reflection, Interior/Exterior'. Documentation by Virginia Ferguson.

Please join us and the CoCA team to celebrate the opening of our new mural by Nick Lowry 'Breaking Reflection, Interior/Exterior' 

Community. Migratory Patterns Opening Day

Hayley Walmsley, 'She always knew where home was…', 2024

Join us for an afternoon of activations to celebrate the opening of 'Migratory Patterns'

Opening. Migratory Patterns Celebration

Hayley Walmsley, 'She always knew where home was…', 2024

 

On behalf of the CSA Board of Trustees and CoCA whānau, we’d like to warmly invite you to the opening event of our first exhibition in 2025

Artist and Curator's Talk. The Fields - Talk

Hamish Coleman, Nice Town, 2024, oil on linen, 700 x 700mm.

Please join us for a discussion between Hamish Coleman and writer, gallerist, and exhibition-maker Francis McWhannell, touching on the inspirations behind this new body of work.

Opening. The Fields - Celebration

Nice Town, 2024, oil on linen, 700 x 700mm - crop
Courtesy of Season Aotearoa

 

 

 

Come celebrate the opening of 'The Fields' by Hamish Coleman

Workshop. 'aaj kal' artmaking

Tiffany Singh, detail of "Lands of Spice and Honey". Photo by Bri Lawrence.

Come along to the gallery and create your own artwork.

Workshop. 'aaj kal' artmaking

Tiffany Singh, detail of "Lands of Spice and Honey". Photo by Bri Lawrence

Come along to the gallery and create your own embroidery artwork.

Panel Discussion. 'aaj kal' floor talk

Cover image: Rhea Maheshwari, detail of Stillness, 2024

Join us at Ō Papa gallery to hear from the artists behind aaj kal, and learn more about their practices and inspirations for their show.

Opening. 'aaj kal' celebration

Rhea Maheshwari - Stillness (2024) acrylic on canvas 220mm x 300mm

You are warmly invited to celebration the opening of 'aaj kal'

Opening. Cirque du Killing Celebration

Artist image Minsoh Choi

Come celebrate the opening of the new exhibition from The Killing - Cirque du Killing - Feast

Workshop. Cold Listening - Writing and Zine Making Workshop

Cold Listening Install Documentation - Photo Credit Owen Spargo

Join us on Sunday 18 August, 1pm - 3pm for an artmaking session.

Artist Talk. Cold Listening Talk

Video still, Huapapa/Tasman Glacier, 2024

Join us for a floor talk with Jonathan Kay,  to discuss his new exhibition.

Opening. Cold Listening

Install image, Huapapa/Tasman Glacier, 2024, cyanotype on silk.

Come celebrate the opening of 'Cold Listening' by Jonathan Kay

Panel Discussion. SKUB Panel

Rachel Rattan - Colour Construction #21 

Early Artist Introduction: Q+A with the emerging curators Meg Doughty and Monica Wang, and SKUB president, Virginia Ferguson.

Workshop. Quilting from Scratch with Rachel Rattan

Rachel Rattan - Colour Construction #21 

A workshop exploring the process of quilt composition

Workshop. Clay Workshop with Mi Kyung Jang

Mi Kyung Jang - 'Ways of Knowing Part II' Install shot

Come and make fresh water mussel shells from clay with artist Mi Kyung Jang

Artist Talk. Ways of Knowing talk with Rachel Sleigh

Rachel Sleigh - install shot 'Ways of Knowing Part II'

Join us for a Ways of Knowing artist talk between Rachel Sleigh and the curators of the show.

Panel Discussion. Ways of Knowing Artist Conversation

Karen Greenslade's Upstream, Kahikatea Mourning, Installation view - photo credit Owen Spargo

Join emerging curators Meg Doughty & Monica Wang in conversation with Karen Greenslade, Samantha Allen, and Estefania Mondaca

Opening. Celebration - Ways of Knowing Part II

CoCA is excited to announce Ways of Knowing: Part II, the second outcome of our newly established Emerging Curators Programme designed to support early-career curators to develop group exhibitions.

Artist Talk. Ways of Knowing conversation with Ferne MacIntosh and Sam Walker

'Kenwood in the Car' (working title) 550x360mm, oil on cradled board, Work in progress by Sam Walker

Join emerging curators Meg Doughty & Monica Wang in conversation with two of the artists from Ways of Knowing Part I

Opening. Ways of Knowing Celebration

'Kenwood in the Car' (working title) 550x360mm, oil on cradled board, Work in progress by Sam Walker

Come and celebrate the opening of 'Ways of Knowing' curated by Meg Doughty and Monica Wang

Community. MAP Resides Closing Event - Exchanging Ideas

The curators of MAP Resides, Movement Art Practice's show at Ō Papa Gallery, invite you to sit with some of our past Artists in Residence for a kōrero about their residency experience.

Performance. Closing event - The streets are paved with water

Image courtesy of Hannah Everingham

Join us as we celebrate the final weekend of The streets are paved with water a show by Olivia Chamberlain and Sam Towse at Ō Papa Gallery.
We are excited to have an artist's response to the exhibition by Hannah Everingham.

Workshop. REACT - All day workshops

Andrea Monds

Come and join in on a whole day of activities with The White Room at CoCA.

Opening. REACT - Opening Celebration

Photo Credit - Andrea Monds

Please join us to celebrate the opening of 'REACT' by artists from The White Room.

Workshop. Hama meltable beads workshop with Alix Ashworth

Image caption: Alix Ashworth, Kōrero mai x5
How do we tell our kids the world is
burning?, 2024. Installation shot - Credit Owen Spargo.

Join artist Alix Ashworth for a workshop exploring colour, shapes, and patterns using Hama meltable beads.

Opening. Kia Ora Whaea - Opening Events

I te māra o te pō (Tākata Wairua) in the night garden. Emma Kitson, 2022 (detail).

Publication Launch. 'He Pounamu Ko Āu'

Join us here at CoCA to celebrate the launch of Tia Barrett's publication 'He Pounamu Ko Āu'.

Panel Discussion. Robyn Kahukiwa Kōrero

'Maori Never Ceded Sovereignty to the Crown', 2023
Acrylic on cotton canvas, 700 x 900 mm
Photograph by Samuel Hartnett, courtesy of the artist and Season, Tāmaki Makaurau

Join us on Saturday 25th November at 3pm with a panel of artists and curators discussing the incredible work of Robyn Kahukiwa both in the show 'Tangata Whenua', and also her prolific body of work as both a visual artist and writer.

Children's event. Ngā Pakiwaitara

Justice-Manawanui Arahanga-Pryor

Ngā Pakiwaitara Bilingual Storytimes

Opening. Tangata Whenua - Opening celebration

Robyn Kahukiwa

Survivor, 2022
Acrylic on linen in custom sapele frame
550 x 700mm
Photograph by Samuel Hartnett, courtesy of the artist and Season, Tāmaki Makaurau

 

Join us to celebrate the opening of 'Tangata Whenua', recent works by Robyn Kahukiwa.

Opening. WORKING PROGRESS

Artwork: 'Shelter' by Harriet Collins, MCP, 2021.
Photo credit: Andrea Goodman

Join us to celebrate the opening of WORKING PROGRESS: Postgraduate creative practice alumni from Ara.
  

5pm - 7pm

Talk. Whakawhanaungatanga - Floor talks

Photo credit: Jamie Price

Join us for lunch time floor talks with the 3rd year exhibiting students from Ara Te Pukenga and UC Fine arts, facilitated by John Vea, Lecturer in Sculpture.

Opening. Whakawhanaungatanga Opening

On the Couch - Roslyn McLean 2023

30th August 5pm

Publication Launch. Where light and footsteps fold Publication launch

Opening event photo credit Mikayla Hubert

Join us in Lux Espresso next Saturday 29th July from 3pm to celebrate the launch of Megan Brady’s publication Where light and footsteps fold.

Artist Talk. He Pounamu Ko Āu - Artist kōrero

Kia ora! Join us at midday on Saturday, 24th June in the Ō Papa Gallery, for a kōrero between Tia Barrett, Isla Huia, and Juanita Hepi on He Pounamu Ko Āu.

Opening. He Pounamu Ko Āu - Opening Event

Still from He Pounamu Ko Āu

Nau Mai Haere Mai!
  

Please join us to celebrate the opening of Tia Barrett's exhibition 'He Pounamu Ko Āu' on Friday 23rd June at 5.30 pm in the Ō Papa Gallery.

Community. He Pounamu Ko Āu - Trip to collect stones

Still from He Pounamu Ko Āu

As part of the process for creating Tia Barrett's new exhibition at CoCA we invite you to join Tia's whānau and friends and the CoCA team on a trip to collect the stones from Wairewa Birdlings Flat on Sunday 18th June.

Opening. Where light and footsteps fold

'Where light and footsteps fold' - design by Megan Brady

At 4pm there will be Whakawātea for Megan Brady's new mural commission 'Where light and footsteps fold', followed by kai and refreshments.

Artist and Curator's Talk. L.oen.nium - Artist Talk

Image Credit - John Collie
Eirth and Ifinity - L.oen.nium Installation view

 

Please join us for the first of our events on Saturday 26 November.

Opening. L.oen.nium - Opening Event

Fei, acrylic and oil on linen, 2022. 600x1200mm

Please join us on Friday 21st October from 5.30pm to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition in the Ō Papa gallery.

Tour. Women in Architecture and Design Tour

Photo Credit Grant Davis

On Sunday, Sept 11, CoCA invites you to explore a curated group of homes and projects from some of Ōtautahi's pre-eminent female creatives.

Artist and Curator's Talk. In conversation: Gently Ribbed

Image courtesy of the artist

Talk with Turumeke Harrington, Piupiu Turei, Kommi Tamati Elliffe and Chloe Cull, Saturday 8 October, 2pm

Opening. Gently Ribbed - Opening Celebration

Image courtesy of the artist

Please join  us on Friday 2nd September from 5.30pm to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition in the Ō Papa gallery.

Opening. Last swim of the summer - Opening Celebration

Ali Nightingale - 'Last swim of the summer'

You are warmly invited to the opening of a solo exhibition open at CoCA in conjunction with the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts  - 'Last swim of the summer' by Ali Nightingale

Panel Discussion. Panel discussion and publication launch: Competitive Plastics Essays

To accompany the exhibition 'Competitive Plastics', curator Heather Galbraith and artist Judy Darragh have commissioned new essays from two Ōtautahi based writers, Raewyn Martyn and Gwynneth Porter.

Performance. Post Anthropocentric Anthem Noel Meek responds to 'Judy Darragh: Competitive Plastics'

Judy Darragh’s Competitive Plastics considers many questions. What draws us back to the tactile, the textured, the patterned? What attracts us to the way things sit, droop, bundle, or wrap? How can we recycle, reuse and repurpose the objects that accumulate around us?

Artist and Curator's Talk. CANCELLED - 'Competitive Plastics': Artist and Curator in Conversation

Image Credit: Judy Darragh, ‘Capital’ (detail), 2021. Photograph by Samuel Hartnett.

Judy Darragh is widely proclaimed the Queen of Kitsch. Born in Ōtautahi Christchurch, 'Competitive Plastics' marks a jubilant homecoming for Darragh

Curator's Talk. CANCELLED - Richard Fahey on 'Tender Brick: The Material Epiphanies of Peter Hawkesby'

Image Credit: Peter Hawkesby, Smell Valve Test Trio, 2019. Photograph by Samuel Harnett.

Tender Brick: The Material Epiphanies of Peter Hawkesby charts the range and depth of Hawkesby’s ceramic production since his return to full-time making in 2016.

Opening. CANCELLED - Autumn Season Opening

Judy Darragh, Choir (detail), 2021. Photograph by Sam Hartnett. Courtesy of the artist and Two Rooms, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Join us on opening night to be amongst the first to visit our Autumn Season, which runs from Saturday 26 February to Saturday 7 May 2022.

Closing Party. 'Toro Whakaara' Closing Party

Installation view: Wayne Youle 'Glow'

Toro Whakaara: Responses to our built environment opened quietly due to Covid-19 safety restrictions so we are wanting to end it with a bang!

Workshop. 'Toro Whakaara' Fest: Felt Drawing with Kirsty Lillico

Kirsty Lillico’s installation for 'Toro Whakaara' incorporates textiles as the drawing method and medium – carpet and felt are cut and assembled to create compositions that evoke architectural drawing practice.

Artist Talk. 'Toro Whakaara': Edith Amituanai and Tim Veling in conversation

Edith Amituanai describes her practice as building up a complicated picture of place.

Tour. 'Toro Whakaara' Walk Series: Jessica Halliday uncovers hostile architecture

'Toro Whakaara: Responses to our built environment' explores the different ways in which we encounter and relate to the buildings and spaces we find ourselves in.

Tour. 'Toro Whakaara' Walk Series: Nathan Joe reviews the neighbourhood

Toro Whakaara: Responses to our built environment explores the different ways in which we encounter and relate to the buildings and spaces we find ourselves in.

Tour. 'Toro Whakaara' Walk Series: Abigail Hurst considers inner city housing

Toro Whakaara: Responses to our built environment explores the different ways in which we encounter and relate to the buildings and spaces we find ourselves in.

Performance. Ariā: Juanita Hepi

Responding to the work of Nathan Pōhio in 'The Mist and the Horizon', Juanita Hepi brings a new site-responsive interarts work to the North Gallery at CoCA.

Late Night. A Swallow's Tail: Ana Iti and Phoebe Hinchliff

Image Credit: Parallel Rose by Ana Iti

Ana Iti and Phoebe Hinchliff respond to 'Like pushing air' around by Luke Shaw.

Publication Launch. POSTPONED The Near Future - Book Launch

Image Credit: Hannah Watkinson

Due to the alert level changes and gathering restrictions in place this event has now been rescheduled. Attendance is strictly by invitation only. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Workshop. Drawing Party - SOLD OUT

Image credit: Warwick Freeman, Workshop Manual (detail) from Mark Work exhibition. Credit: Samuel Hartnett

As part of 'Mark Work', we are hosting a rolling cast of tutors for a drawing party at CoCA this August.

Each tutor will suggest alternative ways of tackling a drawing - taking inspiration from different forms, the architecture of the gallery and current exhibitions.

Workshop. Drawing in the Zone with Hannah Beehre SOLD OUT

Image Credit: Hannah Beehre, Mask, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.

Hannah Beehre has researched drawing practices, exploring the mechanics of art making and inspiration, over the past 10 years. One area of particular interest is the peak performance neural state known as flow and its potential as a tool for drawing.

Opening. Winter Season Opening

Image: Warwick Freeman, drawing, 2021. Photographer: Samuel Hartnett

Please join us in celebrating the opening of ‘Mark Work' by Raukura Turei, Julian Hooper and Krystina Kaza, Areta Wilkinson, Warwick Freeman, Hannah Beehre, in our Ō Raki Mair Gallery. In Ō Raki North Galleries we have ‘The Mist and The Horizon’, a collaboration between Nathan Pōhio and Luke Shaw curated by Jamie Hanton, and 'The Near Future' is in our Ō Papa ground floor gallery by Hannah Watkinson exploring the key elements that make up the socio-political climate of the Westport area, curated by Aaron Kreisler.

Artist Talk. Mark Work: Drawing Provocations with Warwick Freeman

Image Credit: Warwick Freeman’s drawings, Sam Hartnett

Join Warwick Freeman in conversation with Kim Paton as they delve into Warwick’s varied and extensive drawing practice.

Artist Talk. Mark Work: Connection with the whenua

Image credit: Raukura Turei’s painting in studio, 2021. Photo: Samuel Hartnett

In 'Mark Work', Raukura Turei presents a new body of works incorporating layers of onepū, black sand from the west coast beaches of Tāmaki Makaurau.  

Curator's Talk. Post Black curator floor talk: Aaron Kreisler

Image Credit: Culbert Hotere: Post Black, installation view, CoCA Toi Moroki, 2021. Photographer: John Collie.

Individually Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere are widely regarded as among New Zealand’s most singular and significant contemporary artists from the late twentieth-century. Join exhibition curator Aaron Kreisler for an informative talk about 'Culbert Hotere: Post Black'.

Fundraiser. CoCA 2021 Fundraising Dinner

CoCA invites you to attend our annual fundraising dinner in partnership with Lane Neave on Saturday 29 May 2021 as we transform the gallery for one very special night.

Workshop. A Short Run: Lathe Cutting with James Meharry

As part of the exhibition 'A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut Records', a series of gigs and events featuring leading artists in New Zealand’s rich underground music scene will take place in the gallery from March to May 2021.

Performance. A Short Run: Bad Evil and The Dirty Germs

As part of the exhibition 'A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut Records', a series of gigs and events featuring leading artists in New Zealand’s rich underground music scene will take place in the gallery from March to May 2021.

Performance. A Short Run: Omit and Bruce Russell

As part of the exhibition 'A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut Records', a series of gigs and events featuring leading artists in New Zealand’s rich underground music scene will take place in the gallery from March to May 2021.

Performance. A Short Run: White Saucer

As part of the exhibition 'A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut Records', a series of gigs and events featuring leading artists in New Zealand’s rich underground music scene will take place in the gallery from March to May 2021.

Workshop. A Short Run: Lathe Cutting with Johnny Electric

As part of the exhibition 'A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut Records', a series of gigs and events featuring leading artists in New Zealand’s rich underground music scene will take place in the gallery from March to May 2021.

Performance. A Short Run: Pumice

As part of the exhibition 'A Short Run: A Selection of New Zealand Lathe-Cut Records', a series of gigs and events featuring leading artists in New Zealand’s rich underground music scene will take place in the gallery from March to May 2021.

Opening. Autumn Season Opening

Image: 7-inch lathe cut record by Peter King. Photographer: Haru Sameshima

Join us in celebrating the opening of our autumn season of exhibitions, official launch of Two Walls and beginning of our programme partnership with Auckland public gallery, Objectspace

Artist and Curator's Talk. Drop-in Session and Kōrero with Ron Te Kawa

Image: Ron Te Kawa, quilt detail, 2020, The Sacred Kūmara Garden.

Fabric artist Ron Te Kawa will demonstrate his sewing and quilt making skills and kōrero about making for the final weekend of his exhibition, Hīnātore: A Time and Place to Rest.

Workshop. Energy Signals: Flag Making with Ron Te Kawa

Image: Ron Te Kawa, quilt detail, Kapa Haka Quilt Welcome Home, 2020.

 

Join fabric artist Ron Te Kawa for a free drop-in workshop as part of the exhibition, Hīnātore: A Time and Place to Rest.

Publication Launch. Drawing Room Publication Launch

Image: Aaron Paterson, Sarosh Mulla & Brendan Donovan, Installation view of Drawing Machine in Drawing Room at CoCA, 2020. Credit: John Collie.

 

Celebrate the launch of the publication of Drawing Room on the closing day of our Summer Season.

Performance. ARC

Courtesy of Josie Archer and Kosta Bogoievski

Join dance artists Josie Archer and Kosta Bogoievski as they present ARC, a movement response to Drawing Room by Aaron Paterson, Sarosh Mulla and Marian Macken.

Late Night. Summer Late Night with Public Transport and Nice Girl

Image: Nice Girl (left) and Public Transport (right).

Join us for our last monthly late night of 2020! Get excited for an evening in the summer sun with art, music and great food.

Opening. Summer Season 2020/21

Image: Courtesy of Aaron Paterson, Sarosh Mulla and Marian Macken.

Join us in celebrating the opening of our summer season of exhibitions.

Talk. Summer Season Opening Day Talks

Image: Telly Tuita.

Join us on the opening day of our summer season to hear the artists speak about their latest exhibitions.

Late Night. CoCA x Harmony & Rhythm Solo Session

Image: Umar Zakaria & Jimmy Rainey

Join us for an after-work drink and a taste of modern improvised jazz at our October Late Night.

Open Late. Music in Ō Raki Mair

Image: 'A way through' - Colin McCahon's Gate III, developed and toured by Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, in CoCA's Ō Raki Mair Gallery, 2020. Credit: Mitchell Bright.

We’re keeping the doors open next Wednesday for an evening of music in our newly opened spring season exhibitions.

Talk. Spring Season Talks

Rowe House, John Scott, 1977-78. Image: David Straight.

Join us in Ō Raki Mair and North galleries for back-to-back talks about our new upstairs exhibitions.

Tour. Art & Architecture Tour 2020

Sold out!

Open Late. Winter Late Night

We’re opening late! Join us for an after-work wine next Wednesday evening.

Fundraiser. Next Life 2020

Image Design: Lee Richardson

2020! The future is now! Pack up your memories and leave your past self behind. Goodness awaits. Next Life 2020.

Opening. Malcolm Terry: SIDEWAYS

Image: Courtesy of the Artist.

Join us for the opening of Malcolm Terry's exhibition, SIDEWAYS, in our Ground Floor Gallery.

Opening. WestFarbe (cancelled)

Image: Installation detail of Judy Durragh, SWARM (2009) for WestFarbe.

Due to the current health recommendations in response to COVID-19 there will not be a public opening for this exhibition.

Artist Talk. Emma Wallbanks

Image courtesy of Emma Wallbanks.

Join artist Emma Wallbanks as she discusses her current Ground Floor Gallery exhibition, Heteroglossia with our curator, Jess Adlam.

Opening. Emma Wallbanks

Image courtesy of the artist.

We are delighted to invite you to the opening of Emma Wallbanks' exhibition, Heteroglossia, in our Ground Floor Gallery! 

Artist and Curator's Talk. Gavin Hipkins and Robert Leonard

Gavin Hipkins, The Homely: Milford Sound (Falls), 2004. Colour photograph. Courtesy of the artist.

Join us on the opening day of our Summer Season as Gavin Hipkins and Robert Leonard discuss new exhibition, Gone Home, in our upstairs galleries. 

Opening. Summer Season 2019/20

Peter Peryer, The Meccano Bus, 1994. Photograph. Courtesy of the Estate of Peter Peryer.

Join us for the opening of our Summer Season of exhibitions - our last shows of 2019!

Talk. How to Crowdfund with Boosted

Artist Talk. In conversation: Conor Clarke, Tyne Gordon and Jess Adlam

Image: Installation view of Conor Clarke's Unchained Melody. Credit: Rachel King

Join artists Conor Clarke and Tyne Gordon as they chat with CoCA's Jess Adlam about their current exhibitions, Unchained Melody and Visitor.

Performance. Ōtautahi Tiny Performance Festival

Movement Art Practice presents Ōtautai Tiny Performance Festival: 14 hours of curated new wave performance.

Opening. Tyne Gordon and Jessie Rawcliffe

Tyne Gordon, the only other lizard i know, oil on aluminium, pewter frame, 2019, 155 x 205mm. Image credit: Mitchell Bright

 

Join us to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions on our Ground Floor!

Tour. Mid Century House Tour 2019

TICKET SALES CLOSED Join CoCA again on a self-directed tour of Mid Century Homes around Christchurch!

Opening. The Mid Century Project & Evangelyn Edilson

Image: Stephen Ormandy for Tim Ross: The Mid Century Project

You are warmly invited to the opening of two vibrant exhibitions in our Ground Floor galleries!

Up Late. The Mid Century Project Christchurch Live Show

Tim Ross returns to CoCA with The Mid Century Project Christchurch!

Artist Talk. Kate Unger & Peter Vangioni

Kate Unger in her studio. Courtesy of Kate.

Join Kate Unger and Peter Vangioni as they discuss their work in KP&WM: The makers behind the artists

Opening. Kate Unger, Peter Vangioni & Nicholas Keyse

Image: Kushana Bush, courtesy of Kate Unger

Please join us to celebrate the openings of Kate Unger and Peter Vangioni's exhibition 'KP & WM: The makers behind the artists' in our Ground Floor Gallery and Nicholas Keyse's 'Overshadow' in our Lux Gallery!

Toolbox Talk. Success in the Arts

Courtesy of Helen Calder

POSTPONED

Performance. she was the smell of good mud she is lady grey

Image credit: Jake Munro

Join ethical clothing designer Paige Jansen, contemporary choreographer, Julia Harvie, and seven stunning MAP community dancers as they perform a unique new dance work in Jansen’s clothes.

Opening. 27th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2018

Image: Award winner Paul McLachlan, Blue Lion (2018)

Archibalds and CoCA invite you to the public opening of the 27th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2018, the first time the awards exhibition has travelled to Christchurch in over twenty years.

Toolbox Talk. Avoiding Burnout as a Creative

Artist Talk. In conversation: Reece King & Jess Adlam

Image: Courtesy of Reece King

Join artist Reece King and Jess Adlam as they discuss Reece's exhibition 'The Divine Angle'.

Opening. Reece King: The Divine Angle & Alice Bray: Sidewinder

Courtesy of Reece King

Join us to celebrate the opening of Reece King's The Divine Angle in our Ground Floor Gallery and Alice Bray's Sidewinder in Lux Gallery!

Tour. Christchurch Art & Architecture Tour

Scarborough House by Athfield Architects

Image credit: Jason Mann Photography

SOLD OUT! Indulge in a day of art and architecture, wandering behind the doors of some of Christchurch's most incredible homes and private art collections

Toolbox Talk. Public Art in Post-Disaster Christchurch

Join us for Public Art in Post-Disaster Christchurch presented by Dr Martin Zebracki in partnership with the Christchurch City Council

Tour. Auckland Art Fair 2019

Dismemberment, Anish Kapoor; Image courtesy of Gibbs Farm

 

The Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki is delighted to again offer our patrons an exciting VIP trip to the Auckland Art Fair in 2019 – exclusive to CoCA Patrons.

Open Late. Fundraising Gala 2019

Be transported to another sphere for a ethereal black tie fundraising gala to support CoCA.

Artist Talk. Artist Talk: David Green

Image: Courtesy of the artist

Join us in Gorund Floor Gallery as artist David Green discusses his work Extraviado exhibting on our Moving Image Screens.

Artist Talk. Artist and Curator talk: Roy Good and Ed Hanfling

Image: Courtesy of the artist

Join artist Roy Good and curator Ed Hanfling as they discuss Roy's exhibition Parallel Universe in Ground Floor Gallery.

Opening. Love Lives Here: A Gathering

As our community comes to terms with the loss of 50 innocent lives, CoCA will open our gallery walls for people to write and process their thoughts.

Toolbox Talk. Anthropocene optics: Art, visual representation and environmental change with Dr. Rosie Ibbotson

Image: Courtesy of the artist.

Join Dr Rosie Ibbotson as she explores her research in Anthropocene optics: Art, visual representation and environmental change.

Tour. Brisbane Art and Design Tour 2019

Image: Ai Weiwei, Arch, Washington Square, New York, Crafted by Urban Art Projects, Image Courtesy of UAP

Join CoCA Director, Romy Willing, on an exclusive tour of the art and design must-sees in her hometown of Brisbane.

Late Night. Art About 2019

Image credit: Rachel King

Join us for a #differentnightout

Children's Workshop. CANCELLED CoCA Create! Brown and Sticky

Pauline Rhodes Time Ongoing installation view. Credit: Rachel King

Join us for a Pauline Rhodes inspired installation workshop, hosted by artist Gaby Montejo!

Tour. Patrons Exclusive: Tyne Gordon Studio Visit

Join us for an Patrons-only visit to the studio of Tyne Gordon, the 2018 Olivia Spencer Bower Award recipient.

Open Late. Geophagy Publication Launch

Join us for the official launch of Ruth Watson's Geophagy catalogue, the first publication produced by CoCA since our reopening.

Opening. Mitchell Bright & Viv Wotton

Please join us to celebrate a fabulous new year of exhibitions and arts experiences.

Artist Talk. Associated

Join the artists of Associated, the current exhibition in the Lux Gallery, for a series of quick-fire talks about the artworks and the process of creating the exhibition.

Artist Talk. In conversation: Pauline Rhodes and Dr. Barbara Garrie

Join Pauline Rhodes and Dr. Barbara Garrie in our upstairs, Mair and North Galleries as they discuss Pauline's exhibition Time Ongoing.

Film. Art21 Screening: Berlin

Olafur Eliasson for Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 9, Berlin.

Come along to our free screening of Art21's Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 9 episode, Berlin.

Opening. Chill and Thrills: CoCA's End of Year Celebration

Join us to celebrate the year that was and the year to come at CoCA's End of Year Celebration!

Artist Talk. Anne Noble

Piss Pole #6. Courtesy of the artist.

Come along to hear Anne Noble speak about her practice and Ground Floor Gallery exhibition, Phantasm: Discovering Antarctica. Free! 

Performance. Mettle

Julia Harvie, in response to Pauline Rhodes’ Time Ongoing, will be a constant performative presence throughout the day, working with stillness, incremental movements, long and repetitive states, slow motion and construction.

Workshop. Queries Photozine Workshop: Little Vignettes of Life

Join our current Lux Gallery artist, Charlie Jackson in a two-part photography workshop and create your very own Queries photozine. 

Swap. Mid Century Kitchenware Swap!

Join us amongst Mid Century Modern: The Morrison Collection for a mid-century kitchenware swap as part of FESTA 2018!

Open Late. Art Beat Launch

Art Beat is an 8 page dedicated monthly newspaper ambitious to cultivate and increase awareness of the visual arts and their undeniable presence and importance in everyone’s life. CoCA is proud to be hosting the launch and you're invited!

Artist Talk. Wayne Youle

Join us in the Ground Floor Gallery with Wayne Youle and Trent Hiles in discussion about Wayne's exhibition, AJAR.

Meal. Festa: Mid Century Brunch!

As part of FESTA 2018, join us for a mid-century champagne brunch in amongst the exhibition, 'Mid-Century Modern: The Morrison Collection'.

Children's Workshop. CoCA Create! The Anatomy of a Container

Let's get messy! Join artist and teacher Gaby Montejo to build yourself an anatomical sculptural container.

Film. Eames: The Architect & The Painter

To continue the celebration of all things mid century for our building’s 50th anniversary, we are hosting an exclusive screening of the brilliant documentary ‘Eames: the architect and the painter’ during the NZIA Festival of Architecture.

Panel Discussion. Christchurch Modern: Architecture Panel

In response to the Centre of Contemporary Art gallery building turning 50, and the relevance of its modernist architecture to Christchurch, we ask a panel of architects and modernist enthusiasts about those times in Christchurch, the characters practising then, the influence of modern design in the architecture of today, and why it casts a spell over its followers.

Artist Talk. Nicola Jackson

Join us for a relaxed and informative discussion with artist Nicola Jackson, as she talks about her interest in science, psychology, and art history and how these subjects have informed her life-long passion for creating.

Artist Talk. In conversation: Rose James & Trent Hiles

Join us for a relaxed and informative Sunday morning as we host a conversation between sonic artist Rose James and CRUX*Te Punga curator Trent Hiles.

Artist Talk. In conversation: Denys Watkins & Roger Boyce

Photo: Sam Hartnett

In celebration of the opening of Dynamo Hum, join Denys Watkins and Roger Boyce for a lively discussion about painting, parody, and rock'n'roll music.

Opening. Denys Watkins & the Christchurch Zine Library

Join us to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions in our Ground Floor Gallery & the Lux Gallery: Denys Watkins' Dynamo Hum and, presented by The Corner Store, the Christchurch Zine Library.

Opening. Mid Century Design & Nicola Jackson

Join us to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions in the Mair and North Galleries: Mid Century Design: The Morrison Collection and Nicola Jackson's The Bloggs.

Toolbox Talk. Tim Ross: How much for the green chair with the wooden legs?

Join comedian, design nerd and the presenter of acclaimed Australian TV design series Streets Of Your Town for an evening of assorted stories about his obsession with Mid Century furniture, architecture and beyond.

Tour. Mid-Century Modern House Tour 2018

Credit: Warren and Mahoney Architects

Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Christchurch’s own style of Mid Century Modern on a tour through some of the city’s significant mid-century homes and modernist buildings. Sold out!

Toolbox Talk. Filthy Fanfiction at CoCA

Dive into the darkest depths of the internet with us this August 30th at Filthy FanFiction at CoCA! Some of Christchurch's finest writers and creatives will be throwing caution to the wind to read some fantastic (and not so fantastic) online amateur literary offerings.

Artist Talk. Tim Veling

Join Tim Veling on a photography site tour Saturday 21st July, 1- 3pm.

Open Late. 50th Anniversary Dinner

Set in the expansive Mair Gallery, this special evening benefits the next fifty years of contemporary art at CoCA!

Youth Night. Faultine // Youth Open Mic

Fautline Poetry Collective are back with another open mic.

Auction. Art From the Attic

Join us for 'Art from the Attic' an arty, fun evening supporting the Champion Foundation, raising capital for The Champion Centre.

Save the date. Donate an artwork. Buy an artwork. Raise funds for a great cause!

Artist Talk. Tiffany Singh

Join us in the Northern galleries on the first day of Tiffany Singh's A Collective Voice for a talk with the artist.

Open Late. Opening: Tiffany Singh & Ria Bancroft

Join us as we celebrate the opening of two new exhibition in our Northern & Mair galleries.

Children's Workshop. CoCA Create! Cardboard Construction

As part of Kidsfest 2018, CoCA is proud to present two workshops in response to Tiffany Singh's A Collective Voice.

Children's Workshop. CoCA Create! Printing Workshops

Tiffany Singh, OM MANI PADME HUM (detail), 2016, ribbon and fair-trade bells. Image courtesy of the artist and Dunedin Public Art Gallery

As part of Kidsfest 2018, CoCA is proud to present two workshops in response to Tiffany Singh's A Collective Voice.

Performance. Additional Movement

Join Julia Harvie, Josie Archer, and Kosta Bogoievski in the gallery as they perform their choreographic response to Peter Robinson's Fieldwork. Free entry!

Workshop. Fieldwork Choreographic Workshop Series

Join choreographer and dancer Julia Harvie for a choreographic workshop series that will engage the body as the lens through which we can explore Peter Robinson's Fieldwork.

Workshop. Fieldwork Writing Workshops

Three workshops for high-school aged youth will encourage students to respond to the visual languages and rhythms created by Peter Robinson's Fieldwork.

Children's Workshop. CoCA Create! Fieldwork Kids Workshops

It's time to CoCA Create! Join artist Janna van Hasselt and have some fun with wire!

Toolbox Talk. Shaping Narratives: A Primer in Modernist Sculpture

Fieldwork (Detail). Image credits: Alex North

Dr Barbara Garrie, head of the UC Art History and Theory Department and lecturer in Contemporary Art, will give a public talk on the history of modernist sculpture and similar practices throughout history that relate to Peter's practice.

Artist Talk. Peter Robinson

Fieldwork (detail). Image credits: Alex North

Come along on the first day of Peter Robinson’s major solo exhibition, Fieldwork, to hear the artist talk about his practice and the exhibition.

Workshop. CANCELLED: Kai & Kōrero: Te Tiriti o Waitangi

CANCELLED: Due to a whānau illness, our faciliator Isla is unable to make this event. We will still be sharing kai and very informal kōrero with any who wish to join us.

Artist Isla Reeves will facilitate a Waitangi Day discussion in conjunction with CoCA. This event has been formed so as to honour the significance of what Waitangi Day means to the young, indigenous members of the Ōtautahi arts communities.

Artist Talk. Hannah Beehre

Hannah Beehre, Mures, et Terram, 2016. Photo by Janneth Gil

Join us for a Saturday afternoon artist talk with Hannah Beehre. Hannah will kōrero about her exhibition, Mures, et Terram. 

Open Late. CoCAcabana!

It's time to CoCAcabana!

We'll be open from 5 – 8 so swap the rush hour for art, food, drinks, music and...a Candy Crush Tournament!

Youth Night. Party Funtimes!

CoCA, White Elephant Trust, Qtopia and Bounce  welcome you to the 4th Party Funtimes, a FREE event for the youth of Ōtautahi. Don't miss the opportunity to check out CoCA's current exhibitions along with DJs, spoken word performances and a Candy Crush Tournament!

Children's Workshop. If I was an Animal...

Hannah Beehre, Mures, et Terram, 2016. Detail. Photo by Janneth Gil

If you were an animal, what would you be?

Be inspired by Hannah Beehre's Mures, et Terram exhibition and join us for this summer drawing workshop with the artist (who's also a drawing teacher). You will create a self-portrait imagining yourself as a non-human animal of your choice!

Panel Discussion. Speak Up - Kōrerotia: Live Panel and Recording

Image courtesy Speak-Up Kōrerotia

Airing on Plains FM 96.9 every third Wednesday of the month 9-10pm and third Sunday 5-6pm, Speak-Up Kōrerotia is New Zealand's only specialist human rights radio show. Come join the audience for a live panel discussion on "Art and Social Responsibility".

Artist Talk. Slow Fashion with Steven Park

Image courtesy Steven Park.

What is it like making clothing in a world where there is already too much? How do we take responsibility and combat despair in the face of the environmental destruction and ethical crimes of the fast fashion industry? Steven Junil Park, the sole pair of hands behind the label '6x4' will talk about his work in relation to the garment industry.

Late Night. Party Funtimes!

Performance. Eating the Earth: Spoken Word Night with RikTheMost

Come through to CoCA for a spoken word night headlined by UK powerhouse of poetry, RikTheMost. Participants from our spoken word workshop (on Waitangi afternoon) will also take the mic to perform works written in response to CoCA's current exhibitions.

Workshop. Eating the Earth: Spoken Word Workshop with RikTheMost

RikTheMost photographed by Brendan Bonsack

Come spend Waitangi afternoon at CoCA for a spoken word workshop with UK powerhouse of poetry, RikTheMost! Participants are then invited to perform alongside RikTheMost and an open mic at a spoken word night on Friday 9 February.

Community. Clothing Swap with Saikuru

CoCA has partnered with Saikuru, a one woman band in the fight against fast fashion.

Saikuru's famous clothing swap is coming to CoCA for the opening weekend of new exhibition Geophagy.

It's simple:

1. Bring a bag of clothing along you wish to swap and volunteers will put it out on the tables.

2. Take away as much clothing as you want, there’s no limit!

3. Walk away with some new threads and the chance to reflect on our troubling clothing habits.

Artist Talk. Ruth Watson

Join us on the opening Saturday of Geophagy for an artist talk with Ruth Watson, as she discusses the themes that run through her practice, with curator Bruce Phillips.

Youth Night. Bounce Youth Art Expo at CoCA

Bounce is hosting a Youth Art Expo celebrating young people aged 12-24 and all their amazing talent! Come and join us for an awesome night. There will be live music, dance, photography, film reels, makeup artists, and much more amazing art to showcase for all you guys.

Rest assured, this event is definitely FREE :)

Panel Discussion. Campside Stories – Rock Art Symposium

Photo by Rachael Rakena.

Join Paemanu and an esteemed panel in wānanga at Nohoaka Toi, to hear stories and ideas about the context and place of our taoka tuhituhi neherā, and how they inform our world view and contemporary art practice.

Toolbox Talk. Ah, Te Waipounamu your music remembers me by Brian Potiki

Brian Potiki performing in Maranga Mai, Moerewa, 1980.

Join us for a talk by poet, playwright, director, songwriter and performer, Brian Potiki (Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu).

This performance is part of Paemanu: Nohoaka Toi – Ngāi Tahu Artists in Residence.

Open Late. Party Funtimes!

Photo by Beth Adams

MUSIC! PERFORMANCES! ART! PIZZA!

CoCA, with White Elephant Trust, Qtopia and Bounce presents Party Funtimes, a FREE event for the youth of Ōtautahi.

Panel Discussion. Kōrero with Paemanu

Join us on the first day of Paemanu: Nohoaka Toi for an informal panel discussion about the exhibition.

Have a comfy seat in Te Whare Marama (Mair Gallery) and explore the concepts of Nohoaka Toi with Paemanu lead artists.

Cash bar. 

Performance. Cup of Tea and a Lie Down Clinic

The Social’s gallery within the gallery will be transformed into a 'clinic', where the public will be invited to make an appointment for a 'Cup of Tea and a Lie Down'.

This ongoing installation will be an interactive, playful yet genuine exchange between the public and artist Audrey Baldwin.

Open Late. Party Funtimes!

CoCA and White Elephant Trust presents Party Funtimes, an exciting new FREE event for the youth of Ōtautahi. So much awesomeness to look forward to....

MUSIC! PERFORMANCES! ART! PIZZA!

Don't miss the opportunity to check out CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art's current exhibition, Making Space.

Performance. FIKA Writers Night

FIKA Writers Studio at MAKING SPACE. Photo by Janneth Gil.

With writing, poetry, prose and performance, FIKA and invited guests will present works created over the course of MAKING SPACE.

Workshop. Mind The Art: Meditation and Mindfulness

As part of MAKING SPACE, The Department of Art Relations and Therapy (AKA Lucy Matthews), in collaboration with Adrienne Millwood, will be facilitating a meditation class and mindfulness exercise in the gallery.

At noon a teacher from Zen Tradition will lead a 25 minute meditation class, which will be followed by a mindfulness art intervention.

Performance. FAFSWAG presents STAY SUCKAH FREE

FAFSWAG Arts Collective presents STAY SUCKAH FREE, a performance showcase.

This showcase presents new digital works from MAKESPACE: The Visibility Project 2017 and will feature performances from the FAFSWAG artist and special guests.

Performance. The SaVAge K'lub: Deacti.VA.tion

Photo by Janneth Gil

The subversive and sexy SaVAge K'lub return to Ōtautahi Christchurch to deactivate CoCA for the end of MAKING SPACE.

For this Deacti.VA.tion, get cosy in the whare, enjoy films with pop corn and Kava and wear your cozy cool regalia.

Workshop. FAFSWAG Movement Workshop with Jermaine Dean

This movement workshop is a beginners introduction to the five elements of Vogue. Facilitated by artist and voguer Jermaine Dean, this class will focus on hand performance, floor performance, duck walks, runway and spins & dips. If you're not familiar with these phrases then we encourage you to get involved. This workshop is about sharing space, getting your body moving and having heaps of fun. All bodies and experience levels welcome.

This event is taking place at the YMCA Dance Studio, Christchurch.

For 16+ years.

Workshop. Write Where You Are Workshop with Tusiata Avia

Tusiata Avia of FIKA Writers will run a creative writing workshop at CoCA to help you explore your current writing practice.

Wherever you are at: newbie, old pro, chugging-along but-a-bit-bored, totally stuck – come as you are. We’ll try to cater for both poets and prose writers, do a few helpful exercises, stretch our creative muscles.

Performance. Youth Script Writing and Performing Arts Workshop

FIKA Writers are beyond excited to bring to Ōtautahi, two of New Zealand's top theatre practitioners - Victor Rodger and Anapela Polataivao for a fantastic FREE F.C.C. Script Writing and Performing Arts Workshop for Māori and Pasifika in Ōtautahi aged 16-18 who are passionate about performing arts.

Performance. Tu'u Mai Lou Lima

Tu'u Mai Lou Lima, means GIVE ME YOUR HANDS.

As part of Making Space at CoCA, Leafa Wilson will be performing outside The Social residency caravan in the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu courtyard. This performance will take place on Sunday 23 July from 11am to 4pm.

Everyone needs touch. This performance is an offering, a very small gesture of giving healing and receiving it through the sense of touch. I will hold and caress your hands and give you a particle of my life source.

Workshop. Hari Poi

As part of the making space exhibition at CoCA, Mandy Joass will run the interactive workshop for the public from July 18 to July 23.

Performance. Harmonix / Democratic Ensemble / Ōtautahi Automatic collaborate

As part of the MAKING SPACE exhibtion at CoCA, join Jason Ware, Julia Harvie and Clara Wells for a collaboration of deconstruction.

Children's Workshop. Hari Poi with Mandy Joass

CoCA Create! presents a winter holiday workshop with artist Mandy Joass, with The Social and as part of the MAKING SPACE exhibition.

At this children's workshop, you'll learn how to make a poi, to be part of a growing colourful installation and make a second one to take home. Learn a few basic moves and have some fun filling the gallery with sounds echoing from the past (and giggles).

Open Late. CoCAcabana: end of exhibition party

Photo by Janneth Gil

It's time to CoCAcabana!

Join us and enjoy MAKING SPACE one last time. We'll be open from 5 - 8 on Friday 18 August, so swap the rush hour for art, food, drinks, music and performance.

FREE ENTRY

Workshop. Youth Script Writing and Performing Arts Workshop with Victor Rodger and Anapela Polataivao

A fantastic FREE Script Writing and Performaning Arts Workshop for Māori and Pasifika in Ōtautahi aged 16-18 who are passionate about performing arts. Booking essential.

Performance. Current Clinician

This week in The Social's open working studio space: 
The Department of Art Relations and Therapy will be warming your bones and gallery experience at lunchtime Thursday. Pick up a perfectly heated hot water bottle and keep it with you during your visit to CoCA. 

Performance. Political Window

Starts 12pm at CoCA, in collaboration with Audrey Baldwin

Performance. Ōtautahi Automatic: Pastel Rubbings Weekend

As part of Making Space at the Centre of Contemporary Art, Clara Wells is creating an animation made from pastel rubbings on the streets of our beautiful city.

Performance. The Social: Complaints Circuit

As part of MAKING SPACE, The Social presents the Street Residency. Each week a different artist will take up 24/7 residence in a caravan on the forecourt of Christchurch Art Gallery.

Artist Mark Harvey, current Street Residency occupant, will perform Complaint Circuit at the CoCA front desk this Friday.

Please do bring your complaints.

Performance. The Social: Political Plan

As part of MAKING SPACE, The Social presents the Street Residency. Each week a different artist will take up 24/7 residence in a caravan on the forecourt of Christchurch Art Gallery.

This week in The Social Street Residency:

Political Plan, Mark Harvey

In this residency titled Political Plan Mark Harvey will engage with a range of strategies towards inviting and generating political proclamations and manifestos by members of the public and other artists in addition to himself, in the here and now and somewhere else.

Daily from 19 June - 1 July.

Performance. The Social: The Department of Art Relations and Therapy

As part of MAKING SPACE, The Social have created their own internal gallery and open studio space. You will encounter everything from live and upcoming performances to the administrative work which goes into the running of The Social.

This week in The Social's open working studio space: 

The Department of Art Relations and Therapy (aka Lucy Matthews) cares about your experience in the gallery. We aim to ease our clients transition into the gallery space, supporting a relaxed relationship with art practice and works. 

Daily from 20 - 25 June, 10-1pm.

Open Late. The Longest Night

We will join eight other Christchurch galleries to brighten up the longest night of the year!

CoCA will be open for an evening viewing of MAKING SPACE, the bar will be open and so will The Drawing Machine with Gemma Stratton and Mirabel Oliver (brought to you by The Social as part of MAKING SPACE).

Performance. The Social: Scrap Princess

I make things out of things. Break and mutate into sorcery fetish, but a blind one, absent of mythology. Animals out of trash. Music out of noise.

Daily from 19-25 June in The Social's open studio.

Workshop. Fresh and Fruity: Empowerment Hui

In partnership with START, an organisation that provides support to survivors of sexual assault and trauma as well as their friends and whanau, Fresh and Fruity are shutting down CoCA for the afternoon on Sunday 25 June to run an empowerment hui. This event is part of MAKING SPACE.

This is a koha event, and all profits will go to START.

Auction. Art from the Attic (with The Champion Centre Foundation)

Join us for 'Art from the Attic' an arty, fun evening supporting the Champion Foundation, raising capital for The Champion Centre.

Save the date. Donate an artwork. Buy an artwork. Raise funds for a great cause!

Performance. SPACE BAR

MAKING SPACE collective The SaVAge K'lub bring life to both objects and space through the art of Acti.VA.tion - at SPACE BAR - inviting a space of conviviality and conversation through kava circles and regalia making.

Workshop. Laughter (not) Yoga: A Mother's Day Treat

It's often said that laughter is best medicine, so treat your busy mum - or yourself! - to our 'laughter (not) yoga' and wellbeing workshop this Mother's Day.

Open Late. Pregnancy Help Fundraiser

Photo: Janneth Gil

Join Pregnancy Help at CoCA for a night of fun and enjoyment and help raise funds to ensure women continue to be supported during pregnancy and motherhood.

Open Late. CoCAcabana

It's time to CoCAcabana! Say #TFIF and miss the Friday night commute. CoCA will be open from 5-8pm with live music, eats, cash bar and your last chance (almost) to see David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind.

Performance. The Nerd Degree: Art of Dorkness

Join the audience and experience The Nerd Degree live at CoCA!

The Nerd Degree is a live comedy panel show in which two teams of hilarious nerds answer impossible questions about pop culture and geeky trivia. What they don’t know, they make up.

Toolbox Talk. PechaKucha Night Christchurch Vol.31

THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT

CoCA has teamed up with PechaKucha Night Christchurch to present Vol.31, themed Making Space.

 

The notion of making space is super broad and we would like to celebrate different perspectives on this theme!

Event will be held during 730pm to 10pm on 14 June at CoCA – Centre of Contemporary Art at 66 Gloucester Street, Christchurch.

Children's Workshop. CoCA Create! Coils of Clay

David Shrigley, Beginning, Middle and End, 2009 (detail) at CoCA, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2017 © David Shrigley, Courtesy CoCA and British Council. Photo by Janneth Gil

 

With CoCA Create! and artist Janna van Hasselt, learn how to coil-build and extrude clay to create sculptures inspired by David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind.

Children's Workshop. CANCELLED: CoCA Create! Make a Robot Artist

David Shrigley, The Artist, 2014 (detail) © David Shrigley, Courtesy CoCA and British Council. Photo by Janneth Gil

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. 

Workshop. Dr. Sketchy's: Animal Shapes

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is a night of life drawing like no other. It’s an evening of drinking and drawing mixed with beastly burlesque.

Children's Workshop. CoCA Create! Flip Animation with Tjalling de Vries

Tjalling de Vries, Coco Walks Out. Courtesy the artist.

Join CoCA Create! and artist Tjalling de Vries to learn the magic of cartooning in this flip animation workshop.

Late Night. Party Funtimes! A youth night with White Elephant Trust and Q-topia

MUSIC! PERFORMANCES! ART! FOOD & DRINK!

CoCA, White Elephant Trust and Q-topia present Party Funtimes, an exciting new FREE event for the youth of Ōtautahi.

Artist Talk. Associates Programme - The Career Path of David Shrigley

David Shrigley, Untitled Drawings (2004-2017). Ink on paper. Courtesy the artist.

Monday 13 March, 2pm

FREE (only for CoCA Associates)

A fantastic opportunity for CoCA Associates to hear about the professional trajectory of an internationally sucessful artist. David Shrigley will talk about his career path and how he made some key decisions as an artist.

This talk is for members of the Associates Programme. Find out more here.

Tour. Close-up & Personal with David Shrigley

David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind. Installation of Drawings at Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico, November 2015. © David Shrigley. Courtesy of Instituto Cultural Cabañas and British Council. Photo by Marcos García

Monday 13 March, 11am

$25 / Friends of CoCA $15

Entry to booked ticket holders ONLY

Ever wanted to hear an artist's own description of their work and processes?

Join David Shrigley for a one-off artist tour of David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind. This is an exclusive opportunity to discuss his work in detail and understand the mind of this fascinating artist.

Panel Discussion. Finding Common Ground featuring David Shrigley

David Shrigley, Untitled Drawings (2004-2017). Ink on paper. Courtesy the artist.

Saturday 11 March, 11am

FREE / Koha (donation)

VENUE: Christchurch Art Gallery Auditorium

In association with the new exhibition David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind at CoCA, join us for a panel discussion on public art, featuring David Shrigley as a guest speaker.

Tour. Exhibition Tour with British Council Curator

David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind. Installation view at Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico, November 2015. © David Shrigley. Courtesy of Instituto Cultural Cabañas and British Council. Photo by Marcos García

 

Saturday 11 March, 2pm

FREE / Koha (donation)

Claire Feeley, British Council Curator will give a tour about the exhibition David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind.

Find out about the curatorial selection of the works of art and how the British Council developed this touring exhibition with David Shrigley.

Artist Talk. David Shrigley

David Shrigley © David Shrigley. Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. 

Friday 10 March, 6pm 

$15 / Friends of CoCA $10

VENUE: Christchurch Art Gallery Auditorium

David Shrigley is in New Zealand for a limited time only. Join us for an entertaining and unique opportunity to get into the mindset of this renowned British artist and his approach to his work.

Performance. TYPEFACE - Live Tattoo Session

Tattooing as part of Typeface performance, Vaimaila Urale (artist) and Penni Grigg (tattoo artist).

Performance. Typeface - Mural

Vaimaila Urale is an Auckland based artist. Born in Samoa much of her artmaking process draws on traditional Samoan elements expressed through digital media and contemporary social art practices.

Performance. Intersectional

Leafa and Faith Wilson are a mother and daughter who collaborate with an explicit understanding of where they converge and diverge as individual women.

Performance. Me And My Salu Lima

Leafa's performance references the history of migrant labour in New Zealand and the strong presence of migrant workers in Ōtautahi Christchurch particularly during the rebuild. 

Performance. Confessions // Let it burn

This performance addresses the function of truth in a relationship, specifically between mother and daughter. As someone who has withheld truth on many occasions, mostly out of fear of how a parent will react, will late confessions bring us closer together, or divide?

Tour. Greening the Rubble Walking Tour

Talented gardeners from Greening the Rubble (GtR) will host a guided walk that takes in several of their urban greening projects in the central city plus projects and artworks by others.

Performance. MilkSpa Closing Performance

Photo: Janneth Gil

Gaby Montejo invites participants to consider the underlying cost of their milky coffee; asking ““Is it worth it?”, “To what end?” and “For the benefit of whom?”

Toolbox Talk. The Deep Sea & Our Precarious Nature with Lucy Lawless

A talk by actor and Greenpeace Climate Ambassador Lucy Lawless and climate-focused campaigners will be the closing highlight of our provocative exhibition, Precarious Nature.

Workshop. #TOOMANYCOWS: Community Banner Making with Greenpeace

These community banner painting workshops are about bringing people together to talk (and paint) about what it means to have clean water, and how we can get more active to clean up our water ways.

Film. Rising Waters: 30 Million & Habitat for Humanity on Sea Level Change

Join us for a screening of 30 Million, a Kiwi-produced film about the threat of rising sea levels on Bangladesh, followed by a Q&A with directors Daniel Price and Adrien Taylor. Then hear Habitat for Humanity's Peter Taylor talk about their work in the Pacific and here in Aotearoa, building homes and facilities that will withstand higher sea levels.

Panel Discussion. JUST DO IT: Getting Beyond the Talk on Climate Change

Hayden Fowler, New World Order (still) (2013)

Image by Daniela Abeli

Forest & Bird say NATURE NEEDS OUR HELP and needs it NOW.

Come and learn what Forest & Bird is wanting New Zealand to do, what we are doing as an organisation both nationally and locally, and how you can join in.

Performance. I CALL TO HER - Nina Oberg Humphries

Join us for this free art performance by Nina Oberg Humphries, beginning outside the Canterbury Museum at 2pm, Sunday 5 February.  

Performance. Precarious Nature: Playback Theatre Responds

Photo: Daniela Aebli

Come and view the works in Precarious Nature before an improvised response performance by Playback Theatre.

Children's Workshop. The Wicked Wicking Workshop with Greening the Rubble

A children's workshop with Greening the Rubble making windowsill wicking potted plants!

Toolbox Talk. 25 Years of Global Climate Change: Will Countries Act in Time?

Image: Green Party

Dr. Kennedy Graham, MP for the Green Party, has attended many of the UN conferences on climate change and has been a strong advocate in Parliament. He will speak to developments in the area at CoCA.

Children's Workshop. Freshwater Fish Friends - with Working Waters Trust

Create your own native fish puppet with help from an artist. Will your new friend be an eel, redfin bully, or a torrentfish maybe? Learn all about our fascinating native freshwater fish and some tough challenges they face from a freshwater ecologist on hand.

Tour. Trees for Canterbury Nursery Tour

Explore the nursery and learn all about Trees for Canterbury with a tour starting at 1pm,  hosted by Steve Bush. 
TREES FOR CANTERBURY BASE SITE
42 Charlesworth St, Woolston
Christchurch

Film. HOT AIR Screening with 350 Christchurch

Join 350 Christchurch and CoCA for a screening and discussion of Alister Barry and Abi King Jones' documentary 'Hot Air - The politics of climate change in New Zealand' 

Toolbox Talk. The Climate Change Paradox - Seminar with Charles Drace

Join us for this free seminar by Charles Drace of Oil Free Otautahi. Held in the CoCA Meeting Room, Level 2.

Tour. Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara Tour

Why not explore Canterbury this afternoon? Head north to the Woodend Beach Domain to Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara Trust's office and go on a walking tour of a few Biota Nodes on the way to Tutaepatu Lagoon. 

Tour. Walking Tour with Avon-Ōtākaro Network

Avon Ōtākaro Network and CoCA invite you to join us on this free public talk/walking tour around the Ōtākaro/Avon River on Saturday 14th January.

Children's Workshop. Zine Making with Liv Worsnop

Liv Worsnop's Practicool Planet Guide Zines 

A children's workshop with artist Liv Worsnop for a zine making workshop - The lo-fi, handmade ‘mini magazine’ is a wonderful format for all budding story-tellers, activists, illustrators and creative kids.

Panel Discussion. Antarctica panel discussion with Speak up Korerotia

Image: Photo by Andris Apse ©Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection [28423] [2003-2004]

Come along and listen to Antarctica experts discuss the issue in relation to science, nature and the Antarctic Treaty, followed by audience Q&A, in an event timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Scott Base. The discussion will be recorded and then will air on the Christchurch-based human rights radio show Speak Up-Korerotia, run by Dr Sally Carlton. $5 per ticket
Limited seating so get in quick!

Children's Workshop. Christmas Children's Workshop with Trees for Canterbury

Plant a native seedling and create a Christmas card with Steve Bush from Trees for Canterbury. Workshop runs 1:00 - 3:00pm, Wednesday 21st December, for children aged 5-12 (supervision advised for those under 7 years).

Toolbox Talk. Melissa Macleod & Habitat for Humanity

Photo: Naomi Haussman, 2016

Join us at 2pm for a free talk in the Mair Gallery by artist Melissa Macleod and Habitat for Humanity representative, Peter.

Children's Workshop. The Nature of this Place - Children's Workshop with Di Lucas

Learn about the nature of this place with Landscape Architect, Di Lucas. Workshop runs 1:00 - 3:00pm, Wednesday 18 January, for children aged 7-12. 

Toolbox Talk. Te Kohaka o Tuhaitara Trust

Join us for a free talk in the Groundfloor Gallery by Te Kohaka o Tuhaitara Trust representative, Greg Byrnes.

Toolbox Talk. Trees for Canterbury

Join us for a free talk in the Groundfloor Gallery by Trees for Canterbury representative, Steve Bush.

Toolbox Talk. Forest & Bird

Ngirungiru, photographed by Steve Attwood

Join us for a free talk in the Groundfloor Gallery by Forest & Bird representative and photographer, Steve Attwood.

Toolbox Talk. Working Waters Trust

Join us for a free talk in the Groundfloor Gallery by Working Waters Trust representative, Sophie Allen. 

Performance. Honeymoon Latte - Gaby Montejo

Gaby Montejo, Honeymoon Latte concept sketch, 2016

In Honeymoon Latte, Gaby Montejo invites selected participants to consider the underlying cost of their milky coffee; asking ““Is it worth it?”, “To what end?” and “For the benefit of whom?” Whilst sitting in a Spa full of milk. 

Talk. Artist in Conversation: Anne Noble & Torfrida Wainright

No Vertical Song  

The Dead Bee Portraits # 2, 2015,

Pigment print on Canson baryta paper

Join us for this free talk in the gallery between Artist Anne Noble & enviornmental activist and former beekeeper Torfrida Wainright.

Talk. Mike Joy - Polluted inheritance; New Zealand’s freshwater crisis.

Join us for this keynote talk by academic and activist Dr Mike Joy on the true state of freshwaters in New Zealand based on his book Polluted Inheritance. $5 Entry fee supports Mike's visit to Christchurch and CoCA's offsetting for the exhibition. Doors open 6:30pm for a viewing of the exhibition Precarious Nature, talk starts at 7:00pm

Talk. Artist in Conversation: Hayden Fowler with Paula Orrell

Hayden Fowler, New World Order, 2013, single channel, HD video, colour, sound, 15mins 17secs.

Join us for this free talk between artist Hayden Fowler and CoCA Director Paula Orrell 

Talk. Artist in Conversation: Tim Knowles & Amelia Hitchcock

Join us for this free talk where artist Tim Knowles & curator Amelia Hitchcock discuss Tim's work on the Tasman Glacier. 

Talk. Artist in Conversation: Alex Monteith & Natalie Robertson

Alex Monteith Documents the Rena Disaster 

Join us for this free talk, where long time collaborators Alex Monteith & Natalie Robertson discuss each of their separate works in Precarious Nature

Late Night. FESTA 2016

Live for one night only – join Christchurch’s biggest street party!

Late Night. CoCacabana

FESTA Leans on CoCA and live responses by muscians and sound artists to the works of art in Contemporary Christchurch.

Toolbox Talk. Antony Gormley: Christchurch and the world

To celebrate the unveiling of the second figure of STAY, CoCA will host a presentation by Dr Mark Stocker on Antony Gormley’s work.

Artist Talk. Scott Flanagan Artist Talk

In this free talk, Scott Flanagan discusses his work in Contemporay Christchuch, Wild South - Young Mountains. 

Children's Workshop. Fake, make, bake - Children's Workshop with Jacqueline Greenbank

Artist Jacquelin Greenbank is running two children's sculpey workshops these school holidays, for children age 5-12. 

Performance. Cardboard Confessional

CARDBOARD CONFESSIONAL

Audrey Baldwin, Oscar Bannan, Bridget Harris, Neil MacLeod, Annemieke Montagne, Patricia Parkin, Jennifer Katherine Shields

91 Hereford St (Spark Park) 

This is a space where we invite you to confess, not your sins, but your frustrations.
We invite you to vocalise, exorcise and recycle your woes into a collaborative community artwork.
Better out than in! Frustration is not a sin!

Performance. Films with Motte

 Motte (Anita Clark) will be joined by Gabriel Childs in an immersive audio-visual project. The two will perform a specific live accompaniment and sound design for two short films at CoCA, creating a multimedia experience for the audience.

Toolbox Talk. On Hybridity, human nature and the future of jewellery

Visiting international author and scholar Dr Pravu Mazumdar presents a talk On Hybridity, human nature and the future of jewellery.

Toolbox Talk. Arts Unlocked: Becoming a Collector

Learn how to begin and build an art collection and make wise art investments from people in the know.

Toolbox Talk. Arts Unlocked: Art Roles Explained

An intimate event to help you gain insights into what different galleries and collectors do in New Zealand and what happens behind the scenes, from the people making it happen.

Performance. Anchor Point

Join us for a presentation of Anchor Point; a tactile exploration of sculpture, dance, sound and light, developed in the CoCA gallery space during Contemporary Christchurch. 

Workshop. Performance art and identity - Youth Workshops

A series of four workshops for youth aged 15-21, this is a fantastic opportunity for young people to work with a well known local artist Audrey Baldwin to develop their own practice and further their knowledge about contemporary performance art.

Performance. Anchor Point Performance Development

A tactile exploration of sculpture, dance, sound and light, towards a performance which will be developed in the CoCA gallery space during Contemporary Christchurch, Tuesday 30 August - Saturday 3 September 2016.

Artist Talk. Tjalling de Vries

A free short talk with Tjalling de Vries on his works in Contemporary Christchurch.

Artist Talk. Jacquelyn Greenbank

A free short talk with Jacquelyn Greenbank on her work Squatch.

Artist Talk. In Conversation: Ana Iti and Daegan Wells

Local artists Ana Iti and Daegan Wells discuss their work in Contemporary Christchurch 

Performance. Speaking Proud

This hour long fundraising event for Qtopia features performances and readings by some of our finest local and international authors and poets is not to be missed!

Performance. FIKA Writers: The Whale Is In The Sea

FIKA Writers present The Whale is in the Sea, a multi-media presentation of new works and public contributions. 

Performance. Faultline Performance Poetry

CoCA and Faultline Poetry Collective are proud to present a night of performance poetry inspired by John Akomfrah’s cinematic masterpiece Vertigo Sea’ and Bridget Reweti’s Tirohanga.

Workshop. Faultline Writing and Performance Workshop

John Akomfrah, Vertigo Sea 2015, Three channel colour video installation, 7.1 sound, 48 minutes 30 seconds

CoCA and Faultline Poetry Collective are thrilled to present a unique workshop opportunity for young writers in Ōtautahi!

Toolbox Talk. Speak Up Kōrerotia | Crossing The Bridge talks and screening

Join us for a double bill of talks and a celebration.

Sally Carlton of  Speak Up Kōrerotia Human Rights Radio Show series celebrates the show's relaunch with us and reflects on Vertigo Sea and Tirohanga.

We toast the installation of Crossing The Bridge at Lux Cafe at CoCA. The Crossing The Bridge  short film will be shown, followed by a discussion of the project with photographer Petra Mingneau and participants from the Ashburton Community included in the exhibition.

Entry by Koha. 

Artist Talk. Lisa Reihana

Artist Lisa Reihana will discuss her practice in relation to 'Vertigo Sea' by John Akomfrah and 'Tirohanga' by Bridget Reweti. Lisa Reihana will represent​​ ​New Zealand​ ​in the​ ​57th Venice Biennale in 2017​with the ​panoramic video In Pursuit of Venus [infected] ​​commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery ​​Toi o Tāmaki​.​

Artist Talk. John Akomfrah (via Skype)

John Akomfrah will give a talk by Skype about the work Vertigo Sea. An exciting opportunity to listen to the artist talk about this sensational work of art.

Toolbox Talk. Cassandra Barnett on Vertigo Sea and Tirohanga

Bridget Reweti, Excuse me, you're in my shot (still), 2012. 

Please join us at CoCA for this free talk, 11am Saturday 25 June 2016.

Writer Cassandra Barnett (Ngāti Raukawa) will explore the artworks and the rich territories between John Akomfrah’s Vertigo Sea and Bridget Reweti’s Tirohanga. The talk will response to the exhibitions and expand the trajectories of the artworks - encompassing, for instance, concepts of kaitiakitanga and posthumanism - and examines the context of exhibiting them together here in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Children's Workshop. Pinhole Camera Holiday Workshop

Stefan Roberts, Hopper; Waiau, 2012 / 2013 (9 months exposure - pinhole camera photo) 

Inspired by Bridget Reweti's Tirohanga join us for a school holiday workshop with photographer Stefan Roberts

Talk. Artist Talks at The Physics Room

Bridget Reweti. Excuse me, you're in my shot. (still) 2012 

Artist Talk. Nathan Pohio & Steve Carr

Steve Carr, Watermelon, 2015 (still). Sony XDCam, Duration 33mins 20secs.

Children's Workshop. Saturday Children's Workshop

With artist Gaby Montejo

Artist Film Night. The Stuart Hall Project

Courtesy Smoking Dogs Films

John Akomfrah’s sweeping and majestic film THE STUART HALL PROJECT takes the viewer on a roller coaster ride through the upheavals, struggles and turning points that made the 20th century the century of campaigning, and of global political and cultural change.

Open Late. CoCAcabana Bar

Workshop. Re:ACTIVATE Public Art Development Workshop

Competition. Share your Precarious Moment

Precarious Balance

Lane Neave & CoCA Competition

13th April – 8th May

Panel Discussion. Balancing The Arts Ecology of Christchurch

Photo credit: Sam Hartnett

Workshop. Saturday Children’s Workshops

Erwin Wurm, Tennis Ball - One Minute Sculpture - Astronomical Enterprise, 2005/2014

Artist Talk. Regan Gentry and Peter Trevelyan

Peter Trevelyan, Circularism, 2016

Photo credit: Sam Hartnett

Auction. CoCA Collection Auction

Ian Scott, Small Lattice Number 53, 1982, oil on canvas

As a contemporary art gallery, CoCA’s focus is now on the commissioning and exhibiting of new work by contemporary artists. This auction will be the last opportunity to purchase works by leading NZ artists which have been held in the CoCA collection.

Tour. Curator’s Lunch Time Tour

Tour. Daily tours of Precarious Balance

Tour. For the Love of Art (all day)

Richard Maloy, Big Yellow, 2013, (installation view)

Film. Artist Film: So Sorry, Ai Weiwei

Toolbox Talk. John Ward Knox and Sophie Bannan

John Ward Knox, Untitled, 2011

Film. A balancing act of international artist films

Angela Luka Zimmerman, Estate, a Reverie (screen shot), 2015. Courtesy of the artist / Fugitive Images.

 

Toolbox Talk. CoCA in Balance - Curator and Director's Talk