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Supporting local creatives and community-led arts across the Whau, with support from the Whau Local Board.
Arts Broker | Jody Yawa McMillan
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Elizabeth Anderson | Ukiyo-e: the floating world 30 October - 30 January 2027 | B Street Gallery, Avondale. As part of the Whau Arts Festival satellite programme, discover a new exhibition by artist Elizabeth Anderson, capturing the beauty and fleeting moments of everyday life through observational drawing. Created largely at Avondale’s Browne St Café, these works invite us to pause, look closer and find the extraordinary in the familiar. Elizabeth Anderson is an artist and observational drawer who has spent the past seven years working primarily with Procreate on her iPad. Her current practice focuses on drawing from life and capturing people, places and everyday moments in informal settings like Browne St Café in Avondale, her home. Visit Browne St Cafe to see the artworks or check out our website for more info. A special thanks to @whauthepeople snd @objektcare for support. Images @artsdiary.co.nz by @artswhau
⭐️Save the date⭐️ 31st October Whau-Tracts is coming to Archibald Park for Whau Arts Festival 2026! 💥💥💥 Whau-Tracts is a poster and pamphlet print project representing work of the cartoonists from the  TV COMPETITION : FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE comic group based at MĀPURA STUDIOS. The project represents participants in the group that have connections to the Whau area in a series of ten individual pamphlets and larger poster work that re-imagines various spaces of the Whau to align with the artist’s personalised way of being in those spaces. The work will be available at the 2026 Whau Arts Festival in Archibald Park, Kelston. Participating artists: Min Ji Baik, Edward Warburton, Michael Pere, Joziah Mariota, Sophia May, Natasha Connelly, Xavier Williams, Rene Astle, Miguel Navarro, Tiana Mataio. by @artswhau
THIS SUNDAY!! MANA UP!! @hollywoodavondale A 10 hour event by @bass_rongoa & @filthakl 🌞2PM-6PM WHANAU DAY IN THE COURTYARD Kai, activities for tamariki, soundsystem and djs 🌚 6PM - 12AM WHREAK HOURS IN THE AUDITORIUM R18, contact organisers for tix, big sound, big mana ⭐️THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO ENROL!⭐️ There will be enrollment angels around! COME FOR THE RELAX, RECHARGE AND RELEASE! #🆙 by @artswhau
⭐️KELSTON, YOU’RE INVITED!⭐️ Something colourful is happening in your neighbourhood! Join artist and ex-Kelston student John Unasa, Kelston Hub and neighbours this Thursday to celebrate the unveiling and blessing of the new Bamboo Grove Kelston artwork. Made possible by the mahi and commitment of Kelston Community Hub Inc., this project brings out our local creativity into our shared public spaces. 🤝 Come along for the formalities, reveal and blessing, then stick around to take a closer look, have a kōrero, or pop through if you’re passing by. Everyone is welcome! 📅 Thursday 22 October 2026 ⏰ 10am–1pm 📍 Walkway from Bamboo Grove to Hurley Place, Kelston A big mihi to Kelston Community Hub for making this happen, and to everyone who has helped bring the artwork to life. 💛🧡 by @artswhau
🐎 PUBLIC STAND 3: 🐎 A self-guided audio journey What stories do the grounds of Avondale Racecourse hold? As part of the Whau Arts Festival satellite programme, Public Stand 3 invites you to put on your headphones, explore the racetrack and uncover the stories and history of this iconic local landmark in a whole new way. Collect your specially designed map from Avondale Library, and explore the stories of Avondale Racecourse through a self-guided audio walk around the racetrack. You will need to bring your own smart device, from which you can stream or download the free audio file, and your own headphones. Created by Becca Wood, Molly Mullen, Jonty Valentine and Peter Hobbs. 🛸 Whau Arts Festival (Satellite event) ✨ Public Stand 3: A self-guided audio journey 📅 Sunday 1 November 2026 ⏰ 1pm-2:30pm 📍 Avondale Library by @artswhau
🔶 MEET ELIZABETH ANDERSON 🔶 As part of the Whau Arts Festival satellite programme, discover a new exhibition by artist Elizabeth Anderson, capturing the beauty and fleeting moments of everyday life through drawing. ✍🏼 Elizabeth Anderson is an artist and observational drawer who has spent the past seven years working primarily with Procreate on her iPad. Her current practice focuses on drawing from life and capturing people, places and everyday moments in informal settings like Browne St Café in Avondale, her home. The majority of the works in this new exhibition were drawn quietly at Browne St Café over the past year, often with a hot coffee in hand. This continues Elizabeth’s long-standing interest in finding the extraordinary in ordinary, familiar places. She is attracted to the transient nature of cafes…the floating world where everything is in a state of flux. She studied graphic design at Wellington School of Design, worked in print design studios and at BBC Television in the UK, and holds an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. *Images display only A2 prints on archival paper for sale on request to the artist. 🛸 Whau Arts Festival (Satellite event) ✨ Ukiyo-e: the floating world | Elizabeth Anderson 📍 Browne St Café, Avondale 📅 Opening: Friday 30 October, 6-8pm 🖼 Showing: October 2026 - January 2027 by @artswhau
Get along to feast the eyes and support our local artists!! @newlynncommunitycentre Shout out to the new Lynn community centre staff for putting on the second annual art exhibition for the Whau. Especially shadi, divyaa and Carlos by @artswhau
The Whau Community Art Exhibition is finally Open!!! 🎨 Come check out art from local artists Opening day: Oct 3, 12pm-4pm Exhibition: Oct 5-8, 9am-4:30pm by @artswhau
Have you seen the latest @avondalemainstreet Magazine? 📖💜 This issue features a beautiful write-up on @wharehauako — a new ly opened Māori-led creative wellbeing space tucked away in a rear warehouse at 9 St Jude Street. Whare Hau Ako is built on a simple but powerful idea: people thrive when they are connected to community. 🌿 Founded by Cindy and Keri, the space brings together creativity, learning, culture and wellbeing through adult workshops, rangatahi programmes, creative projects and opportunities to connect. We’re so excited to see Whare Hau Ako becoming part of the creative Avondale story and contributing to the growing creative life of the Whau. A huge congratulations to Cindy & Keri on this awesome new space! x by @artswhau
Join this awesome kaupapa, brought to you by the @whauethniccollective We’re inviting you to share one photograph that captures your Manzil, your sense of home, your story. Together we will build a portrait of the many homes that shape Aotearoa. To be exhibited at Whau Community Exhibition (Oct 3-8 at the @newlynncommunitycentre) with the intention for the installation to travel, migrate and develop through new contributions over time. by @artswhau
📢 CALL FOR ARTSWHAU PROPOSALS NOW OPEN! Kia ora e te whānau, The ArtsWhau annual funding round is now open. We’re inviting proposals for creative projects happening between October 2026 and June 2027. Applications close Monday 7 September, 11.59pm. Have a strong creative idea that could bring people together, tell a local story, activate a shared space or create new opportunities for people to take part in the arts? We want to hear from you. Past ArtsWhau projects have included music, writing, theatre, kapa haka, visual arts, games, film, food, poetry, workshops, exhibitions and walking projects — bringing creativity into all kinds of places and communities across the Whau. If you live, work or have strong connections to Kelston, Green Bay, Blockhouse Bay, New Windsor, Glenavon, Rosebank, New Lynn or Avondale, this funding could be for you. 💡 Got an idea taking shape but not sure where to start? Your Whau Community Arts Broker, is here to kōrero with you and support you from idea to application. More information and the application form via the link in our bio. Supported by Whau Local Board by @artswhau
Artist Talk with Kerin Casey! Join Whau-based artist Kerin Casey for a casual drop-in artist talk at Browne St Gallery. Kerin’s exhibition Verto blurs the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Her intricate hybrid forms can be dismantled and reconfigured, reflecting ideas of change, adaptability and interconnectedness. Come along to hear Kerin talk about her work and creative process, and experience the exhibition in person. 📅 Thursday 27 August 🕙 10am 📍 Browne St Gallery Everyone welcome! (DM us for an idea on numbers!) by @artswhau

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