Kia ora e te whānau
Next month, our Te Manawa Toi | Coastlands Gallery will be a ‘blank canvas’ and for the first time we are holding a range of art, music and culture events for all ages and all interests to celebrate the wintery month of June and Matariki.
Sign up now for one or all of the free, koha and ticketed events! Funds raised support Toi MAHARA to continue to deliver high quality exhibitions and public programming for the Kāpiti community.
Join us in June to Experience, Make, Enjoy, Explore
Week 1: 5 June–8 June
Join Toastmasters of Waikanae for a morning of entertainment
Dame Gaylene Preston Film Screening: Lovely Rita
Create a sparkle paper collage with Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa
Drop in every Sunday to make art in the gallery
Week 2: 9 June–15 June
Community Singing with Kāpiti Community Choir
Taster of a Toastmasters Club Meeting
Drop in every Sunday to make art in the gallery
Week 3: 16 June–22 June
Kapakapanui School Kapa Haka Performance
Workshop: Foraged basketry with Birgit Moffatt
Kimono and Japanese textiles winter market
Art-making — Craft fashion: Sashiko slow stitch group
Drop in every Sunday to make art in the gallery
Week 4: 23 June–29 June
Kimono and Japanese textiles winter market
Workshop and demonstration: Ikebana
Talk — Frances Hodgkins: Life and Art
Workshop: Drawing a violinist from life
Weave a Matariki star with Te Rōpū Raranga o Manaia
Live Tā moko demonstration with Taryn Beri
Live music with local music duo, Mocean
Taste, Imbibe, Enjoy Fundraising Evening
Drop in every Sunday to make art in the gallery