(seeing the beauty, even in the smallest things)
A group exhibition of curated work that hero the significance of beauty in the small things
A past member and well known artist of the Helensville community, Jo Dixey, who now resides in Wellington is featured in this exhibition as our very special guest artist. Her work, delicate and opulent is an ode to her established roots in our small town, and her generous footprint of voluntary service to our community, ‘even with the small things’, such as cataloging historical stitch at the local Helensville Museum Te Awaroa.
Paired with various artists and a display of ‘tiny art’ by our youth art class students.
Please join us at the opening Friday 5-7pm to celebrate this mini monumental exhibition.
Members exhibition 26th March – 19th April
Opening event Friday 28th March 5-7pm
The Kaipara River, which winds its way through our town, preceding the settlement of Helensville, and at times defining it, is as much a symbol as a physical body of water. This new year at the Art Centre, we will be hosting an exhibition which reflects what our awa means to us.
Exhibition dates are 29th January – 22nd February.
Opening event Friday 31st January 5-7pm
Come join us for an exciting multisensory exhibition of ‘Slip’ Kristen Calder ceramics and ‘Burn’ a contemporary drawing practice of Kiri Abraham, both local artists.
Kristen will be doing two workshops during the month of her exhibition. Please refer to our ‘workshops’ page for booking details.
Exhibition dates 30th October – 23rd November
Opening event Saturday 2nd November 2-4pm all welcome
CASH AND CARRY 2024!
All welcome to the opening event of Cash and Carry and our end of year celebration ‘Christmas Shindig.’
This is a free event for the whole community! We will have a Christmas movie set up in our back workshop area along with free arts and crafts for the tamariki!
Come and enjoy artwork all under $350 for that special person (yes that’s aloud to be yourself
and celebrate the end of 2024 with us at Art Centre Helensville!
Drinks and nibbles provided. See you Friday 6th December 5-7pm!
This exhibition is open to all artists. Art work must be priced $350 or lower for our end of year Christmas sale!
Arwen Flowers 2nd – 28th October (extended hours for Arts in the Ville) Opening event Friday 4th October 5-7pm all welcome
Through painting, Arwen Flowers examines the intimate experience of unpacking the belongings of her beloved Granny from degraded storage boxes. Her body-led gestures and encounters with colour and materiality result in abstract paintings that examine care and concern for maintaining and preserving identity and familial history.
‘New Beginnings’
Members exhibition 4th 28th September
Opening event Friday 6th September 5-7pm
Septembers member exhibition
Come along to the opening event of ‘Meat and Three Veg’ this Friday 9th August 5-7pm!!
Thank you to River Valley Meats who have sponsored us sausages, and Liberty Brewing some beers. Come on down for a good ol’ Kiwiana night out and celebrate the opening of this exhibition with us.
What began as an inspirational idea from one of our artists Murray Silverstone and his ‘concrete’ fruit sculptures, has now grown into a group exhibition responding to the theme ‘meat and 3 veg,’ a kiwi classic.
Murray Silverstone has a passion for growing food and is a volunteer with Kaipara Good Food. He works in the community gardens to grow vegetables to put into the Kai packs that are distributed to the community. This has been his inspiration to make concrete sculptures of fruit and vegetables for the Meat and 3 veg exhibition.
50% of all Murray’s sculpture sales will be donated to Kaipara Good Food to further help with their food distribution. So come on down and support local and put back into the good work of our community!
Artists Tracey Roberts, Jeffrey Thomson and group artists who participated in our ‘Meat and 3 Veg’ painting course are also part of this group exhibition
Join us for the opening celebration of Susannah Connolly’s exhibition ‘Nature is Calling,’ with guest artists Alexis Waterhouse and Shannon Mawdsley Friday 12th July 5-7pm.
There will be creative art, poetry and story. The opening event will be a unique experience and one not to miss!
Exhibition dates are 10th July – 3rd August
Tilly and Yoshi are students at Helensville Primary School. This exhibition was orchestrated by the two friends who have been inspired by recently exhibiting at the Art Centre.
Their work, individually and combined, are a reflection and response to our natural environment, the pieces humble and magical take you into their individuation, each piece being uniquely driven.
You are warmly invited to their opening Friday 12 July 5-7pm
