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Sculpture Festival 2026
Saturday 10 - Monday 26 October 2026
Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre presents its 7th annual Sculpture Festival, featuring object art, contemporary jewellery, and outdoor sculpture by some of Aotearoa’s most exciting artists.
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Christchurch Heritage Festival 2026 at The Arts Centre
Friday 16 October - Monday 26 October (Labour Day) 2026
Join us in exploring the heritage of Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre over the Christchurch Heritage Festival 2026.
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Fragranzi Artisan Perfume Studio
Retailers
Delight your senses and develop your own signature scent at Christchurch’s new artisan perfumery at The Arts Centre. Fragranzi offers unique perfumes, created by Christchurch perfumer, Conan Fee, who has been teaching fragrance design as a professor and head of the School of Product Design at the University of Canterbury, for the past three years. Conan himself learned his skills from professional perfumers based in Thailand, New Zealand and the UK. He says it is a great balance of science and art, and there is always so much more to learn and experience.
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Paint & Sip Studio
Retailers
Start with a blank canvas and sip your way to a one-of-a-kind masterpiece at Paint & Sip Studio - now at The Arts Centre! We invite you to spend some creative, relaxing time with us at our Studio, New Zealand's first social painting destination born right here in Christchurch.
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Frances Nation Cafe
Eat & drink
Frances Nation Cafe offers quality coffee, ice cream, pastries and sandwiches in a beautiful garden setting. This cafe is all about supporting top local producers, with every ingredient used produced right here in Aotearoa. Over the summer the cafe stays open late as a wine bar.
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Unique contemporary space
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Perfectly suited to
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Observatory Tower achieves a significant project milestone
News
By no means a small feat, the fully restored Observatory Tower spiral staircase was successfully lowered back into place at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora this week.
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Showcasing stunning heritage features
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An ideal heritage setting
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Brown Bread
Offices
Brown Bread are not a bakery. Instead, they rally communities and brands to do good stuff, ultimately working to make Aotearoa New Zealand a more creative place.
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Arts Four Ōtautahi: Artists in Residence at The Arts Centre
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Eight Aotearoa New Zealand artists have been selected for round one and two of The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora’s Arts Four Creative Residency programme.
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