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Children’s University aims to raise young people’s aspirations for higher education and encourage lifelong learning. The University of Canterbury and The Arts Centre are part of the Children's University Canterbury Partnership.

Heritage NZ nominates Arts Centre for top-tier heritage status

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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has nominated Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre as a National Historic Landmark – the highest heritage status in the country, currently held by only two sites. The agency is calling for public submissions over the next month, before the final decision is made.

Moai

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Title of artwork: Moai

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All Over the Place

Tuesday 21 - Sunday 26 April 2026

This exhibition is diverse in subject matter, houses, hounds, hillsides: materials, acrylics, fused glass, oils; and artists, three women doing what they love doing best.
The art will include Alison Lowe's fused art sculptural paintings, which are quirky and joyous, a real talking point in any art collection.

The curiosity of creatives in residence

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Kites, drones, public toilets, social housing, and whakapapa are among the topics to be explored by four artists while living at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre.

Arts Centre Creative Residents Announced

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Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre has announced the next four artists to live and work in the heritage precinct in Ōtautahi. They are: Sacha Copland (dance), Shay Horay (writing), Phoebe Hurst (music), and Ron Te Kawa (textile arts). All four will create new work in their areas of practice while in residence for the period 8 April to 16 June.

Absolution

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Established in 1996 as a professional body-piercing studio, Absolution built its reputation on a combination of a hygienic approach, modern fit-out and professional and personable staff.

Arts Centre Education

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Simon Edwards | Castle Hill

Thursday 26 March - Saturday 2 May 2026

Often synonymous with its distinctive and dramatic limestone rock formations, the wider Castle Hill landscape is a broad alpine basin situated between the Torlesse and Craigieburn ranges - known mountain playgrounds for local Ōtautahi Christchurch artist, Simon Edwards. In a new body of work set to wow its audiences, Simon continues deftly exploring his painting style as he probes the balance of en plein air and studio painting within his practice. Of his latest subject matter Simon says, "Castle Hill feels isolated - a meeting of plains and mountains. It's that mix of openness and weight, beauty and the sublime, that keeps drawing me back." There's an evident pull in these new works, employing atmospheric perspective to create recognisable landscapes that entice the viewer deeper up river valleys, across plains, over ridges and into the beckoning distance. Adding to this his iconic misty clouds, textured rock formations, and expressive colour palettes, Simon elevates the mood and atmosphere of each work beyond the physical and the tangible, into the realm of memory, emotion, and experience.