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Embracing ahunga nui (connection) through ngā toi (the arts) this Matariki

News

The Arts Centre will be exploring ahunga nui (connection) through ngā toi (the arts) as the country celebrates Matariki, the start of the Māori new year, and its significance in Aotearoa.

Everyone an Artist Trust

Offices

Neil Dawson’s sculpture Echo rises again

News

This week Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre celebrates the return of Neil Dawson's beautiful sculpture Echo to the North Quad.

A truly stunning setting

Venue hire

An ideal heritage space

Corban Te Aika

Board & Management

Corban (Ngāi Tahu) was appointed as a Trustee of Te Matatiki Toi Ora | The Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Board in July 2021.

New Creative Residents at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre

News

With much anticipation and excitement, the Olivia Spencer Bower residency is returning to Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre. A longstanding residency prior to the 2010/11 earthquakes, this partnership will once again see The Arts Centre annually host an emerging artist specialising in the fields of painting and sculpture. Amanda Newall won this esteemed award and will be based onsite from May until December this year, working on a new exhibition, Blue Ted. The Oliver Spencer Bower residencies began in 1987 and are renowned as an invaluable and prestigious award for Aotearoa visual artists. The Olivia Spencer Bower award is supported annually by Perpetual Guardian.

‘In the beginning, there was Rage’ a Bogan Gala 2022

News

Dust off your sharkies and comb back your mullet because bogans are taking over Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre for a mid-winter rage fest!

Sculptural Art Takes Centre Stage in Ōtautahi

News

Sculptural Art Takes Centre Stage in Ōtautahi The Arts Centre Sculpture Festival is back for its third consecutive year, making it an annual fixture on the Ōtautahi arts calendar.

Thank you for helping restore the Observatory Tower

Support

Eleven years after the Canterbury earthquakes of 2011, the magnificent and unique Observatory Tower is completely restored and towering once more over the South Quadrangle.
Three years of intense deconstruction and reconstruction work have ensured that the Gothic Revival Observatory Tower is as good as new, with beautiful new stonework faithfully hand-crafted as the architect Benjamin Mountfort intended in 1896.

Revival Exhibition

Galleries & museums

The Arts Centre’s buildings are the largest collection of Category 1 Historic Places listed by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Its 22 Gothic revival spaces, dating back to 1877, were extensively damaged by the 2010-11 Canterbury earthquakes. An 11 year project to restore them is close to completion.