Eastside Gallery’s First Steps 2022 showcases the work of 16 artists who are new, or nearly new, to exhibiting. Nothing over $500. Please visit and show your support for their fantastic work!
Opening Event: Monday 28 March 5.30 – 7pm.
Brilliant Vibrant Women: 28 February – 26 March 2022
Right now Eastside Gallery is bursting with uplifting and colourful art: “Brilliant Vibrant Women” features the work of 17 local artists and is on until 26 March.
Exhibition Dates: 28 February – 26 March 2022
Good Trouble: Eastside Multicultural Exhibition 31 Jan – 26 Feb 2022
There’s Good Trouble going on right now at Eastside Gallery. The gallery’s annual Multicultural Exhibition is on now until 26 February and features the work of 19 artists. While the phrase originated in the American Civil Rights Movement, local artists were invited to approach the theme in any way they liked. A huge variety of artistic Good Trouble is in the show, from graffiti art to works that respond to environmental destruction, the dawn raids, the Northern Lights, pretty pests, India’s Salt March, Chile’s Mapuche conflict and much more.
Exhibition Dates: 31 January – 26 February 2022
Open: Tuesday-Saturday. Classes start from 10am. Galleries open 12noon-5pm.
Location: 388 Worcester Street, Christchurch, free parking onsite.
Images of individual works (Top, L-R): Madhu Rees, “The Dandi Salt March – Seven daughters,” acrylic on canvas; Estefania Mondaca, “Division of the Waters,” charcoal and oil pastel in fabriano paper; Schira Withers, “Crossing Borders,” mixed media/acrylic.
NOTE: THESE IMAGES WILL RETURN SOON.
Soil (Re)Cycling: 29 Nov – 18 Dec 2021
Soil is vital to life on Earth. The soil’s role in recycling nutrients, and wastes, is an important part of sustaining life on Earth, providing renewal and new growth, in the dance between life and death.
This exhibition celebrates the variety, and intrinsic beauty, of soils in our landscapes in the context of both art and science. It is also a celebration of World Soil Day (5th December) and reminds us about the importance of soil in our daily lives for food, fuel, and fibre production, as well as maintaining biodiversity and water quality.
The artists featured in this exhibition, Juergen Esperschuetz, Megan Balks, and Allan Hewitt, are all also soil scientists. To illustrate the importance of soil cycles the artworks include recycled metals and reclaimed timber, as well as wool, and the soil itself, as media.
Opening Event: 5.30-7pm Monday 29 November 2021
Hosted By: Eastside Gallery, 388 Worcester St, Christchurch.
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm, free onsite parking.
