Sitting at the heart of our artist-development pathway, “Stride by Stride” brings together a thoughtful mix of painting, jewellery, photography and moving‑image works from eight local artists who are steadily expanding their practice and their exhibition experience.

Eastside artists: Bethany McCone, Charlie Fox, Frances Caldwell, Gemma O’Neill, Gina Coatsworth, Jon Auton, Ros Huppert and Roslyn McLean.

Location: 388 Worcester St, free parking and entry.

Art as a way of living — urgent, embodied, essential.

This exhibition gathers 11 local artists whose practices are driven by daily insistence, vital compulsion, or outright obsession. These are the works that keep them up at night: pieces pulled from the depths and heights of emotion.

Across painting, sculpture, woodcut, moving image and textile work, the show traces the continual reworking of ideas an artist can’t let go of — art as wild instinct, immersion and intensity. Some seek to capture or confront childhood memories; others to lean on whānau for artistic inspiration. Still others strive to find an authentic voice amid the overwhelming flood of mediatised images.

Eastside artists: Anton Zamorkin, Deanna Morgan, Elizabeth Faye, Judy Rogers, Laurie Roodt, Nicholas Williamson, Nina Cook, Tom McCone and Xinran Yu.

Mini artists: George Bassett-Smith and Olivia Mercer.