Come join NOA for twice-weekly facilitated drawing sessions in the Te Manawa foyer. NOA is both an acronym for Notes Of Art and Te Reo for “an area without restriction, safe and open for everyone.” All are welcome! Nau mai, haere mai – Open daily from 10am to 5pm. General admission is free – donations...
Come join NOA for twice-weekly facilitated drawing sessions in the Te Manawa foyer. NOA is both an acronym for Notes Of Art and Te Reo for “an area without restriction, safe and open for everyone.” All are welcome! Nau mai, haere mai – Open daily from 10am to 5pm. General admission is free – donations...
On 7 August at Te Manawa, discover a new interest or revisit an old one, as local hobby groups display their talents for Clubs Open Day. From the excitement of radio-controlled aircraft with the Palmerston North Aeroneers, to the strategy and skill of pétanque, to the sedate but fascinating world of cactus and succulent cultivation...
Who remembers playing Spotlight as a kid? Who still plays it? Now you can play Spotlight at the museum. 25 people go in. 24 of them hide, and the one with the torch has to track them down, and anybody caught joins them. Rounds last for 30 minutes - will you be the last one...
How will we continue feeding ourselves as the planet warms and extreme weather events batter the landscape more often? How will some of Earth's most iconic animals survive? Te Manawa is hosting a special Discovery Time session on International Youth Day (12 August) from 3-6pm, where you can try to answer these questions by taking...
With "Creative Upcycling" for their motto, Upcycle One aim to help people in Palmerston North and surrounding areas create something beautiful and useful using recycled materials. They also use natural resources such as soil, plants, stones, dried flowers, leaves and feathers. Participants not only enjoy opportunities for arts and craft, but also they learn about...
How quickly we can lose our history, forget those or what came before, or forget the meaning of what we have now. Do we value our local stories? Do we hear or see them enough? Do we tell of our own struggles, to be who we are now - in this city? Who we are...
With wheel and spindle, loom and dye, needles and hook, Spinners’ and Weavers’ Guild members turn fibre into fabric and felt in amazing variety. They’re joined by the Embroiderers’ Guild, creating art with stitch and thread. These crafts, both old and new, are meditative and fascinating. See them at Te Manawa from 1-3 pm.
Find out about the links between Suffragettes and the NCW and hear about some of the activities of the NCW in the Manawatū. Discover Manawatū suffragette signatory Eleanor Collis as family members share reminiscences about her. Former mayor Jill White and the present deputy mayor Aleisha Rutherford will give commentary on the influence of the...
The craftspeople of the Manawatū Woodworkers’ Guild are masters of chisel and lathe. Come and see them transform chunks of wood into works of art.
Join a free Suffrage Day workshop that combines political history with hands-on textile design. Five historians will tell the stories of five local women who signed the suffrage petition. A designer will advise you how to make your own unique tribute from a stash of fabric provided. 2.30pm - 4pm, upstairs in the Art Gallery
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