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Come and see the exhibitions and artist projects, enjoy musical performances, films, family activities, talks and tours. Check out our pop-up shop, eat tasty treats from some of Christchurch’s best food trucks and add in a cash bar and DJ until 10pm on Saturday night.

Please note, the Gallery's car park will be opening soon. In the meantime, there's plenty of street parking or use the Botanic Gardens' car park.

FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Draw Make Create
10am–12pm and 1–3pm 
Forecourt and under the stairs
Create your own art-tastic Christmas decorations! Make festive chalk stencils and blinged out hanging pinecones at our activity tables.

Imagination Playground
10am–5pm
Forecourt
An incredible play-system made up of giant blocks in a multitude of shapes and sizes. Designed by New York architect David Rockwell, it offers endless creative potential for children to play, build, dream and explore.

Free Gelato from NZI
11am – 4pm
Forecourt
Enjoy a scoop or a cone of free gelato from our partners NZI. There are five flavours of Rollickin Gelato available. Get in quick as there is limited stock.

FILMS
Through a Different Lens / Film Work by Joanna Margaret Paul
11am, 1.30pm, 3pm, 5.30pm
Phillip Carter Family Auditorium
A programme of recent digital restorations of films shot by Joanna Margret Paul in the 1970s and early 1980s reflecting on motherhood, domestic life and dichotomy between urban space and the natural world. Several of the films in this programme were recently premiered at the 2015 London Film Festival.

Building Repairs
Drop in any time between 12.15–1.15pm, 4–5pm and 7–10pm
Phillip Carter Family Auditorium
Witness Christchurch Art Gallery's transformation in timelapse photography shot over five years of repairs.

Out of the Mist: An Alternative History of New Zealand Cinema
4pm
Phillip Carter Family Auditorium
Narrated by Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton, Tim Wong's elegantly assembled and illustrated film essay contemplates the prevailing image of our national cinema.
 

TOURS
Introduction to the Gallery
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Meet at the Information Desk
Tour collection highlights with our friendly and knowledgeable volunteer guides.

TALKS
Painting Stories: City Views and the Pleasure Garden, with senior curator Lara Strongman
11.30am, meet at the information Desk

An Introduction to Te Rua o te Moko, with curator Nathan Pohio
1.30pm, meet at the Information Desk

Colour is Light: Van der Velden's Mount Rolleston and the Otira River, with curator Peter Vangioni
2.30pm, meet at the Information Desk

A Transforming Chorus: Recent Additions to the Collection, with curator Felicity Milburn
3.30pm, meet at the Information Desk

Meet the Ancestors: Portrait Gifts in Treasury, with curator Ken Hall
4.30pm, meet at the Information Desk