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Friends Art In The Capital
Friends
Past event
Wellington / $250 per person
A weekend of art, music, food and wine with the Friends in Wellington. Take this opportunity to enjoy galleries around the city with a group of other enthusiasts.
Friday 2 November
6pm
Meet at Suite Gallery for an intimate experience hosted by David Alsop, where we will enjoy an in-depth perspective of Ans Westra’s work and see her highly sought-after photography at first hand.
We’ll also hear from artist Arie Hellendoorn, who will give us an insight to his painting and show us some of his more recent works.
8pm
Nathan Haines and Jonathan Crayford perform downstairs at Suite Gallery.
Saturday 3 November
Have the morning to yourself to enjoy the dealer galleries at your leisure.
12.30pm
Meet at outside the Museum Hotel where we will be picked up by bus.
First stop – the Adam Art Gallery, for a curator’s talk about the exhibition, Still Looking: Peter McLeavey and the Last Photograph, followed by light refreshments. The exhibition surveys the extremely private yet enthusiastic passion that the prominent art dealer Peter McLeavey had for collecting.
Next we’ll visit Pataka Art & Museum in Porirua, where curator Mark Hutchins will take us a guided tour of Elizabeth Thomson: The Greening of New Blueland and Euan Macleod: Painter.
5pm
Return to Museum Hotel. Drinks and dinner to debrief can be a spontaneous affair and is optional.
Sunday 4 November
10am
Meet at Te Papa Tongarewa at where the Friends of Te Papa will host us and treat us to an intimate view of the recently opened new art exhibition areas.
12pm
At midday we will head to City Gallery Wellington for an exhibition tour at 12.15pm.
Ticket covers transport in Wellington, entry to galleries, your ticket to see Nathan Haines and Jonathan Crayford, and cocktails, which will be matched with Malaysian fare from Cuba street. Travel to and from Wellington and accommodation are not included.
PLACES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED SO DON’T MISS OUT
Book your spot by emailing friends@christchurchartgallery.org.nz
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How to Book Friends Tickets
To book tickets from your phone, follow these simple steps (or click here for instructions with images).
- Find the event you’d like to book for on our website www.christchurchartgallery/friends
- Scroll down until you see the Book Now option; click on the down arrow to select the date you’d like to book then click book now
- Check you are booking for the event you’d like to attend
- If you are booking for a Friends only event, you will notice the number of tickets is greyed out. To login and access Friends only tickets, click on the door image at the top of the page
- Enter your email address and password
- Now that you’re signed in, you can enter the number of tickets you’d like to purchase
- Check you’re happy with your cart before you checkout
- Let us know who is attending the event
- Let us know of any special requests and tick the Terms & Conditions box then complete your sale
- Pop your payment details in then submit. And don’t forget to save your ticket to your phone for easy access on the day of the event
Don’t forget we’re here to help so get in touch if you have any problems!
friends@christchurchartgallery.org.nz | 03 941 7356
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