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Join the Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation
We’re on a mission to provide support for Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū for collection development and community engagement. Seven years ago, the Foundation started a journey to create an endowment of $5 million and to acquire five great works of art. We are delighted to announce we have reached $4.3 million towards the endowment.
With a solid foundation in place, we’re looking for thoughtful, long-term partners who believe in this city and want to come together with artists, our Gallery team and each other. This is our chance to help shape the future of Ōtautahi.
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Join the Friends of Christchurch Art Gallery
There’s an art to being a Friend. As a Friend of the Gallery you’ll be part of great talks, events and have a special insight into what’s happening at your gallery. Let’s make this New Zealand’s most loved gallery.
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Volunteer With Us
Our volunteer guides are a valued and vital part of the Gallery team, enriching the gallery experience for our visitors by telling the stories of our art collection. Volunteering at Christchurch Art Gallery is a rewarding way to meet new people, extend your arts knowledge and offer your time and skills to the community.
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Make a Donation
Help us to do what we do by making a donation the the Chrsitchurch Art Gallery Foundation. The funds we raise are used to support our acquisitions budget and buy artworks for our collection and the city of Christchurch. Any and all contributions are gratefully received (and tax deductible).
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Kate Mayo, Singapore Airlines New Zealand
Gallery partner
I always admired people who were talented at art, who could tell a story, or sculpt something amazing or make you think or aspire to something else. That’s maybe why I like art – it makes me learn, discover and imagine. I visit galleries in NZ and overseas because they’re representative of the culture of that place …
Connor Paton, Chief Auctioneer, Bayleys Canterbury
Connor Paton, Bayleys Canterbury
Strategic Partner
It’s exciting to be partnering with Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū because at its core is people; all of whom are fun, interesting, slightly mad (!), and great to work with and learn from.
Art plays a massive role in new Christchurch. We have a number of works in Christchurch that are genuinely world-class, and so we’ve got an opportunity to pitch to the rest of NZ, and the world, that Christchurch supports the arts, creativity, and doing things amazingly – and differently. But actually better than pitching that to others, it’d be great if actually that just became part of the modus operandi of Christchurch, and art can play a big part.
Chris Jones, Director of Bayleys Canterbury
Chris Jones, Bayleys Canterbury
Strategic Partner
Personally, when we travel we try to buy a piece of art. We then put it on our wall and each day when we walk past it we think back to that trip, what we did in that town/village and what we loved about it.
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwehetū is a Canterbury icon. People are there to have fun, to explore and to have some time out away from the world and I like that. I also believe the building itself was a tower of strength following the earthquakes, a base to rebuild the city around.
We have some fantastic artists in Canterbury and as the city rebuilds I hope we attract more. With the strain that technology can place on society I believe art is a wonderful temporary escape from the world.
Pete Whalan, General Manager, Bayleys Canterbury
Pete Whalan, Bayleys Canterbury
Strategic Partner
Our partnership with Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū is about building a legacy and a future for the people of Canterbury and New Zealand to be proud of. By investing in city, we work to promote a culture of excellence and diversity. We want to support and get behind the uplifting of the city.
We’ve partnered for three years – to us it’s a journey and we want to go on that journey together.
Christchurch can be cited as the city that sets the pace for innovation, and art is a huge part of that. Art does amazing things for cities, encourages people to visit parts of the city they might not generally visit, you might choose up-and-coming or established creatives alike, but whatever your preference, Christchurch has it covered.