Wellington Creative Spaces Network

This network includes creative spaces in the Greater Wellington region and meets every six weeks to share resources, information and ideas. Members include Take 5 & Te Whare Marama and Dudley Arthouse (Lower Hutt); Vincents Art Workshop, Pablos Art Studios and Alpha Art Studios (Wellington city); and King Street Artworks (Masterton).

Arts Access Aotearoa co-ordinates the network. If you are interested in finding more about this network, please contact Pippa Sanderson.

Seeking: art tutors, volunteers, resources

Creative spaces require the skills of art tutors to work with their artists - part-time, in a relieving capacity or in workshops. At the moment, for example, Vincents Art Workshop is looking for a relieving art tutor. Vincents is also looking for a community representative to sit on its committee. For more nformation, please contact Glen McDonald, Co-ordinator, Vincents Art Workshop (T: 04 499 1030 E: vincentsartworkshop@xtra.co.nz).

Creative spaces also value the work and contribution that volunteers can make. 

Profiling creative spaces and artists in the Wellington region

Arts Access Aotearoa profiles creative spaces and artists throughout New Zealand. If you would like your creative space and artists profiled on our website, please email us.

Here is an example of a creative space profile.

King Street Artworks: driven by the artists

"If someone wants to do something we'll figure a way to do it," says Harry Watson, one of the art tutors at King Street Artworks in Masterton. "It's driven by the artists." Read more.

Here is an example of a profile of an artist working from a creative space.

Working with clay at Take 5 & Te Whare Marama

Ivan Love is an artist, working from the Take 5 & Te Whare Marama creative space in Lower Hutt. He creates taonga puoro (traditional Māori musical instruments), including koauau (Māori flutes that sound like a bird call) and purerehua (instruments that make a deep whirring sound). Read more.

News stories about your activities

Arts Access Aotearoa writes news stories and post these on our website and, sometimes, on The Big Idea website. We also provide links to these stories on Facebook and Twitter.

Please contact Iona with your newsworthy stories.