Welcome to the Creative Hawke's Bay website

Creative Hawke’s Bay is the region's arts and culture organisation.  It is an independent Charitable Trust which supports both professional and semi-professional artists in Hawke’s Bay.

Our vision is to ensure that:-

"The creative professional sector in Hawke's Bay is flourishing and sustainable"

Creative Hawke's Bay activities run year round.

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For any information, please contact us or check out the details below.

The annual Creative Hawke's Bay Invitational exhibition, curated by Tim Walker, will be held at the Hastings City Art Gallery from 10th April to 27th June 2010.

The Invitational is a major contemporary art exhibition in which over thirty artists will have new work on display and for sale.

The exhibition will be launched with a Black Tie opening night event on Friday 9th April at Hastings City Art Gallery.

Tickets are available from Creative Hawke's Bay or the Hastings City Art Gallery.  Adults $40, Seniors/Students $20 (cash or chq only).  Tickets include canapes from Orton Catering and Clearview Estate wine.  

Don't miss the hottest art event of the year!

  Exhibition dates April 10th - June 27th
Hastings City Art Gallery, 201 Eastbourne Street, Hastings.
Open 10am to 4.30pm daily. Admission free. 

For more information
e: info@creativehawkesbay.co.nz or
t: (06) 835-7719

CREATIVE HAWKE'S BAY LECTURE SERIES 2010

The Creative Hawke's Bay Lecture Series brings creative people and audiences together.

The Lecture series provides a forum in which creative people are encouraged and challenged to think about a number of topics that relate to art, culture and design in a broad frame of reference.

Always entertaining, often controversial and definitely stimulating, the next few months of speakers is a stellar lineup:

Tuesday 13th April- Miranda Brown, Fashion Designer

Tuesday 11th May - Gaylene Preston, Filmmaker

Tuesday 8th June - Ian Athfield, Architect

Tuesday 13th July - Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, Museum   Director/Author

Tuesday 10th August - Marti Friedlander, Photographer with Prof Leonard Bell, Art Historian

THE 2010 Hawke's Bay Art Guide

The 2010 edition of the Hawke's Bay Art Guide has been published and is available at all studios, galleries and information centres throughout the Hawke's Bay region.  

The Art Guide is a free resource for both locals and visitors to Hawke's Bay with listings of galleries, exhibition spaces, studio artists, arts collectives and arts clubs. You will also find information on where to make beaded jewellery, and how to access some of your local arts groups. 

If you are aware of any artists who have studios or galleries and are not in this year's edition, and may be interested, please ask them to contact us ASAP.

THE HAWKE'S BAY ARCHITECTURE GUIDE 

We are working on publishing a guide to the iconic architecture of Hawke's Bay pre and post 1940, and will be publishing this in 2010.

WORKSHOPS FOR CREATIVE PEOPLE

If you have ever wanted to do a business course, but are put off by the suit and tie brigade, then these courses are for you!

The sessions are tailored to artists and creatives, and are run by successful artists and business people who are involved in the arts sector.

Our 2010 programme is in development and details will be posted shortly.  Please contact us if you are interested in attending a workshop.