This is a shared arts column space put together by the Howick Historical
Village, Te Tuhi, and Uxbridge Arts and Culture.
This week’s call to action is to head on into Uxbridge Arts and Culture to check out new visual art from east Auckland’s next generation of creatives.
A flurry of activity over recent weeks sees the Howick Youth Council take over the Malcolm Smith Gallery as they celebrate their 2024 Visual Art showcase.
On now until October 5, the exhibition features over 40 works from artists aged 14 to 24.
The awards ceremony on September 13 highlighted numerous outstanding new artworks including Recollection by Amina Ahmad Baker (an Uxbridge College Art Station alumni) who picked up the grand prize.
Come in to see Amina’s work and cast your own vote for the People’s Choice Award!
Two more local artists soon take the exhibition stage at Uxbridge with Howick College’s Estelle Ruijne presenting her debut exhibition Metamorphōsis in the concourse exhibition space from October 4 and Clevedon’s Kristin Hatland presenting a stunning new suite of new photographs in the Malcolm Smith Gallery from October 12.
If you’re a parent thinking about the end of term, you won’t want to overlook our upcoming school holiday programme, running from October 4-11.
Ever expanding, our programme covers a range of exciting workshops, performances and films for children.
Particularly popular are our sewing and soapmaking workshops and our soon to sell-out events in the theatre.
If the holiday programme isn’t enough, kids will want to come back on October 19 for our Halloween performances, the Tricks ‘n’ Treats Magic Show with Andre Vegas and company.
Keep an eye on our website (www.uxbridge.org.nz) for tickets and to browse the full programme.
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