Exhibitions & Events
Hours: Our City O-Tautahi is open to the public Monday to Saturday, 10.00am - 4.00pm. Venue hire available anytime.
Community Exhibition Space
This space, comprising three galleries, is especially designed to provide an area where issues of importance to the city or aspects of local life can be communicated and shared. Community groups and organisations of Christchurch get a chance to show their talents, projects and viewpoints to the public. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact us.
Current Exhibitions and Events
'Time is Waking Up' - Alice Spittle
Kohinga
Matariki is the time of gathering whanau, thoughts and knowledge. Otautahi Maori artists explore these themes.
Date: Tuesday 9 June – Saturday 11 July 2009
Admission: free
Kohinga Toi, a group of Otautahi Maori artists present their own works and a collaborative piece exploring themes around Matariki that move beyond astrological perspectives. This exhibition marks the accumulating interest and knowledge of a growing number of local artists around Matariki who are producing ground breaking works in mixed media: sculpture, carving, raranga, photography and painting.
Upcoming Exhibitions and Events
 He rau Tipuna – leaves of our ancestors
Date: Tuesday 14 July – Saturday 22 August
Admission: Free
As leaves fall from trees they take on new beauty and meaning with a change in colour and texture. For the weavers in He rau Tipuna, weaving knowledge and the garments they produce, like leaves, respond to changing materials and process – from the traditional to the outrageous.
Through their labours the weavers tell the 'story' of their garments – a commentary, a memory or a personality. They ask – what are we, the present generation, leaving those who follow?
 Shelved Memories
Celebrating 150 years of Public Libraries in Christchurch
Date: Tuesday 25 August – Thursday 8 October 2009
Admission: Free
Christchurch City Libraries first opened its doors to the public of Christchurch when the Mechanics Institute began operation from a small room in 1859. In the intervening 150 years the library has grown from a small collection of several hundred books to the present-day collection of over 1 million items, but along the way the library has acquired some treasured examples of the publishing heritage of New Zealand. A selection of these valued texts form the basis of this exhibition celebrating 150 years of public libraries in Christchurch.
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