The arts provide a powerful platform for raising and addressing issues that face humanity, our wellbeing, our planet. Arts in Action is part of the Depot Artspace community where we offer commentary, opinion and alternative solutions on a variety of…
Last Saturday 12 May saw the opening of Fauze Hassen’s debut solo show, Yellow Street Light Madness and Fiona Gray’s solo show, Flight of Light. Both artists were thrilled with the turnout and we were lucky enough to have live…
We were thrilled to have the opening of our 2 latest exhibitions, ‘A Moving Tribute’ by Helen Pollock (ONZM) and The Giant Peace Poppy by Tony McNeight featured in The Devonport Flagstaff (May 4 issue)! A huge thanks to reporter…
The Giant Peace Poppy Project by Tony McNeight is a participatory exhibition in honour of ANZAC Day, opening on Monday 23 April, 6:30pm. [Please Note: the dates indicated in this article are incorrect]. Here’s an article from the April 6…
“Music enriches people’s lives, and the people’s lives around you. It’s not about getting 20 million hits on YouTube. You do it for yourself.” In the lead up to the launch of his new project Beats Vs. Vocals, Depot…
Depot Sound Recording Studio are excited to launch their new project for producers and vocalists: Beats Vs. Vocals. Here’s some info from Depot Sound music producer and audio engineer (and the brains behind this project!) Morgan Allen: If you are producer/beatmaker…
Why have the arts, culture and creativity been excluded from the Auckland plan’s strategic priorities? Arts activist Elise Sterbeck points out that, “this plan replaces the previous Auckland Plan and the “liveable city” vision, and removes one of the guiding…
During his hugely successful debut solo show, Master Calligrapher Sayed Ali Karam Jawhary’s exhibition The Reed Pen’s Tale was featured in the Office of Ethnic Communities newsletter! The Office of Ethnic Communities is the government’s authoritative advisor on ethnic diversity…
We have 3 incredible exhibitions in our Main Gallery and Vernacular Lounge right now – Jacqueline Macleod’s Memory for $ale, Robyn Gibson’s Solace in Familiar Things and Beatrice Carlson’s Unwearable: 2010-2017 WOW Retrospective. Here is an article from Stuff courtesy of…
Friday night saw a packed (wall to wall packed!) Main Gallery for the National Poetry Day event – 20 Poets in Devonport – which we co-hosted with the Michael King Writers Centre. The poetry was exceptional, some pieces were read to…
