Great Barrier Island Galleries & Artists
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Aotea Community Art Gallery
Hector Sanderson Rd, Claris
beside the Health Centre.
Ph 4290 580

Open 10.30am-4pm
 Closed Wednesdays

Enjoy the diverse range
of local Art & Craft

Black Cow Art Gallery

Schooner Bay, Tryphena
Phone: 09 4290 414

Woodwork, Carvings
Sculpture & Paintings

by Peter Edmonds
& Fenella Christian

Milk, Honey and Grain Museum, Claris

Just past Claris airfield on the right as you travel south.

Shoal Bay Pottery,
Tryphena

Open 7 days.
Ph: 09 4290 455.
On the left as you drive
to the Tryphena Wharf.

Young Museum, Okupu

Phone Chrissy on 09 4290 388 to arrange a visit.

EXHIBITIONS

Aotea Community
Art Gallery
Claris, Beside the Health Centre.
Ph: 4290 580

Aotea Gallery presents Matariki Festival
 Matariki ki tua o nga whetu (search beyond the stars)

Workshop Programme

Funded by Creative Communities & Auckland City Council.

ARTISTS

Fenella Christian - Ph:4290 414.  A contemporary mixed media artist who has been living on Great Barrier Island for over 20 years. Located at Schooner Bay.

Peter Edmonds - Ph:4290 414.  A  talented wood worker who does carving, furniture, bowls and building. Located at Schooner Bay. 

Keith N. Simpson - Ph: 4290 080.  Sculptor in Stainless Steel - and painter of abstracts combining primary oil colours and steel. Exhibits at Aotea Gallery on GBI. www. Artfind.co.nz

Di Simpson - Ph: 4290 080.  Photographer. Greeting Cards, Post Cards and enlargements at Aotea Gallery. Boutique Weddings, Portraiture. Email:d-ksimpson@slingshot.co.nz

Barbara McGrath - Ph:4290 009. A potter working with earthenware clay using a Japanese method, Raku, firing to 1000o then immediately moving work and covering with wet sawdust. The effect of copper glaze can be quite unique and varied.

Doreen Scott,  Artist, Photographer, Card Maker - 4290 323.  Located at 163 Hector Sanderson Rd, Claris.  Please phone for an appointment to view.

Cuan Forsyth-King, Painter & Sculptor - 4290 341.  Located in Medlands Valley.  Studio and garden open by at times over the summer.  Phone to confirm opening hours and directions.

Lauren Yates B.F.A. Artist - Ph:4290 054 / 021 103 5561.  Lauren uses the spontaneous notion of abstraction within her paintings.  A large influence comes from the atmosphere and expansiveness found on Great Barrier Island.

John Kjargaard, Photographer - 4290 808.  I am drawn to the order and perfection inherent in Nature’s many guises and interpret it photographically by creating intimate relationships between form and colour.

Joan Fergus, Painter - 4290 443

Sarah Harrison, Potter - 4290 455. Sarah has been working with clay since 1991 and draws upon her interests as a source of inspiration; art, travel, people & cultures, ecology & conservation, gardening and architecture.