Te Atamira offers a wide-ranging programme of exhibitions, workshops, classes, performances, events and talks designed for everyone to be creative, every day.
We have 22 purpose-built spaces, including an art gallery, dance studios, performance spaces, a recording studio, music teaching and rehearsal rooms, a pottery studio, art workshop and a community project space.
Te Atamira, which means platform or stage in te reo Māori, strives to be a place for all to practice, produce, experience, participate in and be inspired by the arts.
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considers how spaces can act as a supportive environment for stimming, sensory processing and soothing the nervous system.
Digital Art: Drawing with an iPad – Fantastical Creatures
WHAT’S ON
WHAT’S ON
Community Sing
Bring your voice and join us for Community Sing, on the first Tuesday of every month. No need to read music or sing in key – just come and experience the joy of singing, and singing with others. Next event: Tuesday 4 March 2025, 7pm - 8pm
Community Draw
Join us with sketchbook and pencil in hand for Community Draw, on the second Tuesday of every month. No experience necessary - come along and embrace the joy of different approaches to drawing. Next event: Tuesday 11 February 2025, 6:30 - 8pm
Community Dance
Calling all dance enthusiasts and rhythmic explorers, on the third Tuesday of every month! Join us for a dance class - open to all levels and ages, no RSVP required, just drop in and let's dance! Next event: Tuesday 17 December, 7pm - 8pm
Lyrics and Lines
Lyrics and Lines playfully explores creative mark making and asks us to consider different kinds of patterns in our lives and environment. Open daily until 9 February 2025.
Love Notes by Ed Cruikshank
This interactive project invites you to write a message of love and send it to the world, in a specially made interactive artwork. Open daily until 14 February 2025.
Use Your Words
Use Your Words is a visual art exhibition that celebrates the profound power of language through the lens of four essential words: Mautohe | Protest, Aroha | Love, Mātauranga | Wisdom, and Auaha | Create. Featuring a diverse array of artists and creatives, the exhibition draws connections between these words and how they have shaped personal and collective experiences. Open daily until 21 February 2025.
Christmas Holiday Programme 2024
Join us as we get into the Christmas spirit with Te Atamira's Christmas Holiday Programme! Led by accredited art teacher Michelle, our workshops inspire creativity through hands-on crafting and art for kids in Queenstown. Thursday 19 December – Monday 23 December, 9:30am - 3pm (Extended times available) | Age groups 5-7 and 8-12
January Holiday Programme 2025
Looking for an exciting school holiday programme in Queenstown? Join our January arts holiday programme this summer, led by accredited art teacher Michelle. Designed for kids aged 5-7 and 8-12, this creative, multidisciplinary programme inspires creativity through fun, hands-on workshops. Wednesday 8 January – Friday 31 January, from 9am. Extended hours available.
Slow Stitching with Dianne van Brandenburg
Discover the mindful art of slow stitching with textile artist Dianne van Brandenburg. Learn mark-making and creative embellishment techniques, layering fabrics and stitches to create your own unique, hand-crafted artwork. Sunday 12 January, 1pm - 4pm
Mixed Media Workshop with Emma Peers
Discover the exciting world of mixed media and how it can help you evolve your artistic style, in a half-day hands-on workshop. 18 January 2025, 1pm - 4pm
Digital Art: Drawing with an iPad – Fantastical Creatures
Explore Procreate in this fun, one-day holiday workshop! Learn digital illustration, layers, and textures. Create a fantastical creature print to keep. Perfect for beginners aged 8 - 13. Wednesday 22 January, 9am - 3pm
Washi Tape and Drawing Workshop with Veronica Herber
Join Lyrics and Lines artist Veronica Herber for a hands-on exploration of her signature materials of tape and graphite. Saturday 25 January, 2pm - 4:30pm
Digital Art: Drawing with an iPad – Express Yourself
Explore digital art and typography in this fun Queenstown school holiday workshop for kids aged 8–13! Using Procreate, create a bold, positive mantra and take home a printed artwork. Thursday 30 January, 9am - 3pm
Crochet Workshop with Ani O'Neill - Working in the Round
Join artist Ani O'Neill in a colourful crochet workshop, creating collaborative yarn artworks. Open to all skill levels, this joyful session explores color, shape, and creative play with crochet techniques. Two sessions options - Saturday 1 February, 2pm - 3:30pm and Sunday 2 February, 10:30am - 12pm
Pūheke - Louise Potiki Bryant
Pūheke ("to flow") is a new solo work by Louise Pōtiki Bryant emerging out of her personal journey towards healing from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) / Māuiui whakaauau. Join us for an immersive experience of image, music and solo dance performance by this Ngāi Tahu choreographer and Arts Foundation Laureate. Saturday 1 February, 7:30pm
Drawing, Diagrams, Dance Workshop with Jake Walker
Explore the intersection of art and movement in this innovative workshop led by Jake Walker. Participants will create unique drawings that serve as graphic scores for dance, using mark-making, lines, arrows, and text to craft experimental diagrams. Thursday 13 February, 3:30pm - 6:30pm
Pueblo de Tambores - Images and sounds from Afro-Colombia
A audio-visual experience that takes the viewer on a journey along 'rio y mar', river and sea, through the percussive music of artists striving to pass their culture on to the next generation.
Te Atamira
Ground Floor, Dart House
Remarkables Park Town Centre
12 Hawthorn Drive
Frankton, Queenstown
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