A new Aratoi exhibition, Kaleidoscope, explores the relationship between the science of light and art, opens in April. It features Gabby O’Connor’s immersive installation All The Colours, All The Light, Jane Gibbens sparkling gemstone paintings, Annie Hayward’s landscapes and Pat Hanly’s Rainbow over Mt Eden alongside hands-on experiments created by Fab Lab.
Kaleidoscope creates an immersive and family friendly space that lets viewers play with light and notice how it changes through reflection and refraction. Exhibition curator Becky Bateman, who has always been fascinated by the relationship between science and art, says: “It’s a perfect exhibition to celebrate Matariki. Discover how light is created, can be bent, moved or changed.”
Public programmes and school holiday sessions accompany this exhibition. (See website for more details – www.aratoi.org.nz )
Thanks to Masterton’s Creative Communities Scheme and Fab Lab for their support for this exhibition.
Main Gallery exhibitions Der Tiefenglanz, Deep Gloss by Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch, and Conglomeration by local artist Janet Green are showing until 8 June.
Six by Three, photographs by Jim Graydon, Tim McMahon and Peter McNeur finishes on Sunday 4 May. Collection show, Mickey, a Pennant, and a Wedding finishes 13 April.
Current April Exhibitions:
Mickey, a Pennant, and a Wedding, finishes 13 April
Six by Three, by Jim Graydon, Tim McMahon and Peter McNeur, until 4 May
Der Tiefenglanz, Deep Gloss by Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch, 21 March – 8 June
Conglomeration, by Janet Green: 21 March – 8 June
Kaleidoscope, 19 April – 13 July
