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​Gallery Opening Hours
Monday - Friday 10am to 5pm
Saturday 10am to 2pm
The Refinery ArtSpace is committed to stimulating and strengthening the artistic and cultural life of Whakatu, supporting a diverse programme of engaging community-driven and/or contemporary exhibitions, projects and events.

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SENSORY SELF PORTRAITS
Bailee Lobb



The Refinery ArtSpace will be taken over by some colourful, textile sculptures this October thanks to a very special artist from Te-Whanganui-a-Tara: Bailee Lobb and her exhibition, Sensory Self Portraits.
 
Think big soft sculptures that you can experience both from the outside and inside as well as soft props to touch and experience soothing support, transforming the gallery into a joyous pool of colours and textures.
 
'Sensory Self Portraits' is an exhibition of playful textile installations exploring the pursuit of self-regulation and sensory support.
 
For our 2023 festival, Bailee will present works from her colour-bathing series, 'In Bathing, Bask' alongside a brand new performance and installation work, 'How do you sleep at night?' which explores the use of sensory supports for sleep, and working with light, weight, and posture to develop non-pharmaceutical sleep aids. 

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Call for Proposals for 23/24  CLOSED


All applicants who have submitted a proposal will be advised on the outcome by 29th March 2023. Successful submissions will be advised of their exhibition dates by 28th April 2023.

If you are considering a proposal for next year's programme  guidelines and proposal writing tips can be downloaded below;

For further information or support contact Janja Heathfield, Gallery Manager, at refineryartspace@gmail.com
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Under the Sea Light and Movement 
Ministry of Inspiration, Nelson Whakatū

Ministry of Inspiration (MOI) is a Nelson-based charitable trust which is committed to offering young people opportunities to develop a wide range of skills and build confidence via STEAMS (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths and Society) related activities. Under the Sea Light and Movement is an immersive and interactive experience of sea creatures, light, shadow, and motion.
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Matariki - 
Te Oro Hā

Be embraced in a sanctuary of sounds, voices and projections, carrying the stories of Matariki. Told by Te Ora Hā with art by Ashia Te Moananui, installed by Lee Woodman.
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Image | Laila Marie Costa, HSDCTC-colab.
CONTAINMENT / UNCONTAINED
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Artists: HSDCTC collaboration (HandShake project + Dialogue Collective + TempContemp)
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HSDCTC collaboration, three jewellery artists’ groups from New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia join forces to explore the ‘Containments/Uncontained’, reflected by the relationships between jewellery objects and themes of freedoms and restrictions. 


​This exhibition encompasses the stormy journeys that triumphantly sustained the demoralising worldwide pandemic and actual geographical borders. Each of the twenty artists conclude their collaboration voyage at the Refinery Art Space, Nelson with their dissected theme studies and jewellery objects supported by images, texts, and video.

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Whenua 
Vicki Lenihan, Rongomaiaia Te Whaiti, Alix Ashworth, Caitlin Donnelly,  Mya Morrison-Middleton:
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E honoa ana mātou mā te whakapapa; he  whānui mātou. He uri mātou o Tahu Pōtiki i kōnei
We are connected by whakapapa; we are family. We are Ngāi Tahu.



Whenua – meaning both land and placenta – connects us to Papatūānuku: we are all children of her womb.  Whenua binds us to our place in the world.  Because we are from and of the whenua, we belong. As Ngāi Tahu object-based artists, we have a powerful attachment to our whenua; it nourishes and validates our mana, mauri and wairua while we do the same for it: every decision, every action we undertake is inextricably intertwined with the health and future of our whenua and of us. This collection of works explores our connection to whenua, to our place in Aotearoa and Te Waipounamu.

Reflect: Occupation Artist
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Participants: Vivien Atkinson, Becky Bliss, Kelly McDonald, Sarah Read, Nadine Smith, Caroline Thomas
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​Occupation: Artist opened our workshop-in-a-shopping-mall and started presenting quick-fire exhibitions and performance pieces for bewildered Wellington commuters. ​ Here’s to another ten years of making our work and getting it out there.

​Though our individual practices are based on diverse personal interests, we’ve found great strength as a group that is able to engage with the community via large-scale public art projects.
​These typically address socially-conscious subjects (think climate change, traffic pollution, property prices) and encourage public interaction. Materials to date have included a truckload of ice, many many toy cars, and of course lashings of our trademark gold leaf.


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KO TE ĀKAU: POETICS OF LAND, WATER & SKY
Te Toki Haruru (Charles Koroneho)

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KEI HEA A TIKI? WHERE IS TIKI?
Kim Ireland

 Ko Te Ākau is a visual arts installation and curated performance programme for live and virtual spaces, created for group and solo performances, within a design accurate, site-specific installation of lighting, sound design and video projection. The project references the collaborative works of artists Ralph Hotere and Bill Culbert and serves as the inspiration for exploring the poetics of Te Ākau, the space where the ocean meets the land, where the horizon connects land, water and sky.

The kaupapa of Ko Te Ākau is best served by ‘Mātiro Whakamua’ with a gaze firmly fixed on the horizon. The project is aesthetically futuristic and abstract, a vehicle for the past, present and future, performed by the living ancestral body of the artists.
In this shared space, performances journey us through remembrance, acknowledgement, and aspiration. The hope of a poetic land, water and sky is the horizon carried by the kaupapa, where the optimism and guidance of a human being in ceremonial performance places our imagination amongst the cosmos.
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Unlike anything else, this is an exhibition, a performance, a gathering, a virtual experience, and a sharing, from one of our most extraordinary artists Charles Koroneho.
A special Nelson Arts Festival commission.
Created by Charles Koroneho for Te Toki Haruru and in collaboration with Filament Eleven 11.
​Nelson Arts Festival

In te ao Māori, tāne and wāhine once lived in balance with each other, and all other beings who originated from Ranginui and Papatūānuku. Gender and sexual diversity were normalised but colonialisation brought a strict gender hierarchy and static sexual identities. With the power of pūrākau and whakapapa, this exhibition attempts to draw forth mātauranga Māori of gender and sexuality.
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Kim Ireland’s (Te Arawa) practice is founded upon identity and the power of historical narratives. Directed by rangahau and mātauranga, Ireland has evolved her multidisciplinary works, often playing with temporality or reclaiming what has been lost. Kei Hea a Tiki? is her first exhibition of clay works.
Nelson Arts Festival

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Kelly McDonald and Victoria McIntosh
MODIFIED for display

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Centre For Fine Woodworking
Graduate Exhibition 2020
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The Refinery Artspace
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Office Hours -  
Mon, Tues 12pm - 5pm;
Wed 10am - 12pm;
Thur, Fri - 10am - 3pm
Gallery Manager - 
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Janja Heathfield

021 204 8474
refineryartspace@gmail,com
Thank you.
Gallery Opening Hours 

Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm 
Sat 11am - 2pm

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2017 Arts Council Nelson
  • Home
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    • Visual Arts
    • Workshops & Classes
    • Literary Arts
    • Performing Arts
    • Multi-Disciplinary & General Notices
  • Invincible - Nelson Women's Centre
  • Funding
  • Pushing Clay Uphill
  • Contact
  • Past Projects
    • MURAL COMMISSION
    • Matariki 2021
    • Nelson Jewellery Week
    • Art Flags Project
    • RAW FRAMED
    • Toi Rangatahi - Youth Exhibition
    • RAW 2
    • Woven CD Project
    • The Before I Die Project
    • And this is my picture - Children's Art Project >
      • VIRTUAL MEDICAL MASK PARADE
      • In The Frame
    • Transformers 2D - 3D
    • Blind Ukulele Workshops
    • Armistice Day Installation Project
    • Titans of Tunes
    • RAW - art outside the edge
    • Let's Face it
    • The Big LITTLE Idea
    • ILLUMINATE 2017
    • PHONE ART
    • Changing Threads >
      • Previous Changing Threads Events
    • Tahuna Beach Sculpture Walk Competition
    • Welcome to Nelson Sign Competition
  • CHORUS ART CABINETS
  • RAW 23
  • Changing Threads 23