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The Refinery ArtSpace

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.

Call for Proposals for 23/24  NOW OPEN

The Refinery ArtSpace welcomes proposals from individuals and groups from all creative fields locally and nationally including: 
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  • Community arts and cultural groups;
  • Experienced, new and emerging practitioners, including students and recent graduates;
  • Proposals from other national galleries with a similar focus;
  • Curatorial practitioners and curatorial programmes, locally and nationally;

 NOTE: All exhibitions must be a minimum of four weeks duration.

We look forward to receiving your proposals to provide an engaging programme for 2023/2024.
Completed proposals may be:
  • emailed to refineryartspace@gmail.com
  • mailed to Refinery ArtSpace, PO Box 566, Nelson 7040
  • dropped off to the Refinery ArtSpace,  114 Hardy St, Nelson.

Proposals must be received by 28th February 2023. All applicants will be advised on the outcome by 29th March 2023. Successful submissions will be advised of their exhibition dates by 28th April 2023.

Submission forms, guidelines and proposal writing tips can be downloaded below;

For further information or support contact Janja Heathfield, Gallery Manager, at refineryartspace@gmail.com
Refinery Floor Plan
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Proposal Guidelines
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Proposal Form
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Proposal Writing Tips
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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
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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
  • Who We Are
    • How WE can help >
      • Advice
      • Helpful Links
    • How You can help
  • What We Do
  • The Refinery ArtSpace
    • Blog
  • What's On?
    • Events
    • Exhibitions
  • Opportunities
    • Visual Arts
    • Workshops & Classes
    • Literary Arts
    • Performing Arts
    • Multi-Disciplinary & General Notices
  • 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
  • RAW 23
  • Changing Threads 23