Lake House Arts Centre

11/06/2026

PUANGA MATARIKI
TE WHARE ROTO O TOI - LAKE HOUSE ART CENTRE

We have 3 weeks of programming for you in over Puanga Matariki here at Lake House and beyond into our wider community, come join us for one (or all) of our events over June and July 🌌

* Places in the Hei Āpōpō Kono weaving workshop are limited, email [email protected] to book a space.

08/06/2026

Iconic is a collection of twelve paintings that reimagine masterpieces spanning the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century. Each work centres women both as subject and as maker. inviting a reconsideration of how these figures have been seen. remembered and revered.

Please join us to celebrate Iconic at Lake House Arts on the 14.06.26 4-6рm.

The show is then open every day in our Ogle gallery until the 25.06.26

07/06/2026

We’re pleased to announce the next exhibition in our Becroft Gallery will be in collaboration with ‘Artopia’ with their show “Dreams”

“Dreams,” showcases artwork created by students aged 4 to 15. Through painting and mixed media, these young people explore many forms of dreams - real dreams, imagined worlds, personal aspirations, and fantastical scenes. Born from their limitless creativity, each artwork reflects the individuality, emotions, and unique imagination of its artist.

This exhibition is a celebration of the creativity and talent of these young people as we watch them grow into distinctive artistic voices of the future.”

Please join us for an Exhibition Celebration on Sunday, June 14th at 4pm - 6pm

26/05/2026

This month our Patron Genevieve Becroft celebrated another year around the sun and we would love to wish her the very best of birthdays!

25/05/2026

Over the past month we had our members take over the Becroft for the annual members merit awards!

A lovely evening to celebrate many of the people that make up the Lake House community

Congratulations to our winners

ULTIMATE WINNER – MAHSA KHEIRKHAH - ‘MIGRATION TO HEAVEN’

RUNNER UP – CHIHUI TANG - ‘BROWNS ISLAND’

PEOPLES CHOICE – DAL KIM

HARCOURTS COOPER & CO EMERGING ARTSIST – VAL ENGER

HIGHLY COMMENDED – TANIA HIVER - ‘TANIWHA’

HIGHLY COMMENDED – STAPHANIE NIERSTENHOEFER - ‘NYC SHADOWS’

HIGHLY COMMENDED – SHIRAZ SMITH - ‘GROWING’

NOTABLE – GRAEME MACKAY - ‘BRIGHT’

And a special thank you to Harcourts, our judges and our incredible Lake House volunteers!

24/05/2026

12/05/2026

“Transformative II is a retrospective, a protest, and an act of transformation.”

We’re excited to announce the next exhibition in the Beacroft gallery, Transformative II, from Grae Burton. His first solo exhibition for 10 years and the first since becoming Kaiwhakahaere at Lake House Arts nine years ago.

Across 30 years Burtons work has moved through several mediums and themes; from drawing and performance to digital image making and video art, it is a practice shaped by
forward momentum. This exhibition, set 20 years on from his first residency “Transformative” at the Suter Gallery in Nelson, has emerged from Burtons refusal to allow the work to remain static.

Half retrospective, half protest this show reflects his resistance to seeing earlier works treated as commodities, removed from the sphere of artistic care and meaning. The response is this exhibition; a reclamation, and a reinvention.

Please join us for our exhibition celebration and special performance on Sunday the 24th
from 4pm (performance at 4:30pm)

Transformative II will then be open every day from Saturday 23rd of May until Thursday 11th
of June in the Becroft Gallery, from 9am-2pm.

03/05/2026

Here we go! Members' Merit Awards about to launch at 4pm!

30/04/2026

Members’ Merit is taking shape — and today, it’s in the judges’ hands.

Sneak peek of the exhibition being installed ready for the judges ahead of the Members’ Merit Awards opening and celebration this Sunday.

Join us this Sunday at 4pm as we announce this year’s winners and celebrate the work of our Lake House Arts member artists.

All welcome — come along, support local artists, and be part of this special exhibition moment.