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Te Atamira offers a wide-ranging programme of exhibitions, workshops, classes, performances, events and talks designed for everyone to be creative, every day.

Te Atamira is Tāhuna Queenstown’s community arts and cultural centre, established as a charitable trust dedicated to supporting creativity for everyone, 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.

06/06/2026

Meet Judy Darragh for this week's Sunday Spotlight 🙌🏼

Judy is one of the creative minds taking part in a creative hui being run by Three Lakes Cultural Trust from 10-14 June. A variety of events will take place across the region covering all things arts, from funding and accessibility to questions around copyright, royalties and AI in the creative sector - plus so much more!

Several events are being held here at Te Atamira, and we're thrilled to be the place so many creative minds will meet. Judy is one such wonderful mind. As well as leading conversations, she will be running free 'Agony Art' clinics for artists to sit down for 10 minutes to bring the real questions - creative blocks, direction shifts, funding, visibility, sustainability, navigating the arts sector, or simply figuring out what comes next.

Explore the full hui programme over at www.threelakesculturaltrust.co.nz/creative-and-culture-hui

05/06/2026

Our July School Holiday Programme is ready to book now!

Running from Monday 6 - Friday17 July, this fun creative arts programme is jam-packed full of sessions inspired by the winter season, Matariki, and our current exhibition 'Infinite Possibilities' which focuses on space and the cosmos. From drama and dance to drawing, crafts and making board games... there is so much fun to be had.

With sessions for kids aged 5-7 and 8-13, spots are bound to go fast, so book yours while you can at www.teatamira.nz/events/july-holidays-2026

04/06/2026

Bone is Bone
An exhibition from

This beautiful exhibition, currently showing in our Manaaki Nui gallery space, has entered its final weeks. Pop by before Sunday 14 June to sit amongst the work, and enjoy the presence of horses all around you - both through sculptural work, and videos projected through the space.

"I’m connecting the clay in my hands to a feeling from the horses of knowingness, old intelligence, kindness and inter-survival. The horses stand close, examining my hair, checking if the clay is edible, snoring. We are grateful for the shade together."

📸: David Oakley ()

03/06/2026

One season has changed into the next, which means a new Te Atamira What's On guide is here!

Feel free to pop in to pick up a copy of our Winter guide, which gives a preview of what's coming up over the coming cold months, from exciting new exhibitions, winter workshops, Term 3 programmes for kids and teens, and so much more.

We'll be dropping these off in some locations across Frankton, Queenstown and Arrowtown in the coming weeks too. If you have a workplace or community spot you would like to display a couple of these, please let us know - we'd love your help getting these out there into the hands of locals keen on the arts!

31/05/2026

A glimpse at what's coming up at Te Atamira this week, including an exploration of te reo Māori for those aged 60+, and a free community sing night which will look at how different musical dimensions are created in a home studio turning simple melodies into rich group sounds.

As always, you can browse the full suite of what's coming up at www.teatamira.nz/whats-on

30/05/2026

This week's Sunday Spotlight is shining on Chora Carleton, one third of the creative force behind our current exhibition 'Infinite Possibilities.' If you haven't yet come in to enjoy this spellbinding exhibition, it is here until 11 August, so make sure you come and visit while it's on!

29/05/2026

Jewellery Workshop with Lisa Walker ONZM
Saturday 8 August, 11am-5pm | $125
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Lisa Walker is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential contemporary jewellers, and has spent decades pushing the boundaries of what jewellery is traditionally thought of, into something more open and less predictable.

In support of HEAD, the exhibition of her works which will open at Te Atamira next month, Lisa will be running a full-day jewellery making workshop on Saturday 8 August.

The workshop will involve investigation into the materials we have in our environment, and the potential these materials have to be made into jewellery. Through making, we'll discuss the issues of jewellery, life, and art. Places are limited and bound to be booked up fast, so secure a spot while you can at www.teatamira.nz/events/lisa-walker-jewellery-workshop.

27/05/2026

⚱️ Clay Fundamentals workshop ⚱️

This introductory two-part workshop is a collaboration between Te Atamira and Wakatipu Potters Group.

Are you keen to give pottery a go but not sure where to start? This two-part workshop led by Kate Ross will give you an introduction to the art of hand-building pottery, focusing on simple cylindrical shapes including tumblers and vases.

The first session on Sunday 21 June will cover how to hand build pieces, and the second session on Sunday 5 July will teach participants how to colour their fired pieces using underglaze or glazing techniques. Each session runs for two hours from 2pm-4pm. Please only book if you are available to attend both.

Spaces are limited, and with how demand pottery courses in Queenstown are, we get the feeling this will book out fast! Please head to the link below to read more and secure your spot now.

www.teatamira.nz/events/clay-fundamentals-handbuild-a-tumbler-or-vase

26/05/2026

HEAD | Lisa Walker ONZM

Announcing an exciting new exhibition, opening on Thursday 25 June at 6:30pm.

Somewhere between a face and an object, these works don’t quite settle. Lisa Walker ONZM is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential contemporary jewellers. This exhibition pulls together a new body of work, presenting Walker’s provocative and deliberate pieces at Te Atamira for the first time.

Mark your calendars - the opening for this exciting new exhibition is free to attend, and all are welcome.

Address

Dart House, Building 11, 12 Hawthorne Drive
Frankton

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Website

http://teatamira.nz/

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