New exhibition opening on Thursday 25th June at Kapiti Gallery. Come and see what members of Kapiti Arts and Crafts Society created during the COVID-19 lockdown.
See the full poster here and a revised schedule of 2020 exhibitions here.
Kāpiti Arts Trail: join us!
Join Kāpiti Arts And Crafts Society while the Arts Trail is on, and your $85.00 subscription will last for the rest of 2020 and right through to 31 December 2021!
Our Gallery Exhibition, which opens on Thursday 29th October, spans both Kapiti Arts Trail weekends and is a great opportunity to see Artists in Action! Our Arts and Crafts shop will be open, too, as part of the Arts Trail.
“Before, during and after the Arts Trail” exhibition
from 29 October to Sunday 22 November
Kāpiti Gallery, 192 Matai Road, Raumati Beach
Hours: Thursday to Sunday 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
See artists and crafters in action in our workrooms and pottery and visit the exhibition in our gallery.
Arts and Crafts Shop
20 Raumati Road (next door to Raumati Road Pharmacy) in Raumati Village—close to specialty shops and the beach. A great place to find the perfect, locally made gift, or an artwork or craft item to treat yourself.
Oil Paintings display at Coastlands
Don’t miss the display of oil paintings by Kapiti Arts and Crafts Society members, from Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th of November 2020. It’s a great opportunity for shoppers to see work by local artists, and learn about the Society.
We’re in the Deane Room!
Kapiti Arts and Crafts groups are once more displaying and selling their work in the Roderick and Gillian Deane Community Art Space at Paraparaumu Library in September.
Painting groups members are displaying their art from Saturday 19th September, and Kāpiti Spinners, Weavers & Knitters and Felters—plus jewellery & other craft from Saturday 26th September to Friday 2nd October.
The opening hours are set out below, although it may not be possible to staff the display until 7.30 pm on the late nights.
Opening hours
Monday–Wednesday 9am–5pm
Thursday and Friday 9am–7.30pm
Saturday 10am–4pm
Sunday 10am–2pm
Daffodil Day “yellow raffle”
The Spinning, Weaving and Knitting group’s annual “Yellow Raffle” raised $120 for the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day Appeal on Wednesday 26 August.
The group has a Daffodil Day fundraiser in the Kāpiti Arts and Crafts workrooms each year and Pottery Group members from ‘next door’ in the pottery room join in, too. Raffle tickets are 50 cents each, and some people make a donation as well.
This year, yellow goods covered a worktable with flowers—daffodils, of course, and other blooms—hand-dyed wool, yellow duck and mesh sponges, soup, biscuits and potato chips in yellow packets, a picture frame, rain cape, measuring tape, and a package of scented soap donated by Trudi of Jenoa Clothing Shop in Waikanae. And inevitably, at this time of year, enough grapefruit and lemons to fill a large basket!
Painting in Pastels – opening 13 August 6.30 pm
Exhibition opening with drinks and nibbles! Thursday 13th August 2020 6.30 – 8.00 pm at Kāpiti Gallery, 192 Matai Road, Raumati Beach.
The members of the Kāpiti Arts & Crafts Society’s Pastel Group would love it if you could make it along to the opening of our annual exhibition on Thursday evening. This is a rare opportunity to see the versatility and bright colours of the pastel medium.
If you can’t get to the Opening, please drop in to the Gallery on Thursdays through Sundays until September 6th, 10.00 am to 3.00 pm.
The Kapiti Woodworkers’ Guild will also have a wonderful display of their woodturning and woodcraft.
1/2 year sub, exhibitions, new convener, group news
If you join the Society later in the year, the subscription from 1st August 2020 is reduced to Single – $60.00 : Double – $115.00 : Student – $45.00
An amended Groups list is posted, with a new convener for the Embroidery Group and the Portrait painting group deciding to meet once a month rather than twice. You can pick up a copy of our monthly newsletter from the shop or gallery, along with the updated groups list.
Kāpiti Gallery reopened with a successful exhibition of “Lock down work”. The current exhibition inspired a range of artworks with “Drip, Dribble and Splash” as their theme! See more on our Facebook page.
Kāpiti Gallery re-opens
Kāpiti Gallery is re-opening on Thursday 11th June. Our “A Song in Art” exhibition was cut short by the lockdown, so it’s continuing until Sunday 21st June. Winter opening hours are 10.00 am to 3.00 pm.
The next exhibition is “Lockdown 2020”, opening on Thursday 25th June for all Groups’ members to display work done during the lockdown period.
“Drip, Dribble and Splash” begins in July, and the revised programme for the rest of the year is on the Gallery page.
It’s great to be getting back to normal! We look forward to seeing you.
Arts & Crafts shop OPEN
We are delighted to be back and able to provide our art and craft to the local community.
We’re renowned for the quality of our members’ work – so make this your first stop for your new baby, warm woollies for you and growing children, toys – including robust wooden trucks, cars and trains – unique gift ware, one-off jewellery items, pottery and paintings.
Support local businesses.
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We’re still here – from home
Kapiti Arts and Crafts Society Shop, workrooms and Kapiti Gallery closure
In the interests of our members and the general public, Kāpiti Gallery and our workrooms at 192 Matai Road will also be closed in the meantime, and we have decided to close our arts and crafts shop at 20 Raumati Road for at least the next 4 weeks.
As soon as we’re “open for business” again, we’ll let you know!
Many of our shop’s volunteer minders are seniors, and with other society members compromised health-wise, we do not have the numbers to keep the shop open just now. (We thank all who have worked in the past week and all have said they were happy with the precautions we put in place.
We wish our valued Shop customers and Gallery visitors good health and hope you remain in good spirits.
Keep in touch with us and each other via Facebook – share photos and updates of your art and craft projects https://www.facebook.com/kapitiartsandcrafts
UPDATE: We are closed until the government advises Level 4 restrictions are lifted
New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system specifies public health and social measures to be taken against COVID-19.
Level 4 Eliminate: Likely that disease is not contained.
- People instructed to stay at home
- Educational facilities closed
- Businesses closed except for essential services (e.g. supermarkets, pharmacies, clinics) and lifeline utilities
- Rationing of supplies and requisitioning of facilities
- Travel severely limited
- Major reprioritisation of healthcare services
UNITE AGAINST COVID-19 official website
