The Vacant Spaces Pop-Up Gallery is brought to you by Eke Panuku Development Auckland and Corban Estate Arts Centre, and is part of the Henderson town centre revitalisation project. It is a celebration of art and culture in conjunction with CEAC’s year-long initiative Play, Create, and Learn.

Step into a world of colour and creativity at Corban Estate Arts Centre! As part of our April programme offering and the Kids Arts Festival 2025: Celebrating Colour, we’re thrilled to feature Rainbow Machine — a spectacular fusion of science, art, design, and engineering that sparks joy for kids of all ages.

The Corban Estate Arts Centre is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated Kids Arts Festival 2025. This year’s festival is centred around the vibrant theme of Celebrating Colour and promises a day of creativity, fun, and inspiration for children and families alike. Best of all, the festival and its activities are entirely free.

Slithering into the April school holidays, The Great Snake Search is a hiss-terical adventure for young explorers! Sneaky serpents have slinked their way across Corban Estate Arts Centre, and it’s up to you to track them down.

Join the Handweavers & Spinners Guild for an engaging demonstration of spinning, weaving and more at the Homestead Galleries.

Join Homestead Galleries Curator & Exhibitions Manager Java for an intimate tour of our current exhibitions.

Join us as we hear about a unique glass exhibition that investigates themes of history, heritage and connection through the work of Greek artist Sofia Athineou.

Join us in Henderson's Catherine St Plaza for a free vibrant and creative community print workshop! Inspired by the beauty of Aotearoa's flora and traditional kowhaiwhai patterns, we'll guide you through the process of creating stunning foam board prints.

Hosted by our resident glass artist Sofia Athineou, you will be taught how to make a relief scene made from plaster by pressing natural and found objects into clay.

Due to popular demand, Queers & Wares; the crafty offshoot of Olivia Coupe's QUEER AF is launching out West! Join us 22nd February for a market like no other - a celebration of artistry, community, and local talent.

If you were to share the story of how your family came to live in Aotearoa, what would that look like? Inspired by the work of current exhibiting artist Guy Howard-Smith, this workshop is focused on sharing your own unique family stories.

Celebrate Pride 2025 in this Perfect Pride Pottery Workshop! Express your individuality by making your own bespoke tumbler using the slab technique. Our pottery tutor Siriporn Falcon-Grey, will help guide you to get your hands dirty and lose yourself in this mindfulness craft. Your pottery will be ready for pick up at a later date.

CALLING ALL “AT HOME” ART HEAUX OCEANIC MVPFAFF+ BADDIES, ALPHABET MAFIA ALLIES AND
SEKI DOODLERS.
We invite the MVPFAFF+ / LGBTQAI+/ Takatāpui / Queer community to join us in Pride 2025, for Live Drawing: The Oceanic Form, facilitated by Mel Aluesi.

Bookings open now!

Featuring an inspiring collection of practicing artists, each offering their unique skills and talents in a variety of mediums and techniques, the upcoming Summer School workshops promise a hands-on week of practical upskilling, and inspirational creativity.

Join us as we hear about the recent exhibition Curiosities of Status by artist collective Re:Use. Delving into themes of consumption and value placed on objects in society we will engage in conversation that unpacks different ways of thinking about these topics.

Presented by curator Wesley John Fourie, and artists Sue Cooke and Brie Rate of the exhibition 'They Saw Leaves Growing'

Hosted by artists Sue Cooke and Brie Rate, this workshop will lead participants through some specialised drawing and print techniques used in their joint exhibition They Saw Leaves Growing.

Join Us for Operation Kindness!

This holiday season, we’re inviting our amazing community to help us spread a little extra warmth and care through Operation Kindness! We’re focusing on filling hampers with essential items, and this is where you can make a real difference.

Join us for a vibrant day of art, creativity, and community at the Corban Estate Arts Centre’s Open Arts Day on Saturday, 12th October. From 11am to 3pm, visitors are invited to immerse themselves in a range of cultural experiences, explore our creative spaces, and connect with local artists.

Learn about Bena Jackson and Max Fleury’s exhibition Blue Nylon with the curator and join in on a paper mosaic activity using recycled materials at the end. Perfect for all ages, however adult supervision of Tamariki is required.

Join us for a workshop creating your own wonderful, quirky and fabulous imaginary creatures inspired by exhibiting artist Georgia Arnold's recent exhibition.

Our poor caretaker has misplaced all his keys to the spaces around the Corban Estate Arts Centre, and he needs your help to find them these school holidays!

Join Kate Stevens West (Kāi Tahu) in a drop-in session to make a painting of a family taoka.

Join us in celebrating Women’s Suffrage with the unveiling of the latest iteration of our Corban Heritage Wall, honouring the spirit and resilience of the Corban women, the quiet yet powerful force behind the rise of the historic Corban Estate Winery.

Join Piupiu Maya Turei (Wairarapa Moana, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) in making a zine to celebrate your whakapapa!

Join us for a two-hour movement and creativity hauora session.

Whānau Day is a fun day celebrating storytelling in all its many forms and to create whānau memories to hold and cherish forever.

Join us for an artist kōrero with Briana Duffy as she discusses the making of her exhibition, 'Kāinga'.

Join Rachel Ruckstuhlmann to celebrate waiata from Te Waipounamu, a few favourites from Hirini Melbourne, as well as a selection of her own compositions.

** Postponed **
Join us for a wānanga coinciding with the exhibition, 'Kia Ora Whaea'.

Come and make some squidgy moth monoprints with printmaker Emma Kitson

Join us for a kōrero with the artists as they discuss the kaupapa behind their exhibition.

We have a whole constellation of celestial bodies twinkling around the Estate just waiting to be found in our latest school holiday trail!

** This event has been CANCELLED. Apologies for the inconvenience .

MATA-FRIKI is a fun twilight event for the whānau to have a collective kanikani on a large scale dancefloor.

In recognition of the promise of new beginnings that comes with Matariki and Te Tau Hou Māori, we invite you to come and experience an elevated Whakamana (Movement for Joy) class with Māori contemporary dance artist Tiaki Kerei (Jack Gray)

Tangata Whenua are welcomed to participate in a wānanga coinciding with Matt Tini's exhibition, 'the essentials of being a native', an exhibition which manipulates the visual language of colonisers, engaging with colonial fantasies while breaking them open.

In recognition of Matariki, we are delighted to share a screening of the award winning feature-length documentary Whetū Mārama - Bright Star (2022).

The extended whānau of Corban Estate Art Centre invite you to join us for a community celebration of fire, karakia, kai to create a sense of place and belonging as we gather to mark the opening of Matariki Festival 2024.

Join us for the interactive pop-up installation, 'Hiwa-i-te-Rangi: The Wishing Star' by Penny Howard, to celebrate Matariki and Te Tau Hou Māori (the Māori New Year).

Join us on an immersive tour of three distinct West Auckland sites, each simultaneously sharing unique reflections on the history of Crown Lynn pottery.

Join us for an engaging conversation between artists, Samson Dell and Matt Tini, as they speak about the themes explored in their respective exhibitions, 'in our spring garden' and 'the essentials of being a native'.

The Printopia Festival of Original Prints is back with another wonderful three-day celebration of printmaking, right here at Corban Estate Arts Centre.

For their tenth year in service, Give a Kid a Blanket is kicking off their winter campaign early this year to try and get warmth where it is needed before the worst of winter sets in.

In recognition of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, we’ve created a Dragon hunt across Corban Estate for the whole family to enjoy!

Save the date! After a three-year hiatus, Corban Estate Arts Centre is delighted to announce the long awaited return of West Auckland's beloved Kids Arts Festival.

'the crucibulum experience' is designed to bring the viewer to a place where art and science fuse together in the Alchemy of Fire and Community Healing.

Browse a wide range of stalls selling original artisan wares, up-cycled clothing, potted plants, artworks, trinkets, gifts and more!

In this workshop, participants are invited to explore the rich tapestry of their personal and cultural identity through the language of symbols and images.

Join in our collaborative community mural depicting the Progressive Pride Flag, affirming social independence and proclaiming power for the global LGBTQI+ community.

Join us for an intimate discussion centred around a series of poetic texts which were inspired by the themes explored in the exhibition 'She is Country'.

Get a taste of what our Summer School tutors and their students got up to during their week-long retreat of immersive creativity.

Summer School makes its eagerly awaited return this January, offering a week-long retreat of immersive creativity and transformation for adults of all artistic abilities.

Staged entirely on a moving bus, 'Tales of an Urban Indian' is a play about a contemporary Indigenous man who grows up on both the reserve and in “big-city” Vancouver.

An outdoor performance of an internationally-beloved musical, performed under the trees at Corban Estate. Broadway in your backyard!

Join us for a panel discussion with the exhibiting artists of 'Landmarks for the landless', facilitated by Matariki Williams.

Join us for another wonderful market day at Corban Estate Arts Centre, perfectly timed to find the perfect gifts this Christmas!

Join us for a very special visit to the world-renowned Gibbs Farm sculpture park for an amazing day of art appreciation and inspiration.

Bring along your under-twos for a baby-friendly morning in the Homestead Galleries.

Bring an item of clothing from home that you would like to transform with a patch of woolly wonderfulness!

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a tour with Liz Mitchell as she speaks about her solo exhibition, 'This Raw Material'.

The spooks are coming out to play at Corban Estate for one very special early evening full of tricks and treats!

Supporting the narratives within the SUNDAY GIRL pop-up exhibiton artworks, enjoy some free reign on snipping, ripping, assembling, and gluing designs of total Girl Power!

Facilitated by Naima Azoulay and Leela Bhai.
All Welcome.

This all-female group show is a platform for expressing and sharing a woman’s worldview as we operate our multi-tasking layered lives as daughters, sisters, mothers, partners, thinkers, givers, workers, and creatives.

In its fourth iteration, over 20 diverse artists will be celebrated, spotlighting the female artist and a challenge to the bias that exists in the commercial art world.

Learn to crochet or knit a simple chain stitch without hooks or needles.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a tour of All-at-once-ness, led by Jana Wood.

Come along to our whānau friendly market day as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival 2023 to browse a wide range of stalls.

Sharon Alexander, a fourth generation Corban will share the challenges that her vintner family faced during the prohibition era in the early 1900s.

Join us for an intimate tour of 'Al Balad Alam: the land we rest upon' with artist Nicola Fraser and co-curators Scarlett Kean and Melina Payne, as part of the event A House of Love; a special celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Corban family Homestead as part of Auckland Heritage Festival 2023.

In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the Homestead, join us as Sharon Alexander of the Corbans family, reveals the new iteration of our foyer Heritage Wall, sharing personal memories of the past.

Pick up a map and entry form from either the Homestead Galleries or the Coffee Studio Café, then set off around the Estate in search of clues for a code-cracker puzzle.

Join us for a children’s watercolour painting workshop inspired by 'All-at-once-ness', an exhibition by Jana Wood.

Come and be a part of our inaugural book club gathering featuring Cindy Leong, the artist behind the exhibition, 'Be Here Now'

Mums, Dads and caregivers! You're invited to bring along your under-twos for a baby-friendly morning in the Homestead Galleries.

Join us for a children’s abstract painting workshop inspired by 'BLUE DUCK', an exhibition by Christian Dimick and Ruby Wilkinson.

In recognition of the 130th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage, we're celebrating gender equality and female empowerment with a photographic group portrait of all the women who are now, and have been connected to Corban Estate over the years.

Join us as we mark the closing of the Matariki Festival for a shared feast with whānau and friends.

In celebration of Matariki in Tāmaki Makaurau, you’re invited to our Kia Ora Shorts film screening to experience Te Ao Mai Nga Whatu Māori, the world through a Māori lens.

*** There will Q&A with filmmakers on the Wednesday night screening ***

The Corban Estate Art Centre extended whanau will gather to mark the opening of the Matariki Festival 2023 and invite you to join them for fire, karakia and kai.

Come and draw a portrait of Macky the dog these holidays and you'll go in the draw to WIN an awesome prize pack!

Woof! (Hello!)
It's Macky here, resident canine-in-charge at Corban Estate Arts Centre. Lover of the arts, professional sunny-spot seeker and fine sausage connoisseur.

This pop-up exhibition showcases a small body of work by local artist Ray Stoddart alongside the work of his students, with whom he has generously shared his knowledge.

Following legendary artist Stanley Palmer’s pioneering bamboo print technique, the collection of work transfers original sketches onto hand-made sheath plates, producing a print series using water-based ink and a printing press.

Join us for an intimate tour led by the curators of 'Ngā Whetū', Melina Payne and Penny Howard.

In time for Matariki; inspired by conversation and whakatauki about gratitude, children will design their own visual Pukapuka Whakawhetai (gratitude journal) to take home and add to over the coming year.

Mums, Dads and caregivers are invited to bring along your under-twos for a baby-friendly morning with our curator in the Homestead Galleries.

Join us for a children's upcycling session inspired by the kaupapa of EcoFest. Bring along a container from your recycling bin to repurpose into a useful vase or pen holder.

The Printopia Festival of Original Print is a three-day celebration of printmaking being held at Corban Estate Arts Centre for the second year in a row.

We are proud to be an official collection point for the 2023 'Give a Kid a Blanket' Warm for Winter Appeal, accepting donations of warmth to be gifted to kids and families in need.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries to hear Wellington-based artists Christine Brimer, Bernadette Casey and Barbara Wheeler discuss the concepts around their group show 'Low Carbon Luxe'.

Join Christine Brimer, one of the Wellington-based textile artists from group show 'Low Carbon Luxe' for an interactive demonstration of braid weaving.

Children are invited to join us in the Homestead Galleries to make their own hand-formed vessels using airdry clay.

Get into the spirit of Easter with our own unique spin on the traditional Egg Hunt.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a kōrero with artist a r a p e t a in a discussion around their solo-exhibition Kei whea te Aute.

Come along to our Eco Art Mart as part of EcoFest West 2023. An Eco-friendly Market Day with Art at its Heart!

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a Touch Tour of a r a p e t a’s solo-exhibition, Kei whea te Aute.

Inspired by a r a p e t a’s exhibition Kei whea te Aute, join us in the Homestead Galleries for a mark-making session on Aute/Tapa cloth, using natural pigments from plants, soil and clay.

Join us at the opening of upcoming group exhibition 'Oasis/Respite 2.0' where photographer Raymond Sagapolutele will be taking portraits within a physical space where the LGBTQIA+ community can be gently showcased and celebrated.

In acknowledgement of Auckland Pride Festival 2023, Corban Estate Arts Centre is facilitating an opportunity for our takatāpui /rainbow communities and their allies to come together for a day of creative mural making.

Make your own sculpture inspired by resident artist, Kevin Osmond.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a Touch Tour of group sculpture exhibition, Seven Sculptors.

We invite all caregivers to bring along their under-twos and join our curator for one of our baby-friendly mornings in the Homestead Galleries.

Join us for the second of two studio tours on-site at Corban Estate, visiting the studios of four of our resident artists who are each exhibiting as part of the current exhibition, Seven Sculptors.

Join us for the first of two studio tours on-site at Corban Estate, visiting the studios of three of our resident artists who are each exhibiting as part of current exhibition, Seven Sculptors.

Bring the whole whānau along to Corban Estate these holidays for a scavenger hunt with a gardening twist that everyone will enjoy!

Bring the whole family along to Corban Estate for a fun, festive, hands-on making-session to make your silly season just that little bit more special this year!

Inspired by the group exhibition Her heirlooms in my garden, join us to design and create your own miniature terracotta pot, all ready for a plant in your garden or on your windowsill.

Our annual Christmas sale is back! Join us in the Gallery Shop to start ticking off your Kirihimete shopping list with 15% off everything in-store from 1-21 December including complimentary gift-wrapping.

Join Corban Estate Arts Centre Curator Madeleine Gifford for a guided tour of the group exhibition 'Her heirlooms in my garden'.

Inspired by the vibrant landscape paintings in Dr Leonie Ngahuia Mansbridge’s new exhibition, join us to create your own colourful assemblage artwork within a gilded gold frame.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a conversation between Perth-based exhibiting artist Dr Leonie Ngahuia Mansbridge and Curator Madeleine Gifford.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a hui delving into the growth and art of Hue, explored in the current exhibition 'Forgotten Vessels - Waiting for the Early Dawn'.

Pop into the Homestead Gallery Shop to meet Wellington-based multi-disciplinary artist of Samoan, Rarotongan and Ha’ohi Tahitian heritage, Michel Tuffery.

Paying homage to the historic market gardens around Aotearoa that were sites where many Chinese and Māori relationships were cultivated, Cindy invites participants will choose a ceramic kumara or bok choy which they will paint.

Inspired by Nature’s Gentleman’s works in 'Forgotten Vessels – Waiting for the Early Dawn', join us in the Homestead Galleries where we will be forming our own hue-shaped vessels from clay.

Join us online between Tāmaki Makaurau and Birmingham, for an artist kōrero between exhibiting artists Nature’s Gentleman (Numa Mackenzie) and Sistar S’pacific (Rosanna Raymond).

We invite all mums or dads to bring along their under-twos and join our curator for one of our baby-friendly mornings in the Homestead Galleries

Celebrate Kōanga with a walking storytelling tour through Henderson park for the whole whānau!

Join us in the beautiful Old St Michael's Church on the grounds of Corban Estate to hear Sharon Alexander, daughter of the late Assid and Miriam Corban, talk about the lasting legacy of her family in Henderson.

Bring the whānau along on a Taonga Trail for an afternoon of Stained Glass Spotting, inspired by the beautiful heritage stained glass windows that adorn the Estate.

Come and celebrate the history of Corban Estate Arts Centre to gain a behind-the-scenes look at some of the architectural details and stories hidden within our walls.

Join us in the Ana Pekapeka Studio installation in the Homestead Galleries, for an intimate workshop with Nature’s Gentleman (Numa Mackenzie) and Sistar S’pacific (Rosanna Raymond).

Join us in the Homestead Galleries to create collage art with handmade paper inspired by our current exhibition, In Return.

Join us for an online artist kōrero with several of the exhibiting artists in the current exhibition 'Bodies of Woven Code'; Janina Nana Yaa, Bella Waru and Jahra Wasasala.

We invite all mums or dads to bring along their under-twos and join our curator for one of our baby-friendly mornings in the Homestead Galleries.

Join us for an evening of music and poetry as performed by the participants of Word-Up Wānanga and their mentors.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for live performances by two dance artists as part of Jahra Wasasala’s work 'this body is not ours. they are asking for it back.', in the group exhibition 'Bodies of Woven Code'.

Alongside the group exhibition 'Bodies of Woven Code', we invite you to join us for Coco Solid’s exclusive reading of her novel, 'How to Loiter in a Turf War'.

Alongside our group exhibition Bodies of Woven Code, join us in the Homestead Galleries for an intimate writing session facilitated by poet Trixi Rosa.

Inspired by the group exhibition Bodies of Woven Code, join artist Trixi Rosa to create your own set of knucklebones (jacks) from recycled and found materials.

Join us for an online self-care and embodiment workshop with contemporary Māori artist and Oranga practitioner, Irihipeti Waretini.

*Postponed until further notice* Date to be confirmed. Join us for an online artist kōrero with several of the exhibiting artists in the current exhibition, Bodies of Woven Code.

Join exhibiting artists Cora-Allan and Marita Hewitt in an intimate artist kōrero, as they share their collaborative process for their exhibition, In Return.

Join us for an online conversation between exhibiting artist Ashlee Tawhiti and curator Madeleine Gifford, alongside Ashlee’s exhibition 'Wa:Hine – Wai:Rua'.

A free children’s workshop creating a cardboard Manutukutuku featuring designs that reflect the child's wishes and hopes for the Māori New Year to Hiwa i te Rangi.

The Tipua (New Growth) Sculpture Roadshow is a regional tour of new and traditional Whakairo Sculpture created by artists for Lake House Arts exhibitions during Symposiums and Festivals in 2020 – 2022.

In celebration of Matariki in Tāmaki Makaurau, you're invited to our Kia Ora Shorts film screening to experience Te Ao Mai Nga Whatu Māori; the world through a Māori lens.

Winter is coming… and it’s going to be one helluva vibe.

Introducing Winter Best—your tonic to the winter blues—with over 10 hours of non-stop live music across five stages and zones, and a lineup that downright slaps. And it’s FREE.

Come and visit the Corban Estate Arts Centre team at Snow in the Park for our free drop-in workshop Snowflake Stencils, embracing the wintery theme of this large public annual event.

*Closed on Queen's Birthday Mon 06 June and Matariki Holiday Fri 24 June*
Come in for a visit to the Homestead Galleries throughout the Matariki season and weave a star to add to the One Billion Stars project.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries for a conversation between exhibiting artist Russ Flatt and curator Madeleine Gifford.

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary as an Arts Centre, come along to make your own stained glass window using cellophane and templates inspired by the grape-designs in the windows of the Homestead.

Established in 2006, The Kelston Kweenz proudly present to you The Kweenz "bringing it back" Vogue Ball.

Join exhibiting artist Ashlee Tawhiti for a Raranga workshop in the Homestead Galleries.

*Closed on Queen's Birthday Mon 06 June and Matariki Holiday Fri 24 June*

Following her 2021 exhibition Hiwa I te Rangi, Penny Howard recreates an installation of her whai (string game) from her signature red thread in The Corner of the Homestead Galleries reception.

*Closed on Queen's Birthday Mon 06 June and Matariki Holiday Fri 24 June*
Established by past Corban Estate Arts Centre resident artists Bernie Harfleet & Donna Turtle Sarten, Give a Kid a Blanket is a movement grown from one of their 'Community Activated Art Actions' that was built on the belief that no child should go to bed cold.

Inspired by Yeonjae Choi’s exhibition 인사 Greeting, come along and spend some time using your hands to build a unique clay figure of your own.

We invite all Mums, Dads or caregivers to bring along their under-twos and join our curator for a baby-friendly morning in the Homestead Galleries.

Join us for an online Artist Talk and Q+A with Theresa Waugh and curator Madeleine Gifford.

Announcing a brand-new festival for all you print junkies out there!

Bring the Mums in your life to visit our April-May exhibitions and lovely on-site cafe, and enter our Grinter Glass Special Mother's Day Prize Draw!

This group show is a platform for expressing and sharing a woman’s worldview as we operate our multi-tasking layered lives as daughters, sisters, mothers, partners, thinkers, givers, workers, and creatives.

Daylight Pipes is a two-day exhibition of works made following a residency at Corban Estate Arts Centre.

Join current Tui Ceramic Resident Teresa Collins as she opens up the Kiln Room and residency studio occupied over the past six weeks.

Join us in the Homestead Galleries to make your own roll of printed wrapping paper inspired by the current exhibition.

Watch and learn from some of the expert weavers and spinners from the Handweavers and Spinners Guild Auckland, as they activate the gallery space alongside their group exhibition Mood Indigo.

Join Louise Stevenson for an Artist Talk and Workshop in the Homestead Galleries.

CEAC is clearing out the closet! Come and find all sorts of items from furniture and art materials to plants, clothing and more!

Drawing on her works in Someplace Else: A Travel Archive, artist Louise Stevenson will guide kids and caregivers in the making of a series of small collage works on paper that tell a story about travelling.

This graffiti battle will involve teams, with a pair of artists in each. One old school, one new school squaring off against one another.

For the first time, the line-up of senior artists hosting masterclasses at Corban Estate Arts Centre's annual Summer School are exhibiting their own works in print, textile design, whakairo carving and video performance.

We invite all mums, dads or caregivers to bring along their under-twos and join our curator for a baby-friendly morning in the Homestead Galleries.

*Event cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause*

*Event cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience* Join our curator on a tour of the group textile exhibition 1924, followed by a heritage tour of the Corban Estate Homestead building in which the exhibition takes place.

*EVENT CANCELLED* An evening of original word-based performance by young people. Be in the audience to hear young singer-songwriters, poets and rappers present their own original work. Yes, it’s a contest with prizes to
be won! Plus!! Cypher at half time, bust out your best freestyle, prizes to be won.

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown guidelines* Inspired by her exhibition Thought-Forms, join artist Paula Friis to create a whimsical textured card collage using Paula’s ‘library of shapes’ and your imagination.

Join us to create your own textile wall hanging using wool and traditional weaving techniques, inspired by the group exhibition What we do with our hands.

This graffiti battle will involve four teams, with a pair of artists in each. One old school, one new school squaring off against one another. Utilising lettering and characters, teams will be judged on the unity of their piece.

Alongside group exhibition What we do with our hands, join us for an afternoon of conversation and connection as we discuss the traditional Māori perspective of healing and wellbeing, focusing on our rongoā rākau.

At this event, young people express their thoughts, feelings, challenges and hopes through their own original works in song, rap or spoken word.

Join artist Penny Howard to create your own vibrant bird silhouette filled with wishes using black paper and pastel to fly to Hiwa over the new year.

This year, we are redefining our (body) agencies. Responding to the broad nature of the topic, the participating artists explore how they have become, reclaimed and continue to live their individual agencies.

A programme of Māori-made and themed short films curated by the Wairoa Māori Film Festival, presented at the Corban Estate Arts Centre as part of the Auckland Matariki Festival 2021.

A unique Matariki concert celebration of jazz & blues genres led by acclaimed singer/songwriter Catherine Tunks and special guest vocalist Alana Goldsmith.

Hand knits and crochets are regularly donated to Give a Kid a Blanket. Join us for a full day knit-in in the Homestead Galleries.

A free talk where artists Bernie Harfleet and Donna Turtle Sarten will be discussing how they started the Give a Kid a Blanket initiative and how it all works.

Working in collaboration, Andy Leleisi’uao and Leela Bhai are curating a group exhibition series that explore the notion of an artist haven. This is the second iteration.

Taking our cue from the Give a Kid a Blanket exhibition and social art project, kids are invited to come and learn to knit a woollen square which will later be added to a quilt. The end result will be donated to GaKaB.

Exhibiting artist Penny Howard will give a floor talk about her exhibition Hiwa I te Rangi.

Two workshop sessions aimed at youngsters and adults, devoted to the magical world of invented, found and homemade musical instruments.

*Cancelled* At this event, young people express their thoughts, feelings, challenges and hopes through their own original works in song, rap or spoken word.

Inspired by her exhibition Blossom, Bloom, Blooming, come along and spend some time with Debbie Harris using your hands and fingers in clay to build a unique blooming flower of your own.

*Workshop now fully booked* Join us for a brief tour of Krystie Wade’s exhibition Stretches and Bends in the Homestead Galleries with our curator, followed by a 1.5hr workshop interpreting the surrounding local landscape in Waitākere through watercolour techniques.

Rawiri Paratene opens Te Pou Tokomanawa Theatre at Corban Estate Arts Centre with his swan song season of PETER PAKA PARATENE – Ask Me Anything; a musical, cheeky look through the round window into Rawiri Paratene’s extraordinary life and career.

Working in collaboration, Andy Leleisi’uao and Leela Bhai are curating a group exhibition series that explore the notion of an artist haven.

Inspired by the installations in her exhibition Cats, Dogs and Madonna, join artist Aasha-Samra Nimo to create your own animal finger-puppet to take home, using felt and embroidery.

*Cancelled* In conjunction with EcoFest WEST, join tutors Leela Bhai, Jean Stewart and Eloiza Montaña for an informative and fun-filled one day creative children's workshop.

Children will be guided through a wide range of new

Waitākere Arts is hosting a FREE, family friendly, interactive Art Expo with exhibition and workshops. Including painting, photography, sculpture and ceramics.

At this event, young people express their thoughts, feelings, challenges and hopes through their own original works in song, rap or spoken word.

'Fringe Satellites' are the first of their kind in the country, with the aim of uplifting the work of local artists, for local audiences, locally.

More than 20 artists based at Corban Estate are ready to welcome you into their studios, to meet them and discuss their art practices.

This graffiti battle will involve four teams, with a pair of artists in each. One old school, one new school squaring off against one another. Utilising lettering and characters, teams will be judged on the unity of their piece.

With her latest exhibition in mind, come and create your very own portrait alongside Edith, who is well-known for her creative portraiture.

CEAC Adventures is an ongoing series of low-fuss FREE online activities. Brought to you by the CEAC Education team - Megan, Jean, Penny and Ashlee—the adventures are designed with kids in mind but are suitable for all ages.

As part of the Auckland Fringe Festival, American singer-songwriter Maggie Cocco will perform in collaboration with live painter, Olivia Garelja, in what will be an emotional, multi-sensory, and interactive experiment.

Join us in the gallery as we hear from the current exhibiting artists from our summer show.

Tick items off your Christmas list with 10% off everything in the gallery shop during the sale, with complimentary gift wrapping.

On The Brighter Side features artworks by the very talented rangatahi of Kākano Youth Arts Collective, created in studio sessions throughout 2020.

This battle features six more winners of previous Graffiti Battles who will challenge one another to be the champion of champions! Painting on the large outdoor wall at Corban Estate, they will go head to head for 5 hours in a showdown of lettering, technique, and style.

Inspired by the work of Louise Keen, create your own recycled material collages and tell a story about your whānau and friends.

An evening of original word-based performance by young people. Be in the audience to hear young singer-songwriters, poets and rappers present their own original work. Yes, it’s a contest, and there are prizes to be won!

Join our curator Cora-Allan Wickliffe as she gives an in-depth talk about the current exhibitions featuring three solo shows by Raukura Turei, Nikau Hindin and Turumeke Harrington.

Sunday GIRL is the second annual pop-up exhibition that celebrates the world view and lived experiences of the multi-dimensional contemporary woman.

In this SGC, we will be creating small postcard paintings using make shift non-toxic paints with colours from the back yard.

*UPDATED EVENT* From Scratch presents PAX / PACIFICA

The legendary group, From Scratch, takes you on a magical sonic journey with original DIY instruments, creating rhythms and sounds and an unforgettable Pacifica message for eyes and ears of all ages.

After 9 months on the road, cruising the North and South Island, The Nomadic Art Gallery are proud to invite all to their last exhibition, where three female artists Inga Fillary, Celine Frampton and Delicia Sampera will tackle the subject of death, on the grounds of Corban Estate Arts Centre.

Six winners of previous Graffiti Battles challenge one another to be the champion! Painting on the large outdoor wall at Corban Estate, they will go head to head for 5 hours in a showdown of lettering, technique, and style. Come along and enjoy the action, participate in a hands-on workshop, and pick your winner!

WCCAC’s Waitākere Art Expo includes an exhibition, demonstrations and workshops, and more.

*Cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions* Using collage we will be creating bunting that help to share what you are passionate about, it might be your culture, your love for nature or even animals. Create beautiful bunting to hang up in your home.

*Now an online talk only* Join us as artist duo Lissy and Rudi share their journey of using Crochet and how their processes of creation helps connect them to community as they share their own joy and experience creating Toi Māori.

Chamber Music Series: ‘4-3-2’
Featuring musicians from NZ Barok
18th Century Music for Four Players

Come join the artists as they share their love of crochet and teach you how to create a small object using crochet techniques.

Come and hear artists Margaret Chapman and Vicki Bradley talk about their textile works and how they developed their own individual textile techniques in the exhibition; Beginning, Ending, Transformation.

Because of Covid-19, we were unable to have our usual opening night celebration. As a result, we are happy to be able to safely put on a belated celebration following the artist talk. Light refreshments provided.

Both events are free. All are welcome.

Using the textile works of Vicki Bradley and Margaret Chapman as a starting point, participants are welcome to come and learn about the wonder of hand-stitching through simple and effective techniques.

Artist Edith Amituanai will be discussing her photography work and how she came to be involved with the work of the late George Crummer. Learn more about their exhibition in this fascinating talk.

*POSTPONED* Celebrate ocean and origin stories from Aotearoa, the Pacific and all around the World! Spend the day exploring, discovering and creating, with exhibitions, workshops and live performances.

A free event for all the family. Bring a picnic, or purchase a delicious lunch from our Coffee Studio or any one of the food trucks that will be on site.

Inspired by the photography of Edith Amituanai and George Crummer, our young participants will be creating a collaged photograph scene that represents their own home and identity.

Corban Estate Art Centre invites you to participate in a zero waste workshop using innovative joining techniques with natural materials. You will be challenged to create an imaginative creature without the use of plastics, tape or glues. Brought to you by Corban Estate Art Centre.

Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, we are taking precautionary measures and regretfully have decided to cancel March’s Let's Talk About It event, originally scheduled to run this Thursday.

The well-being of our performers, crew and community is of the utmost importance to us.

Come along to a private tour of our latest group exhibition to learn about the depth of each artists approach to using paint in their art practices.

Choose an object to upcycle as we re-imagine it into a sculpture inspired by Cat Fooks.

Come and hear Megan Archer talk about her processes and how she selects images then transforms them into surreal oil paintings.

A FREE night of short films celebrating LGBTQIA+ people of colour. Booking is essential.

An exhibition featuring the latest artwork by Kākano Youth Arts Collective.

Learn about traditional Niuean patterns and motifs through a printing workshop where you can create a small masterpiece of your own to take home. We will be using printing blocks created by Kirsten Feilo, an artist in our end of year exhibition Solid as a Rock. The whole family is welcome to this event.

Tick items off your Christmas list with 10% OFF EVERYTHING in the GALLERY SHOP during the sale, and complimentary gift wrapping! The Gallery Shop sits within the Corban Estate Homestead.

These works follow from the Te Waituhi-ā-Nuku / Drawing Ecologies wānanga (Feb / Jul 2019) which invited artists to respond to climate change impacts on the ancestral land of Ngāti Tukōrehe around Kuku in Horowhenua. We acknowledge the mana of Ngāti Tukōrehe, attesting to their manaakitanga, and honouring their example of kaitiakitanga. We offer these drafts in the spirit of whakawhitinga kōrero.

*All sessions fully booked* Lute is beautiful, brown, intelligent and witty. But where do these traits come from? Was she born with them or did she learn them from the one who raised her? When the secrets buried in the very foundation of her family are exposed, does Lute have the power to help the family heal?

An exhibition by a group of artists who are all concerned about raising awareness of and protecting our endangered long-tail bat. Colonies of this tiny native species live in the Waitakeres and around Henderson.

The last Saturday of each month we will be exploring our latest exhibitions with a FREE 1 hour art club for Adults. So bring a friend as we spend time getting creative and trying new things.

The annual festival is happening again this year at Corban Estate, featuring wearable art, clowning, tape art, face-painting, performances, Chocolate Lantern theatre and more.

We have over 24 artist studio spaces at the Corban Estate Arts Centre, during Artweek you can take a private tour with the curator learning more about our current resident artists and the latest exhibitions in the galleries.

Pekapeka-tou-roa, the native long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus), is a critically endangered species. The Waitakere Ranges is a known stronghold for these tiny animals, and a colony lives in Henderson Park.

SUNDAY GIRL refers to the notion of Sunday being the time we give ourselves off, to engage in what we really want to do. It is also a nod to the 1979 Blondie track from the album Parallel Lines.

Following our artist talk by The Marketplace of Feelings artists and curators, we invite you to join us in a Zine making workshop as an exchange of sharing and expressing thoughts in a creative way.

Join us in conversation with some of the artists and curators from The Marketplace of Feelings. They will explore some of the realities of making work about anxiety, depression, loneliness, and feelings!

Create a surprise for someone to find in a local park or outside area. Leaving messages of kindness and support for others to find has become a popular activity for families. Join us to create, seek and hide rocks.

Inspired by our current exhibitions, learn how to create a stamp of your favourite alphabet letter as well as simple printing techniques on paper.

Waitakere Central Community Arts Council's annual Greater Auckland Art Awards Exhibition.

Gear up with a pair of headphones to immerse yourself into the unknown world of Corban Estate Arts Centre. Weave the past with the present day and get ready to look at the familiar place from the new perspective.

Corban Estate Arts Centre’s annual Open Arts Day provides the perfect opportunity to see behind the scenes at this creative hub in West Auckland.

Exhibiting artist Laura Williams paints imaginary spaces in her latest work. We invite you to create a collage of your own imaginary universe using magazines and brightly coloured paper.

An evening of original word-based performance by young people. Be in the audience to hear young singer-songwriters, poets and rappers present their own original work. Yes, it's a contest, and there are prizes to be won!

A solo exhibition with works by artist REKS.

Through music, spoken word, raps and personal stories, young people speak out about their challenges with mental health: they share their anxieties, experiences of depression, and about their attempts to end their lives, along with what is helping them recover.

Create your own beautiful printed textile piece, inspired by our current exhibitions.

Come and hear our current exhibiting artists talk about the diverse use of textiles in their contemporary art practices.

The last Saturday of every month we will be exploring our latest exhibitions with a free 1 hour drawing club for adults.

Throughout time, music, waiata and story-telling has been essential to passing on knowledge, understanding and histories related to peoples relationship with forests, birds and the environment.

Learn how you can help to protect our local Kauri. Come and create a seed bomb that you can use to grow something special in your garden.

Come and enjoy a fun day creating a Pounamu marama pendant in this tikanga based contemporary workshop.

Join a group of environmental advocates, scientists, cultural activators and artists to discuss urgent issues of biodiversity, environmental damage and cultural maintenance; to set a new agenda for our relationship to trees, to forest, to each other.

A programme of Māori-made and themed short films curated by the Wairoa Maori Film Festival, presented at the Corban Estate Arts Centre as part of the Auckland Matariki Festival 2019.

VIBE is a free festival that celebrates youth talent in the West. It features music, dance, performance, exhibitions, graffiti art and art workshops. Get involved!

Join us in conversation with the current exhibiting artists, as we talk about how art projects bring awareness of how the audience can personally become involved in the protection and care of our local
ranges.

Come and learn about the upcoming Matariki season and create your own star wall hanging in celebration of the special Seven sisters star formation.

Hear young people speak out about their challenges with mental health, through music, spoken word, raps and personal stories.

Pieces of Me is an exhibition which aims to educate people about mental health/distress. Through self-expression, the exhibition shows how we can help to heal and break down the stigma and discrimination with raw, interactive and confronting works.

Inspired by artist Sena Park’s residency in Mongolia, come and explore the current sculptural installation and then create your own responsive 3D dreamscape of Mongolia.

NUKU is a new multimedia series by exhibiting artist Qiane Matata-Sipu. Come along to see a trailer for the first ten profiles in the series, which will profile 100 Indigenous women. After the trailer, Qiane will give a talk about the project and her work.

Celebrate the great big wonderful world of ANIMALIA. Spend the day exploring, discovering and creating, with exhibitions, workshops and live performances inspired by how animals look, walk, talk, work, rest and play.

Annual exhibition for Waitākere Central Community Arts Council.

We all have a voice and sometimes this voice can be heard through short but effective quotes! Come and create your very own badge to share your thoughts on living in Tāmaki Makaurau.

An exhibition and sale of stitched works, textiles and woodturning from The Elephant Foot Studio. With works by Margaret Chapman, Vicki Bradley and Phil Weight.

Through music, spoken word, raps and personal stories, young people speak out about their challenges with mental health.

Learn about Masi (Fijian bark cloth) and traditional patterns with artist Railala Gade. Under her guidance you will create a piece to take home.

Love Hendo is back for 2019!
FREE ART WORKSHOPS

Our artist talk this month explores the depths of new projects by artist Rowena Rooney and poet Daren Kamali who are strongly influenced by their Fijian heritage, whilst artist Railala Gade shares her experiences of being brought up around the art of Masi making.

Drop-in activities for children (and their families)

Ages: 4+

Free, all welcome

Award-winning artist Tom Voyce is currently undertaking a residency in the Corban Estate Arts Centre Barrel Store space until the end of January 2019. Throughout the residency, Voyce will have access to the unique Corban Estate landscape with an abundance of inspiration for his contemporary landscape paintings. Join Tom on January 23 to learn more about his work.

Tick items off your Christmas list with 10% OFF EVERYTHING in the GALLERY SHOP during the sale, with complimentary gift wrapping!

An exhibition of the latest works from the very talented artists of Kākano Youth Arts Collective, exploring how art can change lives.

As our final Saturday Gallery club activity for the year we are visited by guest artists from Tonga. Join in and learn about a variety of drawing techniques from Seleka Club members Tevita Latu and Taniela Petelo.

Come along to our monthly art making workshop, inspired by Ōtautahi artist Caitlin Clarke. Learn how to make pinch pots out of clay and materials collected from around our site.

This annual festival is happening again this year at Corban Estate, featuring wearable art, clowning, tape art, face-painting, performances, Chocolate Lantern theatre and more.

A night of live music.

Corban Estate Arts Centre’s annual Open Arts Day provides the perfect opportunity to see behind the scenes at this creative hub in West Auckland.

Handshake 4 features 12 artists from all over Aotearoa. Come and hear from the Auckland based artists involved with the project as they share some of their stories and learning experiences.

Join us for a free Artweek activity. Using found materials and objects we create pieces of wearable art inspired by the artists in the Handshake 4 exhibition.

Through music, spoken word, raps and personal stories, young people speak out about their challenges with mental health: they share their anxieties, experiences of depression, and about their attempts to end their lives, along with what is helping them recover.

*EVENT NOW FULL*
Explore your creativity in this exclusive drawing class for adults and teenagers as part of Still Life with Flowers exhibition. With a guest tutor for guidance, you will be set up with an easel and drawing materials whilst letting a still-life floral arrangement inspire you.

An open-ended creative workshop for children to assemble their own still-life work using collage/paper cut-outs inspired by the floral works in the exhibition.

Word Up! is an exciting performance competition which gives 13 – 21 year olds the opportunity to present their original work: from rap, poetry and spoken word to song lyrics, or even stand-up comedy.

Te Pou presents the third year of the annual Kōanga Festival from 1-16 September, a vital celebration of Māori storytelling.

*SOLD OUT* Rafael Serrallet a classical Spanish musician will be performing an intimate concert in the Church.

Come and learn how to make soft sculptures that you can put in your home, as we take inspiration from the Give me Space artists who have created work to fit specifically in the gallery spaces. Make you own site-specific sculpture for your home!

Join us in a discussion with artist Quishile Charan and guests, as we unpack her latest exhibition like a lotus that grows from the mud. The exhibition pays homage and acknowledges female Girmityas, historically unrecognised indentured labourers.

Working with archival images from Linda T.’s collection, we will be making postcards. Using black and white photographs, these postcards will capture life around the wider Auckland region from the 1980s to 2018.

A programme of Māori-made and themed short films curated by the Wairoa Maori Film Festival, presented at the Corban Estate Arts Centre as part of the Auckland Matariki Festival 2018.

Matariki is a time for honouring the past, family, and to prepare for the new year. Moving Matariki is a creative movement workshop, where participants are invited to bring someone from a different generation, a friend or family member, to dance together and exchange stories.

VIBE is a free festival that celebrates youth talent in the West.

You are invited to come and hear artists Darcell Apelu, Emily O’Hara and Linda T lead a conversation which explores their current shows, as part of our 2018 Matariki and Auckland Festival of Photography programme.

Held by Stars, our latest Matariki exhibition, celebrates the lives of those who have passed. In celebration of new life, come and learn about Ipu whenua, a traditional process of Māori people which includes burying whenua (placenta of newborns) in a special place.

Through music, spoken word, raps and personal stories, young people speak out about their challenges with mental health: they share their anxieties, experiences of depression, and about their attempts to end their lives, along with what is helping them recover.

This workshop explores Geisha and Koi imagery, inspired by the works of artist Dominique Baker, an artist in our major group exhibition #UPDATE.

Let’s get tinkering at the Marvellous Mechanica themed 2018 Kids Arts Festival!

A free community event hosted by New Money Underground Clothing and Habitat for Humanity. Proudly sponsored by Corban Estate Arts Centre, The Web Company and Niu FM.

Join us in celebrating International Sculpture Day 2018 and recognising the talented sculptors based at Corban Estate Arts Centre.

Join us in for a conversation with the artists of group exhibition #UPDATE to further explore the ideas behind their works.

Melbourne based artist, Robert Young, a Gunnai, Gunditjmarra Yorta Yorta and Waradjurie man, will share his journey of identity and culture.

Looking at the current exhibition by Toi Te Rito Maihi, we will be weaving bright strips of coloured paper to explore pattern and symmetry.

Through music, spoken word, rap and by sharing personal experiences, young people speak out about their challenges with mental health, how anxiety, depression and thoughts of ending their lives have affected them, and what has helped them recover.

This workshop is inspired by the painting style of artist Ayesha Green, where we will use simplified forms and images from the landscape in Aotearoa, to create postcards for friends and whanau.

A Free Concert with Malaysian Singer/Songwriter
IZZUL SYAFIQ MAZLAN with supporting acts IRIS G and AMELIA THURLOW

Please join us for artist talks with Ayesha Green and Toi Te Rito Maihi in the Homestead galleries this Saturday 17 February, 11am-12pm.

For the first Saturday Gallery Club event of 2018, we will be creating a fun collage inspired by some of the artists in current exhibition 15 Years on The Estate, which celebrates our 15th year as an arts centre.

Tick all the items off your Christmas list in our Gallery Shop Christmas Sale. For five days, get 10% off most items in store*, with complimentary gift-wrapping for all purchases. Choose from a wide range of hand-crafted pieces by Aotearoa based artists, which include handmade jewellery, ceramics, print, textiles, weaving and more.

*Sale excludes magazines and exhibition pieces.

Atamira Dance Company’s newest full-length work is delving back into what the name ‘Atamira’ represents in contemporary, historical and future society.

A diverse mix of young people from refugee, migrant and local backgrounds work with an interdisciplinary team of leading artists from theatre, dance and lighting design, exploring and reflecting old, new and re-imagined stories through fresh eyes.

Projectspace. Free, all welcome. Join the very talented artists from Kākano Youth Arts Collective as they share their latest work, exploring how art can change lives.

Come and immerse yourself in a colourful exhibition that celebrates the beauty of the Pacific, whilst learning how to make something precious for yourself or a friend.

Due to insufficient funding, the Indigenous Ink Festival for 1 & 2 December 2017 reluctantly has had to be cancelled.

‘Moana Pacific Storytelling’ – a night of storytelling from around the Pacific. Storytelling across the Pacific is beautiful and unique – each island has its own flavour, each storyteller has their own style. This storytelling night brings it all together for one night. Enjoy a tale from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook islands as part of the Pacifica Mamas ‘Turou’ exhibition. RSVP essential as places are limited. Call Cora-Allan on 09 838 4455 or email info@ceac.org.nz.

Learn how to up-cycle old ceramics with artist Niki Gribble, and create a special masterpiece to take home at the end of the workshop.

Through live performances, wearable arts parades, drumming, singing, and creative workshops, InterACT fosters the talent of people with disabilities in a festival where everybody can thrive. A free event thanks to Auckland Council, The Trusts Community Foundation and IHC Charitable Foundation.

This workshop, inspired by our exhibition of the same name, is one where kids will learn about performance art as it is today and what it means to use your body as the basis for an artwork.

Come and join in our talanoa as artists and guest speakers discuss the challenges and successes in using the body as an art medium.

The Cellar. Free, all welcome. To mark World Homelessness Day on Tuesday 10 October, this group from West Auckland's homeless and marginalised community, will hold an exhibition of their work. See their work and meet the artists. Proceeds from sold work will go to artists.

Join artist Louisa Afoa as she runs a workshop that explores identity through printing and collage on wrapping paper.

Join our round table discussion with artists John Vea and Sakina Ewazi as we dissect the ideas surrounding culture and privilege in relation to our current exhibitions.

In the spirit of our latest exhibition, come and make your own sign or object of 'Protest' to share your views and opinions on a current news story.

Make creative portraits with props and objects as we learn about the Seven Stars of Matariki. A family-focused gallery activity, suitable for children 4+. Free, no booking required.

Join Dan Mace, Rona Ngahuia Osborne & guest speaker Ngahuia Harrison as they discuss Māori kaupapa in relation to contemporary photography.

A programme of Māori-made and themed short films curated by the Wairoa Māori Film Festival, presented at the Corban Estate Arts Centre as part of the Auckland Matariki Festival 2017.
Thursday's screening will be followed by a Q & A with some of the films' directors and crew.
Bookings advised. For more information and bookings: (09) 838 4455 or info@ceac.org.nz.
Eftpos and cash bar available.

The Cellar. Free, all welcome. Taniwha Tales are a group of artists from West Auckland's homeless and marginalised community. This exhibition for Matariki will be their fourth exhibition at Corban Estate Arts Centre. Prepare to be surprised and impressed by the skill, craftsmanship and dedication that these artists--many of whom are 'freedom sleepers'--possess.