Thistle Hall is a vibrant community centre in the heart of New Zealand's cultural capital. We provide a community hall,
meeting room and Wellington's only community gallery showcasing a range of artists and crafts people, from the
established to the emerging. Thistle Hall is located one the corner of Cuba and Arthur streets. The shows on at Thistle
Hall Community Gallery are run by the artists who hire it.
On Now
18 - 24 AUGUST 2008
LOST AT SEA
Paintings and drawings by Kathryn Bates
Living above the Avon-Heathcote estuary in Christchurch provides the inspiration for these paintings. Every day I passed
through it and more and more I started to notice the birds. One day, when I finally stopped, I felt like I had
discovered a new world on my doorstep, and noticed how strange it was to have stopped. There was so much nature just
going on while the cars whistled by! I noticed how no one in their cars looked beyond the road. How I must have annoyed
many people in the days before I stopped because I was slowing down to look at the birds, the tides, the light on the
water, and probably because I was driving erratically…
A long time coming, this is Kathryn’s first solo exhibition, and her first foray into painting.
Up Next
25 - 31 AUGUST 2008
SCULPTREK ART
Aaron Frater
Open daily 10.00am - 6.00pm
Please see http://www.thistlehall.org.nz for more information
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