• FREE Entry
  

  Book Launch: Bernadette Hall 'The Lustre Jug'

  Bernadette Hall is a well-known, award-winning Canterbury poet. In 2007 she spent six months in County Cork on the Rathcoola Fellowship. The Lustre Jug, her 9th collection of poetry, arises from this Irish experience.

  Read more »

  When

  3 August, 5.30pm

  Where

  TelstraClear Club

  Categories:

  Free

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Animation Substation

  A survey of outstanding animation and film from New Zealand and the world will be screened in the Waharoa at the entrances to the WinterGarden, creating an intimate arena
  to showcase this contemporary medium.

  Read more »

  When

  Thu 23 July - Sun 9 August:
  10.00am - 6.00pm

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Animation, Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Another New Zealand, Another United States

  An exchange portfolio of prints between eleven New Zealand artists and eleven American artists.

  Read more »

  When

  22 July – 9 August
  Tuesday – Friday
  10.00am – 5.00pm
  Saturday & Sunday
  12.00 – 4.00pm

  Where

  CoCA

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  United States

• FREE Entry
  

  Assume Nothing

  Assume Nothing is a challenging and sensitive exploration and celebration of the intimacies, complexities and nuances of gender diversity.

  Read more »

  When

  4 July – 6 September
  Open Daily 9.00am – 5.00pm

  Where

  Canterbury Museum

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Creative Day

  Sample the skills of the students and staff from the freshly minted Creative Industries Faculty at CPIT in a day long programme of performance on Friday July 24.

  Read more »

  When

  Fri 24 July: 10.00am - 5.00pm

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Circus, Free

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Drape

  Subversive textile works by Katharina Jaeger, Sandra Thomson and Michael Reed.

  Read more »

  When

  23 July – 9 August
  Tuesday – Friday
  10.00am – 5.00pm
  Saturday & Sunday
  12.00 – 4.00pm

  Where

  CoCA

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  et al.: That’s obvious! That’s right! That’s true!

  The collective et al. have exhibited widely both nationally and internationally and, with their critically acclaimed installation the fundamental practice, were New Zealand’s representatives at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

  Read more »

  When

  23 July – 22 November
  Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm (Wed till 9.00pm)

  Where

  Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Frank Martin Mass

  The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Choir presents a Solemn Mass at 10:30 am every Sunday, exploring a wide repertoire through orchestral, contemporary, polyphonic and plainsong Mass settings.

  Read more »

  When

  Sunday 9 August, 10.30am

  Where

  Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Barbadoes Street

  Categories:

  Free, Music

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Inner Landscapes

  Inner Landscapes celebrates the work of 15 highly-acclaimed New Zealand artists.

  Read more »

  When

  30 July – 30 August
  Mon – Fri, 11.00am – 5.00pm
  Sat & Sun, 12.00 – 4.00pm

  Where

  SoFA Gallery

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  My Heart is a Beast

  MY HEART IS A BEAST is a series of performances evoking the enigmatic presence of the wild spirit of humanity bursting to exist within the confines of the city. HERNE the Hunter, ancient pagan deity, invites us to enter a world of dreams, senses and myth.

  Read more »

  When

  23 July – 9 August
  12 - 2pm & 7 - 9pm

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Free, Quirky, Theatre, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Ronnie van Hout: Who goes there

  A twisting journey through new and recent works by Ronnie van Hout.

  Read more »

  When

  4 July – 18 October
  Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm (Wed till 9.00pm)

  Where

  Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Séraphine Pick

  Séraphine Pick’s original and imaginative practice has made her one of New Zealand’s most highly-regarded painters.

  Read more »

  When

  23 July – 22 November
  Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm (Wed till 9.00pm)

  Where

  Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Snare/māhanga

  Using the Canterbury Museum’s ornithological collection as inspiration, contemporary artists address issues of extinction, conservation, collecting and preservation in this exhibition combining the old and the new.

  Read more »

  When

  Where

  Robert McDougall Gallery

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Snow Orchids

  In 2007, the Festival commissioned an animated television commercial that encapsulated everything the WinterGarden was about. The result was a visually-engaging product that inspired the creation of the colossal Snow Orchids, which return for 2009 by popular demand!

  Read more »

  When

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Specimen Contemporary jewellery by Lynn Kelly

  After visiting the pressed plants in the herbarium and botanical drawings at the Natural History Museum in London, Lynn Kelly has based Specimen on these collections.

  Read more »

  When

  29 July – 28 August
  Mon – Sun, 10.00am – 5.00pm
  Late night Wed until 7.00pm

  Where

  Form Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  The Multitude

  The Multitude is an exhibition highlighting contemporary jewellery practice in New Zealand.

  Read more »

  When

  22 July – 9 August
  Mon – Fri, 11.00am – 5.00pm
  Sat & Sun, 12.00pm – 4.00pm

  Where

  SoFA Basement

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Waharoa: Storybox: celebrating people & place

  Waharoa: Storybox: celebrating people
  & place is a site specific video installation documentary project that explores layers of history and the connections of themes through time.

  Read more »

  When

  Thu 23 July - Sun 9 August:
  FROM 6.00pm

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

• FREE Entry
  

  Whitebaiters Never Lie

  A photographic exhibition developed by Murray Hedwig and Anita Peters over the last eighteen months as they documented whitebaiters through photographs and interviews.

  Read more »

  When

  Where

  WinterGarden

  Categories:

  Free, Visual Arts

  Country:

  New Zealand

Keep me informed!

Join up to receive CAF eNews including the latest Festival information, exclusive offers and access to artist and performance insights.

Subscribe +

CAF Friends 09

Download your CAF Friends 09 application form here:

Application Form »

Send me a copy of the Christchurch Arts Festival brochure

Send us an email with your name and address and the words "Christchurch Arts Festival Brochure" in the subject line and we'll post you a copy of the festival brochure!