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A New Zealand Story, the next exhibition at the Welcome Swallow Gallery is barely a month away......
February 25, 2020Hot Damn!
The recently launched Waikato Watercolourist Exhibition @ The Welcome Swallow Gallery has attracted wide publicity. A half page article that features the exhibition with additional references to the Hodgkins exhibit and Rita Angus watercolour, has been published in stuff.co.nz, The Waikato Times and the Hamilton Press (see below). In the week following the 14th February launch, an estimated readership of over 100,000 has been reached. This has seen the Gallery hosting many new visitors who have ...
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February 20, 2020The Waikato Watercolourists launch night - A packed gallery
As temperatures soared, so did the number of attendees at the launch night of the Waikato Watercolourists. MC Mark Kilgour member of the Trust Board paced the evening, pointing out that the gallery was now into its seventh exhibition since the opening in May 2019. The Volunteers' Choice award sponsored by DB Chartered Accountants and presented by Trust CEO Dorothy Gilson, was won by Bernadette Parson's, Port Waikato composition (see below). Clive Gilson highlighted the Frances Ho...
February 14, 2020The Six Waikato Watercolourists Artists
L- R: Denise White, Bernadette Parsons, Paulette Bruns, Diane Mayson-Hewitt, Sandra Barlow, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo...
February 14, 2020The Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition 14th February - 31st March, Catalogue now available
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February 14, 2020Francis Hodgkins in the Welcome Swallow Gallery
Alongside the Waikato Watercolourist exhibition 14 February - 31st March, the gallery has a special exhibit of four Hodgkins compositions, not seen together before. See pdf below for further details....
February 13, 2020Rita Angus in the Welcome Swallow Gallery
During the Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition 14 February - 31st March, the Gallery is displaying a beautiful watercolour by Rita Angus, entitled Wainui mid-summer Banks Peninsula (1943). The pdf below provides further details regarding this composition....
February 13, 2020Advanced article on the Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition, in STUFF NZ by Mike Mather
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February 11, 2020Our Committed Volunteers
After hours, the volunteers from the Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) that runs the Gallery and Gift Shop, attend regular sessions where our progress as a Trust is put under the microscope so that we can continue to improve what we do and how it is delivered. Week in, week out multiple shifts are covered by our volunteers who remain the backbone of all our work. They bring enormous experience and dedication. No-one is paid. Everyone contributes a valuable and valued part of...
February 11, 2020The art of art
Ever wondered how paintings take shape? Where does an artist start? What happens between a blank canvas and the finished product? Click on the link below and Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, one of the artists in the upcoming Waikato Watercolourists exhibition provides fascinating time-lapse footage that condenses this process into just a few minutes. The compositions that she shares here are part of the exhibition. https://youtu.be/xwgmQXezTks...
February 4, 2020Volunteers Wanted!
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January 24, 2020The next Catalogue from The Welcome Swallow Gallery
Full catalogue available at the Exhibition launch 14 February 2020Starts at 5.30pm. Not to be missed....
January 22, 2020The Waikato Watercolourists Exhibition Coming Soon 14 February
There is some super art coming our way in the watercolourists exhibition. See below a preview of three pieces....
January 19, 2020Come and see
Our Prints in the Gallery exhibits are now available for viewing starting Monday 12 January....
January 11, 2020Fine Flint prints now on display
The special Prints in the Gallery exhibits from 12 January till 12 February contains two major prints from Sir William Russell Flint that are now on display. Left to right they are, Slipway, Devonport Shipyard and Gossipers at La Castellet. The former, painted in 1943 was bombed by the Nazi's two days after Flint had completed this composition. This print represents that last illustration of the shipyard structure....
January 9, 2020Prints in the Gallery
From 12 January to 12 February 2020, in partnership with the Jonathon Grant Galleries in Auckland, the Welcome Swallow Gallery is featuring prints from Sir William Russell Flint together with a range of popular New Zealand prints from our established Gallery artists, Rebecca Dowman-Ngapo, Toni Kingstone, Robyn Ninnes, Melissa Sharplin, Celia Allison (Cecily) and Ann Gray. ...
December 27, 2019Trust adds new members
As our Gallery and Gifts property continues to expand its activities, the Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) has strengthened its Board by appointing Sandra Barlow with Ailene Cuthbertson joining as a new volunteer. Sandra and Ailene are local artists who have exhibited successfully in the Welcome Swallow Gallery. As well as adding to the development of Gallery art, both new members bring valuable professional expertise. Sandra is a New Entrant Teacher and Special...
December 9, 2019This is what we do
We are extremely pleased that we are able to support the Waitomo/Waipa Women’s Refuge services. The refuge runs two safe houses for women and children victims of domestic violence in the Waikato region. The funds donated will help children, including special needs children, who require services in the form of counselling and play therapy programmes. The funds, according to Manager Wendy Valler, have also been donated for the children to enjoy Christmas and several outings tha...
December 8, 2019Welcome Swallow Gallery artist, Ailene Cuthbertson's YouTube tribute to local Galleries
In this video blog, Ailene features three local Galleries that are celebrating Christmas with their art. In the section that covers the Welcome Swallow, Ailene interviews Trust member, Clive Gilson about the Gallery and what it is doing to celebrate the festive season.. Take a look at this super video, here: https://youtu.be/LKuYYFNYj0I...
November 24, 2019Launch night: christmas in the gallery
More than 175 people turned out to the opening night of christmas in the gallery. Board Chair and Chief Executive, Dorothy Gilson outlined how ongoing art exhibitions enabled the Trust to raise funds for childrens' charities in the Waikato. She also welcomed on board Enlighten Designs as the Gallery sponsor. Freeman Ehu, Sales Executive from Enlighten Designs fully endorsed the value of their partnership with the Welcome Swallow Galley and presented the Volunteers' Choice Award to Sandra Barlow ...
November 1, 2019New Exhibition! christmas in the gallery
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October 16, 2019Huge Huge turnout for exhibition launch night, 27 September 2019
Standing shoulder to shoulder, over 200 people attended a very special launch night for the exhibition, Raglan Art with Risk. The Raglan Art community together with People of Fire, put on a spectacular display of acrylics, water colours, ceramics, clay and stoneware. Many works of art were sold on the night as the red dots regularly found their way onto the walls and plinth settings. Mark Kilgour from the Trust Board MC'd the evening. Andrew Unternahrer, Dealer Principal at Ebbet Audi addr...
September 27, 2019Feature of the month for October 2019
This is one of only two known art deco handkerchiefs that were given to attendees at the world premiere of Gone with the Wind, 15th December 1939 at the Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta. Reputedly over 300,000 people lined the streets as limousines brought the stars to the theatre. This followed three days of festivities with the actual release date of 15 December declared a Georgian State holiday. Winning ten Academy Awards and adjusted for inflation, Gone with the Wind is the biggest grossing...
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