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Native wood boxes made by KTY crafts of Te Awamutu.  The woods are kauri, pohutakawa, walnut and puriri.  Some are plain and some cabochen with various gem stones.  We have small and large lidded boxes.  $26 and $40 respectively....

Gifts for Men

Gifts for men including New Zealand skin care products, sponge and pouch bags for toiletries and computer accessories, silver fern mugs, playing cards, Robyn Ninnes tiles, journals and note books, luggage tags, Melissa Sharplin prints, New Yorker puzzles, Buller Bird key chains and beanies, Italian handkerchiefs, and farm themed tea towels and Ulster Weaver aprons....

For updated celebration online catalogue, indicating art works SOLD, click below

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celebration - redux new preview pieces

As we prepare for the celebration - redux opening on 14 June, profiled below are two outstanding art pieces, just received that will be shown in the exhibition....

Call for new Board Members

The Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) that manages the Welcome Swallow Gallery and Gifts is looking for new Board Members with expertise in the following areas: Marketing Public Relations and CommsBuilding and managing volunteer networksArts administration including exhibitions and liaising with local and potentially international artistsFundraising The ACCCT is a charitable trust managed entirely by volunteers who are passionate about working for children who face significa...

Press coverage of the celebration exhibition, Waikato Times 14 May 2019

We are delighted and encouraged that the opening celebration exhibition of the new Welcome Swallow Gallery on 1st May 2019 has attracted significant press coverage that includes an 'across the page' banner headline (see above). ...

celebration redux

The celebration exhibition launch on 1st May 2019 was a great success! Many of the items in the Catalogue were sold on the night with several more pieces being snapped up in the days after the launch. Since the exhibition features 14 artists and lasts until the end of July, the Trust has decided to do a celebration redux on Friday June 14th. Accordingly, we will be featuring new works by the original artists that replace the pieces that have been sold. Additional pages to the catalogue will shor...

Volunteers' Choice Award update

The Volunteers' Choice Award, sponsored by local travel agents Calder & Lawson was handed out at the celebration exhibition launch on 1st May 2019. Seventeen volunteers voted, citing 45 pieces from the exhibition as worthy of the Award. The outright winner was Marilyn Rea-Menzies and her wonderful piece in conte and charcoal, Kauri with Ribbonwood Flowers. Marilyn was presented with a $500 travel voucher from Kirstin Tye from Calder & Lawson. ...

New product arrivals!

NZ Coromandel Mountains Co Ltd  Lavender soap 70gms $4.50 Tea Tree Oil Soap HEALTHY SKIN 80gms $4.50...

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BLUE GOOSE: New Zealand made printed muslin 108cm wraps and wash cloth with Russian doll motif // Blue vehicle motif  Retailing at $33...

celebration Exhibition draws the crowds

Over 200 people attended the celebration Exhibition launch at the Welcome Swallow Gallery that began at 1pm and concluded at 7.30pm. The evening segment was MC'd by businessman Neil Richardson with speeches from Trust Chair, Dorothy Gilson, Dealer Principal at Audi, Andrew Unternahrer and Kirstin Tye from Calder and Lawson who presented the Volunteers' Choice Award that was won by Marilyn Rea-Menzies for her work, Kauri with Ribbonwood Flowers. Marilyn received a $500 travel voucher from the Awa...

Welcome Swallow Gallery to celebrate Frances Hodgkins 150th birthday

The Welcome Swallow Gallery will be celebrating the 150th year since the birth of New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins by featuring one of her important water colour paintings from the 1930s. The piece is entitled The Croft: House in the Countryside that is known to be the Geoffrey Gorer Cottage in Bradford-on-Tone in Somerset, UK where Hodgkins used to stay during this period. This important Hodgkins painting is made available to the Gallery from a private collection. ...

Local sponsor steps up

We are very pleased to announce that the celebration exhibition that officially opens on 1 May is being generously supported by our new launch partner,  Ebbett Audi. "It is outstanding that the Welcome Swallow Galley is helping to build a vibrant business community in Hamilton East. We are very happy to support this exhibition", said dealer principal, Andrew Unternahrer ...

Calling For Volunteers

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Welcome Swallow expands its gallery space with Exhibition opening 1 May 2019

General Press Release  Key Messages: Hamilton East retail business success story.Local community working together.Significant art gallery opening in Hamilton East.Children in distress to benefit. Achieving Change for Children Charitable Trust (ACCCT) was established in 2015 in order to relieve child distress and hardship and to promote the welfare of children in the Waikato region. The Welcome Swallow Gift Shop and Gallery opened in March 2016 and has been instrumental in raising...

Local travel agent to sponsor Exhibition Award

House of Travel Calder and Lawson have recently agreed to sponsor the Gallery "Volunteers' Choice Award" for the celebration Exhibition that launches on 1st May.  All the Trust Volunteers have been busy identifying their top 5 choices with the winning artist receiving a $500 travel voucher from the sponsor. The Award will be presented by Calder and Lawson during the Exhibition opening....