Waikato Watercolourists III with Timeless
These are the exhibitions held at the Welcome Swallow Gallery since May 2019
Special installations
Rita Angus at the Welcome Swallow Gallery
The framed poster of the 2008 Te Papa Rita Angus exhibition, Life & Vision, sits alongside her exquisite watercolour composition, Wainui mid-summer Banks Peninsula (1943) This painting was part of the exhibition seen here courtesy of a private collection (N.F.S. ). Also on display is a rare 1984 first day cover of Rita Angus stamps.
Full exhibition list
Opening of the new Gallery Space - May 2019
- Various Artists, celebration 1 May – 1 August 2019 (Current) // celebration - redux, 14 June - 1st August 2019
- Marilyn Rea-Menzies, Joan Woodham, Louise Cook, Anita Seddon, Rainy Du, threads of life, 9th August - 20th September 2019
- Various Artists, raglan art with risk, 27 September - 27th October 2019
- Various Artists, christmas in the gallery, 1st November - 10th January 2020
- Sir William Russell Flint with gallery artists, prints in the gallery, 12 January - 12 February 2020
- Various Artists, The Waikato Watercolourists, 14 February - 31st March 2020
- Various Artists, A New Zealand Story, 3rd May - 30th June 2020
- Various Artists, It's all in the mind, 10th July - 30th September 2020
- Various Artists, A Welcome Swallow Exhibition, 18th September – 11th Nov 2020
- Various Artists, F5 12 November – 5th January 2021
- Various Artists, Joy of Humanity, People and Place, 22nd January - 26th March 2021
- Schools' Competition, The Artful Four: 40 shots, 12th April - 10th May 2021
- Ying Ming Liu, Dejin Lu, Jing Liu, Chinese Art: Inheritance & Innovation, 14th May - 16th July 2021
- Various Artists, Winter Bright, 23rd July - 10th September, 2021
- Various Artists, Ambiguity, 1st October - 10th January 2022
- Various Artists, The Waikato Watercolourists II 14th January - 25th February
- Various Artists, Still Slices of Life, 11th March - 29th April
- Various Artists, Botanica, 6th May - 24th June 2022
Exhibitions held prior to the opening of the main gallery hall
- Gilian Hamilton, A Welcome Swallow Exhibition, 3 August – 31 Dec 2013
- John Wakeling, Art in Nature: a photographic Exhibition, 8 Feb – 1 June 2014
- Marion Manson, and Fenella Fern, The Art of Craft, 30 Oct – 1 Dec 2014
- Marilyn Rea-Menzies and Belinda Saunders, Fantasies in Fibre and Clay, 4 Dec – 2 Feb 2014/15
- Kate Wilson, Project Darkside, 22 May – 31 August 2015
- David Clark, Haydn Rive, Robyn Ninnes, Kate Wilson, Fenella Fern and Gilian Hamilton Group exhibition, March – May 2016
- Marilyn Rea-Menzies and Elwyn Stone, Juxtapose, 28 Oct – 31 Jan 2016/17
- Kate Wilson Mind Stretch, 1 March - 31 May 2017
- Deborah Eastwood, The Messengers, 9 June - 31 July 2017
- Denise White, Odyssey, 11 August – 30 Sept 2017
- Jenni Taris, Yasmin Davis, Expressions of Spring: Clay and Felt, 6 October – 6 Jan 2017/18
- Robyn Ninnes, A Point of Difference, 19 Jan – 3 March 2018
- Toni Kingstone, Peaceful by Nature, 9 March - 30 April 2018
- Maggie Sullivan, Small works: Musings and Meditations, 4 May - 18 June 2018
- Catherine Smith, Flowers and more – A celebration of the Natural World, 10 August – 10 Sept 2018
- Birgit Shannon, Journey of Styles, 14 Sept – 29 Oct 2018
- Yasmin Davis and Jenni Taris and Robyn Ninnes, Spring Collection 1 Nov – 31 Jan 2018/19
- Rebecca Ngapo, Noun: A collection of People, Places and Things, 8 Feb – 23rd March 2019
Grey St,
Hamilton East
Ward St.
City Gallery
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Welcome Swallow in the City
109 Ward St.
Hamilton 3240
Tel: 07 834-0500
Grey St. opening hours:
Monday - Friday:
9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday:
10am - 2pm
Sunday:
First Sunday of every month 10am - 2pm
Private viewing by appointment
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Saturday:
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