The Janus Factor: 2017 reflected
The arts in the Bay of Plenty are acknowledged and supported (despite the often negative…
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uPflash: Waihi Beach pop up art exhibition
UNLIMITED PALETTE: a small Waihi Beach-based art group has a pop up exhibition at the…
If you want to belong here: the value of Te Reo Maori
Don Brash speaks with the modulated tones of an older, well-educated white-male New Zealander. He…
Tauranga Art Gallery Looking Back over 2017: Paradox inside
While Paradox Inside, the street art focused exhibition at the Tauranga Art Gallery was not…
Katikati: every wall tells a story
At the end of October Katikati Village once again hosted its New Zealand Mural Contest…
Tauranga Art Gallery looking back over 2017: Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala
The Tauranga Art Gallery has consistently brought to the Bay of Plenty region and Tauranga…
Coming Up: last one before Christmas Day 2017!
ARTbop has had another great year. Thank you to all the creatives of the Bay…
Local libraries holiday opening hours
Love the little bookmark/flyers the Tauranga City and Western Bay Libraries have made to tells…
Rapid Reviews: Christmas good reads
I start to panic around the 21st of December. What if I read all the…
TOI Art and Design Store until the 24th of December: an ARTbop walkthrough
https://youtu.be/wUmcVOdz4bw ARTbop (Marcus Hobson, Lee Switzer and Rosemary Balu) spent an hour or two this…