by Rangimarie | Oct 7, 2024 | News & Blog
Michelle’s affinity for art traces back to her upbringing, where the brushstrokes of her talented aunt painted the canvas of her imagination. While her path initially led her to explore textile design, it was through the diverse avenues of expression that...
by Rangimarie | Oct 7, 2024 | News & Blog, Uncategorized
Garrett, a native of Auckland who found his artistic calling amidst the vibrant streets of Melbourne, has recently emerged as a fresh talent at Toi Ora. Raised in Australia, Garrett’s journey into the world of art began as a search for direction, much like many...
by Rangimarie | Jul 18, 2024 | News & Blog
Kevin has a strong affinity with Toi Ora not only has he been our Caretaker here at Toi Ora for well over 5 years now and has been a Toi Ora artist for more than ten. Kevin comes with a wealth of experience from working in the music industry, to teaching bible...
by Rangimarie | Jul 17, 2024 | News & Blog
Toi Ora Artist Loukas Tsitsiridakis Loukas has been at Toi Ora for the last 7-8months and comes with a background in Fashion Design. Although he doesn’t consider himself a “creative”, he definitely feels at home in the Toi Ora studio. “I’ve always been into...
by Samara Azam | Nov 30, 2023 | News & Blog
Daniel Larsen-Barr – Poetry Writing and Performance Tutor Daniel is our Poetry Writing and Performance tutor. He has been with Toi Ora for around a decade. He is of Ngāti Apakura descent. Although he describes himself as a fairly reclusive person, Daniel says...
by Samara Azam | Nov 16, 2023 | News & Blog
Artist Spotlight Nikki Dixon Our Artist spotlight this week is shining on Nikki Dixon, her mosaics lined the walls at Toi Ora for the current Mosaic Exhibition. From Lady Gaga, Rob Muldoon and Jacinda Ardern and our personal favorite Yoko Ono...
by Samara Azam | Nov 16, 2023 | News & Blog, Uncategorized
The Printmaking Exhibition starts on Nov 30th and runs until the end of term! With an Opening Celebration on 5th December from 1:30pm-2:30pmThis will be our last Exhibition for 2023, a huge big mihi to Andrē for working so hard to get the work up, working with artists...
by Samara Azam | Nov 16, 2023 | News & Blog, Uncategorized
The Power of Painting Exhibition is on from the 9th Nov- 30th Nov, here is a small glimpse of what our artists have produced in E.K’s Painting Now Class. There is so much talent! Make sure you come in and see everyone’s artwork.Check out art from this...
by Samara Azam | Nov 16, 2023 | News & Blog, Uncategorized
The Wonderful Crew at Circability have invited our Toi Artists to come along to their annual “Celebrate Together”, Event! Its a fun day in the Park for all to enjoy. All you need to do is turn up at 10am on Wednesday 29th November at Victoria Park.
by Samara Azam | Nov 14, 2023 | News & Blog, Uncategorized
Celebrating the work of the Painting Now class under the guidance of Toi Ora tutor Ekaterina Dimieva. Come by the Toi Ora Gallery to see it between 13-24 November at 6 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn.
