The ‘Kubini’ (imaginary creation in Swahili) exhibition is an African Comic Art exhibition.
For several years, African authors and artists have been making their mark on the Western comics scene, in particular in France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Switzerland. This has allowed the European public to discover the vitality, richness and creativity of African comics.
‘Kubuni’ showcases African comics around three main axes: yesterday, today and tomorrow. It brings together the works of more than fifty comic book authors from sub-Saharan Africa.

Gunhild creates objects that twist quotidian narratives and infuses them with the uncanny, playful and absurd.
She grew up in West Germany in an era of a fibre arts revival. Gunhild gained her B.Ed. with majors in Art and Crafts at Leuphana University-Lüneburg in 1983. Some years later, she moved to the USA, and after some more years, settled in Aotearoa.
Gunhild has been creating across genres all her life. She has also been mixing genres with growing enthusiasm.
This exhibition is the culmination of years of playing around with genres, media, myths, fairytales and gravity.

This exhibition is by students of the Maunga Kura Toi Bachelor of Māori Art Degree of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.
The programme encompasses all aspects of Māori weaving and maintains the practices and techniques of the tūpuna (ancestors).
Te Wānanga O Aotearoa
Centennial Drive
Hokowhitu Campus
Palmerston North
0800355553

In Making Memories, I share my experiences and observations, inspired by emotions, family bonds, and human interaction. In our fast-paced world, this collection serves as a reminder to slow down and savour the beauty in everyday experiences and relationships.

I am a full-time artist here in Palmerston North, and I predominantly work with acrylic paint but love to explore mixed media for its creative freedom, allowing me to play with colour, texture, and abstract form.

Through my work, I hope to evoke a sense of connection, resonating with viewers’ personal experiences and reminding us of our shared humanity.

@MicheleTheobaldArtist
MicheleTheobald.co.nz

I am a landscape photographer based in Palmerston North. In my own backyard of our property on the outskirts of town, I am constantly greeted by an ever-changing canvas of landscapes. Each day brings new light, colours and textures, inspiring me to capture the unique beauty in my surroundings and transform it into stunning visual narratives.

Instagram: @anna_bootle
Email: bootles@xtra.co.nz

Wouna le Roux is a Master of Design student at UCOL-Te Pūkenga Whanganui. The theme of her research is liminality – the in-between or middle phase of rites of passage. This phase is also known as the transformational stage of a rite, and is marked by confusion, ambiguity, and uncertainty. Liminality is a linear process, irreversible. Something must die (symbolically) to be reborn.

My Passion is painting Flowers and Animals, and in this small series, I have chosen chooks as my main theme.
I love how chooks make me laugh and are independent and colourful in the garden.
I’ve been inspired by the seasonal changes in the garden, from summer flowers to spring flowers.

Enjoy the Animals and Flowers Art Exhibition, 2024.

Medium used: Acrylic and Ink

Welcome to The Thread Room! We are Millie and Rosemary. Here at the Thread Room we offer Sewing classes for children and adults from beginners to experienced. Between us both we have a lot of experience. Millie has done the Bachelor of Fashion and started Certificate in teaching and Rosemary has done Certificate in  Pattern Drafting and Apprenticeship in Sewing. We both used to run the classes at Bernina but thought it was time to make something of our own and use our skills that we worked for, so that’s why we started the The Thread Room. We will be offering fabric and Haberdashery in the near future. If your interested in our classes please email us at thethreadroomnz@outlook.com or check our Facebook & Instagram under @Thethreadroom. 

Weaver, Mum, Wife, Business owner.
I am a mum to Four beautiful tamariki who live away from their culture, Marae and wider Whanau, so undertaking a bachelor in Māori Art is my way of giving them something of theirs, while we are far from home.
My work is a mix of very practical pieces and a bit of flare here and there. I believe in using everything for a purpose.

emilystrang9@gmail.com

Studio on the Square Painting Competition and Exhibition 2024.
There are pieces from local artists of all ages, styles and disciplines!

In 2014, along with my tuakana Georgia we both began our mahi toi journey through Te Wānanga O Aotearoa with the intention of learning how to weave kete, potae and putiputi but as we progressed, what we learned upon reflection, was through being immersed in a te ao Māori space we realised how truly disconnected we had been to our own culture and as a bi product of learning mahi toi and the mātauranga, tikanga, waiata, karakia and pūrākau that go along with it, we were connecting. This created a desire to want more connection to whanau, hapu and iwi and it all started with kete, potae and putiputi. – Corrinne Tripp

Immerse yourself in the varied forms of Toi Rangitāne crafted by seven different tohunga who all hail from Rangitāne ki Manawatū. Celebrate Puanga through the medium of art, seen through a Māori lens.