Past event
21 June 2017
5–9pm
The Longest Night & Chch Art Map Launch
Image: Detail of the Christchurch Art Map, Winter 2017 edition
21 June 2017. Free entry.
Wednesday 21 June 5.30pm - 9.00pm
The Physics Room will join eight other Christchurch galleries, Toi Moroki Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA), Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, The Central, Nadene Milne Gallery, Chambers Art Gallery, The National, City Art Depot, and Jonathan Smart Gallery, in remaining open until 9.00pm. The event will also launch the 2017 Christchurch Art Map designed by Jessica Tabke and printed by MK Press. Copies of the map can be picked up at any of the participating galleries.
Shuttles will be available to transport visitors around five key stops between 5.30pm and 8.30pm: The Christchurch Art Gallery, The Physics Room, Chambers Art Gallery, Jonathan Smart Gallery and City Art Depot.
The schedule for the evening includes:
6pm: City Art Depot: Artist Talk by Charlotte Watson on her exhibition, Place of Return
6pm: Christchurch Art Gallery: Friends of Christchurch Art Gallery Speaker of the Month, Jenny Harper.
7pm: Nadene Milne Gallery, Floor Talk ‘Why Contemporary Art?’ with Nadene Milne
7.15pm: Christchurch Art Gallery: Regularly scheduled gallery tour
7.45pm: Christchurch Art Gallery: Les Baxters performance
8pm: The Central: Fiona Van Oyen, artist talk
In addition to these scheduled events, Kristin Hollis will be at Jonathan Smart Gallery throughout the evening to discuss her current exhibition, unpicked, with visitors. CoCA will host the Social as they set up their drawing machine again. Chambers Art will have a Stock Show with Open Studios and resident artists will be in their studios. Fiona Van Oyen will be at The Central through the evening to discuss her current exhibition, Landskin. Artist Jacquelyn Greenbank will be at The National with her exhibition The Burt Brailsford Ethnoarchaelogical Studies. The Physics Room will be encouraging those visiting to vote for their favourite artist in the People's Choice Award for Riff Raff's Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize. Christchurch Art Gallery will have a pop-up bar from 6–9pm and CoCA will have a cash bar until 8.30pm. Other galleries will be putting on drinks and nibbles for visitors, also.
See Warren Feeney's article on Stuff about The Longest Night and the launch of the Christchurch Art Map here.