Artists & Groups
From Central Otago
Profiles
Creative Writers Circle
Organisation / Group: Creative Writers Circle, Alexandra Community House, 14 - 20 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra.
- Telephone (03) 449 3330
We are a group of writers who meet at 12 noon on the first Thursday of each month (with the exception of January) at the Alexandra Community House, 14 - 20 Centennial Avenue, …
- Disciplines:
- Collective
- Writer
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery
Organisation / Group: Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, Gallery: Russell Henderson Art Gallery & Heaphy Gallery, 21 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra 9320
Central Stories is home to the region's largest and most significant art gallery spaces; the largest natural and social history museum as well as a research library and an …
Central Otago Art Society Incorporated
Organisation / Group: Central Otago Art Society Incorporated, Alexandra
The Central Otago Art Society was established in the 1970s in Alexandra, beginning with a small group of artists who came together to hold annual exhibitions. The first exhibition …
- Disciplines:
- Collective
Bannockburn Arts Charitable Trust
Organisation / Group: Bannockburn Arts Charitable Trust, Bannockburn
The Bannockburn Arts Charitable Trust was formed in 2022 to continue the work of Jan Hawkins and Heather McPherson who for ten years brought the arts to Bannockburn. We are now a …
- Disciplines:
- Collective
Central Otago Embroiderers Guild
Organisation / Group: Central Otago Embroiderers Guild, Meetings:, St Aidan's Church Hall, Shannon St, Alexandra.
- Telephone 021 022 71225
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month from 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm at St Aidans Church Hall.
- Disciplines:
- Collective
- Craft
- Textiles
Les Riddell
Gallery: Objects Of Art, 71 Melmore Tce., Murrell's Shed, Old Cromwell Town, Cromwell
Les Riddell is a fine jeweller who operates from an historic old stone store in Old Cromwell. There he has a fine display of his work and a fully equipped workshop attached. There …
- Disciplines:
- Jewellery
- Object Art
Nicola Bennett
Gallery: Nicola Bennett Studio, 66 Tarbert Street, Alexandra, Central Otago
Nicola is an abstract expressionist painter, inspired by the sensory deliciousness of food. Often collaborating, she works on large scale canvases, with oils and mixed media. …
- Disciplines:
- Painting
Andrew Barr
Gallery: The Oamaru Stone Gallery, 5169 State Highway 8, Ettrick, Central Otago
- Telephone 03 446 6535 / 027 3714 696
I have been working with Oamaru stone for about 5 years now having re- discovered a long held passion for the stone. While in travelling in India, in 2004 visiting a village where …
Nigel Wilson
Gallery: Eade Gallery, Clyde. Central Galleries, Queenstown. Wanaka Fine Arts, Wanaka. Athol Gallery, Athol. , 8D Naylor Street, Clyde
Nigel has been painting full time for 25 years is well regarded for his large expressive and colourful oil paintings of the Otago landscape with gallery representation in Wanaka, …
- Disciplines:
- Painting
Gretl Barzotto
241 Mc Arthur Rd, Springvale, Central Otago
Gretl Barzotto was raised in Aotearoa New Zealand and spent many years around mountains and lakes in the North and South Islands. Connection to nature in vast open landscapes is …
- Disciplines:
- Interior Designer
- Painting







