Artists & Groups

OCTA

Organisation / Group: OCTA, Gallery: Old Cromwell Town Art, 71 Melmore Terrace, Old Cromwell Town, Cromwell

• Telephone 03 4451594 / 027 2317502
• Website

OCTA Gallery and Workshop showcases a world class collection of original works on paper by renowned national and international artists. Also featuring are selected paintings, …

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• Disciplines:
• Printmaking

The French Potter at Domaine Rewa

Organisation / Group: The French Potter at Domaine Rewa, 827 Luggate Cromwell Rd, Cromwell

• Telephone 027 444 5915
• Website

The French Potter, Yannick Fourbet, has imported a selection of traditional and contemporary handcrafted horticultural pottery from his atelier in southern France. Plans for …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics

Alexandra Patchwork Group

Organisation / Group: Alexandra Patchwork Group, Alexandra Community House, 14 - 20 Centennial Ave, Alexandra 9320

• Telephone 03 448 5349

Creating a variety of patchwork, quilting and craft pieces, eg quilts, wall hangings, bags, table runners, Christmas decorations and more. They meet for the enjoyment of working …

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Alexandra Community Arts Council

Organisation / Group: Alexandra Community Arts Council, C/- 28 Glencarron Street (0.50 mi), Alexandra, New Zealand 9320

• Telephone 027 246 4887
• Website

ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL The Community Arts Council is a group of, usually ten to twelve, enthusiastic volunteers who support the arts within the community. Our …

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• Disciplines:
• Collective

Clyde Theatre Group

Organisation / Group: Clyde Theatre Group, P.O. Box 39, Clyde

• Facebook

Theatre in Clyde has been active since the early 1870s and now known as the Clyde Theatre Group, continues to entertain audiences today. This small team of enthusiasts presents …

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• Disciplines:
• Collective
• Dancer
• Designer
• Musician
• Performance
• Writer

Central Otago Regional Choir

Organisation / Group: Central Otago Regional Choir, Rehearsal venue: Anglican Church Hall, Cromwell

The Central Otago Regional Choir is a mixed voice community choir based in the Central Otago Region. It was formed in 2004 as a result of work done by John Buchanan in organising …

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• Disciplines:
• Collective
• Musician
• Performance

Transpire Fibre Art Studio

Organisation / Group: Transpire Fibre Art Studio, Gallery: Transpire, Old Cromwell Town, Melmore Terrace, Cromwell, New Zealand 9310

• Telephone 03-445 8292
• Facebook

Mellissa Uber-Lopez’ shop and studio occupies the old Cobb & Co Storeroom in the Heritage Precinct in Cromwell.Here you will find a colourful array of raw fleece  …

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• Disciplines:
• Craft
• Fashion Designer
• Textiles

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery

Organisation / Group: Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, Gallery: Russell Henderson Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra 9320

• Telephone 03 448 6230
• Website
• Facebook

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 The Good …

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• Disciplines:
• Animation
• Ceramics
• Collective
• Craft
• Film
• Glass
• Jewellery
• Multimedia
• Musician
• Object Art
• Painting
• Performance
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Textiles

Hullabaloo Art Space

Organisation / Group: Hullabaloo Art Space, Gallery: Hullabaloo Art Space, Cromwell Heritage Precinct, Melmore Terrace, Cromwell

• Telephone 027 600 7106 / 027 600 7106
• Website
• Facebook

Hullabaloo art space is a contemporary art gallery based in the beautiful Cromwell Heritage Precinct on the shores of Lake Dunstan.  Established on 2007, Hullabaloo art space …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics
• Collective
• Craft
• Jewellery
• Object Art
• Painting
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Textiles

Selah Gallery - En Hakkore

Organisation / Group: Selah Gallery - En Hakkore, Gallery: Selah Gallery, 207 Orangapai Sanatorium Rd, Ranfurly

• Telephone 03 444 9045 / 021 120 9751
• Website

Selah is a professionally appointed gallery displaying accomplished works sourced from residents and friends of the En Hakkore Christian Community. The art and photography draw …

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• Disciplines:
• Carver
• Ceramics
• Craft
• Multimedia
• Painting
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Textiles
• Woodworker

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, …

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• Disciplines:
• Collective
• Writer

Central Otago Art Society Incorporated

Organisation / Group: Central Otago Art Society Incorporated, C/O 67 Ferris Rd RD3 Alexandra

• Telephone 034489161 / 027 6680489
• Website

The Central Otago Art Society was established in the 70's in Alexandra with a small group of members holding annual exhibitions. The very first exhibition was held at the old …

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• Disciplines:
• Collective

Eade Gallery

Organisation / Group: Eade Gallery, Gallery: Eade Gallery, 17A Holloway St, Clyde

• Telephone 03 449 3306 / 021 265 3358
• Website
• Facebook

The Gallery's sole objective is to have a broad selection of regional art, encompassing all mediums. Eade Gallery represents over 30 artists which include painters, jewellers, …

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• Disciplines:
• Carver
• Ceramics
• Glass
• Jewellery
• Multimedia
• Object Art
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Textiles
• Woodworker

Central Otago Music Tutors

Organisation / Group: Central Otago Music Tutors, Central Otago

This is list of Central Otago music tutors. They welcome new pupils and are all well qualified to teach various forms of music.Alexandra/Clyde Music TutorsCushla Kelly teaches …

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• Disciplines:
• Band
• Collective
• Musician
• Performance
• Tutor

Endemic Gallery

Organisation / Group: Endemic Gallery, Gallery: Endemic Gallery, Endemic Gallery., 108 Scotland Street., Roxburgh.

• Telephone 03 4468202 / 027 4192324
• Website
• Facebook

Rebecca Gilmore - painting and Greg Slui -photography.Rebecca was born in 1968 in Invercargill New Zealand and raised in Otatara surrounded by native bush, birds and the artistic …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting
• Photography

Marion VIALADE

10 Success Street, Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand

• Telephone 022 652 5036
• Website

I’m MARION VIALADE, an artist made in France! No Diplomas, no art school, just me, a real self-taught artist. As far as I can remember, I always loved drawing. But being the …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting
• Printmaking

Beverley Rae Helm

546 Allison Lane, Gimmerburn

• Telephone 027 3010 477

My name is Beverley Helm and I am a born and bred Maniototo girl. I have three gorgeous kids who keep me more than busy, when I'm not chasing them around the country side I steal …

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• Disciplines:
• Photography

Hugh Derham

8 Bell Avenue, Cromwell, Central Otago

• Telephone 0272796956
• Website

The gallery has two themes, New Zealand alpine landscapes and birds and African wildlife. Most of the NZ landscapes are currently from Canterbury High Country. What is unique is …

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• Disciplines:
• Glass
• Graphic Designer
• Photography

Les Riddell

Gallery: Objects Of Art, 71 Melmore Tce., Murrell's Shed, Old Cromwell Town, Cromwell

• Telephone 03 445 3094 / 027 200 1712
• Website

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 …

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• Disciplines:
• Jewellery
• Object Art

Natalia Olssen

4 Lowburn Valley Rd, Cromwell 9389

• Telephone 027 491 5054

Born in the USSR I studied dentistry and worked as a dentist in Khabcrovsk for 27 years.I immigrated to New Zealand to follow my son who had been sent to New Zealand in 2006 to …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Rachel Hirabayashi

Gallery: Rachel Hirabayashi Gallery, 16 Horace Street, Cromwell

• Telephone 03 445 3378 / 021 02790 159
• Website

Rachel Hirabayashi works on the surface of the canvas where she tries to intermesh an idea with a recognizable visual form. Layers of pigment and paint act as a filter for her …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting
• Sculpture

Sue Noble-Adams

1 Mc Murray Place, Clyde

• Telephone 027 224 7515

Sue is a locally based photographer who has lived in Alexandra for over 30 years. Her attention to detail of the iconic images she captures of the region is quite remarkable. …

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• Disciplines:
• Photography

Camille Alabaster

Gallery: Camille Alabaster, 30 Killarney Street, Alexandra

• Telephone 0212 454737
• Website
• Facebook

Many paths have been travelled on my creative journey from the Far North to the Deep South, including ceramics, painting, drawing, bone and limestone carving, photography and …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics
• Object Art
• Painting
• Photography

Ross Cowie

5 The Stonestack, Clyde, Central Otago

• Telephone 03 4492621

A lifelong interest in art has been maintained during a busy business career. I specialise mainly in printmaking, being part of a strong school of printmakers emerging from the …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Tutor

Alan Waters

Gallery: Alan Waters' Art, Allan is currently in the process of building a new gallery but can be contacted via email or cell phone if you would like to arrange to view his works.

• Telephone 03 445 4723 / 021 076 8993
• Website

Originally from NZ, I lived overseas for 30 years and returned in 2002 at the invitation of a major Auckland Art Gallery. An Award Winning Artist for 17 years, my art is very …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Gail de Jong

Bannockburn

• Telephone 039759580 / 027 231 7502

Art has always been the focus of my working life. After attending Art School in Dunedin and gaining a Diploma in Fine Art, I began teaching at Timaru Girls High School. I …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Melanie Eade

17a Holloway St, Clyde

• Telephone 0212653358
• Website
• Facebook

My background in fine art, graphic design and retail design is strongly reflected in my recent works. The use of form and line, such as buildings, bridges and the use of …

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• Disciplines:
• Multimedia
• Painting

Jenny Chisholm

Gallery: Gallery of Fine Arts, Queenstown. Wanaka Art Centre (by appointment), Star Dust Gallery, 7 Earne Street, Naseby

• Telephone 027 285 8371
• Website

Jenny spent a number of years living and working overseas, including Australia, England, Vietnam, Malaysia and lastly India. In 2009 she returned to Central Otago and has based …

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• Disciplines:
• Carver
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Sculpture

Robert Franklin

Gallery: Fusion Ceramics, 434 Bannockburn Road, RD 2 Cromwell

• Telephone 03445 0140 / 021548025

Robert Franklin Lives and works in Bannockburn, near Cromwell, Central Otago. He was a part-time studio potter for a decade in the 1970’s. “My return to ceramics has …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics
• Object Art

Sharon Cordell

Gallery: Sorry no gallery at this address, 780 Chatto-Creek, Springvale Road, Alexandra

• Telephone 021-2100-222
• Website

I first came to New Zealand 7 years ago and fell in love with its magnificent mountains, rivers, rustic homesteads and rugged terrain. My husband and I live on a small farm in …

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• Disciplines:
• Photography

Debbie Malcolm

1 Samson St, Alexandra 9320

• Telephone 03 448 7649 / 027 28 69 606
• Facebook

Born in Clyde in 1961 I grew up in Alexandra with an enthusiastic interest in art and craft. I worked as a potter for 6 years and began painting in oils in 2002. I endeavour to …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting
• Tutor

Marie Velenski

Old Cromwell Historic Precinct, Melmore tce, Cromwell

• Telephone 03 4454223 / 02102749464

Fused glass jewellery, small framed works and wire work. I have been experimenting with glass fusing since 1999. I am self taught. I locked myself away in the garden shed with my …

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• Disciplines:
• Glass
• Jewellery
• Object Art

Bruce Potter

10 Craig Place, Alexandra 9320

• Telephone 03 4488 608 / 021 0253 2194
• Website

Bruce Potter is a well respected and dedicated artist who lives in Alexandra. He has had many achievements and accolades in the past the points below show how diverse his talent …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting
• Performance
• Sculpture
• Tutor
• Writer

Marion Mewburn

5 Beaumont Station Road, Millers Flat

• Telephone 027 4821279
• Facebook

I have been potting for 20 years now. In 1996 I started making teapots, first in Waitati, north of Dunedin, then here in Millers Flat. I have had two solo-shows of teapots in …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics
• Object Art
• Sculpture

Jenny Hill

Gallery: Locharburn Studio, 1765 Luggate Cromwell Rd, Cromwell 9383

• Telephone 03 445 3510 / 027 230 7561
• Website
• Facebook

Jenny Hill is both a mixed media artist and co-owner of Locharburn Wines with her husband Chris, in Central Otago, New Zealand.Combining her interest in photography and textiles, …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Textiles

Odelle Morshuis

Gallery: Odelle Morshuis Studio/Gallery/Cellar Door, 128 Cairnmuir Rd, RD 2 Cromwell 9384

• Telephone 03 445 4467 / 0274450023
• Website
• Facebook

Odelle Morshuis has a studio and gallery at her home in Bannockburn. The gallery is also the Cellar door for her family wine, Ceres. Odelle has a B.A. in Art History and Design …

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• Disciplines:
• Film
• Glass
• Multimedia
• Object Art
• Painting
• Performance
• Sculpture

Richard Parsons

Gallery: Parson's Residence Waikerikeri Valley, 627 Waikerikeri Valley Rd, RD1, Alexandra

• Telephone 03 4492 389 / 0274492381
• Website
• Twitter
• Facebook

Richard Parsons is an artist and farmer from Waikerikeri Valley, Clyde, Central Otago.Richard has been painting for the past 30 years . He achieved 1st place in the Blossom …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Maurice Middleditch

Gallery: Aurum Gallery, Corner of Lawrence and Short Streets., RD 2 Bannockburn

• Telephone 03 445 4024 / 027 693 8248

Maurice Middleditch is a landscape artist who works in oil and watercolour. His work can be seen in the Canterbury Museum and the Antarctic Visitors Centre at Christchurch …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Sisson Gallery Photography

Gallery: 19 Holloway Street, Clyde, 19 Holloway Street, Clyde

• Telephone 03 449 2998
• Website
• Twitter

Todd & Sarah Sisson are full time professional landscape photographers, based in Alexandra. Todd & Sarah are best known for their distinctive and visually arresting New …

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• Disciplines:
• Photography

Jane Whitaker

885 Ranfurly Back Road (Naseby end), Naseby

• Telephone 03 444 9373 / 021 1561436
• Website

I would describe my paintings as ‘impressionistic.’  My enduring fascination is with fleeting moments in time – such as a racing shadow over a mountain …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Dorothy Piper

3748 Fruitlands Roxburgh Road, RD1, Roxburgh, Central Otago 9571

• Telephone +64211162871 / +64211162871
• Website

A love of art and painting began in my teens and has continued to this day. Following years of working in a variety of careers I am now able to fulfill my long held desire to …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Lorraine Higgins

Gallery: Lorraine's Home Gallery, 16 B Donegal Street, Cromwell

• Telephone 03 445 4171 / 027 55 66 457

Lorraine’s atmospheric and slightly abstract-style art works, are painted in oil and mixed media giving ‘impressions’ of the Central Otago landscape and her …

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• Disciplines:
• Collective
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Textiles

Jenny Knowles

52 Chapman Road, RD1, Alexandra, Central Otago

• Telephone 03 449 2126
• Website

Central Otago is home to multi medium artist Jenny Knowles and her husband Danny.Jenny's sculptures and sketches draw inspiration form the rich tapestry of people and environment …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics
• Sculpture

Gretl Barzotto

241 Mc Arthur Rd, Springvale, Central Otago

• Telephone 021 929 644
• Website

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 …

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• Disciplines:
• Interior Designer
• Painting

Murray Sheppard

Gallery: Home Gallery, 1 Maddison Lane, Off Waenga Drive, Cromwell

• Telephone 03 445 4430 / 027 317 8740

Murray's father owned his own furniture design/ cabinet making business so from an early age Murray was fortunate to spend hours having fun in his fathers workshop. After leaving …

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• Disciplines:
• Carver
• Object Art
• Sculpture
• Woodworker

Annemarie Hope-Cross

4 Larch Cres, Alexandra 9320

• Telephone 03 974 8271 / 027 246 4887
• Website

Annemarie is a photographic artist with an interest in historic and alternative photographic techniques. Some of her earliest memories as a child are of printing in the darkroom …

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• Disciplines:
• Photography

Julie Greig

Crieve Studio, Maniototo

• Telephone 027 208 0987 / 027 208 0987
• Website
• Facebook

Julie Greig lives near Patearoa in the Maniototo, Central Otago, New Zealand where she paints from her home studio. Julie is best known for the details, texture and atmosphere in …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Vivienne Robertson

16 Milford Street, Middlemarch 9067

• Telephone 027 255 4299

Viv has always enjoyed being in amongst the hills,snow, tussock horses, cows, sheep and the odd dog.These subjects are what she likes to paint, mostly in oils and sometimes adding …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Megan Huffadine

12 Miners Terrace, Bannockburn

• Telephone 03 445 1909 / 027 273 1909
• Website

Bannockburn based artist Megan Huffadine has a BFA in Fine Arts from Canterbury University as well as a BA in Anthropology from Otago University. Megan has many years experience …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting
• Sculpture

Glenn Baty

93 Newcastle Street, Clyde 9330

• Telephone 027 335 9693

Glen is a sculptor who loves to use old metal bits and pieces with are often discarded parts from his mechanical workshop. He crafts these components into highly desirable works …

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• Disciplines:
• Craft
• Object Art
• Sculpture

Kathi McLean

37 Newcastle Street, Clyde

• Telephone 03 4492757 / 021 02528365

I discovered the wonders of clay thirty years ago and since then have enjoyed every aspect of the process. My learning has come from attending workshops, from many and varied …

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• Disciplines:
• Ceramics
• Object Art

Maxine Williams

1078 Earnscleugh Road, Clyde

• Telephone 03 4492 448 / 022 3001422
• Facebook

Central Otago artist Maxine Williams is a Clyde person, born and bred, she knows her district and its people intimately. Like many here she is passionate about the culture and …

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• Disciplines:
• Animation
• Collective
• Craft
• Film
• Glass
• Graphic Designer
• Jewellery
• Painting
• Photography
• Sculpture
• Tutor
• Writer

Eric Schusser

4 Larch Crescent, Alexandra 9320

• Telephone 021 120 4724
• Website

Photography has fascinated me since I was a boy and watched my father taking photographs and printing in his darkroom. It was a special time of walking and talking together along …

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• Disciplines:
• Collective
• Photography

Denis Litchfield

22 Bringans St, Alexandra

• Telephone 03 448 7337 / +64 027 4206696

Denis Litchfield is a gem cutter who specialises in Australian Sapphires and Zircons. He travels each year to his own mining claim in the remote Anakie gem fields of Central …

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• Disciplines:
• Craft
• Jewellery

Sheena Lassen

213 Scotland Street, Roxburgh

• Telephone 03 4468 721 / 027 384 4052
• Facebook

Born and educated in Christchurch Sheena Lassen lived in Palmerston North for ten years then near Culverden in North Canterbury for twenty three. Moved to Roxburgh, Central Otago …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Jenny Mehrtens

Gallery: Jenny Mehrtens Artist, Level 2, The Shed, 4 Buckingham St, Arrowtown

• Telephone 021 875337 / 021 875337
• Website
• Facebook

Jenny Mehrtens is an Arrowtown based artist, primarily a painter, she has had several group and solo exhibitions and her work can be found in private collections worldwide. …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Nigel Wilson

Gallery: Home Gallery. Central Galleries Queenstown. Hullabaloo art space Cromwell. Wanaka Fine arts. Moray G, 8D Naylor Street, Clyde

• Telephone 03 448 9161 / 027 6680 489
• Website

Nigel has been painting full time for 20 years is well regarded for his large expressive and colourful oil paintings of the Otago landscape with gallery representation in …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting

Janyne Fletcher

Gallery: Janyne Fletcher Photographer - Gallery and Workspace - Ranfurly., 7 Charlemont St, Ranfurly, Central Otago

• Telephone 021 989 424 / 021 989 424
• Website
• Facebook

Janyne Fletcher is a creative fine art and landscape photographer from the Maniototo region of Central Otago and has been photographing professionally for over 15 years.  As …

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• Disciplines:
• Photography

Denis Kent

50 Ashworth St, Alexandra

• Telephone 034486623 / 0278496243

I was educated in Dunedin and studied at the Dunedin School of Art. It was under the tutorship of Tom Esplin, that I became interested in oil painting, and have been using this …

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• Disciplines:
• Painting