MIX

18/02/2026

We are absolutely loving this amazing new painting created by MIX artist Tiffanny. It represents 'time' and think its rather fitting for the energy of the moment and all the newness that its brining....
Happy Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse!
Happy New Moon in Aquarious
Happy Eclipse energy
Happy to see the sun out
and a happy day without wind or rain in Lower Hutt Yessssss!!

15/02/2026

MIX LOWER HUTT IS CLOSED due to losing power in this storm. It's dangerous out there
STAY SAFE
Kia noho haumaru

15/02/2026

MIX advises participants not to come to MIX today due to extreme weather conditions.!
Kia noho haumaru STAY SAFE!

09/02/2026

Congratulations Dominic F Lerm! Dominic presents "GOODLANDS" A solo exhibition of recent and historical drawings in our lounge gallery. The exhibition is up all February, it is a continuation of Dominic's interest in imaginary and real worlds and what happens when they intersect. A recent focus for Dominic has been the architecture of Tokelau and Rome. Dominic has a soft and steady approach to his art practice which is both beautiful and interesting , well done Dom, keep up the good work

08/02/2026

Our wonderful Art Therapy trainee Ya-Wen will be back on her placement at MIX every Thursday morning from 12th February.
If you haven't experienced a session with Ya-wen yet, then we encourage you to gift yourself the most peaceful hour of your week in the Sun Room at MIX! YOu will be so happy that you did 😍

27/01/2026

Annual General Meeting
February 18th 2026 10am
at MIX Lower Hutt

14/01/2026

And indeed why arent we doing more art?

At Arts Access Aotearoa, we know that the arts benefit our health and wellbeing because the arts are integral to our lives. We've also experienced transformative moments and have read the research.

And now we're queueing up to read "Art Cure: the Science of How the Arts Transform our Health by UK scientist Professor Daisy Fancourt. This very readable book includes chapter headings such as "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever"; "Help me if you can, I'm feeling down"; "Get into the groove"; and "I will survive".

And finally, it asks and answers two questions: "Why aren't we doing more arts?" and "How can we fix things?"

Check out our list of research findings and scroll down to the heading "UK: How the arts can transform our health"
https://artsaccess.org.nz/Research

ID: Collage of three images:
1. Cover of Art Cure (detail)
2. Kākano rangatahi paint a public mural
3. Jolt performer and tutor Joel Foreman working with a dancer seated in a wheelchair

08/01/2026

Beautiful day beautiful beach beautiful Kai and beautiful company 🌞

08/01/2026

We are back to our usual time table next week, meanwhile we're on that summer holiday vibe here at MIX

07/01/2026

Happy New Year to you all !
May 2026 be a prosperous & peaceful year and remember to pause, breathe and be kind to yourself
❤️ from the MIX whanau

14/12/2025

We love collaborating with Pablos Art Studios Inc and contributing what we can to help them grow. We look forward to more collaborations in 26

MIX artist Daniel Phillips had a busy evening drawing portraits of visitors at this year’s Pablos Art Auction, held in November at Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand in Wellington.

21/11/2025

A massive thankyou to Wellington Museum for hosting us and providing a tour on our Thursday outing. For lunch we made our way to Frank Kitts park to enjoy some kai in the sun. have a great weekend everyone :-)