Kowhai Art and Craft

Kowhai Art and Craft Kowhai Art and Craft are a community based organization supporting arts and crafts in Warkworth since 1975.

The 2025 Mahurangi Art Trail is underway! Here are some of our talented Kowhai Art and Craft artists that are exhibiting...
30/01/2025

The 2025 Mahurangi Art Trail is underway! Here are some of our talented Kowhai Art and Craft artists that are exhibiting on the trail. Have a look at the Trail Map online at www.mahurangiartistnetwork.com or pick up a physical copy from Trail Central at the Warkworth Town Hall.
Looking forward to seeing you!

Happy New Year Community! Each year, many of our KAC members are exhibiting in the annual Mahurangi Art Trail. This is a...
13/01/2025

Happy New Year Community! Each year, many of our KAC members are exhibiting in the annual Mahurangi Art Trail. This is a wonderful event where you get to visit the artists in either their home studios or at the main Trail Hub in the Warkworth Town Hall. Please click on the link below to have a look at this year's Trail Map and to plan your journey around our beautiful district!
You can also come to the Opening Night on Thursday 30th Jan at the Warkworth Town Hall.
https://www.mahurangiartistnetwork.com/mast2025-art-trail/a1.-opening-night-mast25

The Open Day is On!! Come down and have a look at our what our talented local creators have been up to! Grab a bite to e...
23/05/2024

The Open Day is On!! Come down and have a look at our what our talented local creators have been up to! Grab a bite to eat and chat about the different craft groups you are able to join. We're here till 2pm this afternoon. :-)

THANK YOU COMMUNITY!! The Art-Full weekend was a great success and we couldn't have done it without you! Thanks to all o...
13/11/2023

THANK YOU COMMUNITY!! The Art-Full weekend was a great success and we couldn't have done it without you! Thanks to all our volunteers who generously gave of their time and energy, and thanks to you, the public who came, appreciated and purchased our artistic creations. It's a pretty wonderful thing to create something that someone else connects with and wants to purchase. Thanks for giving our exhibitors that experience!

It was wonderful to give the Yr11 Textile students from Whangaparaoa College a chance to showcase their Upcycling Challenge project. Their display looked brilliant and everyone was impressed with the quality of thir work. We look forward to having them involved next year too!

Thanks also to our main sponsors: a2 logistics Aqua Works - Filters & Pumps Rodney and, most of all, Creative Communities Auckland. We couldn't have done it without you!!

A huge shout-out to Matakana Cinemas for displaying our poster on their big screens!!

Our massive raffle has been drawn. Congratulations to Colin, Ange, Sue, Kim, R.M, Geraldine, Owen, Anne, Linda, Bob & Maddy, Laura and Gilly! I hope you're all happy with your prizes. Thanks once again to our Raffle Sponsors: New World Warkworth Sculptureum Morris & James Matakana Heron's Flight Vineyard - Matakana, Trio Soy Candles a2 logistics Brick Bay Wines and Sculpture Trail Organic Earth, Plume and Trinity Chiropractic.

Well that's a wrap for 2023 - See you again for the Art-Full Weekend 2024!

LAST DAY TODAY Community!! We've had two fantastic days of art and fun down at the Matakana Hall for the KAC Art-full We...
11/11/2023

LAST DAY TODAY Community!! We've had two fantastic days of art and fun down at the Matakana Hall for the KAC Art-full Weekend 2023! Thanks so much to both those helping with the event as well as all the people who have come, purchased and appreciated our efforts. If you haven't made it along yet, come on down between 10am and 3pm today (Sunday) for your last chance at a locally made artwork for yourself or a Christmas present for someone else (if you can bear to part with it)! Also, we have our brilliant raffle where one $3 ticket purchase gets you into over 10 individual prize draws! (Or if you want to be economical, you could buy 4 tickets for $10) ;-) Don't miss out Community!!!

The Art-Full weekend Starts Tomorrow!! Come join us from 10am at the Matakana Hall for a weekend of art and creativity! ...
09/11/2023

The Art-Full weekend Starts Tomorrow!! Come join us from 10am at the Matakana Hall for a weekend of art and creativity!
To entice you further (apart from our stunning array of local art) we have a FANTASTIC raffle featuring a number of individual prizes from our wonderful community. Each raffle ticket gets puts you in the draw to win one of the following prizes:
• Morris & James $200 voucher
• New World $100 voucher
• New World Hamper
• Sculptureum Family Pass
• Sculptureum Six Pack Wine
• Brick Bay Family Trail Pass + bottle of Martello Rock
• Heron’s Flight $50 voucher
• Trinity Chiropractic & Wellness $50 voucher for chiropractic treatment or massage
• 3 x Runner Duck Sangiovese + Trio Soy Candles
• Tequila & Lime for summer cocktails from A2 Logistics
• Wool Dryer Balls & Steel Pegs from Organic Earth

One ticket = $3 or 4 tickets for $10
Come along and be in to win!!!
Thanks once again to our most generous Community Sponsors!

See you on the weekend!!

Heron's Flight Vineyard - Matakana New World Warkworth a2 logistics Sculptureum Morris & James Matakana Brick Bay Wines and Sculpture Trail Trio Soy Candles

We're only days away from our annual Art-Full Weekend!! From 10am this Friday until 3pm Sunday the Matakana hall will be...
06/11/2023

We're only days away from our annual Art-Full Weekend!! From 10am this Friday until 3pm Sunday the Matakana hall will be buzzing with creativity. Come and see what our talented local crafters have been working on all year. We'll have our painters, potters, glass artists, felters, flax weavers, book artists, porcelain painters, leather artists and spinners & weavers all exhibiting and selling their wares. Come and be inspired as well as purchase a wonderful hand crafted work of art for yourself or for a gift.

Also, I have the pleasure of welcoming the Yr 11 Textile students from Whangaparaoa College as co-exhibitors in our Denim Challenge!! They have been working all year on up-cycling recycled fabrics to help bring awareness to just how much perfectly usable fabric waste is clogging up the world's landfills! They will be exhibiting their creations on the stage at the hall with the rest of our Denim Challenge participants. Please come along and support their incredible efforts!! I've attached some photo's to give you a taste of what they've been doing below.
See you this weekend!

Mark your calendars Community! Kowhai Art and Craft presents our annual exhibition and sale: "An Art-full Weekend!" From...
15/10/2023

Mark your calendars Community! Kowhai Art and Craft presents our annual exhibition and sale: "An Art-full Weekend!" From the 10th-12th November at the Matakana Village Hall you can come and experience just how talented your community is! Artists from a number of different genres will be displaying and selling their creations. Come and get a hand made, locally crafted treasure for yourself or a friend. This is a wonderful opportunity to buy your loved ones a meaningful gift for Christmas! Can't wait to see you there!

Kowhai Art and Craft has an exciting new initiative we'd like to share with you! The Upcycled Denim Challenge was create...
02/10/2023

Kowhai Art and Craft has an exciting new initiative we'd like to share with you! The Upcycled Denim Challenge was created as a response to the global glut of textile waste in the world's landfills. Denim waste is one of the major contributors. Being such a hardy material, it is perfect for recycling and upcycling!

Any KAC member can enter the Challenge. All entries will be exhibited (and potentially sold) at the Kowhai Art & Craft yearly event "The Artful Weekend" in November.

Contestants can even mix denim with their existing practice: E.g.: painting on denim, mixing denim and tooled leather or clay or felt.

Thrift/OP shops are a great resource for extra denim if you need it. Check out the $1.00 rack at Warkworth Hospice or ask shops if they have old denim in their discard piles.

Different categories in the challenge include functional items - or wild and wacky.

If you are keen to join the challenge, or if you have any questions, please contact Carolann on 021 423 920.

If you would like to see what is created, come along to the Art-Full Weekend on the 10th-12th November at the Matakana Village Hall.

Here are some photos of already completed Denim Challenge pieces!

Don't forget - the KAC Open Day is this Friday!! Looking forward to seeing you there!Do you keep thinking about doing so...
15/04/2023

Don't forget - the KAC Open Day is this Friday!! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Do you keep thinking about doing something creative, or trying your hand at a new hobby? Come on down to the Kowhai Art and Craft Open Day and have a look at what we do! We will have people from each of our artistic genres displaying their work and giving live demonstrations. You can even grab a cuppa and a bite to eat as you walk around! Lock in the date and we'll see you on the 19th May between 10am and 2pm.

The KAC pottery team had great fun today Raku firing some plates, bowls and sculpture items in our homemade kiln! We wer...
13/03/2023

The KAC pottery team had great fun today Raku firing some plates, bowls and sculpture items in our homemade kiln! We were all a bit hot, tired and smoky by the end of the day but we got some fantastic results!

The pottery team had great fun today Raku firing some plates, bowls and sculpture items in our homemade kiln! We were al...
13/03/2023

The pottery team had great fun today Raku firing some plates, bowls and sculpture items in our homemade kiln! We were all a bit hot, tired and smoky by the end of the day but we got some fantastic results!

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