Arts Canterbury are proud to present a Juried exhibition at The Mill in Waikuku that will be open to the public from the 28^th Nov – 6^th Dec, open daily 10am-4pm. Paul and Jeni Sanderson, owners of The Mill located at 1473 Main North Road, Waikuku, are looking forward to hosting Arts Canterbury for the first time.

Members of Arts Canterbury were encouraged to submit their best artworks for this juried exhibition. From those submissions artworks were selected by three independent jurors – Warren Feeney, Joel Hart and Brent Firkin. 30 Arts Canterbury members (Including 11 North Canterbury artists) have been selected to exhibit 48 artworks in a range of styles, sizes and mediums including oil paintings, ceramics, linocut prints on teabags and more.

Some fantastic prizes that have been kindly donated by the following businesses

• Cameo fine art in Rangiora
• The Drawing Room
• Gordon Harris
• Id Gallery

Thanks to Greystone Wines and Raewyn Bishop from Total realty Rangiora who have donated items for the invite only opening and awards night

Thanks must also go to the Waimakariri District Council Creative Communities Scheme, The Woodend-Sefton Community Board and the Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board without whom this exhibition would not be able to take place.

Our mission

To foster appreciation of the visual arts in Canterbury and to provide support to artists who create art.

Arts Canterbury is committed to profiling art galleries and artists in Christchurch, New Zealand, and districts. It is an incorporated charitable organisation, governed by an elected executive committee whose membership is currently made up of artists, business and community representatives from Canterbury Districts and Christchurch.

The declared purpose of Arts Canterbury is to:

• Provide public opportunities for people in Canterbury to develop and appreciate a wide range of art media
• Support ‘Artists in Canterbury’ to display and exhibit their art.
• Support the artistic communities, galleries and cultural environments in which art and artists can thrive and develop
• Provide learning opportunities for artists and the public
• Promote and support visual art and artists across Canterbury