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Autumn Art Attack

Be inspired by the natural and organic objects found this Autumn and the beautiful creations of Wayne Todd to create something new and extraordinary. These school holidays, why not spark your imagination and try something totally unique at the Feilding Art Centre? Dive into the world of found objects and let your creativity shine—craft a wild and wacky sculpture or sketch a beautiful leaf. Let your ideas run free, and make memories with the kids while exploring the art of creation. W...

Wayne Todd - IHO Essence

 IHO – ESSENCE is a sculptural exhibition by Wayne Todd using natural, found, and organic objects. Carefully created and beautifully presented, an intriguing and light-hearted look at the connectedness of all life. ‘Finding new stories woven from the threads of the old’....

Have-a-go Exhibition

Artwork produced by our Artists who regularly work together in our shared spaces....

Slow Woven - Natasha Christensen

In this exhibition Natasha brings us into her world of textile design, from the initial concept right through to the finished product. Preferring to work with only natural fibres she uses a range of conscientious and time-honoured methods to create and customise beautiful, environmentally sound textiles.Nature is widely reflected in Natasha’s work - not just in fibre, thread and print but also in process.   As in nature, Slow Woven celebrates the concept of taking one’s t...

Affordable Art Classes

The Feilding and District Art Society run Affordable Art classes, after school, for 8 weeks of the term, catering to different age groups and abilities.These classes are reliant on funding and will be divided into groups based on age;5-7 years8-10 years11-13 years13+ (students)16+ (Adults)Classes are currently run by Eris Newson on Tuesdays and Thursdays as follows:Tuesdays 3.30 - 4.30, students aged 5-7Tuesdays 5 - 6.30pm, Students aged 8-10 yearsThursdays 3.30 - 5pm, Students aged 8-10yearsThu...

Enid Roberts - Last People, Places and Birds

Enid Roberts was a Life Member the Feilding and Districts Art Society.Painting was an important activity for Enid during her life, allowing an outlet for free expression of ideas, thoughts and things she perceived in the world around her.  It remained a strong background interest from her younger years as she raised a family and studied to gain a tertiary degree to practice clinical psychology and psychotherapy. This led into personal self development, societal questioning, Buddhist meditat...

Art Collective Exhibition

The Arts Collective Exhibition is back! This is a Cash and Carry Exhibition which means you take it when you buy it, perfect for Christmas presents.   This popular Christmas Exhibition is essentially an Art Sale - Our artists have reduced prices so you can get a Christmas treat, and they can clear some space for fresh new works. So we are complementing this exhibition with an Art Sale on Saturday the 7th of December.  Art works are submitted by our fabulous members and will be pri...

Youth Exhibition 2024

Incredible Art work submitted by youth between the ages of 4 and 14. Work submitted by teachers, schools, art classes, parents and the students themselves. Some are even for sale. A fantastic opportunity for our young people to be valued and showcase their hard work and skill. Visit to see some some inspirational and imaginative pieces. Join us on the 22nd f November at 5pm for our Youth Exhibition Award evening....

Have A Go!

Our Have-a-go groups are a friendly opportunity to get involved. Currently we have sessions running in the mornings, Tuesday through Friday, from 10am to 12pm, with a Raranga (weaving) group meeting on Wednesday afternoons. Bring our own art gear and projects to work on and a donation (recommended $3) to any of the following sessions:Tuesday: Artists of all levels and mediumsWednesday (from 10am): Experienced artists working in watercolour or pastelsWednesday (from 1pm): Weave together - all ...

Run Your Own Class!

Do you think you could support others in learning? Perhaps even put a workshop together or a series of classes? Would you like to work with children or adults? Run a school holiday class or a focus session?Let us know, we want to hear from you!...

Art Awards 2024

Artists from Across New Zealand are competing here at the Feilding Art Centre, showing their best work to win up to $2000. More the 80 stunning art works will be displayed through out the Art Center this month. Size and media were limited as little as possible for this exhibition, we aimed to show as large of a variety of works and styles as possible, to give every Artist a chance to show and win. A further $2000 will be awarded to 1 or 2 of our youth entries between the ages of 15 and 21. As we...

Colour Me In

From September the 2nd until the 26thA Participatory Community Exhibition for you to have-a-go at colouring one of our artists work. Drawn for you to colour, you can add them to the wall or take it home. Join us on the on the 20th of September at 5.30pm for our Colouring Book Launch. ...

Julia Tanner - Old Vessels

This exhibition focusses on Old Vessels, giving them a planetary feel (inspired by Morandi). Following Van Gogh, the paint has been applied extremely thickly and predominantly unblend. Julia is an emerging local artist, from Palmerston North. She has been inspired by the Van Gogh Alive exhibition to try and emulate the spirit of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings....

Small Works Exhibition

Our 3rd Annual Small Works Exhibition.Our artists have challenged themselves to make miniature masterpieces for the Small Works Exhibition. Tiny Artworks in a variety of media will be displayed throughout the Art Centre....

Cheryl O'brien: AREN'T WE THE SAME?

July 1st - 30th / OPENING EVENT July 5th 5.30pm 'Aren’t We the Same?' is an examination of celebrity culture that asks us to define fame, and question how and why we differentiate ourselves from those who receive celebrity status.As visitors explore the exhibition and interrogate the meanings behind each of the works in Aren’t We the Same, they will be prompted to consider broader questions about the world around us, such as:• How are images in the media used to construct identity or ...

Robyn Parkinson Quilters Journey

This exhibition is an opportunity to show some of my fibre art pieces as a collective, that have exhibited individually, around New Zealand and the World but never as a solo artist display. I started quilting 30 years ago with the purpose to provide warmth and colour in every room of our first home. I rapidly realised, reproducing traditional quilt designs, was not for me. A creative spark was ignited and artistic, wall quilts started to appear, requiring layers of detail, texture...

Tineke McLean Shapes and Scapes

Expressions that arouse the senses, inspired by nature and colour, in a variety of mediums.Visit www.tinekemclean.nz to find out more about Tineke and her work....

Members' awards 2024

View the best works from our Members in their annual competition.Awards Evening Friday the 3rd of May.Awards for Painting with Oils and Acrylics, Watercolours, and for painting with mixed media. Awards also for 3D Art, Textile Art, Photography & Digital Media and an award for an artist who has entered into something new - Outside of the Square.Vote for you favorite art works throughout the month in our Peoples Choice Award kindly sponsored by Aotearoa Art Supplies in Feilding. This will...

Blind Drawing

APRIL 2 - 26th / Closing Event April 26th 5.30pmA participatory Community Exhibition with Eris NewsonUsing the technique of blind contour drawing Eris has painted a series of famous artists in ink and watercolour. Zone 2 of our gallery is set up ready for you to have-a-go at this as well, then hang your work with Eris's.Any age and any ability!“To draw, you must close your eyes and sing”― Pablo Picasso...

Land to Sea

APRIL 2 to 26 | Official Opening: APRIL 2 at 5.30pmAn Exhibition by Karen Pedersen, Mandy Bush and Lance Fitness.We embrace our love of the natural materials provided for our use from the “land and the sea”.With which we create our artworks exploring these materials using mostly traditional Māori weaving methods and designs."Toitu te marae  a Tane, Toitu te marae a Tangaroa, Toitu te Iwi"If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive....

Charlotte Hird: Landforms

March 1 to 30 | Official Opening: March 1 at 5.30pmLandforms is an exhibition of watercolours by Charlotte Hird."Making art is my daily flow - to eat, breathe and paint. Watercolour is my gig and the pursuit of clear transparent even washes that glow with a crisp freshness that no other medium can achieve. My take on the world is contemporary realism with a stark graphic quality. I find inspiration from all parts of my life and in the beauty of nature. I have a body of work reflecting the shapes...

Bridget Gowan: Me te wai kōrari - like the nectar of the flax flower

March 1 to 30 | Official Opening: March 2 at 1pmMe te wai kōrari is an exhibition of memory, loss, and hope, presented through the lens of hazy garden scapes and upcycled ceramics."Inspired by the many growers my whānau Māori and tau iwi, Me te wai kōrari offers the viewer a sense of New Zealand nostalgia coupled with a surreal interpretation of flora. The materials used focus on renewing and repurposing, to promote a respect for our environment."Learn more about Bridget's practice at www.br...

Ruth Champion: Watercolour Country

February 7 to 29Watercolour Country is a survey exhibition of works by artist, Ruth Champion, celebrating her passion for watercolour and love of the New Zealand landscape.Ruth Champion has been creative for her whole life but seriously took up painting in the 1980s. She has worked with oils and pastels, but preferred media is watercolour for the fact that "it is instant...you can do all sorts of things with watercolour that you can't do with any other media." Ruth has lived in the country her w...

Feilding at 150: The Art Exhibition

February 7 to 29In 2024, we are celebrating 150 years of Manchester Block - the area we now know as Feilding.Our town is important to us for many reasons. In Feilding at 150, members of the Feilding and District Art Society have produced artworks that explore the people, places, history and future of Feilding - showing us what makes this place great, and even imagining how it might look 150 years from now.The Feilding at 150 runs throughout February, offering a prelude to the exciting celebratio...

Colin Hoare: Work in Progress

January 9 to February 6Colin Hoare is a self-taught impressionist artist from Feilding. His lively, vivid portraits are well-known, recognisable, and have been exhibited around the country.But Colin is more than a portrait artist - he just loves to paint. In Work in Progress, Colin shows us the various directions his art practice has taken in recent years, as he has explored his passion for oil painting. Expect to see local landscapes and contemplative still life scenes, alongside portraits of N...