This summer the Forrester Gallery has enlisted the help of four local schools to co-curate an exhibition featuring works of beloved North Otago artist Colin Wheeler (1919-2012) from the Forrester Gallery permanent collection.

Local artist Jackie Margaret presents a series of inspired still life and botanical paintings. These works are sculptural and almost come 'alive' with movement and colour.
Artist Talk: Tuesday 28 April, 5.30pm

All of the artworks in this exhibition are from the permanent collection of the Forrester Gallery.

All ask us to think about something we might not normally think or care much about.

The Wreck of Hope features stunning life-size skeletons of individually hand-knitted bones assembled to reflect the fragility of loss. The skeletons are supported by domestic ruins, which float them in the gallery as if adrift at sea.

The protagonist of Marian Maguire’s new print series is an impressive figure of nineteenth-century Taranaki.

This exhibition by the North Otago Photographic Society provides members with the opportunity to show their work with the Waitaki community in a facility which celebrates artistic endeavour.

These works from the Forrester Gallery permanent collection, on show in our basement gallery, have been selected to complement the exhibition in the street level galleries.