Judge announces finalists for National Contemporary Art Award
Judge Misal Adnan Yildiz has selected 34 entries as finalists for this year’s National Contemporary Art Award managed by Waikato Museum.
Judge Misal Adnan Yildiz has selected 34 entries as finalists for this year’s National Contemporary Art Award managed by Waikato Museum.
30 June 2016
Artist Ben Pearce has won the major prize in the 2016 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award with his entry Stone Age Eight Gauge at the award ceremony, partnered by Waikato Museum and held at ArtsPost.
2 June 2016
Waikato Museum is seeking applications from our ethnic community interested in performing at the Museum in a series of Sunday events.
30 May 2016
Twenty-five sculptural works crafted by artists from throughout New Zealand have been selected as finalists in the Fieldays® No.8 Wire National Art Award.
26 May 2016
An exhibition celebrating the art and legacy of Maaori weaving won Best Exhibition - Regional Taonga Māori at the 2016 Museums Aotearoa awards for Waikato Museum.
19 May 2016
A new exhibition at Waikato Museum will shine a spotlight on modern Maaori astronomy and promote a better understanding of the history and meaning of Matariki.
27 April 2016
Waikato Museum has been named a finalist twice in the 2016 ServiceIQ Museum Awards for the exhibitions E Ngaa uri Whakatupu – Weaving Legacies: Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa and For Us They Fell - Waikato WW1 Centenary Exhibition.
21 April 2016
Philanthropic arts group MESH celebrated a milestone today with the arrival of their latest piece, ‘The Tongue of the Dog’ created by renowned New Zealand sculptor Michael Parekowhai at Waikato Museum.
18 April 2016
Entry is now open to the 2016 National Contemporary Art Award to be judged by celebrated international curator Misal Adnan Yildiz and managed by Waikato Museum.
11 April 2016
Entry to the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award is now open. The award, hosted by Waikato Museum, culminates in a public exhibition to coincide with the Fieldays event in June at Hamilton’s ArtsPost.
24 March 2016
Hamilton’s central city will come alive on Saturday 5 March from 10am to 2pm with Children’s Day celebrations. The theme for this year’s Children’s Day is ‘Stay Active’, and all of the activities planned will help families to do just that.
2 March 2016
Waikato Museum attracted 11,363 visitors in January 2016, exceeding its visitor target by 42 per cent and January 2015 figures by 34 per cent.
4 February 2016