Finalists Announced for National Contemporary Art Award
Judge Jon Bywater has selected 37 finalists for the 2013 National Contemporary Art Award sponsored by Waikato Society of Arts and hosted at Waikato Museum.
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25 June 2013
Call for Proposals for Upper Gallery
Exhibition space available to schools and community groups.
13 June 2013
Winners Announced for Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award
An Auckland artist, Louise Purvis has won the major prize in the 2013 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award.
6 June 2013
Sponsor Named for National Contemporary Art Award
The wait is over for artists anxious to enter the 2013 National Contemporary Art Award now that Waikato Society of Arts has confirmed they will sponsor the award this year.
19 April 2013
Giant Penguin Fossil Returns
Extraordinary treasure back on display.
10 April 2013
Calling All Musicians! Sunday Sounds at the Museum
We are seeking musicians from the Waikato to fill our galleries with music.
15 March 2013
Hamilton Students Take on 48-hour Sci-Fi Writing Challenge
Thirty local students from six Hamilton Secondary Schools will have 48 hours to produce their best piece of creative writing in a competition inspired by the sci-fi and fantasy exhibition, White Cloud Worlds at Waikato Museum.
20 February 2013
Children's Day Carnival Centred on CBD Celebrations
Waikato Museum and other Hamilton community organisations have joined forces to bring Hamilton one of the biggest free family events of the year, the Children’s Day Carnival.
15 February 2013
Judge Confirmed for 2013 National Contemporary Art Award
Jon Bywater, a well-known art critic and senior lecturer at Elam Art School has accepted the challenge to judge the 2013 National Contemporary Art Award hosted by Waikato Museum.
18 January 2013
Hairy Maclary and Friends on Show at Waikato Museum
Hairy Maclary and friends are making their way to Hamilton!
11 January 2013
International Research Project on Display at Waikato Museum
Hamilton artist and Wintec School of Media Arts tutor Tim Croucher has teamed up with internationally renowned Chinese artist Xu Ze to bring a unique cross-cultural experience to Waikato Museum visitors from this Saturday.
14 December 2012
Original Moore-Jones Image Gifted to City
The original glass slide of a photograph of a Gallipoli soldier and his donkey - the basis for Sapper Horace Moore-Jones’ famous war-time painting - has been donated to the people of Hamilton by the family.
7 December 2012