The Arts Society Hawke’s Bay
Founded in 2013, The Arts Society Hawke’s Bay helps open up the world of the arts to everyone and supports the preservation of our New Zealand artistic heritage. We have a friendly and enthusiastic membership of approximately 220 who come together to enjoy an annual programme of eight lectures on a wide spectrum of arts-related topics.
We also support the arts through a grant giving programme. Since inaugurating in 2013, The Arts Society Hawke’s Bay has contributed more than $35,000 to local and national arts projects and causes, including many with a youth focus.
Programme Details
There are eight lectures annually covering a diverse range of topics from architecture, design, glass, fashion, porcelain, ceramics, art and art history, sculpture and literature. The success of the Society is built on the high quality of presentations delivered by accredited specialists, all of who are approved in the UK for their proven subject matter expertise and presentation skills.
Our lecture venue is the Magdalinos Room in the Havelock North Function Centre, 30 Te Mata Road. The Centre is situated beside the Library in the centre of the village.
Light refreshments with a glass of wine or juice are provided after each lecture. Members and guests enjoy this opportunity to mingle with friends, talk with the lecturer and meet other members.
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Membership
To apply for membership please download and complete The Arts Society HB MembershipForm 2018 and post it with your payment to the Membership Secretary, PO Box 8444, Havelock North, 4130.
The annual fee is $150 per person or $280 for two people living at the same address. This covers the cost of the venue and equipment, travel and accommodation costs for the lecturer and refreshments after the lecture. As an incorporated charitable trust we are a non profit organisation.
Guests are welcome to attend two lectures a year at a fee of $20 per lecture. Membership is not transferable. The fee for visiting members from other NZ Societies will be $15. Please notify the Membership Secretary, Jan Cunningham by the Friday prior to the lecture if you are bringing a guest or to notify changes of contact details. Phone: 027 485 9337 or Email: hawkesbay@theartssociety.org
2018 Lectures
Please click on the button to the right for biographies of lecturers, topic synopses and details of the optional Half Study Day.
Helen Rufus-Ward
Discovering Byzantium Through Its Art
Monday 12 February 2018
Sarah Cove
A Day In The Life Of A Picture Restorer
Monday 12 March 2018
Simon Rees
Theatre Illusions
Monday 30 April 2018
Jacqueline Cockburn
Gaudi & Catalan Modernista Architecture
Monday 25 June 2018
Julian Richards
Inspired By Stonehenge
Monday 23 July 2018
Gavin Plumley
The Art & Culture of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna
Monday 27 August 2018
John Benjamin
The Life & Works of Harry Murphy
Monday 1 October 2018
Plus Half Study Day Monday 1 October 2018
Chloe Sayer
Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican Painting
Monday 5 November 2018
HBDFAS Supporting the Arts
HBDFAS provides grants and donations to support and promote the arts in Hawke’s Bay. In 2017, the recipients of financial support from HBDFAS were:
Prima Volta Charitable Trust to help meet the cost of costume design of their 2017 production of the opera ‘Carmen’.
Hastings City Art Gallery to support their first Artist in Residence project. This involved the photographer Edith Amituanai and Kimiora Primary School, and resulted in the wonderful ‘Keep on Kimiora’ exhibition at the Gallery.
In previous years Hawke’s Bay DFAS has made donations to MTG Hawke’s Bay for purchases of works to include in their collection and for educational programmes and learning experiences for low decile schools, and Massey University to cover Post graduate Museum Studies course fees for a Hawke’s Bay based studentHBDFAS also made a significant contribution to the Frances Hodgkin’s Project (working in association with all the New Zealand DFAS Societies) helping fund major research and a national touring exhibition of New Zealand’s most celebrated expatriate artist Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947).
Please contact the Chair of HBDFAS for further information about the Society’s charitable grants process and criteria for giving.
Contact HBDFAS
Committee
Chair : Jeanette Kelly / arabicadesign@xtra.co.nz
Membership : Jan Cunningham / hawkesbay@theartssociety.org
Treasurer : Deborah Renton-Green
Committee : Clare Gordon, Katherine Halliday, Robyn Bickford, Carol Nelson, Diane Morris, Meg Bremner, Lyn Mouat, Michal McKay (Mrs), Craig Kilgour
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