Katikati Open-Air Art

Katikati Open-Air Art Katikati Open-Air Art supports and promotes New Zealand artists, manages Katikati Mural Town icons and The Carlton Gallery in the Arts Junction

Sas Pearce and Tony Pearce are very kindly supporting Open Air Art and the Carlton Gallery by pricing their beautiful ar...
11/09/2026

Sas Pearce and Tony Pearce are very kindly supporting Open Air Art and the Carlton Gallery by pricing their beautiful artwork so it is accessible and will sell. The work that goes into their art is incredible; it takes a lot of patience and a long time to create.

This is your chance to own something with real depth and beauty, something unique and very special. Tony Pearce has also offered one of his prints (frame not included) at half price if you become a member of Open Air Art, which is only $25. And no, the ancient tree you see is not a photo. It has been created entirely with charcoal. See you soon, art lovers.

Carlton Gallery, The Arts Junction, 36 Main Road, Katikati

๐ŸŒฟ The Forest Unseen โ€” New Exhibition at Carlton Gallery ๐ŸŒฟ 7 September โ€“ 4 OctoberWeโ€™re proud to present new work by Sas...
06/09/2026

๐ŸŒฟ The Forest Unseen โ€” New Exhibition at Carlton Gallery ๐ŸŒฟ
7 September โ€“ 4 October

Weโ€™re proud to present new work by Sas Pearce and Tony Pearce.

Sas Pearce
Sasโ€™s ceramics explore the tiny, often overlooked details of nature- moss, lichen, textures, seed pods and the quiet patterns of growth. Her work invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and notice what might otherwise remain unseen.

Tony Pearce
Tony is a New Zealand artist and art teacher known for hyperrealistic charcoal and graphite portraits, alongside landscapes inspired by dramatic light, travel and the outdoors. He works across oils, watercolours, mixed media and pastels.

Come experience their beautiful exhibition at Carlton Gallery, The Arts Junction.
Free entry. All welcome.
The Arts Junction, 36 Main Road Katikati

31/08/2026

Katikati Open Air Art would like to invite you to our 2026 AGM
Location: Patuki Manawa, 21 Main Road, Katikati 3129, Katikati.
Room: McKinney
Time: 4.00pm
Date: 15th September 2026

Please RSVP to [email protected]

RSVP's are necessary to book catering and seats

๐ŸŽจโœจ Project Update #1 โ€“ The Arts Junction Mural โœจ๐ŸŽจKia ora Katikati. This is our first official update on the new mural c...
28/08/2026

๐ŸŽจโœจ Project Update #1 โ€“ The Arts Junction Mural โœจ๐ŸŽจ
Kia ora Katikati. This is our first official update on the new mural coming to The Arts Junction.

As many of you know, the exterior walls are a blank canvas at the moment. Last year the building had structural issues and we sadly lost the beautiful Shane Walker mural sponsored by DOC. We tried everything to save it, but it could not be restored.

So we put our thinking caps on and came up with a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel. ๐Ÿพ

We now have our artists confirmed:
โ€ข Millie Pidwell as project lead
โ€ข Marino Magee for the southern wall (mana whenua focus)
โ€ข Richard Samuels for the southern wall (mana whenua focus)

We brought together Mana Whenua, Katch Katikati, DOC, Project Parore, Western Bay of Plenty District Council and KOAA for a creative workshop led by Millie. The group agreed that the new mural needs to be vibrant, bold, welcoming and full of Katikati identity.

The creative goals are to make a mural that:

โ€ข Celebrates the uniqueness of Katikati
โ€ข Strengthens local identity and pride
โ€ข Reflects the creative spirit of The Arts Junction
โ€ข Visually energises the space
โ€ข Creates a welcoming and memorable experience
โ€ข Encourages connection between people, place, culture and environment
โ€ข Balances bold impact with meaningful storytelling
โ€ข Becomes a recognisable landmark in town

The mural will wrap around the entire building!

While the artists work on the concept plan, I am busy finding funding to make this project happen. We are very grateful to OceanaGold, TECT, the Western Bay of Plenty District Council Matching Fund and the Acorn Foundation for their generous support. ๐Ÿ’›

Because of this funding, we have been able to book the artists to begin work in February 2027. This gives us time to secure the remaining amount needed to bring the full vision to life.

If you would like to support this project, donations are gladly accepted.
You can get in touch at [email protected].

It is exciting to continue growing Aotearoaโ€™s largest community owned art collection right here in Katikati. ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŽจ
More updates coming soon.

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ˜APPLICATION FOR STALL SITES FOR THE 2027 FESTIVAL WILL OPEN FROM 15 SEPTEMBER 2026.๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง...
27/08/2026

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ˜

APPLICATION FOR STALL SITES FOR THE 2027 FESTIVAL WILL OPEN FROM 15 SEPTEMBER 2026.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐.

๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ 2027, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’,๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค. ๐Ÿซต

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ, ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐™ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿค“

https://www.ruralart.nz/stall-holder-proposal

โœจ Into the Light โ€“ Katikati College Exhibition โœจKatikati College students have officially opened their exhibition at Car...
24/08/2026

โœจ Into the Light โ€“ Katikati College Exhibition โœจ

Katikati College students have officially opened their exhibition at Carlton Gallery today, and it is absolutely worth a visit.

These young artists have explored both abstract art and realism to express a sense of light, movement, and emotion. Theyโ€™ve experimented with texture, layering, and the contrast of light and dark to create artworks that hold personal meaning.

Each piece tells a story, with a main character, a setting, and a feeling the artist wants to share. Their work is accompanied by a short artist statement to help viewers understand the ideas behind each piece.

Come along, support our rangatahi, and experience the creativity and depth theyโ€™ve brought into the gallery.

Open daily at Carlton Gallery, The Arts Junction, 36 Main Road, Katikati

This is your last week to experience this gorgeous exhibition! Finshes Sunday the 23rd at 2pm.Our tamariki have poured t...
17/08/2026

This is your last week to experience this gorgeous exhibition! Finshes Sunday the 23rd at 2pm.

Our tamariki have poured their hearts into creative works expressing what Peace means to them.

Weโ€™re also honoured to showcase Jeff Brownโ€™s photography โ€” a fundraiser for Matahui Primary. Jeff is an international photographer with over 200 magazine covers to his name. Come support local kids and enjoy worldโ€‘class art.

The Carlton Gallery
The Arts Junction
36 Main Road
Katikati

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36 Main Road
Katikati
3129

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm
Sunday 10am - 2pm

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