New for 2021! WoolOn has partnered with the Alexandra Spinners and Weavers and Central Stories to bring you an exciting community event.The WoolOn Expo is a chance to attend workshops, talk to suppliers of wool and woolcraft experts, see demonstrations of different crafting techniques, listen to the WoolOn judges, look Read more…
From 3rd July to 5th September 2021 Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery hosts the 2021 Winterstellar Astro Exhibition. On Friday 2nd July 2021, over 60 people joined us in the opening of this year’s Winterstellar Exhibition. Part of the opening event was the Prize Giving for the inaugural Winterstellar Read more…
Arts Gold Awards 2021 Cancellation It is with much regret and sadness that this prestigious nationwide arts competition has had to be cancelled for 2021. We fully expect that it will be rescheduled to 2022. This decision was made by the Alexandra District Museum Board (ADMI) which oversees the running Read more…
On Friday the Museum played host to over 350 Central Otago school children who were entertained and educated by Paul Le Comte, a visiting Aurora and Astrophotography enthusiast helping to set up the Winterstellar Exhibition. After visiting Central Stories they had further educational experiences at Community House with the Otago Read more…
An exhibition featuring the works of twelve Central Otago Artists will open in the Henderson Gallery at Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, Alexandra during May and June. The “A Muster of Artists” Exhibition will feature painting, jewellery, ceramics, fibre art, printmaking, woodcarving and photography. The works to be exhibited Read more…
The Central Otago District Arts Trust are bringing TOP ART to Alexandra, Central Otago again this year. Top Art is an annual touring exhibition featuring a selection of the NCEA Level 3 portfolios that achieved Excellence in Visual Art in the previous year. Five streams are covered: design, painting, photography, Read more…
Henderson Gallery- Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery Open Monday to Saturday’s 10am to 4pm Sunday’s 11am to 2pm Indigo is an artist led, informal and fluid collaborationof nine artists who mount group exhibitions of their work.It presents a model of a group of artists with differing practicesworking together to Read more…
“We Drove Here” is something new for Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery in Alexandra. This exhibition was curated by guest curator Michael Findlay who worked with the Hocken Library Collections staff to showcase the wonderful resources from the Hocken Collection and present them in a themed exhibition that looks Read more…
“I AM ENGINEER.I AM PUNK ROCK.I AM LOVER.I AM WAHINE.”SARAH WILLIAMSON What does a scientist look like? Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery’s newest exhibition 100 women, 100 words… infinite possibilities responds to that question, and the answer is… anything! From punk rock engineers to stay-at-home mothers, from senior university academics, to Read more…
