Curator / Gallery Manager vacancy at ENJOY

Curator / Gallery Manager Vacancy at Enjoy

If you think you're the right person to join the team please email an introductory letter and your CV to trust@enjoy.org.nz by Monday May 30th, 5pm.

Any questions can also be directed to the above email address.

sneak preview: 'Microcosms'

Enjoy's gallery space is this morning being colonised by the sculptural tableaux of Dunedin Artist Max Bellamy. Opening Tonight 6pm!!!

Stop by and join us for art, wine, and general conviviality.

Image courtesy of the artist.

from the archives

A few images from the 2008 archive. John C talking poultry after Chris Brady's Roast Without Equal, and Vivien Atkinson taking it to the streets in asking 'what it is that an artist does exactly'.

images from the Workshopping Performance series 2008, courtesy of Enjoy

Helen Mitchell speaking at Enjoy last week.



The youngest member of the arts community, and a keen contributor to any discussion; Janine with little Raffi Schroth.

floor talk this Wednesday

As part of the Urban Workshop: Cuba St Portraits, photographic practitioner and lecturer Helen Mitchell will be giving a floor talk in the Gallery this Wednesday July 15, at 6pm. With 13 artists in the show, Helen will bring the astute comment of an outside party looking into the project, and the resulting exhibition, with responses from some of those involved in the project. Amongst other things, she will be talking to issues of contemporary portraiture-based photographic practice in the urban arena shared by photographer and subject - as apparent in the exhibition - and the way that this exchange influences and informs the work. 

Image: Helen Mitchell from 'The Kaimanawas' series, 2003.

in dialogue

Darryl Walker's off-site project in dialogue at Karori Sanctuary went off with a bang last Saturday, among tranquil surroundings. Here are a few images I shot before I squeezed in some bird watching...the resulting sound-sculpture will be installed in Enjoy's stairwell from Wednesday June 10.

Also a date correction: Walker's artist talk will be happening at Enjoy this Saturday, June 13 at 2pm, hope to see you there.





images by Jeremy Booth

The weekend that was...2

Some images of last weekend's White Fungus Relocation Party - in reverse chronological order just to splice things up a bit.

Images include Tsushi's poetry reading, Greg Malcolm's musical set and Peter Trevelyan's light installation.
All images by Kimberley Lorne-McDougall Gustavsson

the weekend that was

Hue & Cry Issue Three launch party, 

Including performance by Raised by Wolves.

All images by John Lake

James Luna is visiting Enjoy

James Luna

Artist Talk

Tuesday 12 May 6PM

Enjoy Public Art Gallery

Enjoy is pleased to announce that Native American contemporary artist James Luna will be giving an artist talk in the gallery this coming Tuesday.

For over three decades Luna (Luiseño, Pooyukitchchum/Ipai) has been creating visual art, interdisciplinary exhibitions and performances that are informed by his native culture, use modern technology and speak to current issues and declare them to be ‘authentic'. Don’t be fooled, however, that he is a nice (safe) Indian storyteller. His stories are both humorous and painful. They evoke ancient cultural values and provoke questions of contemporary native identity while debunking stereotypes. At Enjoy, James will be showing several short video-pieces, and speaking to their context and content: Don't miss this opportunity to be an audience to an un-scripted insight into the artist's process and practice.

Luna is in Wellington as part of the One Day Sculpture series, where his project Urban (Almost) Rituals will be taking place. Commissioned by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Urban (Almost) Rituals will unfold from 8am on 14 May 2009, at Te Papa, in the Te Papa Amphitheatre. In the event of bad weather, the event will take place in Te Papa's Soundings Theatre.

Check out James' website, Te Papa's website, and the One Day Sculpture website for more details and info.

ONE DAY SCULPTURE: A NEW ZEALAND-WIDE SERIES OF TEMPORARY PUBLIC ARTWORKS A Massey University College of Creative Arts, School of Fine Arts, Litmus Research Initiative

A date with enjoy

Enjoy is currently accepting proposals for its 2009/10 program. Or, better to say, we're heading towards our next proposal review on May 1 2009. So quick, don't be a stranger! 

See here for more details.

image: "Vignette auf einem Dresdener Liebesbriefbogen mit Goldschnitt. Un 1815".  No copyright

The new (Communications Manager) Paula

Enjoy is pleased to introduce Jeremy Booth as our new Communications Manager and Administrative Assistant; filling the shoes of the wonderful Paula who will soon depart our shores.

Jeremy is a Wellington based artist working mainly in lens-based media. He completed his BFA at Massey in 2007 and Post-Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies in 2008, and is now very excited to be taking the reins of Enjoy's publishing and communications. Anyone wishing to contribute to a project, become involved with Enjoy as a volunteer, post an exhibition/event add on the Blog, or whatever else ... e-mail him directly: jeremy@enjoy.org.nz

Image: Janine Schroth

Opportunity available at Enjoy

Enjoy is looking for a Communications and Administrative Assistant to join its small, dynamic and committed team, applications close 20 February for the role, which commences 10 March 2009. See here for a downloadable PDF job description.



Image: Result #3 for a google image search on the word "opportunity"

Performance today!

Enjoy will open for the year with an exhibition by Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams 6pm today.

Tonight's opening event will also feature Williams’ performance Methodist to my Madness in which he appears as a Methodist preacher...raised in a religious family, church services were the first performances the artist saw and the theatrics of the frightening sermons were his inspiration for this work.

Don't miss the opportunity to see the giant Welshman in this self-reflexive performance about the process of a performance, from beginning to end: from the invitation of the curator to dressing at the office of the gallery afterwards.