The Arts House Trust

Join us on Saturday 8 August for a free concert by Mark Laurent and Brenda Liddiard as part of our 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙮 series.

Mark and Brenda present an eclectic mix of material that can be ‘pin drop’ delicate, or sound like a full band! They sometimes pepper their sets with short bursts of poetry and stories of a road well travelled.

📆 Saturday 8 August
🕰️ 12–1PM
📍 The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead
🎟️ Free drop-in

𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘺 is a monthly series at Pah Homestead, offering an hour of free live music from 12–1PM on Saturdays. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is home to a diverse range of musical talent, which this programme celebrates each month. Sit in our historic drawing room to enjoy the performance, or explore the gallery while the music drifts through the building.

“On 10 June 1886, the landscape of Rotorua and the lives of its inhabitants changed forever. The eruption of Mount Tarawera blanketed Te Ika a Māui in darkness and destroyed the famed Pink and White Terraces. It also buried the village of Te Wairoa, home to Tūhourangi and the many travellers they hosted. The eruption left a scar on the landscape and on local iwi. This is a scar borne by Peata Larkin (Te Arawa, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), who whakapapas to Tūhourangi. It is one of the many ancestral stories woven through Larkin’s art practice. […]”

Read more about the stories that inform Peata Larkin's exhibition 'Silent Kōrero' on our website: https://www.artshousetrust.co.nz/journal/peata-larkin-silent-korero-exhibition

'Silent Kōrero' is on view at The Arts House Trust until Sunday 16 August.

Image: Peata Larkin, Silent Kōrero, 2026 (installation view). Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Peata Larkin

𝘐𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯:
Sefton Rani & Dina Jezdić
Saturday 22 August, 3 - 4PM

Join us for a conversation between artist Sefton Rani and Dr Dina Jezdić, exploring the ideas, processes, and inspirations behind Rani’s exhibition at The Arts House Trust, 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘔𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵, curated by Jezdić as part of our annual Guest Curator programme.

Attendance is free, but we kindly ask you to RSVP: https://events.humanitix.com/in-conversation-sefton-rani-and-dina-jezdic/tickets

Sefton Rani Studio Dina Jezdic

𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵
𝙍𝙚:𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚
𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

On view at The Arts House Trust until Sunday 2 August.

Image: Installation view of works by Birgit Moffatt in 𝘙𝘦:𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 — Object Maker Aotearoa Fellowship, 2026. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Object Maker Aotearoa

Entries to the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 are now open!

The opportunity to win your share of $6,500 in prize money and have your work publicly exhibited for a month at The Arts House Trust Gallery is just a short art submission away.

Share this post with a creative Year 11, 12 or 13 high school arts student you think should enter.

More information: https://www.artshousetrust.co.nz/ssaa-2026

Join us this Sunday for a gorgeous jewellery-making extravaganza!

We will be creating funky bangles inspired by the current exhibition 𝘙𝘦:𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦, which brings together a group of contemporary object makers working across ceramics, jewellery, installation, and design.

Our experienced art tutors will help you to fashion your very own jewellery from a range of upcycled materials.

📆 Sunday 2 August
🕰️ 1–2PM or 2.30–3.30PM
📍 The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead
🎟️ Koha appreciated - RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/art-club-for-children-jazzy-jewellery/tickets
Suitable for children aged 5+. Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗 is a monthly series at Pah Homestead, offering art-making sessions inspired by The Arts House Trust current exhibitions. A wonderful way to spark the imagination, these fun hands-on activities change each month and are led by our experienced tutors.

Auckland for Kids

𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝙍𝙚:𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚
𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

On view at The Arts House Trust until Sunday 2 August.

Image: Installation view of works by Sarah Ziessen in 𝘙𝘦:𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 — Object Maker Aotearoa Fellowship, 2026. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Object Maker Aotearoa

𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝙍𝙚:𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚
𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

On view at The Arts House Trust until Sunday 2 August.

Image: Installation view of works by Juliana Durán and Eva Kerer in 𝘙𝘦:𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 — Object Maker Aotearoa Fellowship, 2026. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

Object Maker Aotearoa

We’re delighted to announce the acquisition of 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 (2025) by Peata Larkin, procured through Two Rooms.

Currently featured in Peata Larkin’s major solo exhibition ‘Silent Kōrero’, on view at The Arts House Trust until 16 August, this piece joins a growing group of works by Larkin held in the Trust’s Collection.

Images:
1)Peata Larkin, ‘Silent Kōrero’, 2026 (installation view).
2)Peata Larkin, ‘Here are your people’, 2025. Acrylic on embroidered silk, 1250 x 1250 mm. Collection of The Arts House Trust.

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯
𝗦𝗲𝗳𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗶: 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁
Presented by 2026 Guest Curator Dina Jezdić
𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 – 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿

Clear My Throat evokes the moment before a speech: the clearing of space, breath, and intention. This gesture, calls forth ancestral presence, allowing them to speak through us.

Engaging scent, sound, and scale, the exhibition reimagines colonial domestic architecture as a living body, bringing Rani’s new works into dialogue with selected works from The Arts House Trust Collection to trace shifting relations between materiality, geography, and time.

𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
20 August – 15 November 2026

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
Thursday 20 August, 6 - 7:30PM

𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗦𝗲𝗳𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗶 & 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝗲𝘇𝗱𝗶𝗰
Saturday 22 August, 3 - 4PM

Sefton Rani Studio Dina Jezdic

Image: Sefton Rani, 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰, 2026 (detail). Courtesy of the artist.