Current Installations
We All Need More Music!
From: 20/10/2021 - Ongoing264 Hardy St
(Begg’s window)
NCMA makes music affordable for everyone so that more people can experience the joy of music! No matter your age, it’s never too late to be making music or learning an instrument.
Appo Hocton
From: 27/09/2021 - Ongoing44 Bridge Street, Nelson
Appo Hocton was the first person of Chinese descent to gain New Zealand citizenship. As carter, builder, roading contractor, then exporter, he was an industrious and respected resident of early Nelson.
Punk It Up
From: 03/09/2021 - Ongoing149 Bridge Street
(ex-KB’s Bakery)
PUNK IT UP has a simple message – togetherness – fun to have in the CBD – promoting activity – bold, but happy.
Cultural Conversations
From: 05/09/2020 - OngoingMorrison Square
(next to Hartleys)
Cultural Conversations is a community-based arts hub that is focussed on building relationships and empowering former refugee and migrant communities.
The Bird Butcher Shop of Trafalgar Street
From: 26/09/2019 - Ongoing256 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
(right next to ANZ Bank)
Ann Bird made a huge contribution to Nelson’s early European settlement. In 1842, Ann sailed from England with her husband Reuben and baby daughter. When Reuben died in 1850, Ann took on the business and within ten years she opened the butchery on the highstreet.