Making Visible workshops – 3 dates, 3 venues. Choose 1.

SHARE. CREATE. CONNECT.
Free community workshops for East Coast Bays residents.
Part of a community-led East Coast Bays storm recovery initiative.

Join us in a creative, reflective space to explore your storm recovery experience and contribute to a collaborative community artwork. Bring an object with meaning (whether emotionally, symbolically, or as a tangible part of your experience) and be part of a shared journey of storytelling and making.

Stories and artwork created will become part of the ‘Making Visible’ exhibition at Mairangi Arts Centre, 14–19 June. See at bottom for further information about this.

While this workshop draws on creative and reflective practices within a supportive environment – and may naturally feel therapeutic – it is not a therapy session. It’s a community-led, collaborative space for storytelling and art-making; A chance to connect with neighbours, share experiences, and make visible the stories that shape our relationship with place.

WORKSHOP DETAILS
• At the heart of this workshop
is whakawhanaungatanga:
creating and strengthening
community connections.

• Bring your curiosity and a
willingness to share.
• 12 spots per workshop.

• Each workshop is 3 hours.

• Led by local artist and arts
therapist, Wendy Lawson.

• Supported by local community-led
facilitator, Kristi Shaw.

• For East Coast Bays residents
16yrs+.

DATES AND VENUES
Select from one of these
workshops below:

• Fri 9 May, 9:30am, Browns Bay
Bowling Club. Register here

• Sat 17 May, 1pm, Browns Bay
Presbyterian Church. Register here

• Sat 24 May, 1pm, RAFT Studios, Torbay
Register now – spaces limited. Register here

For accessibility questions or for
more information, contact Kristi@ancad.org.nz

If you need support related to the impact of storm recovery on your health or wellbeing. 

EXHIBITION DATE: 14-19 June.

A Co-Creative Reflection of Recovery, Place, and Strength in Connection.
Part of a community-led East Coast Bays storm recovery initiative.

Experience a sense of aroha and belonging, woven through temporary installations of shared stories and meaningful objects, shaped by the collective local experience of living through severe storms.

This exhibition invites reflection of recovery, place, and resilience in East Coast Bays and draws directly from the stories and artwork created in our May workshops. Want to contribute? Join a workshop! See dates and info at ancad.org.nz/events, or search for ‘Making Visible Workshops’ on the Humanitix.com/nz website, or contact Kristi@ancad.org.nz

Step into a shared story of resilience, creativity, and connection. Visit the exhibition and see what happens when lived experience and meaningful objects come together!

EXHIBITION DETAILS
Date: 14 – 19 June.
Saturday 14 June Opening Day event.
Sunday 15 June onwards: guest speakers and workshops.
Venue: Mairangi Arts Centre.
Featuring community-led creative works from the Making Visible workshop series plus community partners.
For more information contact, Kristi@ancad.org.nz or go to facebook and join the East Coast Bays Storm Recovery Group and event page here.