Hawke's Bay Art Guide & Trail

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Welcome to the Hawke’s Bay Art Guide – your landing place for all things creative and home of the Hawke's Bay Art Trail - 2/3 + 9/10 November 2024 - TRAIL MAPS AVAILABLE NOW FROM iSITES, GALLERIES & LIBRARIES or Download your Trail Map here 

Find everything you need to know about our vibrant creative community. Love galleries, arty shops and cafés? Or getting outdoors and discovering murals and sculptures in parks, on street corners and along cycleways? Grab a Guide or use this website to create your own self-guided tour. Keen on art classes or joining a group? The Guide has you covered. And join us for our mid-year showcase exhibition.

Guides available from Hastings Communtity Arts Centre, Creative Arts Napier, iSITEs, libraries, galleries and participating Hawke's Bay Art Guide venues, or download here - 2024 Hawke's Bay Art Guide.

(photography - Pippa Márffy, detail of artist Abbey Merson at work)


Hawke's Bay Art Trail

2/3 + 9/10 November 2024 - FREE ENTRY

TRAIL MAPS AVAILABLE NOW FROM iSITES, GALLERIES & LIBRARIES or Download your Trail Map here .

Check out the Trail page of this website for all the info!

Join us for two magical weekends as creatives throw open the doors of their studios to welcome you in - see Hawke's Bay through the eyes of our creatives.  Meet artists in their special spaces, discover their stories and be inspired by their creative processes. Look out for open studios, demonstrations, shared spaces, art groups, gallery visits, public art tours and more. Our Food & Art stop Hygge at Clifton will look after you along the way. 

Use our separate Hawke’s Bay Art Trail map together with the Hawke's Bay Art Guide to plan your trail - we can’t wait to see you there!

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Trail maps available now from iSITES & Galleries. Hawke’s Bay Art Guide, available year-round from Hastings Community Arts Centre and Creative Arts Napier, as well as iSITES, galleries and associated businesses.

Keep up to date by following our social media - Instagram |Facebook.


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Visitors enjoy Josh Lancaster's studio during the 2023 Trail (photography: Charlotte Anderson).

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