Isabella Moore is so many things - a soprano, a model and a past winner of our very own Lexus Song Quest in 2014. We catch up with her ahead of her first concerts in New Zealand of the year, where she'll be joining with fellow Lexus Song Quest winner Benson Wilson for some warming Winter Waiata.

We check in with Claire Mabey of Verb Wellington to see what she's been reading recently.

Three picks from Director of The Dowse Art Museum, Karl Chitham

As part of our new series, we caught up with our resident Queen of Books, Verb Wellington Co-Director, Claire Mabey, as she reviews the reading highlights from her bedside table.

We were proud to present Fired Up: Festival of Ceramics as part of the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Created, curated and driven by passionate gallery owners Jhana Millers (Jhana Millers Gallery) and Jenny Neligan (Bowen Galleries), Fired Up was a fantastic way to explore and celebrate New Zealand’s lively and diverse contemporary ceramics-making scene. We caught up with Jhana and Jenny to hear how the Festival went and what’s next for this dynamic duo.

We caught up with our resident Queen of books, Verb Wellington Co-Director, Claire Mabey.

We were delighted to catch up with curator, writer and public programmer Emma Ng, who curated Into the Open for the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts, for a look into the Visual Arts under lockdown: trends, wins and inspirations.

Festival friend and Patron Howard Greive shares with us his top three 2020 Festival experiences. We’d love to hear your feedback too and will be sending out a short survey soon for your reflections.