Raglan Arts Scene

Ciane Lawrey has been mentoring a group of young Whaingaroa creatives in 2025. They're about to bring their creations to this Sunday's Creative Market for the first time so Ciane joins us to talk about the work she's been doing - and the work they've been doing.

Marguerita Medici will be at her first Creative Market with Skin Feast, her brand-new line of skin care products, developed right here in Raglan.

Shona joins for the last time this year to talk about movies, gigs, exhibitions and lots more

Local artist Helen Parsons has moved her art studio and picture framing business into the main st of Raglan across the road from our studios so we have a chat about the move, the services she offers and how the Raglan Arts Weekend went for her.

Lauren from Word To Page Publishing joins us ahead of a busy weekend where she'll popping up with her book-binding creations at Raglan Writers Day on Saturday and at the Creative Market on Sunday.

Shona joins us for a quick run through the events happening at the Old School, plus we have a quick look back at the Raglan Arts Weekend.

Our last interview before the Raglan Arts Weekend gets underway is with a new artist in Raglan who paints with several different styles. We talk to Helen about what drives her art and how it has evolved since arriving in the Raglan area.

Spurred on from his success at The Hatch last year, we catch up with Dave Loughlin to find out where his interest in old fashioned wet-plate photography has taken him over the last 12 months - and we hear what he's been photographing lately with the oldest of old-school photography gear.

Kelly Williams aka MÓNDÙC was a digital designer with roots in graffiti and animation, who's now creating his own blend of contemporary styles and nostalgic influences to create a unique and growing body of pop art collectibles.

We talk to Achilles ahead of his appearance at the Hatch and talk about his unique art and his plans to become a full time artist in Raglan.

Zasha joins us to talk about The Hatch exhibition for emerging artists, which she is organising this year after featuring just 2 years ago. We also hear about the Panel & Paint exhibition in Auckland that she is doing the following weekend with Chris Meek.

Neurodiverse Artist Yaniv Janson joins us in studio to talk about his exhibition this weekend and also his local Community Canvas event which is part of a tour of Community Participatory Art he's been conducting around the country. We also hear about his next body of work which will be shown next month at Artspost in Hamilton.

Seb Hart describes his art as trippy doodles so we use the interview to find out what that means and how his art evolved from literal doodles to holding exhibitions and growing popularity amongst art-lovers.

Harrison joins us in the studio to talk about his paintings and his journey as a self-directed learner who started with minimal knowledge about art to someone who is making a living from his work.

Nicky Brzeska joins us in the studio as we look ahead to a busy Labour weekend with art and music fans in town and endless exhibition and live events.

Matt Hicks, director of The Tavern joins us ahead of the Premiere and Q&A at the Old School this Friday to talk about the making of the film and his penchant for making films that celebrate the Waikato Region

Shona joins us to talk about the five different movies at the Old School this weekend, upcoming exhibitions, gigs and clay classes

Shona pops in from the Old School to tell us about the movies on this weekend and other upcoming events plus she tells us about the Joana Joy gig held last week.

Shona pops in to tell us about the movies, comedy and music gigs, clay classes, kids classes and a film workshop that's coming up

Shona pops in from the Old School Arts Centre to tell us about the movies on this weekend plus upcoming clay classes and live shows

Neurodiverse Artist Yaniv Jansen is holding an exhibition and Community Workshop in Rotorua this coming Friday. We have a chat with him about his current body of work and his trip to Rotorua.

Shona from the Old School to talk about movies, exhibtions, clay classes and more...

Shona drops in to the studio to tell us about movies on this weekend, gigs next week and future exhibitions, classes and activities.

Shona joins us to talk about the many, many different things happening at the Old School Arts Centre this weekend and beyond.

Shona joins us from the Old School to talk about this weekend's five movies and the current exhibition before looking ahead to future exhibitions gigs and other events hosted by the ever busy Old School Arts Centre.

Shona from the Old School joins us to talk about the many many events happening at the Old School Arts Centre.

Shona from the Old School Arts Centre is in studio to talk about the many, many things happening at the old school, including movies, gigs, exhibitions and classes.

We talk to James who runs a Chai Tea and Cacao stall at the Creative Market about his journey from running a business in Auckland to learning about selfcare and creating a place where people can slow down and catch up with themselves, and about the new feeling this is creating when you go to the Creative Market.

Shona from the Old School joinsus to talk about movies, gigs, clay classes and all the things happening at the Old School.

Shona joins us on the way to work to talk about movies, music, art and future plans for the Old School Arts Centre.

We talk to 12 year old Luna who has been selling her amazing macrame artwork at markets since she was 8. We talk about how a passion turned into a market stall and what it's like setting up stalls in different parts of New Zealand and even in other countries around the world.

Shona pops in to the studio to tell about movies, gigs, art and events all coming up this weekend, or maybe later in the year.

We get Yannis in the studio ahead of this weekend's creative market to talk about the jewellery he and his wide Monika make.

Shona is in studio to talk about exhibitions, movies, clay classes and the building project for 2025

Support local artists, reduce waste and do your christmas shopping in Raglan by supporting the Spirit of Christmas Exhibition at the Old School - plus other fundraisers - as we talk to Susanna from the Clay Shed

Shona from the Old School joins us to talk about the many exhibition and movies at the Old SChool over the next month as head to christmas

Shona pops in to update us on the films at the Old School this weekend, along with exhibitions, classes and the Christmas events coming up

New coordinator Monika joins us in the studio to talk about the new stall holders plus a few who have come back as we look forward to a nice Sunday at the Creative Market

After a busy three days last weekend we look ahead to a relatively quite weekend where the old school is only showing movies, starting an exhibition and hosting musician Beth Torrance

Ciane St'Eve has organised an exhibition for neurodivergent artists and neurodivergent art lovers at the community house during the arts weekend.

Dave's photography will feature at The Hatch during the Raglan Art Weekend. We talk to him about how his 150 year old camera, how he learned to use it and the sort of photography he's been producing

Kayla's bright and vibrant art will be on display at the Hatch this weekend. We find out how she's going with balancing the day job with the artist passion

Furniture Designer Ben Grant is in studio along with organiser of The Hatch Caleb Osborne to talk about how art emerged from his day job of building Kitchens.

We talk to Shortydubs about his unexpected journey from musician to artist and why he doesn't want to quit the day job

We talk to Simon about the benefits of taking risks - not just by putting the career to one side but by taking on artistic challenges where the risk of failure is high but the rewards in terms of artistic creation are high.

After enjoying success as part of The Hatch at last year's Raglan Arts Weekend Zasha has moved on to having her own exhibition this year at Wabi Sabi Studio with her new collection Body of Water

Lucretia Bird and Taimoana Mueli are bringing a sculpture trail to the Raglan Arts Weekend as part of Waikeri Sculpture Studio'a exhbition. We talk to them about Tai's 30 year career in sculpture and Lucretia's recent shift into sculpting

Shona joins us in the studio to talk about the films on this weekend, clay classes, future exhibitions and of course the Raglan Arts Weekend, due to start in 8 days time

Elisabeth joins us with her Performance Supervisor Juan to talk about Perfect Shot - a commentary on the fashion and media industry occurring in Auckland on 19th October

Tina Shaw is in studio to talk about tonight's workshop about world building and Saturday's all-day workshop about with Mandy Hager, Ben Brown, Anita Arlov, Anne Neville and Tina Shaw