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Arts Dinner Party Season

Host your own creative dinner – and back the arts in Aotearoa.

 

As we celebrate 25 years of The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi, we’re bringing creativity to dinner tables around the motu – and you’re invited. Whether you choose one of our limited-edition DIY Dinner Packs, or step it up with a carefully curated collaboration between a great New Zealand chef and an Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi awarded artist – there's an Arts Dinner Party for everyone. Pull up a seat. 

Option 1: DIY Arts Dinner – $500

Choose from one of five limited-edition DIY Dinner Packs, each designed by an Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate or Icon Whakamana Hiranga:

  • Giselle Clarkson | Illustration, 2023 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate
  • Lonnie Hutchinson | Visual Arts, 2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate 
  • Tony de Latour | Visual Arts, 2012 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate
  • Bill Manhire | Literature, 2018 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Icon Whakamana Hiranga
  • Kris Sowersby | Design and Typography, 2019 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate

Buy a pack for $500 – it covers up to 10 guests (just $50 each when you split the cost) and includes custom placemats, coasters, and a surprise. Better yet, 100% of your purchase goes to The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi – so you can help us fund more artists and grow creativity in Aotearoa New Zealand.  

Want to go bigger?
Add a $2,000 upgrade featuring Craggy Range wines, exclusive Josh Emett recipes, and a $1,000 donation to the arts.

These packs are super limited and will sell out fast – click a pack below to learn more and order!
 


Option 2: Great New Zealand Arts Dinner – $7,500

A unique, carefully curated collaboration between a great New Zealand chef, an Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Artist and you and your friends – celebrating the arts through kai, wine and great conversation. Get up close and personal with an artist – and how they see Aotearoa.

Includes dinner for 12 (with the artist and their guest) and a $3,750 donation to The Arts Foundation. 

Click below to explore the bespoke option and make a booking.


However you host, it all goes back to the arts.
Whether you go DIY or a co-create with us, every dollar helps fund more artists and grow creativity in Aotearoa. 

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