Container Art Space Hokianga

The remote rural location of the Hokianga is considered to be the oldest Maori settlement in Aotearoa - New Zealand. Hokianga is a community of approximately 6,350 people and Maori represent 73% of the population.

In 2012 the Hokianga Arts Community Trust set up the Hokianga Art gallery in response to the very successful (NorthTec) Rawene Applied Arts course.
Unfortunately after a number of years the community not only lost the NorthTec Applied Arts course but also lost the gallery space when the building was sold privately.

Purchasing a container and converting it into a mobile exhibition space would give back to this community a flexible, mobile and affordable visual arts space. Largely a volunteer workforce will convert the container into a gallery space which will be a place for creative people to work, learn, exhibit and sell work. Specifically the money you donate will go towards the purchase, transport and any specialist fitting out of the container, along with all the materials needed to make this a great visual arts space.

The arts are important to the economy and social wellbeing of this
community.