Rachael Rakena & Simon Kaan

Te Aika 2021

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Jon Jeet

He Toki Maitai 2022

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Maioha Kara

Iraira 2023

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It takes a village to make public art

Every year, hundreds of Canterbury businesses and individuals, philanthropic trusts and public agencies, help us make public art happen. We spend upwards of 95% of our budget locally.

We make public art accessible to everyone at no charge, and there are no compulsory fees for our education in schools.

Limited edition pieces by SCAPE Season artists are on sale now at our online Art Shop. We use money from artwork sales to: 1. pay the cost of producing the work purchased, 2. pay the artist a fair commission, 3. make more free-to-view public art.

If you would like to support SCAPE Public Art, we’d love to hear from you.

To all our existing supporters, thank you.

Pictured: Production of domes by concrete furniture maker InSitu GRC for Maioha Kara, Iraira, 2023.

Iraira

In this work, Maioha Kara takes as her starting point the iraira star pattern common in tukutuku panels (the distinctive ...

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Season 2023

In its 25th anniversary year, SCAPE Public Art is proud to present Season 2023. Marked out with four kilometres of ...

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Season 2022

The SCAPE Public Art Season 2022 runs from 5 November 2022 to 29 January 2023 and is a highlight of ...

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Season 2021

SCAPE Public Art is taking over the central city with a series of exciting sculptures Running from 19 November to ...

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Season 2020

About SCAPE Public Art Season 2020  SCAPE Public Art Season 2020 opened on 3 October, showcasing the theme of Secrets and ...

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Season 2019

About the Season SCAPE’s Season 2019 ignited Ōtautahi Christchurch’s outdoor spaces with stunning new contemporary artworks and events for all ...

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Season 2018

The SCAPE Public Art Season 2018 marked 20 extraordinary, exciting, mind-expanding years, since SCAPE Public Art began to revolutionise the ...

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Season 2017

Local and internationally renowned artists indulged Christchurch with a feast of work for six weeks between 7 October and 18 ...

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Featured artists

Synthia Bahati

A contemporary artist who grew up in Tāmaki Makaurau, Synthia Bahati’s photographic practice is informed by fashion and driven by ...

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Susu (蘇子誠)

Susu 蘇子誠 is a Taiwanese artist (Han, Min-nan) based in Tāmaki Makaurau. In 2022, they received a Bachelor of Fine ...

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Priscilla Rose Howe

Priscilla Rose Howe is an Ōtautahi artist whose figurative works explore ideas around phenomenology, queerness and the supernatural. They use ...

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Maioha Kara

Maioha Kara (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Ngāti Tipa, Te Ātihaunui-A-Papārangi, Tūhourangi, Te Whānau a Hinetapora, Kuki Airani) draws on Te Ao ...

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Te Ara Minhinnick

Te Ara Minhinnick is a ringatoi from Waiuku, who grew up through kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa. She uses indigenous ...

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Jon Jeet's He Toki Maitai gets permanent home

A monumental-size steel toki has a new home in New Brighton, Christchurch. SCAPE Public Art commissioned artist Jon Jeet to ...

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Walk the red line for art

Four kilometres of red fabric tape is being laid on footpaths in central Ōtautahi Christchurch, to guide people around the ...

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We're Going on an Art Hunt

This school holidays, try our free Family Art Adventure, and go in the draw for great prizes. Here’s what you ...

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New Christchurch public artwork reflects on Antarctic exploration

Auckland-based artist Brett Graham (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) spent several months hard at work in a tent in Henderson with ...

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Education

Inspire your students with free public art workshops

SCAPE Public Art’s education programme provides unique art-making activities inspired by public art in their city. 
Teachers can choose from a range of options to suit their curriculum focus. All are free of charge. 
More information here

School holiday workshop (afternoon)

Create your own cyanotype print in response to SCAPE legacy artwork Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers by Julia Morison (2013).

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Opening Ceremony, He Toki Maitai, in New Brighton

A community celebration, welcoming a new public artwork to the site where artist (and local resident) Jon Jeet used to have a studio.

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Season 2023 closing

Mark 17 February 2024 in your diary, for the wrap-up of the current Season of free-to-view public art.

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Curated walk - January 2024

Explore the SCAPE Public Art Season 2023 artworks with Richard Aindow, SCAPE’s Executive Director.

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