CURRENT
Writing on the Wall:
Text in Contemporary Printmaking
Members Exhibition
Exhibition Dates:
9th September - 3rd October
Opening Event: Thursday 10th September 6-8pmThe Writing on the Wall will be a showcase of works that incorporate text; pushing the bounds of the written word in various forms of printmaking and imagemaking. Through the use of mediums such as letterpress, etching, relief printing and more the exhibition provides a platform for artists to connect visual imagery with poetry, handwriting and the printed word.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS Myra Kaufman, Heidi Collins, Kirstin Lowe, Rachel Blue, Bridget Howes, Sheena Mathieson, Kat Parker, Robin Hirst, Violeta Chapovska, Anne Riggs, Abbi Gilbert, Laura Osborne, Leanne Kenny, Marla Guppy, Julie Walker,Sande Bruch, Fiona Taylor, Anneliese Hough, Linden Johnson, Sally Nansen, Kathy Fahey, Jacqui Sidney, Margaret Marks
UPCOMING
Wai, Water, from the Mountains to the Sea
Kathy Boyle & Julz Henderson
As New Zealanders we all have a close proximity to water.
The long narrow shape of New Zealand with its mountainous spine creates turbulent rivers, exquisite lakes, and a vast coastline.
Our work explores the our personal relationships with the waters journey from the mountains to the sea.
Exhibiton Dates:
7th - 24th October
Opening Event: Thursday 8th October 6-8pm
Solo Exhibition
Lindesay Dresdon
Exhibition Dates
28th October - 14th November
Opening Event: Thursday 29th October 6-8pm
Off the Wall
​2025 end of Year Member's exhibition, for small works. All works priced $200 or under.
'FPS Off the Wall ’ 2026, allows for works to be purchased directly 'off the wall' during the exhibition, to enable collectors/ art lovers, to purchase artful gifts ahead of the festive season. This year buy gifts that support local artists and community arts. All media, framed or unframed works, prints, paintings, ceramics, books, photography, jewellery, bags and more!
​21st November - 20th December
PAST
One-Hundred Monkeys
in a Firestation
Lucas Jennings
A love letter to the most pendulous of primates, the Proboscis Monkey. A vast showcase of artworks dedicated to one of the world's most eccentric and unique creatures.
Exhibition Dates
29th July - 15th August
Opening Event: Thursday 30th July 6-8pm
Undercurrents
Ruth Stanton
Shirley Joan Ross Scholarship Show
Ruth Stanton is the recipient of the Shirley Joan Ross Scholarship 2026, awarding an ​emerging artist a solo exhibition here at FPS.
Undercurrents is an exhibition of etchings and ceramics spanning ten years of work. Drawing inspiration from the rich history of ceramics, detailed aquatint etchings of ceramic vessels reimagine their decoration, and the landscapes of their journeys from kilns to homes.
The use of a variety of etching and printing techniques including:
aquatint, chine collé, multi-plate, and monotype, allow the ink to portray the smooth surfaces of glazed pots, the gritty texture of sand and organic flow of water, giving a tactility to the the prints.
The ceramics depicted represent more than crafted objects, they are vessels of memory, fragments of landscape and place. Through them the viewer is invited to imagine their stories and consider the unseen currents of memory that flow beneath the surface of everyday objects.
Undercurrents reflects a deep longing to connect.
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Exhibition Dates
19th August - 5th September
Opening Event: Thursday 20th August 6-8pm