ARTS BEAT: WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
1 Prize- winning pots The Auckland Festival of Ceramics i s under way f or a t hird year, with studio tours and visits, artists’ talks, exhibitions and workshops. To see what the country’s best ceramic artists are up to, check out t he
Portage Ceramic Awards ’ 16 exhibition, where works by 50 f i nalists are displayed. The Portage i s New Zealand’s premier ceramics award and t he annual exhibition a showcase f or t he diversity of artists working i n this area.
Portage Ceramic Awards, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery until February 5. 2 Kids create I f you’ve got a budding j unior potter, head t o Te Uru on Saturday f or t he Claytime children’s workshop. You can drop i nto t he gallery l earning centre anytime between 1 0am — 4pm. It ’ s one of a number of events on at the gallery as part of the Auckland Festival of Ceramics. For more, see facebook. com/ festivalofceramics 3 Pottering on And while we’re on ceramics, t he Auckland Studio Potters holds it s 52nd annual exhibition showcasing outstanding pottery and ceramics made by it s members. This year's selector and j udge, Anna Miles, is a l ecturer i n Visual Arts at AUT University and owner of t he Anna Miles Gallery, which f ocuses on contemporary New Zealand art. Auckland Studio Potters 52nd Annual Exhibition: Fire and Clay, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre at the Pah Homestead, Hillsborough until December 11. 4 Picture the past In a unique recreation of the f i rst I mpressionist exhibition of 1874, handpainted replicas of f amous paintings by Degas, Monet, Renoir and others done by l ocal and overseas artists are shown t o question what a replica actually i s. The exhibition is t he brainchild of Nate Dunn, a Masters student who’s f ascinated by t he I mpressionists but also how paintings — or t he way we view t hem — change over ti me.
Replicating Genius, Gus Fisher Gallery at t he Kenneth Myers Centre until Wednesday with l ate nights on Monday and Wednesday. 5 Fantastic finale Apart f rom it s popular Christmas concerts, t he Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra prepares to f arewell 2016 with an all- French programme f eaturing composer Ravel’s Pavane, Saint- Saens Piano Concerto
No 5 and Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. APO, Fantastic! Auckland Town Hall, Thursday.