Paper folding activity inspired by the exhibition Lee Mingwei and His Relations: The Art of Participation.
For young ones and the young at heart - make your face come alive for the night with a stunning piece of art painted by Imaginaire Facepainting. Whether you want to be a beautiful fairy, a crazy critter or a scary something... they can create a face or check design to stir your imagination!
Children's author Zee and book illustrator Jane combine to colour the corner with imaginative art for children. Watch Zee create a giant mandala, along with story, colouring in and face painting with Fairy Jane.
Les Grooms will present a roving performance of comical, musical interactions with the public.
Prayas Theatre Company and friends bring to life a night carnival of simmering tales, live music, interactive performances and Holi activities.
John Blackburn is a painter of originality and vision and was considered one of the most radical artists living in Auckland in the 1950s. Blackburn returns to New Zealand every year to create a new series of works for exhibition.
Join in or just watch the White Night Figure Drawing Club engaging in one of the visual arts most basic and original disciplines – drawing the figure from a live model. No experience required, materials and easel supplied and no bookings – just turn up.
Encounter a magical mix of live performance, music, interactive experiences and visual art throughout the evening at Q.
Grow a garden of light! Join in this collaborative making project to create a garden of glowing light from discarded plastic bags!
Everything is not as it seems at The Last Supper. Interactions and decisions we all make impact upon the environment around us. Join the artist in the dinner table conversation.
Come along and have a Quick Draw Sketch Gang artist draw your portrait - live and on the spot for free!
Parnell, the space to be! Join in the fun by posting messages and tell everyone where's your favourite space to be in Parnell.
Join in the fun and bring your instrument for a sing-a-long, jam session at the pop-up lounge with live folk music by Second Hand News.
Watch out for the Zebra Crossing the road! The White Wall are a living, breathing art installation. Catch them improvising with the pedestrian crossings on Parnell Road.
Get involved and learn about Masi – Fijian tapa cloth painting. Add your touch to this communal art work, meet new people and make new friends.
Roving street performances of Grace around Greenwoods Corner by four dancers in classical tutus from SABA Ballet. Begins after dark.
FAFSWAG is a visual arts incubator for queer indigenous creatives working collaboratively to activate public space and disavow false representations of queer brown identities and bodies. Community-led this is a creative platform for connectivity amongst young Pacific people navigating their unique identities within NZ’s urban jungles. For one night only on White Night, these LGBTQ artists will celebrate and document their lives in the form of a Vogue Ball.
A community art installation. Begun by pupils of Room 3 Colwill School Massey, the public are encouraged to paint and sgraffito a CD incorporating their own cultural patterns.
Chinese ink painting on a ten metre scroll, painted live through the night while the artist educates the public about this art's history.
Auckland's only female tattoo artist, Sophie may draw you a felt pen tattoo for White Night. Established only last year, Good Fortune Tattoo specialize in creating high quality custom tattoo design.
Immerse yourself in the arts at Studio One Toi Tū, as part of Auckland Art Festival’s White Night in the city.
Try your hand at Printmaking or Creative Writing, at one of our very special White Night workshops. All ages and abilities welcome, materials provided by Toi Ora.
Come and chill in our micro pop-up park in between all the hustle and bustle. Chuck on some headphones, lay back in a beanbag on our totes realistic turf and calm your mind by listening to the quiet sounds of long ambients1: calm. sleep. by moby[http://moby.com/la1/]
White Face Crew bring a roving performance on bikes with physical theatre, clowning, play and a smidge of mischief.
*Roving performance from K Road to Festival Garden (Aotea Square) via Q Theatre, approximate time at the following venues:*
Micromagic or close-up magic is a kind of stage magic performed in an intimate setting usually no more than ten feet from one's audience.
Vospertron will present a futuristic roving performance wearing specialised electro-luminescent costumes.
Red Leap Theatre presents a roving puppet performance that lights up the night sky, designed to bring a moment of surprise to everyday life.
Nick Von K’s Spring 2016 Jewellery Collection was launched with a performance of four dancers dressed head to toe in silver suits and carrying chevron shaped lightboxes. The chevron was the major motif in his new collection Step Up To Shine seen in earrings, rings and necklaces. Keep an eye out on White Night for Nick von K's alien-like dancers with their colourful arrow-shaped lights!
Watch as Circus In A Flash move, roll and spin glowing hula hoops around and over themselves in a colourful roving performance.
