In this episode of the podcast we chat to the kids of Dee Club, our after school art programme run twice a week. They tell us about their favourite art works in the exhibition Mix it Up, our currently family exhibition that explores blue, yellow, and green.

In this episode, Sasha chats to Michael Pester, Graphic Designer at The Dowse, and Sian Van Dyk, Curator of Seraphine Pick: White Noise. They are talking about their work on a new book based on the exhibition, and about the value of art publications in general.

In this episode, Alice and Chloe travel out to Pataka Art + Museum in Porirua to chat to their new Director, Reuben Friend. Reuben was the Creative New Zealand/Blumhardt Curatorial Intern at The Dowse six years ago, so Chloe and Alice found out how exactly one goes from being an intern to a director, and what Reuben hopes to achieve with Pataka, and his own curatorial practice.

We are continuing our mission to demystify the public art museum in this episode of the podcast, chatting to Gerda Nana, Exhibitions and Projects Manager at The Dowse Art Museum. Gerda's job involves so much more than just making sure a painting is hung correctly on the wall, and he has many interesting stories to share!

This episode is part two of an interview that Cat and Sasha conducted with Ruth Meier earlier in the year. It is Ruth's collection of buttons that is featured in the exhibition All That Jazz, currently on at The Dowse Art Museum.

In this episode of the podcast, Sasha and Mackenzie sit down with Heather Crichton, the President of Friends of The Dowse, to talk about how friends groups support cultural institutions, and the 2015 ECC NZ Student Craft Design Awards.

This week we are Chloe and Alice were joined by Herbee Bartley, the mind behind the recent Chop Suey Hui held at The Dowse. The Chop Suey Hui is an event run by The Kava Club around Wellington, and The Dowse was lucky enough to host one as part of the opening events for Lonnie Hutchinson's Black Bird. In this episode of the podcast we talk to Herbee about the origins of the Kava Club and what is involved in their events, as well as hearing from Gem Wilder, Kasaya Manuleva and members of the Tupuna Collective, all performers on the day.

In this episode of the podcast, Ngai Tahu and Samoan artists Lonnie Hutchinson talks to us about her new exhibition at The Dowse, Black Bird. She talks about some of the works in the show, her process, and her hopes for the Christchurch rebuild.

Cat has taken off on some exciting adventures overseas for a year! So this week we are welcoming three new members to The Dowse Podcast team. In this episode of the podcast they get the opportunity to introduce themselves and the stories behind how they came to be with us at The Dowse Art Museum.

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Areta Wilkinson about her exhibition Whakapaipai, now on at The Dowse Art Museum. The exhibition is the culmination of Areta'a PhD work, so she talks to us about what was involved, and the meeting of academic and artistic practices.