In this episode of the podcast, we talk to The Dowse's Senior Curator Emma Bugden about His Own Steam - the Barry Brickell survey exhibition. Emma talks about curating the show and her experiences in getting the works to The Dowse.

In this episode of the podcast we are talking to Peter Deckers, New Zealand jeweller and tutor, about The Bold and The Beautiful. This show features some of the more outrageous and extravagant necklaces from The Dowse's collection, and Peter lends his commentary to the show.

In this episode, we chat to Jen Boland about her job as Learning Programmes Manager here at The Dowse. She outlines what her job actually involves, and gives us a sneak peak into what goes into planning one of the great learning programmes on offer here at The Dowse.

This week on the podcast we talk to Bronwynne Cornish about her work Home Is Where The Heart Is, which is part of her show Mudlark, on at The Dowse Art Museum now.

In this episode of the podcast Cat sits down with Reweti while his work, Rangimatua, is being installed at The Dowse, to discuss the meaning and inspiration behind Rangimatua, how the work came about, and what it is like trying to fill such a large space with a single artwork.

This is the third of our 'demystifying the public art museum' podcast series. We speak to Jo Wehrly, Collections Manager at The Dowse Art Museum about what her role involves and how it differs from institution to institution.

In this episode of the podcast we chat to Sian Van Dyk, curator of The Dowse Art Museum's new show Cut + Paste, and Kerry Ann Lee, an artist in the show. They run us through the importance of collage, and where their inspiration comes from.

This week on the podcast we are talking to Courtney Johnston about the Wikipedia project that she has been working on for the summer. She runs us through what it has been like learning to edit Wikipedia, and some of the finer points of crowd-sourced information.

In this episode we feature an interview with artist Johanna Mechen about her video essay, Stepping into Social Waters. The video was shown for two days at The Dowse last year as part of Johanna's Masters project, and can now be found on her Vimeo channel here: https://vimeo.com/110319136

In this episode we chat to The Dowse staff members who are involved in the art handling process about the finer points of moving and caring for art. We also discuss the rules around visiting art galleries and museums, and why the staff are more afraid of them than you are.