UPCOMING EXHIBITION
7th-29th November
Ani O'Neill
Stoddart Cottage Gallery | November Exhibition
We are delighted to welcome Ani O’Neill back to Stoddart Cottage Gallery for November. Ani will transform the gallery into an industrious, social studio space, continuing work begun during her March 2026 residency. As Love in Bloom evolves, visitors are invited to meet Ani, witness her creative process and experience new work as it develops, with works exhibited in the gallery each weekend.
The opportunity to extend her residency into a period of making within Stoddart Cottage itself, gives Ani time to respond directly to the light, mood and surroundings of this historic home. Visitors and volunteers are warmly invited to engage with Ani and contribute organically to Love in Bloom as the project unfolds.
Ani is an Auckland-based artist of Cook Islands Māori and Irish descent, with an established career both nationally and internationally. Her nuanced and playful work makes an important contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand’s art landscape and has helped build international recognition of contemporary Pacific art and artists.
Trained in sculpture, Ani draws on traditional craft techniques and knowledge held within her Rarotongan and Irish whakapapa. Working across media and scale, she creates objects and installation artworks that invite curiosity and play, encouraging wide audience engagement.
Ani will host a two free public crafting workshops on the opening and closing weekends. In addition to this. Join is for Ani’s Make a Flower Button for Election Day! Saturday 7 November 11am - 2pm (3hrs).
Event Details: Drop in on the opening day and crochet yarn or hand-stitch fabric to make a wearable flower ‘badge’. You’ll also sew a button onto your own clothes to wear it out to celebrate election day, or leave it on a special button display for the duration of the exhibition.
Bring your skills and patience - basic stitches - easy for everyone! Children under 12 must bring a hands-on participating adult. We have some tools and materials, but feel free to bring your own yarn and hooks or sewing needles and pieces of special fabric.
Please join us later that day to welcome Ani at 4pm, Saturday November the 7th.
Exhibitions Programme 2026
January: 2nd January–25th January: Print Council Association of New Zealand, Small Print Exhibition.
February: 31st January– 1st March: Anita De Soto, She Does not Fit the Frame.
March: 6th March– 29th March: Kyla Cresswell, Emma Kitson and Kim Lowe, Powhiwhi.
April: 3rd April–26th April: Sarah Rowlands and Wendy Barbour-Clarke, Cycles of Return.
May: 1st May–31st May: Tim Holmes, Stoddart Cottage and its Contemporaries. Threatened by Their Environments.
June: 5th June–28th June: Jane Venis, A Little Bit of Pāua Goes a Long Way.
July: 3rd July–26th July: Lucy Matthews, Common Thread | Marie Celeste Lawrence, The Future Was a Feeling.
August: 1st August–30th August: Lucy Dolan-Kang, Rebecca Smallridge and Tamara Rookes, The Radical Art of Enough.
September: 4th September–27th September: Katharina Jaeger and Shannon Williamson, HOST.
October: 2nd October–1st November: Charrette van Eekelen, Threads of Home: A Journey of Materiality, Landscapes, and Portraits.
November: 6th November–29th November: Ani O’Neill. Stoddart Cottage Gallery Artist in Residence, Ani O'Neill, exhibits artworks made during her March 2026 residency.
December: 4th December–26th December: Artisan’s Exhibition and Sale.
Exhibitions Programme 2027
January: Gavin Bishop (2nd-31st January)
February: Luca Warnock (6th-28th February)
March: Brooke Georgia (6th-28th March)
April: Diamond Harbour Camera Club (3rd-25th April)
May: Lisa Banks and Port Levy Group inc Jim Barribeau, Jacqui Gibbs-Chamberlain, Karyn Davis, Maria Lee and Verity Scarlett. (1st-30th May)
June: Layla Rudneva MacKay (5th-27th June)
July: Sage Rossie-Tong (3rd July-1st August)
August: Sam Towse (7th-29th August)
September: Miranda Parkes (4th-26th September)
October: Jeffrey Harris (2nd-31st October)
November: Maurice Lye and Justine Ottey (6th-28th November)
December: Artisans Exhibition and Sale