Meet the Artist- Jen Olson

Saturday, May 31, 2025 | 10AM – 3PM | Heafey Gallery Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery is delighted to invite you to a special opportunity to meet local artist Jen Olson, whose captivating exhibition “Between Sittings” is currently on display in the Heafey Gallery. Join us for this informal Read more…

Youth Week Art Exhibition

YOUTH WEEK ART EXHIBITION: CELEBRATING YOUNG CREATIVE VOICES 17th- 23rd May From school lockers to lino prints and everything in between, see the talent our local youth have with this fabulous Art Exhibition at Central Stories. Join us in celebrating the artistic talents of Dunstan High School students at this Read more…

Night at the Museum

Exploring the Twilight Zone On Thursday 22nd May from 5-7pm All welcome– Koha Entry Great night for families. We will be: Come along to this fun Night at the Museum!! Brought to you by Central Stories Museum and Puna Rangatahi Alexandra & District Youth Trust

With their Busy Needles

Otago Southland Embroidery Regional Exhibition May 5 – June 3, 2025 | Henderson Gallery, Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery is proud to host the first-ever Alexandra showing of the prestigious Otago Southland Embroidery Regional Exhibition, “With their Busy Needles.” This exhibition brings together Read more…

Between Sittings

An art exhibition by local artist Jen Olson in the Heafey Gallery. Showing 1st May- 30th June 2025 Between Sittings Jen Olson is a figurative painter who likes to capture the awkward exchanges, sublime moments, uncomfortable feelings, and fragile connections that make us gloriously human. In “Between Sittings” she examines Read more…