Northland’s Creative Hub for Community and the Arts
Quarry Arts & Te Kowhai Print
Trust Open Day
Explore Open Studios and
Print Your Own Money Market
Saturday 16 May, 10am - 2pm
TOUCHSTONES CERAMIC EXHIBITION
This exhibition invites viewers into the quiet but powerful act of showing up: to make, to fire, to connect, and to keep creating even when life pulls us in every direction.
Yvonne Rust Gallery | 15 - 29 May 2026
Opening | 15 May 2026, 5pm, all welcome
Mon - Sat 9.30am - 4.30pm
Upcoming Workshops
Shop supplies by category
Community firing at Quarry Arts Centre
Our wood-fired kilns are a rare treasure, and we also have electric and raku kilns onsite. Through our community firing service, local artists and hobbyists can bring in their own pottery to be fired, transforming raw clay into lasting works of art.
Find the FAQ for Community Firings linked below.
Exhibitions at Quarry Arts Centre
A space to make, share, and inspire
Once an abandoned quarry and now a thriving creative space, the Quarry Arts Centre in Whangārei is one of Northland’s most vibrant community arts centres. Here, you’ll find pottery and art exhibitions, workshops, community kiln firings, gallery and exhibition spaces for hire, artist studios, The Maker’s Shop, Amber’s Kitchen, and a well-stocked art and arts supply store.
Curious about how an abandoned Northland quarry became the creative hub of Whangārei?
