This blog was created by the previous owner of Creative Matters, Mandy Jakich.
The current version of this blog is available at creativeconnections.nz

Today I'm catching up with painter, printmaker Kylie Rusk to see what she's been up to since I last spoke to her in March 2021. Listen to...

Gilly Sheffield is a sculptor and weaver living in both Glendowie in Auckland and Wanaka in the South Island. After a lifetime of making,...

Chartwell seeks to deepen understanding about the importance of art and creative thinking for our future and our wellbeing. 

Levi Hawken is a brutalist | modernist sculptor living and working in west Auckland, Aotearoa.

Di Tocker is a sculptural glass artist living and working from her purpose built studio in Cambridge, in the Waikato. Di maintains a...

Ronja Schipper, also known as Re:purpose Ronja, has been lovingly making up-cycled art objects since 2015. She lives in the Waitakere...

Mandy Patmore is a multi-media environmental artist living in Karekare, on Auckland’s west coast. Primarily a painter, Mandy's current...

Born and raised in Auckland, contemporary fine artist Dita Angeles completed her BFA at Whitecliffe College in 2004 before spending the...

Leigh Tawharu, is a contemporary mixed media and printmaking artist living in Kaeo, Te Tai Tokerau in the far north of Aotearoa NZ. Her...

Sam Leitch is a contemporary painter and print maker living in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Sam sees himself as a storyteller of everyday...

Agate Rubene, aka Restless & Infectious, is an artist and illustrator with a background in fashion and graphic design. She is from...

Jennie De Groot is a contemporary painter living near Hamilton in the Waikato, New Zealand.

Invitational learning using an expert as a resource for learning. CEO Mandy from Creative Matters is offering a new opportunity for...

Alice Fennessy is an artist based in Palmerston North in the Manawatu. She uses drawing to convey themes such as intimacy, domestic life...

Artist Rosanna Raymond aka Sistar S’pacific is in her words an "activator, fabricator" who has achieved international renown for her...

Georgina is a painter living in Nelson in the South Island of NZ. Informed by her print & pattern textile design background, Georgie...

Jamie Adamson is a sculptor based in East Auckland. He works in a range of materials including rimu, pine, oak, pohutukawa, maple, walnut...

Pam Wildbore is a contemporary artist from Hastings now living in Napier. Pam is a resin and acrylic artist who began her art practice...

The same 9 children continued into term 2 2024 on the second part of the Creatives in Schools Tūrangawaewae project - 9 square plywood...

Natalie Holland is a textile artist from Wellington. She produces bright and colourful punch needle pieces that feature motifs and...