The inaugural Lower Hutt Art Trail will take place on the weekend of 19 and 20 October 2024, 10.00am-4.00pm. It will showcase over 50 artists from all over the Lower Hutt Region, from Taita through to Eastbourne. This is a pilot event to test the waters for a more permanent annual "open studio" activity. There will be 30 stops on the trail, including painters, potters, print makers, collage artists, textile artists, weavers, woodworkers, glass artists, jewellery artists, metal artists and mixed media. Their works can be viewed at both the artists’ own studios and several galleries around the Hutt region. We will have artists’ works displayed in shop windows around the CBD. There will be exhibitions at Hutt Art, Learning Connexion, and the Petone Depot, and both Hutt Art and the Dowse will be running drop-in workshops throughout the weekend.

 

For artists, the Art Trail is an opportunity to interact with visitors, to showcase their talent, to sell their work and to draw visitors to the district, for the mutual benefit of all. For visitors, the Art Trail is an opportunity to view and interact with, and purchase and/or commission work directly from, a variety of artists from around the district and to experience what Lower Hutt artists have to offer.