Christchurch Arts Centre

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For Best View Press"L" All 23 Arts Centre heritage buildings received significant damage in the earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks, and all have been issued with a red “Unsafe” placard. As a result of the magnitude of this damage, the Arts Centre Trust Board— the body charged with ensuring this iconic precinct is preserved and pr...

River of Arts

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Arts Voice Chrischurch is planning to create a 'river of arts' as part of Christchurch's post-earthquake rebuild.

The Christchurch Arts Festival

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The many arts organisations left homeless by the Christchurch earthquake, including the Christchurch Arts Festival and the Symphony Orchestra, have received good news this week from Creative New Zealand. We hear from CEO of Creative New Zealand Stephen Wainwright, manager of the Christchurch Arts Festival Steph Walker, and James Caygill from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

Officials put barriers in way of strengthening building - owner

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A Christchurch businessman has told the Earthquake Royal Commission the city council was a nightmare to deal with when he was trying to strengthen his building before the September quake.

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Damage inside the Arts Centre.

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Two cranes in front of the Arts Centre. The conical top of a tower at the Arts Centre was removed to prevent further damage.

The visual arts in Christchurch

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Christchurch artist Phillip Trusttum and gallery owner Jonathan Smart on how visual artists are accepting what's been lost and looking to the future, post the earthquake.

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A damaged building inside the Arts Centre.

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Damage to a building in the Arts Centre.

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Damage to a building in the Arts Centre.

The Arts Centre of Christchurch - Dreaming Spires

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This winter-eve is warm, Humid the air! leafless, yet soft as spring, The tender purple spray on copse and briers! And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening, Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night!— From "Thyrsis: A Monody" by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888

Arts festival heralds return of culture to Christchurch

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The first major arts event to be held in Christchurch since the February earthquake kicks off today.

2011 Body Festival

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A Christchurch arts event that took one of the biggest hits in the September earthquake last year, was the annual Body Festival.

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Workers working on a crane in front of the Arts Centre.

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College of Arts staff are being housed in the Macmillan Brown Centre.

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Random act of kindness, a BBQ for students and staff on Arts Road.

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Random act of kindness, a BBQ for students and staff on Arts Road.

Ruth Gardner's Blog 06/10/2011: Absent from the Arts Centre

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 October 2011 entitled, "Absent from the Arts Centre".

Christchurch's art community struggles to regroup after quake

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A lack of affordable space after Christchurch's earthquake threatens to fracture the city's arts community.

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Building being demolished on Worcester Boulevard near the Arts Centre".

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Building being demolished on Worcester Boulevard near the Arts Centre".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett, 2011:02:23 05:12:22

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Building being demolished on Worcester Boulevard near the Arts Centre".

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Looking over the front of the Christchurch Art Gallery, with the Arts Centre in the background.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken …

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken …

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken …

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Worcester & Montreal Street, Christch…

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Worcester & Montreal Street, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

Christchurch design challenge

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We cross live to Christchurch to talk to one of the entrants, Roger Dennis, in a 48 hour design challenge to come up with a new look for part of the earthquake hit city's central business district.

An all-Christchurch Chapter and Verse

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Canterbury novelist Joanna Orwin has a new, futurist story of a New Zealand changed by cataclysmic volcanoes and tsunami, Sacrifice. And we hear about some of the stories in a post-earthquake Christchurch anthology, Tales for Canterbury.

Earthquake Symphony

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A short symphony written by eight-year-old Bob Gaudin in response to the Christchurch earthquake.