Coca Gallery
Art Gallery in Christchurch
www.coca.org.nz
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We’ve been showcasing contemporary art since 1880 to provoke new thinking and conversations in a rapidly changing world. Visiting History News Opportunities Supporters Volunteer Associates Venue Hire. Formed in 1880 as the Canterbury Society of Arts CSA , we were the first organisation in Christchurch to exhibit and collect works of art. Since 1880, we have played a significant role in supporting and advocating the arts in Canterbury, exhibiting the early work of generations of leading New Zealand artists, including Petrus van der Velden, Raymond McIntyre, Margaret Stoddart, Rhona Haszard, Frances Hodgkins, W. From the beginning, our objective was to nurture people's relationship with, and love for, art. The Annual Report for emphasised this, stating that the CSA had the express purpose of spreading a love of artistic work through the community. Over 135 years we have reflected and nurtured both change in the arts as well as social and cultural change.
In an effort to meet the needs and desires of both the artistic community and the wider public, we performed the roles of a public gallery, dealer gallery and a traditional art society, more often playing all three roles at one time. Over the twentieth century the kind of work exhibited expanded as definitions and practice of art broadened, including not only sketches, drawings and sculpture but print making, textile art, pottery, photography, architecture, graphic design, performance, post object and conceptual art. The diversity of our exhibitions have been a mix of enthusiastic amateurism and avant garde practice, gaining us a reputation in 1968 as being a very swinging place . In 1996 we changed our name, focus and legal structure, with the CSA transforming to become the Centre of Contemporary Art CoCA , a place where the 'diversity of cultural production' was embraced. Collecting New Zealand art and in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Europrean art was one of the original, stated purposes of the CSA. In an effort to manage the growing collection with limited storage and to raise funds, a 'picture hire' scheme was established in the 1970s, where works in the collection were loaned to businesses in the community for an annual fee. The new direction of the programme and the lack of adequate storage for a collection lead to the decision to sell much of the collection. Our purpose built gallery at 66 Gloucester Street has significant architectural value.
Designed by Minson, Henning Hansen and Dines, the building is a major work of the modernist 'Christchurch Style', championed by a generation of architects led by Miles Warren and Peter Beaven, and influenced by the British movement, The New Brutalism. The building received two New Zealand Institute of Architects awards that honour outstanding examples of this country's architecture. It is very heartening to see the CoCA gallery building restored to such a high standard. The architect and trustees have been careful to retain the architectural integrity of this delightful building whilst simultaneously improving the functionality of the space within, meaning it can perform as a 21st century gallery building should.
February 2011 saw the closure of CoCA gallery following the Canterbury earthquakes. The changes that took place during the gallery's closure between February February 2016 helped reinvigorate its purpose in 'stimulating conversations about contemporary life and culture'. The adoption of 'Toi Moroki' as part of CoCA's name in 2015 and bilingual signage and interpretative text for the re opening of the gallery in 2016 reflected New Zealand society's common use of Te Reo M ori in all settings of public life. The CoCA building suffered significant damage in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
Over four million dollars was spent on strengthening, repairing and refurbishing the gallery during its closure and on 13th February 2016, the gallery re opened with a fresh and reinvigorated vision
In an effort to meet the needs and desires of both the artistic community and the wider public, we performed the roles of a public gallery, dealer gallery and a traditional art society, more often playing all three roles at one time. Over the twentieth century the kind of work exhibited expanded as definitions and practice of art broadened, including not only sketches, drawings and sculpture but print making, textile art, pottery, photography, architecture, graphic design, performance, post object and conceptual art. The diversity of our exhibitions have been a mix of enthusiastic amateurism and avant garde practice, gaining us a reputation in 1968 as being a very swinging place . In 1996 we changed our name, focus and legal structure, with the CSA transforming to become the Centre of Contemporary Art CoCA , a place where the 'diversity of cultural production' was embraced. Collecting New Zealand art and in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Europrean art was one of the original, stated purposes of the CSA. In an effort to manage the growing collection with limited storage and to raise funds, a 'picture hire' scheme was established in the 1970s, where works in the collection were loaned to businesses in the community for an annual fee. The new direction of the programme and the lack of adequate storage for a collection lead to the decision to sell much of the collection. Our purpose built gallery at 66 Gloucester Street has significant architectural value.
Designed by Minson, Henning Hansen and Dines, the building is a major work of the modernist 'Christchurch Style', championed by a generation of architects led by Miles Warren and Peter Beaven, and influenced by the British movement, The New Brutalism. The building received two New Zealand Institute of Architects awards that honour outstanding examples of this country's architecture. It is very heartening to see the CoCA gallery building restored to such a high standard. The architect and trustees have been careful to retain the architectural integrity of this delightful building whilst simultaneously improving the functionality of the space within, meaning it can perform as a 21st century gallery building should.
February 2011 saw the closure of CoCA gallery following the Canterbury earthquakes. The changes that took place during the gallery's closure between February February 2016 helped reinvigorate its purpose in 'stimulating conversations about contemporary life and culture'. The adoption of 'Toi Moroki' as part of CoCA's name in 2015 and bilingual signage and interpretative text for the re opening of the gallery in 2016 reflected New Zealand society's common use of Te Reo M ori in all settings of public life. The CoCA building suffered significant damage in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
Over four million dollars was spent on strengthening, repairing and refurbishing the gallery during its closure and on 13th February 2016, the gallery re opened with a fresh and reinvigorated vision
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