Studio One Toi Tū

When our glorious super city was simply just five cities all pretty close to each other, Artstation was the only community art space supported by the council, which seems a little bit curious when similar city Manukau has five. That meant that there was, and is, always quite a lot of pressure on them for space for exhibitions, but luckily when you visit, you’ll probably not be aware of that. The main gallery space is upstairs, and it’s a good sized room that can be configured in various ways depending on the needs of the exhibition. It looks out onto both Ponsonby Road and over to Hopetoun St, so it’s pretty light and airy. The emphasis on exhibitions here is community involvement and representation, so the quality of what you can see here can be mixed, but there’s usually something interesting enough going on.
Artstation also provide a big range of adult’s and children’s art classes.