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You are invited to come and sketch in the garden at Rita Angus' historic cottage.The garden at the Rita Angus Cottage (Category 1 Historic Place) will be open to visitors, who are encouraged to stay and sketch the abundant array of flowers and plant life that surround the 1877 cottage where New Zealand artist Rita Angus lived between 1955 and 1970, providing her with much inspiration and subject matter.
Rita Angus Cottage Trustees and volunteer gardeners will be on hand, with drawing material and reproductions of some of Rita’s representations of her Thorndon garden. Some materials will be provided. You are also welcome to bring along your own pens, pencils, pastels and watercolours – and perhaps a picnic.
The house continues as a studio for an artist-in-residence programme and is a part of the legacy that Rita Angus has left to contemporary New Zealand Art.
Cost: Koha
Learn more on our website:
https://wellingtonheritagefestival.co.nz/event/rita-angus-cottage-open-day/
This event is part of the 2026 Wellington Heritage Festival, running 24th October - 15th November. Discover over 160 more events on our website:
https://wellingtonheritagefestival.co.nz/events/
Banner image note: Rita Angus Cottage Trust, 2018
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194A Sydney St W, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, 194A Sydney St W, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Wellington
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