It was pure joy to get the chance to attend this years Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London in July. The whole day was spent perusing the many exhibits many of which had sold.  Total inspiration submerging ourselves in creativeness and we we blown away by the curation of the pieces in each of the rooms. Put it on your bucket list for next year!

We are thrilled to invite you to our exclusive joint Ray White Papanui/Art BoxGallery event! Join us for an enlightening afternoon as we help you delve into the world of home art selection and display, from the expert to the amateur. We will share expert tips on how to choose and hang art that enhances your Christchurch home, whatever your budget. In addition to the talk, you'll have the opportunity to browse and purchase a curated selection of beautiful artworks across all price ranges. (The gallery will also be open at this time & it is conveniently close - just across the road at 1/16 Loftus Street).
A donation from every piece sold on the day will go to the Ronald McDonald House Christchurch, supporting families in need.
The date is Saturday 17th August 2024  - Time: 12.00pm - 1.30pm.
Bev from Art Box will be speaking - 12.15pm and again at 1.00pm.
The Location is at Ray White Papanui - Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui.
There is no cost to attend
Please RSVP via the link below by Wednesday 14th August to register your attendance. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be provided.
https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/join-us-for-an-exclusive-ray-white-papanui-event-art-talk-and-fundraiser-tickets-943966899407
We look forward to seeing you there and sharing an afternoon of art, inspiration, and community support!

It was a pleasure this month to be asked to give a little talk to 150 school children at a local school to chat about art and what inspires artists. We also chatted about how they might compose a painting of their own from the schools native gardens in order to create a calendar of their own later this year. The children were full of questions and were very engaged. Hopefully some budding young artists will emerge and we look forward to seeing their own creations soon. Here are some images of Beverley Frost with the students.

We were very happy to host a little talk about Art Box Gallery to the Rangiora art group this week with tutor Christine Watton who is one of our artists here at the gallery. Like minded art lovers shared about their art journeys and we were glad to let them know a little about the history of how we came to be a gallery and  about the artists we represent. A pleasant afternoon for all.

Now that tourists are able to travel to New Zealand again we are delighted that we are having overseas visitors return to the gallery. Recently, this lovely couple from Houston, Texas came in at the end of their trip having found us online. They chose this stunning large original painting by Florence Egasse to take home to remind them of their trip to NZ. We had a great time chatting about their travels and they enjoyed our large selection of NZ art. We were able to pack ship and insure the work via our local Pack and Send Papanui couriers and it arrived safe a little over a week afterwards! 
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Thank you for trusting us with your art purchases. We can assist you even if you don't live in NZ and we have lots of experience with overseas sales. Works can be placed on our shopify page so that they can be purchased easily and we can work out a quote for the shipping and insurance. easy peasy! 

This lovely couple said : "We received the painting, and it looks great.  I really appreciate how carefully it was wrapped--it arrived in perfect shape.  We can't wait to hang it.  Thank you so much for helping us with this!  The painting will be a wonderful memory of our time in New Zealand!"

Congratulations to P Fox on becoming the winner of the 2023 Art Box Christmas Hamper! We hope you enjoy all the goodies enclosed over the festive season with your friends and family. Thank to all those who purchased in December and went into the draw - we will do it all again in 2024!

This new event sees over 80 artists and galleries from around Canterbury open their spaces to the public over two weekends in November  (25th 26th) and December (2nd 3rd). From Cheviot down to Ashburton you can look out for the black and red flags and pop in to say hi to find out more about the artists processes and inspirations. Art Box has taken part too and we can showcase over 60 NZ artists, many of them local as well as being the Studio of Beverley Frost. From cards to original large works we have every style and colour that you can imagine. It's been great meeting new visitors and with the Arts Trail map available online (or we have physical copy) you can grab a friend and make a lovely day out.  We are offering tea, coffee a nice cold glass of water and boxes of Art Box orange jellybeans!