The largest of the Ockham Collective's three beautiful creative precincts is the plant-filled corner suite of the Hypatia apartment building in Grafton. This June, there's a bumper programme of interesting things on, so click on the links in the story to find out more.
We're very excited to have OC resident Hanna Wiskari kicking off her first Transglobal Music Session at Hypatia on Saturday 15 May. It's a place to learn music from around the world, to share your own traditions and to collaborate.
On Saturday 22 May the Ockham Collective presents Ha the Unclear at Freida Margolis bar — the third installment in our curated salon series.
Aotearoa literature's night of nights is fast approaching. Join us at the Aotea Centre's Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on Wednesday 12 May to witness the winners of the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards being announced.
With our 2021 residency programme now in full flight, we've got a crop of new workshops on offer at our creative precincts. This is the perfect opportunity to tap into your creativity and try something completely new.
We're working with Freida Margolis bar in Grey Lynn to put together a very special salon series, showcasing top-notch artists in wonderfully intimate surroundings. Join us on Saturday 10 April for a night of 'Latin mariachi soul' with Mireya Ramos and her band.
At the Ockham Collective, our annual residency programme is the heart and soul of what we do. This year’s residents are 11 highly talented people working in the fields of music, the visual arts, literature and education.
As 2020 draws to a close, we want to take this opportunity to celebrate the six fabulous musicians who took up the annual Ockham Collective residency this year.
Despite the challenges the year presented, the Ockham Collective made several strides forward in 2020.
The day after entrancing her Auckland audience at the final night of her much-delayed world tour, US punk-cabaret-singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer took part in much humbler but no less appreciated gig.
December sees Okham Collective resident Joe Harrop hitting the road with the Black Quartet, accompanying soulful singer/songwriter TEEKS (Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi) on his sold-out The Invitation Tour.
We're pleased as punch to be welcoming Ethno New Zealand to our Hypatia creative precinct for a music workshop on Saturday, 14 November.
The Ockham Collective is delighted to welcome our first pop-up exhibition to our creative precinct at Modal. Titled Finding Home, it showcases the work of visual artist Adrienne Wong.
The recent change of COVID-19 alert levels means that our Ockham Collective residents can get back to what they enjoy doing the most: playing live.
October sees Kingsley Spargo returning to the stage for a headline gig in Tauranga, followed by a rekindling of his association with national treasure, author Witi Ihimaera, in arts festival performances in Hastings and Christchurch.
Could you be the next Becky Manawatu, Helen Rickerby or Shayne Carter? If you published a memorable work this year – and you’re a New Zealander or NZ resident, and meet the fiction, non-fiction or poetry criteria – then get your entry in to the Ockham NZ Book Awards 2021.
Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau is now at COVID-19 response level 2.5 – which means that we're able to welcome our Ockham Collective residents, their students and our guests back to our three creative precincts. So what does this mean for our music lessons and workshops?
The rollicking sounds of the Scottish fiddle filled the Hypatia creative precinct on Saturday 8 August, with the first of a series of monthly workshops targeted at children aged between eight and 14 years old, under the tutelage of Ockham Collective resident Emily Roughton.
Hundreds of people took advantage of the open days held over the first weekend of August to check out Ockham Residential's striking new building Modal. For the Ockham Collective Residents, it was a chance to get together, jam, and to check out the latest precinct at their disposal.
