We always love a good Ockham Collective collaboration, and June will see three of our stars align at Anita Arlov’s monthly Inside Out Open Mic for Writers night. This month's musical guest is Ruckus, featuring David Ward and Eamon Edmundson-Wells..

Later this month, OC alumni Hanna Wiskari is offering a very special Masterclass in Scandinavian Traditional Music. This one-day event will take place at the Ockham Collective's Modal precinct in Mt Albert on Saturday 28 May.

May is the month when Auckland's bibliophiles get to indulge their passion in public at the Ockham-sponsored New Zealand Book Awards. It's one of the partnerships of which we're most proud, and this year the association has gotten even closer, with Paula Morris on the OC.

For 10 years the irrepressible Anita Arlov has been running Inside Out Open Mic For Writers nights, and the Ockham Collective has been pleased to host them for the last two years. The next session kicks off at 6pm on Wednesday 11 May.

The first exhibition to evolve from the Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Cross-Crits group opened last week at ODDLY gallery and runs until 16 April. Ashleigh Taupaki and the OC’s Jasmine Tuiā curated the group show, which features the work of nine local artists.

We're never beyond bragging about the achievements of our OC alumni and this month there's a lot to brag about. David Ward's fingers star in The Power of the Dog, Jessie Booth has a new single out with band Ekko Park, and Kingsley Spargo is playing Kumeu Live.

We're incredibly pleased to introduce you to the very talented people who will be joining the Collective this year. Amongst their storied ranks are an author who has won Aotearoa's top fiction prize and a singer with three consecutive number-one singles under her belt.

If you’ve ever wanted to pick up an instrument or revisit long latent skills, get in touch.

This might be a controversial thing to say, given the last five months, but 2021 wasn't all bad. Despite - and in some cases because of - the disruptions from August onwards, our OC21 creatives achieved some amazing things. Here are some that we're most proud of.

We're not sure when we'll be able to return to 'normal' but when we do, we'll be in touch with rescheduled dates for all of our cancelled events.

If you've ever wondered about applying for an Ockham Collective residency, now is the time to get in touch.

NB: due to the current level 4 lockdown this tour has been cancelled.

[NB: due to the current level 4 lockdown this event is postponed. We will keep you posted with revised details as soon as we have them to hand.]

Our "Ockham Collective presents..." salon series at Freida Margolis wine bar in Grey Lynn continues on Sunday 22 August with another of our own – the Ockham Collective's banjo bandit David Ward and his band Shindig! Expect a night of old-time folk, blues and country tunes.

[NB: due to the current level 4 lockdown this event is postponed. We will keep you posted with revised details as soon as we have them to hand.]

Aotearoa's 11th poet laureate, the captivating Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh, is one of this year's Ockham Collective residents – and she's hosting a very special free workshop at our Hypatia creative precinct on the evening of Friday 27 August to celebrate National Poetry Day.

For the fourth installment of our hugely popular salon series at Freida Margolis wine bar in Grey Lynn, the Ockham Collective proudly presents Gitbox Rebellion. This one is very close to our hearts, featuring as it does Ockham Collective residents Kim Halliday and Sonia Wilson.

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.