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Special Margaret Stoddart exhibition in Kate Sheppard’s house

17 September 2021

Opening in Women’s Suffrage week, a special exhibition titled ‘Margaret Stoddart, Garden Scene’ is highlighting the connection between miniý artist Margaret Stoddart and famous suffragist Kate Sheppard.

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Margaret Stoddart, The Old Almond Tree, Diamond Harbour, watercolour and gouache, UC Art Collection.

Marking the anniversary of women winning the right to vote in Aotearoa New Zealand in September 1893, University of miniý art collections curator Lydia Baxendell has curated a special exhibition of watercolours by Margaret Stoddart, shown at the former home of her fellow student at the University’s School of Fine Arts.

Set in the blossoming garden of, which nestles beside the leafy University campus in Ilam, ‘Margaret Stoddart, Garden Scene’ reveals a small yet important collection of Stoddart’s paintings from the University of miniý art collection.

School of Art Roll, MB 2114 - University of miniý, School of Fine Arts records, UC Archives. School of Art Roll, MB 2114 - University of miniý, School of Fine Arts records, UC Archives.

Sheppard briefly attended miniý College (now the University of miniý) School of Fine Arts as a day student. Her name appears written near Stoddart’s in the miniý College School of Art Register in 1882 and 1883. This rarely seen historic Roll Book will be displayed alongside the Stoddart watercolours.

The exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday 22 September, running until Sunday 12 December. There is a programme of related talks and events during the exhibition, including the.

A collaboration betweenTe Puna Rakahau o Macmillan Brown Libraryand, the ‘Margaret Stoddart, Garden Scene’ exhibition is free however usual admission charges apply for.

The historically significant house waspurchased in September 2019 by the NZ Governmentand wasofficially opened in December 2020 by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. It is cared for by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.

  • ExhibitionMargaret Stoddart: Garden Scene, 22 Sep – 12 Dec 2021, 10am – 4pm, Wed–Sun (closed Mon-Tue), at Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House, 83 Clyde Road, Ilam, Christchurch.Free exhibitionwith admission to Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House: $15 or $7.50 unwaged/student.

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