Abigail Aroha Jensen will accompany us for a special field trip to Whakaohorahi Broad Bay.
Upcoming Event
Detail photograph of Morning Sketch #26 (2025), Abigail Aroha Jensen
On this trip we’ll spend some time with the places Abigail visited during her summer residency, starting with a 3:30pm tour of the Mary, Queen of Peace church with historian Paul Klemick. If weather allows, we’ll finish with a picnic. Blue Oyster will provide kai, juice, and water; if you would like to bring additional snacks to share, please do. If the weather is not so nice, we will return to Blue Oyster early.
Blue Oyster staff will provide carpool transport, departing at 3pm sharp and returning at approximately 5pm. Please let us know if you would like a seat in the carpool. If you will use public transport, the #18 bus is the one to catch.
Please note, bookings are required for the field trip! To book or ask questions, email admin@blueosyter.org.nz with FIELD TRIP in the subject line.
Accessibilty information:
This is a free event but bookings are required.
This event will move between a number of locations. Once we arrive in Whakaohorahi Broad Bay we will be walking short distances between locations, mostly on paved surfaces.
The picnic will happen on picnic blankets on the ground.
If you require more information about path conditions and/or transport options, please include this in your booking email.
Abigail Aroha Jensen
Abigail Aroha Jensen is an artist who lives in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. She holds a BMA from Waikato Institute of Technology with Honours from Toihoukura, School of Māori Visual Arts.
Recent exhibitions include: The Poultry Yard, Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 2026; CRIT: Art learning since 1987, Artspace Aotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2026, Frog World, Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, 2026; These are Addressed to You, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 2026; Rope Play (a series of acts), multiple sites across Aotearoa; Köln, Germany, and Busan, South Korea, 2022-2025; Bootleg (w/ Tamsen Hopkinson), The Physics Room, Ōtautahi Christchurch, 2025; cab-sous vide, The Dowse Art Museum, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 2024, and Inside my papahou: puoro tuatini. Her site, Désirée – ā whakamātao owha, Busan Biennale 2024.In 2025 Jensen was awarded the Gasworks Artist Residency in London. Her work is represented in the collections of Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum; Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University, and The Dowse Art Museum, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.