The Tararua Lindauer Exhibition has been postponed. The galleries also closed on February 8. They will be reopened with the exhibition sometime later in the year.
With the uncertain conditions around Covid the number of people visiting art galleries - or any other non-essential venues - has drastically reduced. If the exhibition went ahead now it is likely the numbers visiting it would be dismal and that is not what we want for our annual exhibition.
More importantly, the galleries cannot function without a great team of volunteers who welcome people through the doors. Already, several are not comfortable with the extra risks posed by being in contact with the general public.
Keeping the galleries open would make our valuable volunteers have to choose to keep themselves safe by withdrawing from the roster or increasing their own personal risk of catching Covid.
