Western Bay of Plenty residents have just a week left to see a Threesome of Exhibitions at The Incubator's Creative Hub at The Historic Village.

And yes, it's an ecelctic mix on offer – goblets, brooches and student creative genius!

‘Pinned' is an exhibition of art brooches; ‘Te Hononga' is created by Papamoa College visual art students; and ‘The Pothouse Goblets of Fire' is a pottery exhibition.

'One of the great things about these monthly triple exhibition launches is that there is so much diversity of the types of themes and genres,” says The Incubator director Simone Anderson.

'During May we've trebled the participation as all the exhibitions are group shows.

'And this created a huge frenzy on the opening night with a lot of excitement and a buying stampede! The excitement is contagious.”

27 artist

The Pinned exhibition includes the collective work of 27 artists displaying their works of art in brooch form attached to the attire – and all on the most imaginative methods of display from denim jackets to chicken wire sculptures and pompom skulls.

Some of the brooches to view. Photo: supplied.

'We learnt that ‘brooch' as a word stems from a medieval French word ‘broche', which described the spit that was used for roasting meat," says Simone.

'Further tracking back links us to the Latin word ‘brocchus', which means to protrude and simply describes the functional original purpose of a brooch – which archaeologists suggest date back to the Iron Age – and that is ‘to fasten a garment'.”

Spikes

Continuing the ancient trending artforms, ‘Goblets of Fire' explores the idea of this drinking vessel in the most imaginative ways possible.

Simone says the exhibition includes an enormous chalice-like sculpture titled ‘Lord of the Drinks', vessels complete with un-mouth friendly spikes that you might expect to be used in a medieval torture chamber, and Game of Thrones-esque goblets complete with miniature ceramic jars containing accompanying ‘potions.

'There is a fantastic line-up of artists who took up this challenge and I'm pleased to say in true Incubator style – you won't expect to see anything ordinary here,” says Simone.

A range of the goblets being exhibited. Photo: supplied.

Meanwhile Simone says Te Hononga is the perfect fit exhibtion in People's Gallery – Toi ka rere.

'The Incubator Creative Hub is renowned for fostering and encouraging young and to expand on their work outside their comfort zones and in this instance, to display their works beyond the school environment.”

Unique individual stories

Arts tutor Tania Lewis-Rickard describes the exhibition.

"With emphasis on the Kaupapa theme ‘Te Hononga - the Connection', means that students will be able to explore their unique individual stories visually. Expressing their culture and interests and visually display their connection to things that are exciting and meaningful to them.

'Using a diverse range of media, the students have been asked to explore any media and format.

'Drawing, painting, mixed media painting and 2D relief painting, sculpture, 2D relief, 3D, free-standing; digital art; photography; photo-mixed media and collage.”

The exhibitions end June 10.