As most of you know we are currently experiencing a world wide flu pandemic. As Mosaic has a lot of people coming through its doors daily, from all over Hawke's Bay, it is important to clarify our policy on the current 'Swine Flu' situation.

Term 3 will start on Monday the 20th July 2009 after two weeks absence for students. It will finish on the 25th of September and there will be no leisure week for the term.

We are Hawke's Bay's Home for Disabled Artists and Outsider Art and a Leading Creative Space in New Zealand

Situated in Taradale, Hawke's Bay New Zealand, we are a Disability Service, Creative Space, Art Gallery, and Lifeskills Education Centre.

Our Winebox Auction is now an established event on the Hawke's Bay Art Calendar and our Education Programme features Courses in Art, Life Skills, Bone Carving, Sculpture, Toi Maori, Painting and Computers, to name a few! The art produced at Mosaic is fresh, inventive, uncontrived and just amazing! Whether you call it "Raw Art", "Outsider Art", "Naive Art " or "Art Brut" it is the kind of art other artists wish they could make.

Our aim is to support disabled people to become more confident and independant... we believe that disability shouldn't matter! You can buy genuine outsider art from our art gallery or on-line gallery and support Real People. You can visit our artists studio and meet the real people behind the unreal art!

No wonder we are called "Mosaic" - our amazing Mosaic wall and mermaid is more than a great public artwork and tourist attraction - its a metaphor for everything amazing that we do!