Enjoy Contemporary Art Space is a

contemporary Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present. In the social sciences, contemporary history is also continuous with, and related t ...

art space An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues ...

in Cuba Street arts area of

Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

, New Zealand. Enjoy was founded in 2000 by artists Ciaran Begley, Ros Cameron and Rachel Smithies as an

artist-run space An artist-run space or artist-run centre (Canada) is a gallery or other facility operated or directed by artists, frequently circumventing the structures of public art centers, museums, or commercial galleries and allowing for a more experimental ...

. Today, Enjoy operates as a not-for-profit contemporary art space, presenting exhibitions, publications, public programmes and residencies by emerging and mid-career artists. In addition to staging exhibitions, Enjoy regularly publishes critical writing online as well as printed exhibition catalogues and art related publications. The gallery has been based at three locations throughout its lifespan. Between 2000 and 2006, the gallery was based at a first floor space at 174 Cuba St. In 2006, the gallery relocated to Level 1, 147 Cuba St. In 2019, the gallery moved again to a ground floor space at 211 Left Bank, off Cuba Mall. Enjoy is governed by a Board of Trustees, made up of Wellington-based artists and arts professionals. Between 2001 and 2019, the organisation was called Enjoy Public Art Gallery. Enjoy is supported by

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and the

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.Magic number / by Sheyne Tuffery. Fishhead, Jun/Jul 2011; n.8:p.76 Showcases three Cuba Street art galleries, ENJOY Public Art, Peter McLeavey and Suite. Paula Schaafhausen

Second ten years: 2010–current

2000–2009

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