Our small character spaces can house art-making, rehearsals, performances, workshops, creative strategy sessions, speaking events, pop-up stores, gatherings, small celebrations, residencies, artist recovery sessions and any other small-scale creative intervention that can be imagined. Ūkaipō is an intimate space that encourages its dwellers to connect and create deeply.

So that we can keep our rates low and ensure that our spaces have minimal clutter, we provide the basics and invite our hirers to bring in any extras they might need.

We welcome all creatives and visionaries to get in touch with us to hire our space.

We also produce our own intimate events that reflect our kaupapa of supporting and advocating for local artistry, and providing moving experiences for people to engage with. Keep up to date with what we’ve got coming up on our Upcoming Events page.

We have one self-contained guest room privately located underneath our creative spaces that can be booked for short term use. This would be perfect for you if you are an artist from out of town with a show on in Tāmaki, or if you are a local artist simply needing some time on your own to focus.

With nearly twenty years of experience working across many areas of the arts sector, Cat has a well developed artist mentor practice that she shares through one-on-one sessions. Whether you’re in need of clarifying your creative purpose, wanting to put solid and strategic plans in place for achieving your goals, or needing hands-on artistic guidance in the studio, Cat can help.