People across Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty have until June 10 to attend three amazing exhibitions at the Incubator Creative Hub.

A night featuring goblets, brooches and student creative genius was not to be missed and hundreds turned up to the Historic Village on sunset on May 12 to attend the launch of the Threesome at The Incubator Creative hub.

'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 Incubator Director Simone Anderson. This month we've trebled the participation as al 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.

'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.

'As it turns out brooches are one of the hottest art and fashion trends with ‘Vogue Magazine' broaching the subject this year as well as a recent article and ‘Town & Country' magazine celebrating this newly revitalised but ancient trend.

'We learnt that brooch as a word stem from a medieval French word broche, which described the spit that was used for roasting meat. 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.

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

'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.

'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. So it is with Te Hononga from the Visual Arts students at Papamoa College.

'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.

'If you're looking for reason to be artistically stimulated and to become a walking exhibit of art on your winter coats, then make sure you come along and view this spectacular threesome.