Lily Duval is drawing critters!
Join author-illustrator Lily Duval for an art workshop. Hear about her favourite six-legged friends and get drawing and painting! Materials will be supplied.
Saturday 21 March, 11am–12.30pm
Tautoru / TSB Space, Hapori | Community, Level 1, Tūranga
All ages welcome, some places may be available at the door
Free, get your ticket here
Be sure to see Lily’s artwork in Our Insect Neighbours, Tūranga’s new exhibition celebrating City Nature Challenge 2026.
Lily Duval is an author and illustrator passionate about the natural world. She illustrated Critters of Aotearoa: 50 Bizarre but Lovable Members of our Wildlife Community, by Nicola Toki, which was chosen as a Storylines Notable Book 2023. Lily also illustrated Dragons of Aotearoa by Robinne Weiss (July 2024). She writes and illustrates for a range of conservation organisations and has been the researcher and writer for RNZ’s ‘Critter of the Week’ show since 2021. She has a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Canterbury. Her illustrated nonfiction book, Six-legged Ghosts (Canterbury University Press 2024), examines attitudes to insects in art, language, culture and science. Lily lives in Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and spends her free time gardening and tramping.
Critters of Aotearoa