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Ten Auckland tertiary students exhibit ‘Make/Shift’

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:13:20 +0000

On the cusp of a new decade, a group of senior-level art students demonstrate what it means to create art in an environment no longer…

Opportunity to act in an all Samoan feature film

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:44:39 +0000

Celebrated Samoan actor Nathaniel Lees is looking for three or four major characters to take over to Samoa for a film written and will be…

Albert Wendt Reads from his Award Winning Novel at Books and Writers Festival

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:33:37 +0000

Much-lauded Pacific writer and poet Albert Wendt will read from his award-winning novel in verse, The Adventures of Vela, at the Going West Books &…

Art and geology in Sheyne Tuffery’s new ‘Tectonic Plates’ exhibition

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:51:01 +0000

Wellington based multi-media visual artist Sheyne Tuffery, best known for the dynamic style of his prints and woodcuts, is exhibiting Tectonic Plates at Wellington’s Solander…

Last Few Days for Pacific Urban Art Exhibition

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:11:05 +0000

Niu Pasifik is an exhibition of contemporary art from New Zealand and the Pacific Rim from the personal collection of curator and educator Giles Peterson.…

Manukau Celebrates the Opening of a New Arts Facility

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:17:29 +0000

Manukau’s much-anticipated new arts facility, Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku, will officially open on Friday 3 September 2010. The opening will be…

“Paperskin” exhibition celebrates tapa from across the Pacific

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:18:21 +0000

The Paperskin: the art of tapa cloth exhibition at Te Papa is an invitation to celebrate the breathtaking visual sophistication and richness of Pacific tapa.…

Okaioceanikart Exhibition Celebrates Three Female Artists

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:20:51 +0000

The spirited work of three Pacific female artists is to be exhibited for a month at Auckland’s Okaioceanikart Gallery and then at the Calder and…

Louise Tu’u’s ‘Le Tauvaga’: a Playreading not to be Missed

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:09:46 +0000

Le Tauvaga (The Competition) by Louise Tu’u is a warm and funny play written for Pacific Island teenagers who call New Zealand home. Shunning traditional…

John Pule’s ‘Hauaga’: Landmark Exhibition by a Pacific Artist

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:24:59 +0000

John Pule’s Hauaga (Arrivals) exhibition at Wellington’s City Gallery has been described by critics as a “landmark survey of work by a contemporary Pacific artist”.…