The Honourable Georgina te Heuheu, Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, will officially open “Pacific 5 Women, 5 Journeys”, an exhibition featuring five women whose work reflect New Zealand’s place as a Pacific nation. The five women are Alison Gilmour, Daniella Hulme, Juliet Best, Sylvia Marsters (painter of Cook Islands heritage) and Tui Hobson (carver of Cook Islands heritage). “Pacific 5 Women, 5 Journeys” opens on Thursday 17 September 2009 at the Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art, 154 Featherston Street cnr Featherston and Brandon St, Wellington CBD.
(Tui Hobson, Twin Sails, macrocarpa, 140 cm. Image from the Exhbitions Gallery website.)
