The Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures in Porirua will host Ngatu Tu’uli – the Past is Now, an exhibition by contemporary Tongan artist Kulimoe’anga Stone Maka. Based on the sacred Tongan ngatu ‘uli (black tapa), Kulimoe’anga Stone Maka’s works are beautifully painted large-scale abstract pieces on tapa and canvas. Adapting traditional ngatu ‘uli techniques, Maka makes his black paint by collecting smoke from candlenut seeds, a painstakingly long and slow process. He also creates his own pigments from red clay and the bark of mangroves and draws using smoke, creating richly textured works. The public is invited to view the Tongan ngatu ‘uli (black tapa) and the innovative and dynamic art-making techniques that Maka uses when exploring this sacred and traditional Tongan art form. The exhibition runs from 19 February to 8 May, 2011 at the Pataka Museum. (Kulimoe’anga Stone Maka, Tu’angatu, Image courtesy of the artist).
Creative New Zealand is now accepting applications for the first round of 2011 grants. Its contestable funding guide on how to apply is now available online from the Creative New Zealand website. Pacific language translations of the funding guide information are available. Creative New Zealand will be funding the following Pacific priorities:
- Projects that preserve, develop and transmit, Pasifika heritage art forms.
- Projects that develop New Zealand Pasifika artists and contemporary arts practices.
Applications to the Quick Response Grants close this Friday 4th February (6 week decision for projects up to $7,500)
Applications to the Arts Grants also close on Friday 4th March (12 week decision for projects up to $65,000).
For further details visit www.creativenz.govt.nz or contact; Makerita Urale, Senior Programmes Adviser, Pacific Arts: makerita.urale@creativenz.govt.nz, Ph (04) 473 0880.
Solkrush Entertainment is proud to present ‘Lost Coast Sound’. The live concert features popular artists Fiji, Kiwini, Laga Savea, Siaosi with Hot Rain and special guest Alo Key.
- HAMILTON: Thursday 3rd February 2011 – Altitude Bar.
- WELLINGTON: Friday 4th February – The Front Room.
- AUCKLAND: Saturday 5th Feb – Club 4:20.
Early bird tickets are on sale now. The event is sponsored by Niu FM.
Organised by the Pacific Music Awards Trust, the S3 Pacific Music Awards will be held on Saturday 28 May 2011. Entries are now open and nominations are due by Monday 21 February 2011 for the following categories:
- Best Pacific Group
- Best Pacific Gospel Album
- Best Pacific Urban Artist
- Best Female Artist
- Best Pacific Male Artist
- Best Pacific Song
- Best Pacific Album (NZ Music Award category
- Recognition & Promotion of Pacific Language
For the entry form and terms and conditions, go to www.pacificmusicawards.org.nz. For any queries, contact Petrina George on email: info@pacificmusicawards.org.nz, or phone (09) 6234717, mobile 0272451898.
For all those interested in poetry and gaining new skills, this is a workshop for you. The free workshop is led by Robert Sullivan and Courtney Meredith. Robert Sullivan is Nga Puhi and emerged as a distinctive Maori poet with his first collection, Jazz Waiata in 1990. He is a graduate of Auckland University and is now an accomplished poet who alternates relaxed, conversational narratives of everyday events with “disjointed, free-verse, experimentation, and wild bursts of verbal exuberance”. Sullivan is a qualified librarian and currently works at Auckland University Library. Courtney Meredith has over a decade’s experience in public speaking, debating, singing, spoken word and musical performance. She is a slam champion winning Auckland’s two most prestigious poetry slams – Montana and Going West. She is also an English Major from the University of Auckland, where she studied under renowned writers Witi Ihimaera and Emily Perkins, before working under their guidance on the formation of Spectrum 5, which she co-edited. The workshop runs at Fresh Gallery Otara from 6 to 9pm on Friday 11 February, 2011. To book a place, email Nicole.Lim@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.
Playmarket in partnership with Banana Boat invite all Maori and Pasifika playwrights with complete drafts of new unproduced plays to apply for a place in creative development clinics and one-on-one labs with senior script advisors, directors, and actors. All applicants must submit a full draft of their play with cover sheet, page numbers, full character list, and the playwright’s contact details. To qualify, playwrights must be available to attend full day sessions of clinics and labs on March 7 and 8 and live in the Auckland region. All applications must be submitted via email to Jenni Heka – Maori and Pasifika Advisor at Playmarket by 18th February 2011. jenni@playmarket.org.nz . For more information, call Jenni or Stuart during office hours at the Playmarket Auckland office, 09 3652648.
The 2011 Pacific arts calendar kicks off with the exciting launch of Jessica Hansell’s Pholosoflygirl: Brain Map of a Pacific Misfit at the Fresh Gallery Otara in South Auckland on Thursday 27 January 2011. Philosoflygirl is a new zine-book and Hansell’s first formal collection of writings, collages, epiphanies, illustrations, obsessions, recipes, outfits and brain-waves. It provides a closer look into her tri-racial punk prose and perspectives not seen since her underground efforts, This is not a Comic and Fight the Fight. The Launch will be followed by “How To Be A Zine-Maker”, a free hands-on workshop with Jessica Hansell and Riki Anderson on Saturday 29 January. The workshop will introduce participants to the history of zine culture and the basics of researching and creating their own zine. Space is limited so registration is essential. Contact Nicole at Fresh Gallery Otara by 25 January Ph 09 271 6019 // Nicole.Lim@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. For more information about Jessica Hansell, visit her Coco Solid website at www.CocoSolid.com. (Image: Nefertiti, 2010, by Jessica Hansell. Courtesy of Fresh Gallery Otara and adapted for publication on Pacific Starmap)
The Okaioceanikart Gallery in Auckland is proudly exhibiting Fatu Feu’u’s latest woodcuts. The exhibition honours the memory of Feu’u’s dear friend and mentor, the late Professor Roger Green. The woodcuts are a series of three, influenced by Samoan Tapa traditions and Lapita pottery which date back 3000 years. “Lapita Green”, is inspired by the 3,500 year old piece of Lapita pottery known as the ‘long nosed God’, which was given to Professor Green more than 35 years ago in the Eastern Solomon Islands. “Lapita Mulifanua” is the village in Samoa where Lapita shards were discovered some 30 years ago. “Lapita Kone” is the area where the Lapita was discovered in Northern New Caledonia. Feu’u is a pioneer of Pacific art in New Zealand and frequently blends traditional elements such as siapo and tatau into his contemporary art. His work has been exhibited in galleries in New Zealand and around the world. (Image of “Lapita Kone” wood cut on paper, 750 x 530 mm, by Fatu Feu’u, 2010. Adapted from the Okaioceanikart website).
Black Friars is a group of first generation New Zealand-born Pacific actors who challenge stereotypes and preconceptions through theatre. Based in South Auckland, the theatre company was formed in 2006 and featured in an hour-long programme on national television last Sunday. Black Friars explain that their purpose is “to keep talented young Pasifikan people off the street and on the stage”. The core group consists of Vau Atonio, Lauie Sila, Tana Aiono, Misipele Tofilau and Michelle Johansson. The group incorporates diverse elements into their work from traditional and contemporary Polynesian music and dance to Shakespeare and Greek theatre. In 2007, Black Friars received the award for the ‘Best Festival Newcomers’ at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Productions have included original works such as Being Big and Being Brown to adaptations of Aristophanes’ The Wasps and Shakespeare’s Othello. Plans for 2011 include a possible replay of Uso, a story about growing up in South Auckland and the prospect of ‘The Merchant of Mangere’, another Shakespearean adaptation. For more information, see the Black Friars blog site at http://www.blackfriarscompany.blogspot.com/. (Image from the Black Friars blogsite)
Creative New Zealand and the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies are celebrating the 15 anniversary of the Pacific Artist residency at the University of Canterbury. Applications for the residency award are now invited from established traditional or contemporary Pacific Artists in the fields of textiles, ceramics, painting, sculpture and the literary and performing arts. The residency was established in 1996 and aims to provide artists with an opportunity to develop new directions in their artistic practice. It also aims to support and promote the development of indigenous Pacific art in New Zealand. To provide the recipient with the time, space and facilities to develop their artistic practice in an academic environment, the award is tenable for a period of three months. The award is worth $15,000. The Artist will be required to reside in Christchurch for the duration of the scholarship and will be expected to contribute to the Macmillan Brown Seminar series and other activities. Past recipients of the residency include Tusiata Avia (2005), Sheyne Tuffery (2006), Johnny Penisula (2007), John Ioane (2008) and Kulimoe’anga (Stone) Maka (2009). This year’s recipient was Christchurch-based actress, musician, song-writer, playwright and manager of Pacific Underground, Tanya Muagututi’a. Applications close on 28 January 2011. For more information, contact Moana Matthes at moana.matthes@canterbury.ac.nz, ph (64-3) 36402957 or visit: http://www.pacs.canterbury.ac.nz/for/artists.shtml. (9 Heavens, 2008, John Ioane. Image courtesy of Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies)
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