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Category Archives: Embroidery
Caroline McQuarrie, The New Sun – Wellington
Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington – 11 February – 13 March 2021 – Opening 5.30pm, Thursday 11 February – Artist talk with Heather Galbraith, Saturday 6 March, 2pm Caroline McQuarrie’s primary artistic interest is the concept of home, wherever it’s located. … Continue reading
More exhibitions
A postscript to last week’s exhibition posting: there’s more to visit in the lower North Island. At Masterton’s Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Whakatau Miromiro showcases Terri Te Tau’s embroidery on linen. The work “was created in conversation … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Craft, CTANZ people, Embroidery, Exhibitions, Taranaki, Textiles
Tagged From Out of the Blue, Masterton, Opunake, Stella Lange, Terri Te Tau
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Happy 2020
Welcome to another year. We hope you’ve all been able to enjoy relaxing time with family and friends, and members should have received their copies of the glorious summer issue of Context just before Christmas for their holiday reading. This … Continue reading
Crafting Aotearoa
Every couple of decades, someone takes stock of craft/object art in Aotearoa New Zealand. There was Doreen Blumhardt and Brian Brake’s Craft New Zealand in 1982 and Helen Schamroth’s 100 New Zealand Craft Artists in 1998, both of which won … Continue reading
Posted in Auckland, Books, Craft, CTANZ people, Embroidery, Jewellery, Maori, Pacific Islands, Textiles
Tagged Auckland Museum, Crafting Aotearoa, Damian Skinner, Karl Chitham, Kolokesa U Māhina-Tuai
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New exhibitions – Auckland and Wellington
Just opened this weekend (19 October), textile exhibitions at two of the country’s most recognised centres of craft/object art. At Objectspace in Auckland, Mulame is the first solo exhibition by Lema Shamamba, a community leader, educator, mother and storyteller who … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Australia, Christchurch, Dowse Art Museum, Embroidery, Emma Fitts, knitting, Objectspace, Radio NZ, Weaving, Wellington
Tagged CoCA, Kate Scardifield, Knit a Critter, Lema Shamamba, Zena Abbott
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Still more exhibitions…
This is getting ridiculous. Over the past two months, this blog has highlighted almost a dozen exhibitions around the country featuring some dress or textile interest, and there’s almost as many on the list to note between now and the … Continue reading
Auckland to Ashburton, via Nelson and Wellington
There are textile/ costume events and exhibitions up the wazoo over the next two months. Most important of these is the CTANZ symposium in Nelson 27-29 September. Register before 1 September and you could win a $25 gift voucher from … Continue reading
What to do in the holidays – textile edition
Happy Christmas, everyone. Whatever your festive season holds for you, the annual New Zealand shut down will mean most of us will have time on our hands, and many will be spending time in parts of the country other than … Continue reading
Posted in Auckland, Dunedin, Embroidery, Exhibitions, Heritage, Local events, Maori, Museums, Taranaki, Tauranga, Textiles, Weaving, Wellington
Tagged Creative New Zealand, Expressions Whirinaki Arts and Entertainment Centre, Fafine Niutao I Aotearoa, Genevieve Packer, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Heritage New Zealand, Janet de Wagt, Lace, Matekino Lawless, Maureen Lander, Mount Felix Tapestry, Objectspace, Otago Embroiderers Guild, Suffrage125, Tauranga Art Gallery, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, The Kauri Museum, Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Wellington Museum
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Symposium minus one week – what’s on in Dunedin, updated
With just a week to go before the symposium, some further information about all that’s going on, especially for our out of town guests. First: the service announcement. Dunedin has been trying this spring lark for size this week and … Continue reading
Posted in CTANZ people, Dunedin, Embroidery, Exhibitions, Heritage, Lectures & Talks, Local events, Museums, New Zealand Fashion Museum, Textiles, Weaving
Tagged Dunedin Arts Festival, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Emily Floge, est. 1868, Four, Loom Room, Megan Brady, Otago Museum, Space Suit, Suffrage 125, Suffrage and Beyond, Toitu
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