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Category Archives: Maori
Some things to see and do, January 2023
January has whizzed past and many of us are back at the day job, but it’s still summer and there’s still time to catch a few of the summer seasonal shows. Starting overhead, in Auckland, it’s the last week of … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Awards, Christchurch, CTANZ people, Exhibitions, History, Maori, sculpture, Weaving, Wellington, wool
Tagged Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Brett Graham, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū., Leah Craven, Masterworks Gallery, Mataaho Collective, Te Papa Tongarewa, WoolOn Creative Fashion Awards
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Igniting joy at Objectspace, one weekend only
If you’re in Auckland this weekend you could brighten up your life with a visit to Objectspace to check out Wharenui Harikoa, an installation of Lissy Robinson-Cole and Rudi Robinson’s crocheted sculptural forms. For the past eight years, the husband … Continue reading
Celebrating Māori weaving
Throughout 2021, across the country,we’ve had opportunities to see plenty of contemporary Māori art. Among this work, there’s been some fibre art, a couple of highlights being the work by Maureen Lander and Mata Aho in the epic Toi Tū … Continue reading
The annual Aotearoa summer dress and textile crawl, 2021-2022
It’s just about time for the annual post on what’s on around Aotearoa New Zealand in the CTANZ sphere of interest but it’s quite the season. This is just a starter: look forward to more detailed posts over the next … Continue reading
Posted in Auckland, Books, Christchurch, Collections, CTANZ people, Dowse Art Museum, Dunedin, Exhibitions, Fashion, Maori, Museums, Nelson, Textiles, Weaving, Wellington, Whanganui
Tagged Auckland Art Gallery, Broadgreen Historic House, Christchurch Art Gallery, Eden Hore, Feathermania, Margery Blackman, Mary Quant, Otago Museum, Otago Polytechnic, Rita Angus, Scope, Whanganui Regional Museum
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Summer viewing
The holiday preview is late this year, but there are textile and dress exhibitions to be found from one end of the country to the other this summer. Starting with Michele Beevors in Invercargill. Yes, those giant skeletal animals on … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Christchurch, Craft, Dowse Art Museum, Emma Fitts, Exhibitions, knitting, Local events, Maori, Museums, New Zealand Fashion Museum, Pacific Islands, Textiles, Weaving, Wellington
Tagged Auckland Art Gallery, He Waka Tuia, Mata Aho, Maureen Lander, Michele Beevers, Moana Currents, Pataka, Veranoa Hetet, Yuki Kihara
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Wellington woven and wearable
If you’re anywhere near the Beehive over the next couple of days, there’s a couple of small exhibitions to check out at Parliament and the National Library. The exhibition on the first floor of Bowen House offers a monochrome Muka … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Classes, Craft, Education, Exhibitions, Libraries, Maori, Students, Theatre, Weaving, Wellington, Workshops
Tagged Handmade, National Library, Parliament, Queen Margaret College, Raukura Weavers Collective
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Queen’s Birthday honours: congratulations to Maureen Lander
Wonderful to see leading fibre artist and longtime CTANZ member Dr Maureen Lander awarded MNZM in the Queen’s Birthday honours list. LANDER, Dr Maureen Robin For services to Māori art Dr Maureen Lander is a leading exponent of raranga … 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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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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Threads that bind – Artefact
If you haven’t yet watched Maori TV’s wonderful series Artefact, the good news is that it’s only half way through, it’s all online, and you really won’t want to miss the episode scheduled for 28 May, Threads that Bind. May-Ana … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Fashion, Maori, Museums, Television
Tagged Artefact, Kiri Nathan, Rosanna Raymond, Soldiers Rd Portraits, Tame Iti, Te Papa, Veranoa Hetet, Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
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