Mata Ali’i is Samoan for Matariki, the star cluster that can be witnessed from and celebrated in the Pacific. Stars were integral in the migration voyages that brought the first Māori to Aotearoa. Focussing on Pacific voices, the artists were asked to think about what Matariki means to them and to respond to Matariki as […]
Designed and painted by Flox and TrustMe, the New Windsor Mural maps the New Windsor Primary School curriculum metaphor in visual form. It follows the Pohutakawa seeds through germination, saplings, maturation and blossoming. Created with the support of the Whau Local Board, New Windsor Primary School and Auckland Transport
Developed as a response to the Christchurch Mosque shootings the New Lynn Diversity Mural represents the wide range of student cultural backgrounds at New Lynn Primary School. Based on photographs of the students taken on the school’s ‘Dress in National Costume’ day the artwork is a collection of painted cut out figures that ave been
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A curious multi-media, interactive experiential art installation, the Tricky Box 8, like the artists Lipika Sen & Prabhjyot Majithia, has its roots in Indian culture. The box draws its reference from a childhood memory of the bioscope or the first form of mobile cinema that visited fairs in India. Tricky Box was on display in
Rainbow Safe Sticker was born from a real-world conversation that some of your people witnessed at a local Youth Workers forum in 2019. The conversation highlighted that there was a lack of knowledge and understanding about our young LGBTQI community amongst local youth workers. Rainbow Safe was our young artists response to that – a
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Thread My Fresh WoundsA fibre and knot sculpture on the Blockhouse Bay Library wallInstalled 1 November 2019578 Blockhouse Bay Road Right now a community created knot installation is happening at the Blockhouse Bay Library. Conceived of by West Auckland artist Frankie Chu the installation is made of many raw, recycled fibre strings threaded through knots
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The Intergenerational Project was a series of 10 workshops with elderly and children focussed on pattern creation, and tile making led by Ekarasa Doblanovic in partnership with Age Concern. The designs were painted with locally sourced earth. The project’s long term goal is to use the painted designs made by participants to create a mural
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Saturday 6 April, 10am-12pm, Olympic park, New LynnSaturday 13 April, 10am-12pm, Craigavon Park, Green Bay$10Bookings required: frankie.c@oaa.co.nz Join us for a morning art workshop in the park. Through ceremonial sense tea tasting and meditation, learning eastern knotting techniques and discussion, artist Frankie Chu will lead you through an experience that will create conscious connections between
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Over the past 30 years the Whau has been through a transformation. The population has grown and diversified, bringing new cultures to our community. Today ethnic Chinese from a variety of countries are a significant part of our population. This has given us new foods and new celebrations on our calendar, but how do we
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Three wonderfull women from Avondale invited artist Mairi Gunn into their house to create 360º films about their homes and lives. You can experience the film in a kitchen table-based installation and virtual reality experience at the Whau Arts Festival and in a library near you soon. The women interviewed and filmed arePusi UraleRuth XavierTamara
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