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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Big Bad Tiny is a project led by The Open Fort in collaboration with the Whau River Catchment Trust and their annual Whau River clean up. Working with artist Ryan Kothe they will create tiny diorama focusing on the impact of tiny waste on our eco system using waste collected from the Whau River. Workshops
Presented by Avondale Art ParkFriday 8th December to 11th December, 2017Avondale, Auckland Forum is a new event that celebrates graffiti writing as an evolving and thriving artform. Taking place in the Auckland suburb of Avondale, Forum brings together 10 of New Zealand’s top and most active writers including Berst, Ceap, Erok, Freak, Gasp, Haser, Ikarus,
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Throughout June and July you may take away more then just clean laundry when you visit your local Laundromat. Whau the People and local artists will be presenting 6 art projects across Laundromats in the Whau. Artists include Bronwyn Bent, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Janet Lilo, Takitua Tuaratini, Jody Yawa McMillan and more. Art projects will include
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28 April – 26 May, 2017Alan Wood Reserve, Methuen Rd LookoutNew Windsor Blockhouse Bay photographer Dianne Smith has been documenting the construction of the Waterview Connection since January 2013. As construction comes to an end she’s presenting an outdoor exhibition featuring a small selection of these images in the newly replanted Alan Wood Reserve beside
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ROBOART Workshop and ExhibitionWorkshop: 19 November 2016Exhibition 19 November – 27 NovemberOut of the factory : The Robot is our Artist and she is looking forward to collaborating with you to make art This workshop installation involved an industrial robot interpreting photographs and re-drawing them. Over the course of a day it created a series
We all do amazing work in our local neighbourhoods and want to grow and support each other. To help us do that (and get to know you all better) ArtWest and I are hosting a meet-up for people working in the arts in the Whau. There will be refreshments and the opportunity to catch up
Warming the Whau is a response by curator Ariane Craig-Smith, artist Xin Cheng, and film-maker Amarbir Singh, to recent discussions of a city and country in crisis, of individuals and families struggling for basic needs, of refugees, increased financial precariousness and homelessness. In a time of bleakness and scarcity of money, the urban environment can
Inter+Generation is a project by Whau the People that uses art and creative practice as a way of forging connections between and amongst different generations living in the Whau, It engages with the idea of “heritage” from a contemporary perspective – exploring the idea of living memories and living history as something that is not
