Suji Park, Garden, ceramic, rope. In Five by Five: New Conversations with clay, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2015. Photo: Jennifer French. Courtesy of Te Uru
This July, Arts Makers Aotearoa (AMA) will be launching a new service, the Artist Advice Bureau. Here, we speak to Art Aunty Claudia Jowitt, who will be hosting drop-in (or Zoom-in) sessions at Samoa House Library on Karangahape Road, offering independent advice and advocacy for artists trying to navigate the industry.
We spoke to Sadikeen about being a 2024 Gasworks artist in residence, a programme aimed at supporting artists to pursue practice-based research that responds to the context of being in the city of London.
We speak to the City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi curator about the influences that shape her thinking in the lead-up to her exhibition Meditations, which is being shown offsite at the National Library of New Zealand from 30 November 2024–1 March 2025.
In a collaborative first, Tauranga Art Gallery and The Elms Te Papa Tauranga have invited nine artists to respond to the rooms of a historic property, activating its spaces and creating new conversations. Sian van Dyk reports.
Beneath the lusciously decorative exteriors of Richard Stratton’s ceramics lie graphic stories about some of the most disturbing issues of our times. Virginia Were talks to the artist.
Whakapapa or genealogy has always been at the heart of Reuben Paterson’s practice, which dances with various influences—from the optical paintings of Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley to memories of the patterns on his grandmother’s dresses.
We spoke to Sadikeen about being a 2024 Gasworks artist in residence, a programme aimed at supporting artists to pursue practice-based research that responds to the context of being in the city of London.
Introducing the Artist Advice Bureau