OPENING: 6 – 8pm, Thursday 2 December
LAST opening for 2010 aka The unofficial Fresh Gallery Otara Xmas Party!
EXHIBITION DATES: 3 – 24 December 2010
The South Auckland Poets Collective and P-Town Poets Society have come together for two exciting shows in Wellington on 20 November 2010.
Art venues at Te Papa and Pataka will set the scene for the collaborative, a first in New Zealand for poetry.
“This collaboration is all about supporting each other in our art form. In terms of demographics, we have much in common and it’s that commonality that has drawn us together. This is cutting edge for poetry in NZ, collaborations are few and far between,” says Daren Kamali, founder of South Auckland Poets Collective.
Earlier in the year, Kamali’s team was successful in launching their first publication and DVD “Something Worth Reading”. The P-Town Poets Society was formed two years ago by founder Florence Aiono and has held community workshops and performances over the past year.
“To have Daren and the team come to Wellington and do a collaborative with us is a real booster to our team. We have so many wordsmiths working in isolation and our message is to join forces and work together to encourage growth and development. It’s village community working at its best,” says Aiono.
The main event at Pataka is set to be a full house with high interest from the community, the arts fraternity and media due to the successes of South Auckland Poets Collective and the desire to grow its sister-city poets.
The poetry gigs on Saturday 20 November 2010 are:
Te Papa Museuma
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Pataka Cultural Centre
6.30pm – 8,00pm
All media enquiries to:
Florence Faumuina-Aiono
spacific pr
Public Relations and Communications
+6421 523 569
florence@spacificpr.com
{Suite} is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by New York based artist Lorene Taurerewa. Taurerewa has received numerous grants and a number of awards including winning the Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Award in 1997. She has a BFA (Painting) from the Quay School of Fine Arts, Wanganui, and a Diploma of Teaching, (Secondary Fine Art) from Massey University. Taking inspiration from her Samoan, Chinese and European ancestry, Taurerewa weaves personal and family historical narrative into her powerful drawings and paintings.
The exhibition will open at 10.30am on Thursday 4 November at {Suite}, 69 Owen Street, Newtown, Wellington. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 10.30am-5.30pm and Saturday 10.30am-4pm.
