Tree Decoration & Karaoke
Te Manawa Museum 326 Main St, Palmerston North, Manawatū, New ZealandMake your own Christmas tree decorations and sing Karaoke.
Make your own Christmas tree decorations and sing Karaoke.
Make your own Christmas tree decorations and sing Karaoke.
Join Lizzie Bisley, Te Papa’s curator of modern art, for a tour through Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist. In her floor talk Lizzie will introduce the work and biography of this important New Zealand artist.
Bringing together natural materials alongside painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics and weaving, We come from the Earth explores our relationship with the environment with works from the Te Manawa collection.
A curator’s tour by Sian van Dyk on the exhibition We Come From the Earth, which considers how work from the Te Manawa collection made in the late 20th century still resonates with environmental concerns today.
In this unique evening, Richard Thomson, Director of International Art Centre, will talk about the New Zealand Art Market. You are invited to bring in artworks for an appraisal with Richard as well as listen to a floor talk on the Paul Dibble: Continuum Exhibition.
Artist and teacher Pip Steel has gathered a significant collection of old Japanese rural everyday workwear and household textiles, known today as boro.
Join Sian van Dyk for a floor tour and talk on Paul Dibble: Continuum, looking at Dibble’s notion of place and belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In this artist talk, Pip Steel will trace the beginnings of her fascination with Boro textiles timeworn cloths and delve into the ‘hows’ and the ‘whys’ of their existence.
Te Whare Pora: a sacred space presents works by artist Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa of Ngāti Porou (Aotearoa New Zealand) from the past three years. The exhibition is centered around the core pou (pillars) of his practice: Te Whare Pora, the sacred zone of making; Hineteiwaiwa, the guiding atua (deity) for creativity; and Waipunarangi, the source of ancestral guidance and inspiration.
Join Maungarongo Te Kawa and curator Zoe Black for an insight into Te Whare Pora: A sacred space, a new body of work by Te Kawa.
Inspired by the We Come from the Earth exhibition, get your hands dirty and create your own clay object!