Thank you to everyone who came to the exhibition at @_all.goods this weekend, it was so nice to see so many friendly faces. A massive thank you to Whau the People for being so supportive and generally awesome. The Whau Art Festival is over now but this exhibition will stay up for a while longer. Photographs from Abhi Chinniah and from spdrtwngirl, drawings from Ladybug, and oil paintings from me. 99 Rosebank Rd, Avondale.
The 8th Whau Art festival is starting tomorrow with plenty of cool events in Avondale and neighboring suburbs.
I’ll be taking part in a group exhibition alongside Abhi Chinniah, Ladybug, and spdrtwnbby at ALL GOODS, 99 Rosebank Rd (by Avondale Library carpark).
ALL GOODS will be open throughout the Festival; from Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April, 11 am to 4 pm.
This is one of my oil paintings from this exhibition, of the singer and songwriter Cesária Évora.
Size: H760 x W1010 x 35 mm.
Space Studio & Gallery in Whanganui is showcasing my work this week.
Check out their website for a selection of originals and prints
This is the first collage I ever created. It was made in a 1-day collage workshop in Colville about 10 years ago. At the time I was getting over a relationship break-up. The workshop was a random form of self-care during a difficult and emotional time. As you might know, I caught the bug and haven’t stopped collaging since then. I started with cutting up old magazines and glueing them onto cardboard but very quickly I got into my collection of art books and glued them onto wood panels. I received lots of encouragement and support from the community around me ( Coromandel you are forever in my heart ! ). A decade later, I’m running collage workshops for a living. I get a real kick watching other people collaging. Each of us is so unique, and so are the collages we make. The more I do this, the more I discover how powerful and versatile collage is.
I am all fired up for two unique collage workshops that are coming up in August: One is 4 weekly sessions at @studioone.toitu, starting on Wednesday 11th of August. We will enjoy different ways with collage, each week collaging something different. The other workshop is a collaboration with photographer Abhi Chinniah from @ramiistudio. It will take place at @depotartspace on Saturday 21st August alongside Abhi’s photographic exhibition: ‘A Migrant’s Path’. Participants will have a rare opportunity to work with photographs from Abhi’s personal collection. Here are a few examples from Abhi’s stunning work. Enrolments are still open for both workshops. Contact @studioone.toitu for enrolment for the 4-week collage adventure. For A Migrant’s Path workshop enrolment click here
Super excited about this! As part of the Studio One Toi Tū term 3 program, I’ll be running a weekly collage class, over 4 weeks. This course is kindly subsidized and is at a low cost. I’m looking forward to diving deeper into collaging; we will explore different techniques and applications every week.
Taking time to be creative is a form of self-care. Come join me for a day of relaxing creativity. I’ve got tons of cool magazines and fantastic books to cut up. No experience needed – it all about quieting the mind and surrendering to the creative flow. This workshop is suitable for all ages, bring your kids/parents/aunty along for some quality fam-time. Message me below for details (please let me know if you’re unwaged or struggling financially- those are not reasons to miss out ! )
This week’s workshop at Studio One Toi Tu is fully booked now.
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Here is the Titirangi Community Collage , created by lots of people on World Collage Day at the Titirangi Community House. I am so proud of the outcome and of each and every piece of paper on this. Each piece has a human and a story behind it. Some are random and fun, some are deep, personal, and emotional. Some pieces really represent this special place we live in. I could talk about it for hours but I reckon you should come and check it out for yourself. It will be displayed at the Titirangi Community House foyer, pop in when you’re in the hood, there is so much detail that does not show well on a small screen, you know. This has been such a success; I am keen to facilitate more group collages in the future, this is only the beginning yo.