Isabel Gilbert talks with Fiona Gates about being a potter versus a ceramist, the sensuality of clay and its raw earthiness, dreams of being a shepherdess and wool crafter, plummeting into ADHD and PTSD, and re-building herself through the journey of uku and connecting to Te Ao Māori, and why you can’t be without your reclaim bucket.
Wailin Elliott and I met at the first Chinese New Zealand Artists Hui, held in 2013 at Corban Estate Arts Centre, where I was the curator. Ten years later I was able to visit Wailin while on a residency at Driving Creek Railway and Pottery. Wailin Elliott is an artist I admire and can relate to as there are distinct parallels between how she forged her practice and the path mine has taken.
News from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
News from around the rohe on what’s been happening in the creative industries!
Rehearsals are well underway for Thames Music and Drama’s Ties that Bind production, written and directed by Thames local Hilary Rodley.
Attention all local artists – enter your event early and be in to win a weekend away for two! If you enter your event before July 31st you will go into the draw to win 2 VIP tickets for the CoroCine Film Festival Opening Night and Coromandel Artbeat Lauch Party, plus...
A Masters of Science in Art psychotherapy gave Shannon the perfect way to combine her interest in working with people, and her love of art.
Following extensive consultation with the country’s arts sectors during 2023, in early 2024, Creative New Zealand (CNZ) announced a new funding programme, replacing its traditional monthly, highly contested Arts Grants model, which sometimes closed within days of opening.
Some days later after our earlier conversation I visited Roi’s Matariki Art Show tucked away in a corner of Kuaotunu village. This was his first solo show with only his work on show and it gave plenty of time to wander, focus and compare his various styles and works.
A few days before Roimata’s Mataraki weekend art show, he agreed to meet up and kōrero about his work and his memories about his first exhibition and his work, prior to what would be his first local solo show.
