More awards! The 2013 Arts Foundation Awards recipients, Eleanor Catton wins the Man Booker Prize, Lorde wins Silver Scroll
It is a busy time of year for the arts calendar in New Zealand with Auckland Artweek in full swing and many exhibitions and events taking place everyday. The Portage award winners were announced last weekend (see previous post), last…
Portage Ceramic Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Portage awards: PREMIER AWARD WINNER: Robert Rapson for Himalaya Serves the World 1949 – early 70s MERIT AWARD WINNER: Jane Mcculla for Walking Within MERIT AWARD WINNER: Marita Hewitt for Transaction (Broken Diptych) MERIT AWARD WINNER: Kim Henderson for Trailing…
John Coley: Collages 2013 on now at Depot Artspace
An exhibition of John Coley’s brightly coloured new works is now on display at Depot Artspace in the Main Gallery. As part of Auckland Artweek John Coley: Collages 2013 will run until October 23. Two of John’s visual diaries are…
The vernacular is alive and kicking!
As this recent article from the New Zealand Herald illustrates…”I think we should take it as an acknowledgement that we have our own New Zealand way of talking and what we are saying is seen (as) important enough they want…
Tuvalu Language Week
Talofa! Yesterday was the beginning of Tuvalu Language Week the fourth Pacific language week of 2013. the week runs until Sunday October 6 with “Tuvalu tau gana ko tou lagaifakalaga Tuvalu, your language keeps your culture and identity afloat”as the…