Vernacular Art
One of the captivating attributes of the vernacular is the vast variety of specialties and perspectives it may be used to describe. It becomes powerful when a group or individual use it to describe their pursuits, as it is generally…
120 years of Women’s Suffrage in New Zealand
In 1893 today New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in national elections. South Australia was the next country to grant women the vote in 1895, although it was not until…
Gifford Jackson’s investiture for his services to design
Warmest congratulations to Gifford Jackson for his investiture on Wednesday. Gifford (above second from left) received an ONZM (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) for his services to design. What an accomplishment! The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration this Sunday in the Auckland Domain
You are warmly invited to attend a Candle Floating Ceremony to remember those who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a result of the atomic bombs dropped on their cities at the end of the Second World War. Each year…
Making Community Happen exhibition open now in the Outerspace gallery
“These days communities are a rarity and they need a strong collective will and considered action to sustain them. Where they are themselves enlightened and liberated, they encourage and nurture this among their members.” – Paradise Lost? The Colonisation of…
Bruce Cathie: A neglected New Zealand Cultural Icon
The month has slipped by with hardly a public whisper of Bruce Cathie’s passing. Just a short online article and family notice in the New Zealand Herald on June 3rd that Bruce Leonard Cathie, retired pilot (NAC, Air New Zealand)…
Just The Ticket #2!
After a piece in the NZ Herald (June 15th) which followed up on the MoV posting “Just the Ticket”, regarding the 1981 Springbok Tour protests, we received some interesting responses which indicated that this event is seriously imbedded in New…
Sum of the Parts: Nigel Brown Artist Talk
In 2012 Nigel Brown visited the Depot Artspace in Devonport and delivered a talk about the work he was exhibiting at the ‘Peace Space’ as part of the Depot Artspace Cultural Mapping Project exhibition ‘Sum of the Parts’. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiLP1y_pSz4&w=640&h=360] The…