Late Night Art | Aotearoa Contemporary

5-9pm
Late Night Art | Aotearoa Contemporary

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Join us this October for an unmissable evening of artists’ workshops, performances, talks and more – all while you enjoy DJ music and a drink at the bar.

This free event celebrates our triennial exhibition Aotearoa Contemporary, a showcase of artists who are working afresh with ritual and storytelling, mythology, rhythm, Indigenous space and materials through painting, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, photography and performance.

All exhibitions in the Gallery will be open to explore.

This event is part of Late Night Art, a series of city-wide activation across multiple sites and the flagship event of Art Week in the City Centre, hosted by Heart of the City.

Date
Location
Entire gallery
Cost
Free

WHAT TO EXPECT: 

<p><strong>Maungarongo Te Kawa&nbsp;​| <a href="https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/event/community-wall-hanging-or-we-belong-workshop">We Belong: Making Spaces workshop</a></strong></p> <p>5&ndash;9pm</p> <p>Lower Grey Gallery &amp; Ground floor</p> <p>Come along and add some colour to our community wall hanging with artist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rontekawa/">Maungarongo Te Kawa</a>. We have lots of fabric for you to play with &ndash; to make a selfie, a monster, a butterfly, a taniwha, your favourite plant, or wherever your imagination takes you. &nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Haere mai &ndash; bring a friend and have some fun! No experience is needed and everything is provided.&nbsp;</p> <p>Maungarongo Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) is a takatāpui fabric artist, educator, and storyteller. Grounded in te ao Māori, his practice makes old pūrākau (stories) newly relevant using brilliant colour, fluid design and infectious good humour.&nbsp;</p> <p>Following a vibrant career in fashion and costume design, Te Kawa dedicated himself to full-time artmaking and teaching. In addition to producing his own lavish whakapapa quilts, he runs sewing workshops, guiding participants to express their creativity and genealogy through fabric.&nbsp;</p> <p>Te Kawa&rsquo;s works are held in a wide range of private and public collections, including those of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the Dowse Art Museum and the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau.&nbsp;</p> <p>Photo credit: Jemma Mitchell Photography</p>

Maungarongo Te Kawa ​| We Belong: Making Spaces workshop

5–9pm

Lower Grey Gallery & Ground floor

Come along and add some colour to our community wall hanging with artist Maungarongo Te Kawa. We have lots of fabric for you to play with – to make a selfie, a monster, a butterfly, a taniwha, your favourite plant, or wherever your imagination takes you.  
 
Haere mai – bring a friend and have some fun! No experience is needed and everything is provided. 

Maungarongo Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) is a takatāpui fabric artist, educator, and storyteller. Grounded in te ao Māori, his practice makes old pūrākau (stories) newly relevant using brilliant colour, fluid design and infectious good humour. 

Following a vibrant career in fashion and costume design, Te Kawa dedicated himself to full-time artmaking and teaching. In addition to producing his own lavish whakapapa quilts, he runs sewing workshops, guiding participants to express their creativity and genealogy through fabric. 

Te Kawa’s works are held in a wide range of private and public collections, including those of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the Dowse Art Museum and the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau. 

Photo credit: Jemma Mitchell Photography