Join Nicholas Lindstrom and Beth Torrance-Hetherington for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!
A lovely and chill NZ Music Month show, with Liam repping Hans Pucket and Frances in her Marlins Dreaming garb.
E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today!
Frances spoke to Jenna Todd (of Breakfast book reviews) about the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Liam chatted to Divya Kumar and Hebe Kearney about the winter mini poetry festival happening across Tāmaki Makaurau month
And finally we have your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week!
Liam had a chat with poets Divya Kumar & Hebe Kearney about their Winter Mini Poetry Fest, a series of poetry events taking place across different libraries across Tāmaki Makaurau throughout June.
This week Frances speaks with garden variety emerging artist Olivia Asher about her many creative avenues and new ceramics heading to Kaukau in Wellington.
Whole buncha good stuff pulled together on todays VA, as Frances and Liam desperately attempt to manage the show while fighting off the worst demon imaginable (university) and the arts industry... actaully get's some good news for once? Who would've thought! E whai ake nei:
Beth from the Tuesday Wire had a yarn with the poet Leah Dodd.
Frances speaks to emerging artist Olivia Asher about new ceramic works heading down to Poneke, and her recent show at Window Gallery
We’ll be having artist, illustrator and zinemaker Josh Nelson AKA josh probably up to have a chat about the Auckland Zinefest stallholder applications being opened up this month
And finally we have your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week! Plus new tunes from Jazmine Mary, Model Home, Soft Plastics, and a wee classic from Grace Ives. Whakarongo Mai!
A solo Liam show this week, as Frances beams in via pre-recorded interview.
Liam had a chat to Danielle Hao-Ackin from Youth Arts NZ about Creativision - an awesome new creative career fair for young folks taking place at Shore Junction next Saturday.
Frances speaks to Anna Lovely from SoundCheck about their new Sexual Harm Prevention and Response Advisor aka SHAPRA service.
Liam also had a chat with Clove from the By Artists, For Artists collective about their first market taking place at Ellen Melleville Centre on the 20th of May.
Creativision is a new creative careers conference put on by Youth Arts NZ, taking place next Saturday the 20th of May at Shore Junction at Takapuna.
With a range of non-cringeworthy networking opportunities, speakers, and performers, the event aims to provide a comfortable space for high school and uni students to learn more about working in the creative industries.
Speakers include Mazbou Q, Chlöe Swarbrick, Nathan Joe, and more. To learn more about the rest of the speakers and the whole of the event, you can go to https://www.youtharts.co.nz/creativision.
Liam had a chat with YANZ’s Danielle Hao-Ackin to learn more about the event and the goals for the organisation.
Next Saturday will see the first Zine and Art Market put on by the By Artist and For Artists Collective , aka By and For.
The new collective will be aiming to provide more artist tun spaces and events around Tāmaki Makaurau with the ultimate goal of breaking down the barriers for people to enter the arts community of Aotearoa.
Liam had a chat with Clove, from Of Crafts and Curious, about the collective, the market, and, naturally, socialism.
Frances and Liam are finally re-united on air! E whai ake nei, on Various Artists today:
Frances talked to Yasmine Ganely, curator of the Resene Design and Architecture Film Festival for 2023.
Liam had a chat with Lindsey Horne, the curator of Artists on Artists at Studio One Toi Tū, as well as Hugo van Dorrserr and Ritchie Adamson. All three contributed portraits and have portraits of themselves as a part of the 24 person exhibition.
Frances found out what’s on at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki by talking with their Head of Curatorial and Learning at Dr Sarah Farrar.
And finally we have your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week! We also have tunes from Aldous Harding, Car Seat Headrest, and the Jet Set Radio Soundtrack. Autumn's having a weird effect on our brains, soz. Whakarongo mai!
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