Various Artists with Nicholas & Beth

Local Streetwear outfit Sky Pirates is opening the doors to their first exhibition tonight, over at their space at 607 New North Road, Morningside. 

Artists from across the Tāmaki scene are bringing together street art, photography, and more. 

To learn more, Liam had a chat to founder Lance Fepuleai about the exhibition.

E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today!

Firstly, we have Cameron McCurdy in the studio to chat about neglect comics, their new archive of Aotearoa comics. 

Liam also speaks to Creative New Zealand’s Gretchen La Roche about their new funding programmes. 

Frances speaks to curator Felixe Laing about Food Futures, a pop-up art restaurant, exploring the future of our food at Te Tuhi’s Parnell Project Space, as well as talking with with Ruth Buchanan and Prairie Hartchard-McGill about Sunlighting opening at Artspace. 

And, to round off the show, we will take you through the art guide for Tāmaki Makarau this week.

On the show this week:

Liam chats with Ōtautahi muso Sam Bamberry about links between Music and Visual Art, as well as Shania Pablo about the Trans poetry night happening tomorrow night at Movespace. 

Frances speaks with Chairperson of NZ Sculpture OnShore Sally Dewar about New Zealand’s largest and longest running outdoor sculpture exhibition.

We have guests from the NZ National Poetry Slam in to give us a teaster and Frances also speaks with Hamish Carter about six new exhibitions opening at TeTuhi this weekend. 

And, to round off the show, we will take you through the art guide for Tāmaki Makarau this week.

Happening at the end of this month is the 2023 NZ National Poetry Slam, where the top poets in the country will travel here to Tāmaki Makaurau for the opportunity to be crowned the 2023 National Champion. 

To hear about the Slam, Frances has a chat in-studio with Abby Irwin-Jones and Auckland Regional Champ, Ngaio Simmons.