Various Artists with Sofia & Beth

Pushing Parallels is a new group exhibition on at the Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead. Showcasing a diverse range of multidisciplinary artists from across Aotearoa, the exhibition features works from The Arts House Trust collection alongside invited artists who, although formally trained in one discipline, have ventured into new artistic territories. 

Pushing Parallels encourages the artists to experiment, pushing the limits of their mediums to create a playground of colour and form to re-learn and question traditional art practices. Each room within the exhibition serves as a chapter, distinctively coloured and themed, yet interconnected through relationships between material, process, and scale. 

Sofia spoke to the co-curators of Pushing Parallels, Abbie La Rooy, Kiki Hall, and Michael Prosee about the exhibition and the curation process.

In light of the 2024 Elam Graduate Show, Sofia spoke to Capstone graduates Rainer Majsa, Maya Reed, and Talei Elvy, as well as Masters graduates Emily Brown and Aidan McNeillage. 

You can go see their work, as well as the rest of the graduating cohort’s, at the Elam Fine Arts Studios at 20 Whitaker Place this Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th from 10am to 4pm. 

You can also visit the online portfolio of work and creative practice research from previous graduate students here. 

The Beth birthday special! 🎀

Beth speaks to artists Peregrin Hyde and Tegan Allpress about Into Ocean and Ice, an upcoming exhibition at the New Zealand Maritime Museum.

Sofia speaks to graduating students from Elam - Emily Brown, Rainer Majsa, Maya Reed, Aidan McNeillage, & Talei Elvy - about their practices and the 2024 Elam Graduate Show. 

For Stage Direction this week, Alice Canton joins us in studio with Laura Hill and Danyelle Mealings to speak about A Doll's House, Part 2.

And great birthday vibes x happy birthday lovely Beth!!

Making My Way Home is an exhibition showing new work by Veronica Herber currently on at Melanie Roger Gallery. 

As Herber’s first solo exhibition with Melanie Roger Gallery, the show is exhibiting new works of hers made from hand torn pieces of Japanese Washi Foto tape and graphite powder. 

The exhibition borrows its title from Herber’s late husband Derek Browne of dDub’s second album, Medicine Man. Herber too has sourced the titles for her work from his lyrics, describing the way she incorporates his work as a way that the two are still collaborating. 

Sofia had a kōrero with Veronica about Making My Way Home and her practice.