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Various Artists with Sofia & Beth

Join Sofia Roger Williams and Beth Torrance-Hetherington for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!

Robyn Kahukiwa, 'Tuawahine', at Season Gallery w/ Season Gallery co-curator, Francis McWhannell: 31st May, 2024

Robyn Kahukiwa, 'Tuawahine', at Season Gallery w/ Season Gallery co-curator, Francis McWhannell: 31st May, 2024 Robyn Kahukiwa, 'Tuawahine', at Season Gallery w/ Season Gallery co-curator, Francis McWhannell: 31st May, 2024, 21.98 MB
Fri 31 May 2024

Robyn Kahukiwa (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Konohi, Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare, Te Whānau-a-Te Aotawarirangi) is an internationally acclaimed artist whose work explores heritage, identity and rangatiratanga of Māori. 

The kaupapa of her work ranges from exploring ideas surrounding colonisation, dispossession, motherhood, wellbeing, whakapapa, and tikanga Māori. 

Her newest exhibition, Tuawahine, at Season Gallery centres images of wāhine Māori, emphasising mana wāhine and mana Māori motuhake. 

Sofia spoke to co-curator of Season, Francis McWhannell, about the exhibition and Kahukiwa’s practice. 

FromThePit Photo Exhibition w/ Brad Miller: 24th May, 2024

FromThePit Photo Exhibition w/ Brad Miller: 24 May, 2024 FromThePit Photo Exhibition w/ Brad Miller: 24 May, 2024, 12.33 MB
Fri 24 May 2024

FromThePit is Aotearoa’s longest running music photo exhibition, now in its sixth consecutive year. This year has seen a particularly large pool of photographers, having grown over the years.

The exhibition highlights the vibrant essence of New Zealand’s music scene. It will feature images snapped by photographers across the motu over the past year.

Beth had a kōrero with Brad Miller about FromThePit.

CNZ Sustainable Careers Resources w/ Adrianne Roberts: 24th May, 2024

CNZ Sustainable Careers Resources w/ Adrianne Roberts: 24 May, 2024 CNZ Sustainable Careers Resources w/ Adrianne Roberts: 24 May, 2024, 22.04 MB
Fri 24 May 2024

Creative New Zealand has launched resources to support arts and creative practitioners make sustainable careers and businesses from their work, and to provide them with the skills and tools to do so.

The resources aim to support practitioners and arts organisations to implement Creative New Zealand’s Remuneration Policy, which sets out principles and practice guidelines aimed at supporting fair remuneration for artists and arts practitioners (from Creative NZ). Introductory workshops will be hosted in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin across May and June, as well as an online one for those who missed out. 

Beth had a kōrero with the producer of Creative New Zealand’s Sustainable Careers, Adrianne Roberts, about new resources to support arts and creative practitioners to make sustainable careers.

Te Tuhi Iris Fisher Scholarship w/ 2024 Recipient, Kim Ireland: 24th May, 2024

Te Tuhi Iris Fisher Scholarship w/ 2024 Recipient, Kim Ireland: 24th May, 2024 Te Tuhi Iris Fisher Scholarship w/ 2024 Recipient, Kim Ireland: 24th May, 2024, 17.01 MB
Fri 24 May 2024

Since 2007, Te Tuhi has supported the development of emerging artists in Aotearoa New Zealand with the Iris Fisher Scholarship, in partnership with the Fisher family. 

The scholarship is a national award of $5,000 to support an outstanding postgraduate student in their final year of a visual arts/fine arts course of study.

Sofia had a kōrero with this year’s recipient, Nelson-based Kim Ireland, about her work exploring cultural and social mechanisms that form Aotearoa’s history.

Auckland Writers Festival w/ Artistic Director, Lyndsey Fineran: 24th May, 2024

Auckland Writers Festival w/ Artistic Director, Lyndsey Fineran: 24th May, 2024 Auckland Writers Festival w/ Artistic Director, Lyndsey Fineran: 24th May, 2024, 27.64 MB
Fri 24 May 2024

Held at Auckland’s Aotea Centre from 14 – 19 May, the Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki wrapped up last week, hosting 167 events featuring 240 local and international guests. 

It broke all attendance records, and reported their biggest year for book sales in the Festival’s history.

Sofia spoke to the festival’s Artistic Director, Lyndsey Fineran, about this success and some of her personal highlights working the festival and in the programme. 

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 24th May, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 24th May, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 24th May, 2024, 137.38 MB
Fri 24 May 2024

Tune in for arty chats and great Aotearoa tunes. It’s also Sofia’s first week!

Beth had a kōrero with the producer of Creative New Zealand’s Sustainable Careers, Adrianne Roberts, about new resources to support arts and creative practitioners to make sustainable careers.

She also spoke with Brad Miller about FromThePit, Aotearoa’s longest running music photo exhibition.

Sofia had a kōrero with this year’s recipient of the Te Tuhi Iris Fisher Scholarship, Nelson-based Kim Ireland, about her work exploring cultural and social mechanisms that form Aotearoa’s history.

She also caught up with Artistic Director of the Auckland Writers Festival, Lyndsey Fineran, about the success of the Auckland Writers Festival this year. 

Whakarongo tonu mai!

Taimoana: Coastlines in Art in Aotearoa w/ Nathan Pōhio: 17 May, 2024

Taimoana: Coastlines in Art in Aotearoa w/ Nathan Pōhio: 17 May, 2024 Taimoana: Coastlines in Art in Aotearoa w/ Nathan Pōhio: 17 May, 2024, 33.61 MB
Fri 17 May 2024

On April 20th a new exhibition, Taimoana: Coastlines in Art in Aotearoa, opened at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. It explores the art of Aotearoa New Zealand, locating it within Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the wider Pacific region.

Comprised of works from the Gallery’s extensive New Zealand art collection, Taimoana explores the theme of the coast and its impact on the people of Aotearoa, examining multiple perspectives on New Zealand art.

Beth spoke with Senior Curator of Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Nathan Pōhio, about the exhibition and its themes.

Various Artists w/ Beth and Nicholas: 17 May, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Nicholas: 17 May, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Nicholas: 17 May, 2024, 128.12 MB
Fri 17 May 2024

This week on Various Artists!

Beth catches up with Senior Curator of Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Nathan Pōhio, about Taimoana: Coastlines in Art in Aotearoa, a new exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki that explores the art of Aotearoa New Zealand in relation to the coast.

And Nicholas catches up with co-curators of Buttercup and Lavender, a new exhibition showing at the Arts House Trust. Inspired by the Pirongia home of artist Peter Shaw, the exhibition plays with themes of hospitality and natural forms.

Great art, great tunes and your weekly Art Guide for Tāmaki Makaurau, only on bFM.

Various Artists w/ Beth and Nicholas: 10 May, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Nicholas: 10 May, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Nicholas: 10 May, 2024, 101.46 MB
Fri 10 May 2024

Beth had a chat with author Tīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) about Grave New World: Writing Dystopia Today, an Auckland Writers Festival event that Tīhema is co-hosting. They also spoke briefly about another event Tīhema is chairing, We Can Be on Other Planets: Māori Speculative Fiction.

Beth caught up with author and editor Alie Benge about Otherhood, a book of essays that explore the little talked about experience of being childless, childfree and child-adjacent in Aotearoa. 

Nicholas spoke to artist Bena Jackson about her exhibition Urban Legend, which opens May 12th.

He also spoke to the Director of Auckland City of Music, Mark Roach about the  ‘Auckland City of Music’ series. They also spoke about the events they have planned for New Zealand Music Month.

Grave New World: Writing Dystopia Today w/ Tīhema Baker: 10 May, 2024

Grave New World: Writing Dystopia Today w/ Tīhema Baker: 10 May, 2024 Grave New World: Writing Dystopia Today w/ Tīhema Baker: 10 May, 2024, 8.61 MB
Fri 10 May 2024

Grave New World: Writing Dystopia Today is an Auckland Writers Festival event that is happening on Saturday 18th May. Among the speaker is author of Ockham NZ Book Awards longlisted Turncoat Tīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira).

From the AWF website: With wars raging, censorship on the rise and all manner of accepted human rights under threat both close to home and across the globe, how do fiction writers approach the dystopian genre when the line between fictional dystopias and our lived reality seems increasingly blurred?

Beth caught up with Tīhema Baker about the panel and the dystopia genre. They also spoke about another event Tīhema is chairing, We Can Be on Other Planets: Māori Speculative Fiction.