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!
This week Frances speaks with garden variety emerging artist Olivia Asher about her many creative avenues and new ceramics heading to Kaukau in Wellington.
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!
The next exhibition at the Studio One Toi Tū pop-up on Karangahape Road is opening next week, containing 24 portraits of local artists who themselves have created other portraits of artists in the exhibition.
The exhibition was curated by Lindsey Horne, who also has both a portrait she created and a portrait of herself featured. I had a chat with Lindsey, as well as other featured artists Ritchie Adamson and Hugo van Dorrser about the portraits.
If you happen to be in Te Whanganui-a Tara, you can see the pieces now at Twentysix gallery, but if you’re up here in Tāmaki you can head over to the opening next Wednesday, the 10th of May.
Liam is BACK! And Frances is not. But we go forth, with Joe at our side! E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today:
Liam had a chat with the good people behind Printopia, an awesome arts festival celebrating printmaking over at Corbans Estate Arts Centre next weekend.
Guest Producer Joe Wiickins talked to Diana Hu from Street Talk about Horizons, a dance movement centred around the Asian migrant story in Aotearoa and how it explores identity.
Guest producer Sam Clark speaks to Gretchen La Roche from Creative New Zealand about the $22M additional arts funding for established festivals.
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