Artbank with Theo

Tom talks to Maree Sheehan, whose show Ōtairongo, is due to open at the refurbished Artspace in March. It will form a new type of audio-portraiture, and a fresh way of representing wāhine Māori. Maree talks about the three women she depicts - Moana Maniapoto, Ramon Te Wake, Te Rita Papesch.

Ophelia King joins Heidi in the studio, discussing art-life flow and how that has fed into her recent exhibitions including the current 'Teething' at Weasel Gallery, Hamilton. Tom talks to Christoph Dahlhausen, about Westfarbe: Paint vs Colour at Two Rooms Gallery.  And then Alana, Virginia and Marika from Mega Pash Action chat about presence and relationality with regards to their activations going on all week at Artspace's Queer Pavillon, taking place this week in Albert Park.

Leilani Kake is starting a series of hui where people can practise their reo Maaori without too much formality, lubricating their arero with wine and cheeses, and discussing the artworks at Vunilagi Vou. Te Reo Toitoko, it's called, playing on toi: art, and tautoko: support. Gallery founder, Ema Tavola is also here, chiming in to make sure we've all got the crucial info we need about how to get there.
(First one kicks off on Thursday Jan 23 at Vunilagi Vou, 4/256 Great South Road, Otahuhu)

Next Lesley Dixon tells us about the journeys in and out of collaboration and connection her otherwise practice in solitude in large-scale sand drawing has taken her on, and the many ways in which other people have become involved at times.

Heidi is joined by Kirstin Carlin and Melanie Roger. Kirstin has broadened her usual practice as an artist to guest curating the delectable 'Icecream Salad' at Melanie's gallery, bringing together a community of painters from a vast array of dealer stables. And then Artbank goes nepotism, with Heidi phoning Tom Tuke himself as he resides at Karekare Residency House, sharing the mishaps and hilarity of his rehearsals for his first puppet show 'Paloma and the Do of Death'.