Join Beth Torrance-Hetherington and Sofia Roger Williams for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!
This week on Various Artists, Beth caught up with the creator and organiser of Printopia, Ina Arraoui, about Printopia Festival 2024.
Nicholas spoke to Executive Director of UnionAID Tim Sutton about the NZ premiere of upcoming film UNION.
And for Record Store Day, Nicholas caught up with Jeffery Stothers from Southbound Records, York Tait from Real Groovy and Hunter Keane from Flying Out.
f Stop Photo Fair is a photography exhibition with stalls, activities and more. It’s taking place next Saturday 27th of April at Studio One Toi Tū in Grey Lynn.
The event is in collaboration with Camila Araos, representing Auckland Zinefest, and Fernanda Venegas, representing Colectivo Narval from Chile.
Beth caught up with Camila and Fernanda about f Stop and all things photography.
On the 5th of March, Aotearoa author Lauren Keenan released her debut novel, The Space Between, via Penguin Books New Zealand. Set in Aotearoa in 1860 during the Taranaki Wars, the historical fiction novel explores themes of alienation through the lives of two women who struggle to reconcile their pasts.
Beth spoke with Lauren about the novel and the feedback it’s received since its release. You can purchase The Space Between at your local bookstore.
Jimmy Robert is Artspace’s current artist in residence. He is interested in the body’s discipline into the following categories: acceptably invisible, or acceptably visible.
His exhibition Joie noire will be at Artspace on Karangahape Road from 20 April – 13 July 2024. It is the third reinterpretation of a performance by Jimmy of the same title which debuted in Berlin in 2019.
Beth spoke to Jimmy about Joie noire and the conditions of the body in the public sphere.
My Creative Rights has been developed by a non-profit org Copyright Licensing NZ (CLNZ) to demystify dense legal language around copyright and help writers and artists protect their intellectual property. Free 15-minute consultations with a legal advisor are available which are subsidised by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage for a limited time.
Artistic and academic Yolunda Hickman works with CLNZ as a visual arts advisor. Beth spoke with her about My Creative Rights and the importance of knowing your rights as an artist in Aotearoa.
Nicholas spoke to Vira Paky a recipient of Amnesty International’s Gary Ware Legacy award about a new one-day applied theatre workshop that she is running for young refugees and migrants.
He also spoke to Music therapist Rachel Foxell about the upcoming music therapy week, that is happening from the 10th-15th of April.
And Beth catches up with artistic and academic Yolunda Hickman about My Creative Rights, a programme subsidised by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, that provides artists free 15-minute consultations with a legal advisor.
Vira Paky is award winning poet, playwright, writer and a community activist.
In 2021 Vira was awarded Amnesty International’s Gary Ware Legacy award.
With funding from the award and in conjunction with Black Creatives Aotearoa and Auckland Theatre Company, Vira will be hosting a a one-day applied theatre workshop for young refugees
The workshop is intended to provide a space for young refugees and migrants to explore positive mental health and well-being through applied theatre.
Nicholas spoke to Vira about the workshop, he began by asking about her experience with theatre.
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