Come along and add some colour to our community wall hanging with artist Maungarongo Te Kawa. We have lots of fabric for you to play with – to make a selfie, a monster, a butterfly, a taniwha, your favourite plant, or wherever your imagination takes you.
Haere mai – bring a friend and have some fun! No experience is needed and everything is provided.
Maungarongo Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) is a takatāpui fabric artist, educator, and storyteller. Grounded in te ao Māori, his practice makes old pūrākau (stories) newly relevant using brilliant colour, fluid design and infectious good humour.
Following a vibrant career in fashion and costume design, Te Kawa dedicated himself to full-time artmaking and teaching. In addition to producing his own lavish whakapapa quilts, he runs sewing workshops, guiding participants to express their creativity and genealogy through fabric.
Te Kawa’s works are held in a wide range of private and public collections, including those of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the Dowse Art Museum and the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Sessions:
- Friday 11 October 2024, 11am-4pm. Lower Grey Gallery
- Saturday 12 October 2024, 11am-4pm. North Atrium
