Still Life Masks

MĀPURA STUDIOS PRESENTS 22: STILL LIFE MASKS

 https://afm.org.nz/MAPURA-PRESENTS-23

 “This month we remember & celebrate our friends Sarah Holten & Colin Harris who both passed away in October.

A recording of Colin, A favourite song of Sarah's and tributes specially recorded by Yung Sung Chen & Māpura Music.

We also play a special sound collage of recordings from Māpura Studios 2023 Open day featuring interviews & performances from Ela Tukuhaukava, Thais Nesbitt, Lynette Loye, Maria Williamson, Maxine Morgan, Fa'amanuianga, Oliver Craw, Dave Kane, Yung Sung Chen & Ululau Ama.

Also expect the usual eclectic wonders from the world of disability sound making.”

Shock by Colin Harris

Gingerbread Lane - Westfield St Lukes.

Lots of festive fun in Gingerbread Lane on Wednesday!

Our wonderful tutors Heidi Xu and Diva Ford were helping children make Christmas cards and decorations at Gingerbread Lane in Westfield St Lukes.

There’s going to be some wonderful decorations on trees and in homes this festive season, and some lucky people will be very pleasantly surprised with their hand-made with love Christmas cards!

It’s all part of #westfieldstlukes holiday activities for children - thanks Patricia, Enna, Aimee and Chelsea for your help

𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘵 𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦𝘴.

Ululau Ama receives the Taumafaiga Award

Ululau Ama received the Taumafaiga Award  on Saturday 2nd December from Tōfā mamao.

Tōfā mamao is a grassroots collective of tagata sa’ilimalo (Pacific disabled people, their families/nofo-a-kainga, and carers/supporters/tautua soifua in Aotearoa). As a proudly independent national non-profit led entirely by tagata sa’ilimalo, Tōfā mamao plays a unique role in advancing the voice of lived experience from a Pacific and collectivist worldview.

Tōfā mamao means navigating the future guided by the past.

https://www.tofamamao.com/home

Ululau with his Award

Tōfā mamao - Taumafaiga Award Evening on Saturday.

Whau the People & Māpura Studios - OFF TRACK

Māpura Studios Creative Living boards illustrate OFF TRACK public art site, near the Avondale railway station.

OFF TRACK is a new public art destination situated between New Lynn and Avondale along the new NL2A pathway. OFF TRACK is underpinned by a kaupapa of serious play, off the beaten path.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗜 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁!

Follow the path of the Avondale to New Lynn shared pathway in a unique exploration of remapping the public environment through personal and social mark-making.

These boards showcase the consistent art practice of the Māpura Studios Creative Living, West Auckland Art Group, bringing individual and usually unseen works into the shared space of the public pathway, reimagining it as a new and vibrant artistic landscape.

For the past three years, the Māpura Studios Creative Living, West Auckland Art Group has gathered every Monday morning at ALL GOODS in Avondale. Group participants are encouraged to develop individual work and pursue their own visions in a social and supportive open studio environment. The exhibition features original works on plywood, created using a variety of media to bring the artworks to life.

Supported by Whau the People, OFF TRACK is contextualised through a cultural lens, enlivening the pathway experience while actively nurturing a sense of place.

For more information about OFF TRACK, please follow this link:- https://whauthepeople.com/projects-2/off-track/

Cheyenne Minhinnick's Unique Perspective.

Our Māpura classmate, Cheyenne Minhinnick, will have his pottery works on display at Mt Roskill Library from 1st December to 27 December 2023.
Experience the world through Cheyenne Minhinnick's unique perspective at Mt Roskill Library's Art Exhibition.

Cheyenne has been living with deaf blindness since birth. He finds joy in connecting with people. He loves how people interact, and enjoys listening to the sound of their chatter and laughter.

A multi-talented artist, Cheyenne immerses himself in the world of music, playing the keyboard and serenading with favorites like ABBA's "Dancing Queen" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." As an active member of the Māpura Creative Music Group, he showcases his versatility on instruments such as the guitar, drums, and glockenspiel.

Exploring a tactile approach to art, Cheyenne carves Schist, a white stone of medium grain, translating his tactile experiences into meaningful creations. This exhibition unveils his recent foray into pottery, showcasing a shift from stone to clay. The pieces on display capture his evolving journey in this new medium, offering a glimpse into Cheyenne's unique artistic expression.

Join us in celebrating the remarkable artistry of Cheyenne Minhinnick at this one-of-a-kind exhibition.

Te Ara I Whiti - The Lightpath - Symphony in Space

Inspired by Beethoven and the night sky, Māpura artist Matthew Tucker has created a masterpiece - 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚.

As you make your way along Te Ara I Whiti - The Lightpath between dusk and dawn - from 25 November until 10 December - you’ll witness Matthew’s music-meets-mathematics artwork.

This work is a sensory symphony in recognition of the International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December.

𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 (2023) is a collaboration between Matthew Tucker, Māpura Studios and iion, supported by Auckland Council Public Art.

For more information, click on this link:- https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/.../unique.../

𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 goes live tomorrow night at 8.30pm.

Please enjoy this video with the music.

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮. 𝘈𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴.”

- Matthew Tucker

Working alongside his studio tutor, Cath O’Brien, and iion director, David Hayes, Matthew took inspiration from the stars and his love of both mathematics and classical music.

He then went away and did a great deal of research.

By imagining the pathway lights as piano keys, he ascribed to each key a constellation, as if each unique set of stars had its own celestial hum.

Matthew composed a melody by playing the ‘notes’ in order of the brightest star in each constellation from Sirius in Canis Major to Alpha Mensae in Mensa.

David Hayes designed the light programme. Overlaid with the corresponding light colour frequencies, this work is a sensory symphony in recognition of the International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December.

𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 is a collaboration between Matthew Tucker, Māpura Studios, iion Limited and supported by Auckland Council Public Art.

𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 goes live at 8.30pm this Saturday.

For more information on The Lightpath and its location, please follow this link: https://www.aucklandpublicart.com/artworks/3925

Images: 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘻 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 (𝘹3); 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘖’𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯, 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸, 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘙𝘢𝘦 & 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴; 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦.

𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.

Sarah Holten received the Te Tohu Iho Pūmanawa award for her remarkable mixed-media artistry.

Holten, an artist of Ngāti Maniapoto and Tūwharetoa descent, passed away shortly before she was to receive Te Tohu Iho Pūmanawa and was celebrated posthumously at Te Waka Toi Awards.

Lisa Holten, her mother, accepted the award on her behalf.

"Sarah's journey from a simple pastime to becoming the artist she was always meant to be has been nothing short of inspiring," she said.

- 𝘗𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘪 - 𝘔𝘢̄𝘰𝘳𝘪 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘡𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥

(Please read The Big Idea's tribute below to Māpura’s wonderful friend, artist and colleague Sarah Holten. Click on the link below.)
https://thebigidea.nz/stories/gone-but-not-forgotten-emotional-night-at-te-waka-toi-awards

For further Information on the awards and recepients, please follow link below to RNZ’s article;

Māori art awards: Theater and film actor Rangimoana Taylor wins Supreme Award | RNZ News

Sarah Holten  1993 - 2023

Sarah was a Māori artist who faced significant challenges due to her complex disability. Sarah lived with Rett syndrome, and due to this, Sarah was non-verbal and had no autonomous use of her hands. However, this didn’t stop Sarah from becoming an established artist in the disability and mainstream sectors.

Sarah developed into a confident and dynamic artist, capable of exhibiting works and capturing audiences in the wider Auckland art scene. Sarah’s time at Māpura Studio over the past nine years led to special social connections and friendships.  

Her work is mixed-media and is grounded in expressive mark-making techniques. Having no autonomous use of her hands, Sarah employed a range of techniques, including a head pointer and eye gaze technology and the movement of her whole body to create a variety of marks to create her work. Through a combination of colours and marks, Sarah’s work delights in its complexity, expression, and mood.

Sarah is an inspiration to all in her community and whanau, as she demonstrates with her paintings and artworks that nothing held her back from achieving. Her influence exists in the inspiration she provides to those who experience her work. Being a visible artist in both the disability and general spheres demonstrates that there are no limits to what is possible as a Māori artist with a disability.

Sarah Holten - Gottmick 2021

Sarah Holten - Spark Dreaming 2023

Sarah Hotlen 1993 - 2023

Sarah worked at home, in her Parnell studio, in the creative environment of Māpura Studios, as well as having had residency at Te Tuhi.

 Sarah has just been awarded the Te Tohu Iho Pūmanawa 2023 Creative New Zealand first place.

 https://www.instagram.com/sarah.holten.artist

Selected exhibitions:

2023     Tangata Moana: Tātou tātou e – various Libraries across Tāmaki Makaurau
2023     Matariki – Catch a Falling Star – Alberton House
2022     IHC Art Awards Second place Overall Winner
2022     Matariki - Wish Upon a Star – Alberton House
2022     Just My Imagination – Pah Homestead
2021     Māpura Online Exhibition
2020     Give Me a Minute – Pah Homestead
2019     A Thousand Stories – Charity Auction with John Gow and Māpura Studios
2019     Press Any Key – Studio One
2018     Mana Taurite - Women’s Suffrage Exhibition – Mangere Art Centre

Thank you Spectrum Foundation

Spectrum Foundation have granted us funding for Panacea Arts Charitable Trust to assist out Art Therapy Programmes for children, teenagers and young adults.

These are the Creative Art Therapy classes: for people with autism: Kids, on a Tuesday at 4 - 5.30pm, for Teens at 4 - 5.30pm on Thursdays and for Young Adults at 6 - 7.30pm on Thursdays, and our Cartooning class on Wednesdays at 4 - 5.30pm.

For more information about the classes, please mail Alex on alex@mapurastudios.org.nz or phone on 0220 454 391.

Thank you very much to Spectrum Foundation for enabling these fantastic classes.

Be Green & Be Seen!

Here at the Cerebral Palsy Society of NZ, we’re about to go green!   

October is Be Green & Be Seen, our annual fundraising and awareness campaign, and we’d love your support to help us spread the word.

Be Green & Be Seen is all about letting Kiwis know what Cerebral Palsy is, and about the realities of living with the neurological condition.   

Be Green & Be Seen coincides with World Cerebral Palsy Day on October 6, and the Society is going green – the international colour for Cerebral Palsy awareness – for the entire month.      

We’re calling on Kiwis, friends of the Society, and like-minded organisations, to embrace green in any way they can – from holding green mufti days at school, to hosting a green-themed morning tea at home or the office, all in exchange for a donation.   

Webbs Auction of IHC Art works

The WORLD loves IHC auction catalogue including the three IHC Art Awards artwork is available online, you can see these in the link below: 

https://auctions.webbs.co.nz/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/634 

This auction starts at 6pm on Monday 28 August, and will start with the auction of artworks by seven renowned NZ artists including a piece by David Shrigley which will be blind auctioned.  This piece hasn’t been unwrapped so the bidders have no idea what the item is inside.  The proceeds from this part of the auction will go towards the IHC Art Awards.  The three IHC Art Awards artworks will be auctioned lastly with 100% of the auction proceeds going to the artist. 

Pictured below is Māpura Studios artist Kerry Deane’s Egyptian Mystery which is one of the three Artworks selected to be auctioned.

Webbs Auction House is located at 33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024

Phone and online bids are available. 

Kerry Deane - Egyptian Mystery

FREE 2023 Youth Circus Festival. 

Circability warmly invites schools,  students and their whānau and caregivers to the FREE 2023 Youth Circus Festival. 

For over 10 years our kaupapa at Circability has been all ages, all abilities, all cultures, better together. This inclusive 3 day festival is for young people of all abilities, and backgrounds. The needs of students with disabilities have been carefully considered and we offer a range of platforms for everyone to safely participate. 

What to Expect?

The Youth Circus Festival will include a variety of fun and exciting circus activities, shows from circus youth and our talented instructors, circus workshops ranging from beginner level to advanced, discussion forums for employment pathways in the NZ Circus Sector, as well as a sensory space for some quiet time.

 The Festival is FREE for Youth and Whānau . 

3 Days from Friday the 22th - Sunday the 24th of September 

@Kumeu Showgrounds
Address:  35/41 Access Road, Kumeu, 0810                                     

Friday 22th September - Open to Schools and Community Groups

Make the last Day of Term a Special one! 

On Friday, the festival is dedicated to schools and youth groups. Learn from the best circus performers in Aotearoa and rising stars of circus youth in a range of workshops. These workshops are all inclusive and offer skills for all circus fans from beginners to advanced.  You can decide  how long you wanna spend at the event! We will end the Day with a Performance from our Tutors at 7pm. 

 Saturday 23th September /Sunday 24th September

Those Days will be filled with more Circus Skill Workshops, discussion forums and a Youth Show on Saturday Night. 

 How to participate

There are a number of ways to participate: 

  1. Come and Join us live at Kumeu Showgrounds and learn from the best. 

  2. Join us online, we can send you a link - don’t forget to register before the festival.

 How to register - It’s easy! 

  1. School and Group Sign ups: Send and email to: northland.team@circability.org  and provide 

Name of School/ Group, Age range, approximate amount of attendance

2.     Individual/ Family  Sign ups: https://www.circability.org/ycf

 Health and Safety.

 All Precautions will be taken to provide a safe space for everyone. Including but not limited to  First Aiders, Safety Gear for risk based activities and police vetted tutors. 

Please provide your own Caretakers for the attending Youth, depending on their needs. 

 Come and join us for the Youth Circus Festival where young people have a safe space to explore, learn and connect. We can’t wait to see you!

 Ngā mihi nui,
Lisa and Mark  

𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀

Cartooning tutor Tim Danko took the work of Māpura’s cartooning group, TVCompetition: FutureFutureFuture to Melbourne last week for a pop-up show collab with Arts Project Australia in their studio gallery in Northcote.

The Good (Quiet) Comics Evolutionary Table finishes tomorrow.

While he was there, Tim ran a workshop last Saturday in the gallery - Autistic Comics.

𝘌𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘦/𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘬𝘺𝘦, 𝘛𝘪𝘮’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵-𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘈 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱

MĀPURA STUDIOS PRESENTS 19: The Boppers

A fresh batch of music, story & sound focusing on the new for Matariki. Featuring a live poetry performance by Leonie Brunt, New songs from studio attendees Banging Box Head Beat, Maria Beshay, Warwick Frankham & Māpura Music, as well as the usual celebrations of audio disability diversity from around the world. Also featuring Hugh Bawden Hindle, Tom Cathrow, Sushanna Shaw, Beth Taylor, Trevor Bull, Ela Tukuhaukava, Dave Kane & Yung Sung Chen. Hosted by Stefan Neville.

MĀPURA PRESENTS 19 - AFM

Stream Voice event 26th July 2023

𝗔 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝗸𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄!

Māngere Māpura Studio and Te Ara-rata Stream Team present Stream Voice.

This is a community mural project run by tutors Margaret and Ite, partnering with Te Ara-rata Stream Team to create a mural for the Enviro Hub container.

This project will take quite a while and it’s in its early stages.

The project was blessed at Māngere Town Centre Library.

Exhibition runs from 26th July to 8th August 

Read more and see more images here…

IHC Art Awards 2023 Finalists

Congratulations to Māpura Studios artists Guy Seanyear and Craig Murray for making the top 30 finals of the IHC Art Awards This year.

Craig was also awarded Highly Commended, fantastic for a first time entry!

The judges, Elizabeth Caldwell, Mark Hutchins-Pond and Tim Walker had a difficult task in selecting this years Art Awards winners from 493 entries.

 Please visit the IHC Art Awards website to vote for your favourite and support our Māpura Studios artists’ work.

The L'affare People's Choice Award voting opens on Monday 17 July and closes at
5pm on Monday 31 July 2023.   

The L'affare People's Choice Award winner wins $2,000! Below is the link to share with your family and friends:

https://www.ihc.org.nz/vote

All 493 entries received in this year’s Art Awards are exhibited at the pop up gallery located at 69 Willis Street in Wellington, and available for sale with 100% of the sale proceeds going to the artist.  Any artworks that don’t sell in the gallery, will be sold on Trade Me later in August 2023.

This year’s winners for First, Second, Third and the Youth Award winner will be announced after Friday 21 July 2023.  The L’affare People’s Choice Award winner will be announced in August 2023.

Craig Murray - My House

Guy Seanyear - A Memory of Father Land

Explore the captivating collection of Art Awards entries in the online gallery

link here: online gallery.