Talofa Lava,
We are excited to inform you that the news story for :
Kea Kids News: Young artists’ work featured in their very first gallery exhibition is now LIVE!!
Young Māpura Studios artists are currently exhibiting at Mairangi Arts Centre in the Growing Through the Arts Exhibition, and Kea Kids TV came to our Monday Kids Art class to interview a couple of the budding artists.
Kea Kids is aimed at 5 - 12 year olds and features things young people are interested in.
Harriet Martin - Abi
Whitespace is the contemporary NZ gallery run by Deborah White and Ken Johnson.
Deborah was on the board that ran the Auckland Art Fair. The art fair was sold, and the charitable trust behind it had a bit of money left in the coffers. They wanted to distribute the money to organisations, involved in the arts, who do good work in the community. The trust - the VA Charitable Trust - donated money to Māpura so we could pay professional artists to visit the studio and inspire our artists with their knowledge and art practice. The artists could also teach a class.
Here's a link to Whitespace's website: https://www.whitespace.co.nz/
Māpura artist Tifa's film won a prize and was selected to be featured at the 'Envisioning the Navajo Nation 102 Years From Now' competition by the Diné College Land Grant Office and Navajo Family Voices: Níhí Kéyah Project. This documentary will be showcased online, made into a booklet and premiered at a special forum held at the Navajo Nation Museum on July 26-27th in Window Rock, Arizona, U.S.
“My name is Tifa Rain. I am a 14-year-old Navajo and Vietnamese artist. I am also “Autimific” (Autistic). I am from a clan called the Towering House People from the Navajo Nation (Native American).I love watching videos, drawing, searching for new images and art, making videos, and exploring new worlds.”
Māpura artist Leonie Brunt is a Star!
She’s a visual artist, poet, jewellery designer, graphic designer and much more.
Leonie has several artworks included in our current exhibition, Tangata Moana: Tātou tātou e, on at libraries across Tāmaki Makaurau (see previous posts for locations).
She’ll be reading her poems at the Mt Albert Library this Thursday as part of the Winter Poetry Mini Festival.
Leonie has her “Quilted Star” design on a mug, and it’s available to purchase here - https://leonie86.secure-decoration.com/shop/category/Mugs...
As well as all of that, she made a wax sculptural necklace and she’s proudly wearing it in the photo!
Leonie wearing her wax sculptural necklace
On Thursday morning, June 8, artists from our Leading a Creative Life class went to see great art rather than make it.
Tutors Sarah Rankin, Alvie McKree and Sasha Iyengar accompanied the class to see the “Light from Tate: 1700s to Now” exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
As Alvie said, “…so great to see them interacting with the exhibition and catch them in those moments of deep repose with the artwork. Divine!”
“Light from Tate” features artworks by celebrated artists across the globe from the 18th century to the present day, and is curated from collections of Tate, UK.
Photos by Sasha and Sarah.
Glass Ceiling Arts Collective’s new multisensory theatre production Spark LIVE is coming to theatre venues across Auckland in August. This new production is specifically for audiences with PMLD (Profound and multiple learning disabilities), their caregivers and whanau aged 10+ to adult.
SPARK tells the story of a teenage girl, with a heart condition isolated from the world during a pandemic as her mother tries to keep her from getting ill. Kate and her mum struggle to navigate their new normal as Kate longs to be reunited with her friends and most of all her beloved horses. Spark takes audiences on a journey of hope, love and the incredible connection between a human and their horse.
A theatre performance featuring kiwi sensation Jackie Clarke (Christmas in the Park, Once, Mamma Mia), Lily Mae Ivatt-Oakley (Down For Love) and acclaimed musician Sam Jones (Rhythm and Vines, Soundsplash). This production will wow audiences with its rich multisensory storyscape with things to touch, taste, and smell. Combining film, live music, bold staging with original songs by Sam Jones, this event is highly accessible so that audiences with PMLD can connect to the story in their own individual way.
Tickets are $10 with caregivers attending for FREE. To book your tickets please fill out the google form below.
Due to the nature of this show and the needs of our audience members our audience numbers are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
23rd August - Auckland Music Theatre-190 Meola Rd Western Springs -1.30pm and 7pm
25th August - Nathan Homestead - 70 Hill Road, Manurewa, Auckland 2102 11am & 1.30pm
28th August - TAPAC - 100 Motions Road, Western Springs - 11am SOLD OUT and 1.30pm
29th August - The Rose Centre - 4 School Road, Belmont - 11am SOLD OUT and 1.30pm
30th August - Warkworth Town Hall - 2 Alnwick Street, Warkworth 0910 - 11am SOLD OUT and 1.30pm
31st August - Wellsford Community Centre - 224 Rodney Street, Wellsford - 11am and 1.30pm.
𝗧𝗮̄𝗹𝗼𝗳𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮
- it’s Samoa Language Week - Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa!
To commemorate the week, here’s an incredible painting, 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦, by Samoan artist Salome Moeauga.
Salome attends our Tuesday afternoon Open Studio class, and she’ll be exhibiting in our Pasifika exhibition (details to come).
Mitamita i lau gagana, maua’a lou fa’asinomaga’ - Be proud of your language and grounded in your identity.
Images: Turtle by Salome Moeauga, Salome in the studio working on a painting, Salome
Māpura Studios artist Leonie Brunt is reading on the 15th June at Mount Albert Library from 6pm on.
We are very pleased to announce our application for grants from the Auckland Council Creative Communities Scheme has been successful.
These funds will go towards three of our upcoming exhibitions - Matariki, Mairangi Bay and Pasifika.
Greetings,
Driving Miss Daisy now has available a Volkswagen Caddy, with large windows and ideal for our clients who need to travel in their wheelchairs.
We look forward to transporting you or anyone in the community who uses a wheelchair to get to medical appointments, sports programmes, events or we can customize a day outing
ACC Vendor number:VBE962 - Wheelchair accessible vehicle available upon request.
Covering Suburbs:
Devonport
Stanley Point
North Head
Narrow Neck
Bayswater
Belmont
Hauraki
Mā te kimi ka kite, Mā te kite ka mōhio, Mā te mōhio ka mārama
Seek and discover. Discover and know. Know and become enlightened.
'The Voices of the Stars' is an online resource featuring artists from two Tāmaki Makaurau-based not-for-profit organsations, created by Touch Compass. The resource consists of images and voice recordings that represent the nine stars of Matariki, complementing the Matariki: ko koe ko au, ko au ko koe (I be you, you be me) Educational Resource.
Artists from Māpura Studios and Toi Ora Live Arts Trust visual arts programmes created images that correspond with the nine stars of Matariki, offering creative engagement for you and your tamariki.
View the resource https://www.touchcompass.org.nz/Matariki-The-Voices-of-the-Stars
Image - Prakashni Prakash Cluster of Stars
Please raise your voice by bidding in this charity art auction and help raise much-needed funds for flood and cyclone relief:
The total proceeds from the auction of Raise Your Voices will go towards flood relief. Māpura Studios, and Ululau Ama, would very much like to help communities affected by the January floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.
Māpura artist Ululau Ama was invited to design a painting for ASB Polyfest - the Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, held in March this year.
The stunning, completed paining is pictured below and is on unstretched canvas.
The auction is on Trademe. Check out the listing for more detail:
Kia Ora Koutou.
Delayed new radio episode as AFM figured out their new modes but here it is & now much more easily listened to whenever you like on demand from the get go right here:
https://afm.org.nz/MAPURA-PRESENTS-17
Don’t click the play button in the top left, click the one in the imbedded player further down the page. Happy listening!
Māpura Studios Presents #17 "She's Bang On". April 2023
This month we proudly play the first recordings by our Māpura Sings At Otahuhu program. Leisel Shepherd delivers her final batch of jokes and hands over the joke machine keys to classmates Ilze Pistorius & Maria Beshay. Māpura Music delivers a geographical rock song sung by Cheyenne Minhinnick & Trevor Bull as well as some rainbow songwriting by new member Emma Ferens. Liam Young & Daniel Moore combine percussive headpointer headbanging with human bean beatboxing & new friends from Studio 2 in Dunedin share some music they have made. This episode was named by Maria Beshay & is hosted by Stefan Neville.
The Potter Masonic Trust have approved our application for a grant to provide unique children’s art therapy programmes aimed at children and teenagers who are on the spectrum.
Thank you very much for allowing us to continue and develop our mahi Potter Masonic Trust.
Kia Ora Koutou.
Some new stuff from Stefan’s groups to look/listen/share.....
"The Lonely Pages" is a new book collection of the Takapuna Art Groups work from 2022. Full preview & order here:
https://www.blurb.com/b/11524871-the-lonely-pages
Blurb has a sale on right now with 31% off until April 5th. Use the code 31OFF at check out.
And a new Māpura Music album of stormy sounds & song spray called "Gabrielle"
The title track lyrics were written by the group & then sung spontaneously by Trevor Bull. It truly gives me special shivers!
https://mapuramusic.bandcamp.com/album/gabrielle-2023
Cheese
Stefan
the West auckland monday avondale art group is involved with this next iteration of the Whau Arts Fest on the 15th April:
For full programme visit: Whau Arts Festival 2023
"PUT YOUR EARMUFFS ON !" Mapura Avondale Art Group feat. guest artist Ela Tukuhaukava
MĀPURA studios West Auckland art group has been creating in the All Goods space on a weekly basis for three years, and its time to share that working space on the street!
""PUT YOUR EARMUFFS ON !" will present the working of the groups artists in the open air with an open invitation for Whau Fest attendees to contribute, collaborate and experience the open creative space that has been nurtured within All Goods art space. With special contribution by Kelston guest artist Ela Tukuhaukava.
...come and create, like a boss!
Māpura Avondale Art Group are:
Tairi Andrew
MinJi Baik
Tina Malu
Tiana Mataio
Koki Yadav
Brayden Griffiths
Robert Penney
First safety officer Tim Danko in attendance.
Illuminate Night Market - Auckland Irish Club
24th March 2023
The night market with a twist is back by popular demand!
Māpura Studios Cartooning artists were here at Illuminate, an all inclusive night market, organized by young New Zealanders to celebrate the talents, passion and successes of our community.
All stall holders participating in the evening came from a disability background or from a youth community that actively challenges the status quo.
This is the finished work , designed by Ululau Ama, collaborated on by youth attending Polyfest 2023. The stunning painting, entitled “Raise Your Voices” will be auctioned to raise funds for The flood relief.
These shots are of Ululau and Ululau’s painting and the progress that has been made on it by the Youth attending Polyfest 2023 on Day 2.
Māpura Studios artist Ululau Ama has been commissioned to design a painting for Polyfest, to be auctioned off to raise funds for flood relief victims.
The painting will be coloured in by the Youth that attend the festival over the 5 days it is on and is entitled “Raise Your Voices!”.
Ululaus painting will be at ASB Polyfest from 8th March - 11th March
The Auckland Secondary Schools Māori & Pacific Islands Cultural Festival
Celebrating 48 Years in 2023
Ululau Ama
EVENT SCHEDULE
Wednesday 8 March - Saturday 11 March - Manukau Sports Bowl
Monday 3 April - Wednesday 5 April - Due Drop Events Centre, Manukau
2023 Kaupapa (Theme)
Mana Motuhake
Creating One's Own Destiny
For more info on Ululau and to see some of his amazing artworks: http://www.mapurashop.org.nz/wordpress_0/featured-artist-2/
For more info on Polyfest: https://www.asbpolyfest.co.nz/
"Raise Your Voices!" Original design by Ululau Ama
