November 28, 2016
Indigenous curators share tips
Maori curators will host indigenous curators from Australia and Canada next month as part of a discussion about how indigenous art and culture is presented to wider audiences.
Creative New Zealand chief executive Stephen Wainwright says the tri-nation exchange will highlight the voices of indigenous art professionals and lead to exciting, innovative and constructive dialogues on art, society-building and healing.
It follows a similar exchange in Brisbane last year, with Canada’s turn coming in 2017.
Tony Grybowski, the CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts, says one of the council’s goals is for Australians to cherish Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, as First Nations people are the most enduring art and culture makers.
New Zealand curators involved in the programme are Megan Tamati-Quennell from Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand; Reuben Friend from Pataka Art + Museum; Nigel Borell from Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki and Tauranga Art Gallery’s Karl Chitham.
The programme includes a public symposium at Pataka, a public workshop at Wellington City Gallery on curating contemporary Maori art, and meetings with artists and galleries.
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