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Niki Hastings-McFall, The Forest, (Vao)
Andy Leleisi'uao,
Supplement Letters to Warm the Rain, 2007
Greg Semu,
Kupapa from A tribute to the Tangata Whenua
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Courtesy of Pataka lace collection
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TERM TWO PROGRAMME:
Kia Ora.
Pataka Education this term offers our stunning ‘International Festival Season of Exhibitions. Samoa Contemporary gives us the opportunity to see some of the hottest names in the New Zealand art scene and to familiarise your students with the identity and symbols of Samoan culture. We also present First Nation art in the exhibition Crow’s Shadow and an Australian Aborigine exhibition from the Blacktown Arts Centre in Sydney.
Our ‘Hands On – Minds On’ philosophy has resulted
in some great activity programmes planned around the following featured exhibitions:
SAMOA CONTEMPORARY - 17 Contemporary New Zealand Samoan Artists
16 February – 8 June
The very best of Samoan art in New Zealand today is being celebrated in this far ranging exhibition of fourteen Samoan artists, many of whom have gained international recognition for their work.
Works by first generation Samoan-born artists of the calibre of Fatu Feu’u and John Ioane are featured alongside works by new generation artists including Mariaina Key, Lusia Samuela,
Niki Hastings-McFall and Lonnie Hutchinson. These artists include references to their Samoan heritage within their own urbanised New Zealand experience and perspective. This exhibition
explores many different art processes including printmaking, photography, installation, sculpture, painting and printmaking.
A great way for students to explore works that address concepts based on exploring cultural identity, traditional heritage, contemporary urbanisation and the impact of Samoan culture
on New Zealand society.
Curriculum Areas:
Nga Toi: Visual Arts – NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3 PK, DI, UC, CI
PRE AND POST VISIT ACTIVITIES
• DISCUSS the definitions and differences between first generation and second or third generation migrants to a
new country
• WHAT does ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ mean?
• IDENTIFY what are considered to be the traditional cultural symbols of Samoa
• FIND OUT the historical and political background to the beginnings of Samoan migration to New Zealand.
• CREATE an artists information file on leading Samoan artists featured in the exhibition
• INTERVIEW some people in your community who have also migrated to New Zealand from Samoa and discuss their experiences, adjustments and integration process.
CLICK HERE FOR A PDF OF SAMOA CONTEMPORARY TEACHER'S NOTES
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AMAZING LACE
21 June– 28 September
Amazing Lace celebrates a current revival of lace ‘reinterpreted’ in contemporary art by a range of exciting artists including Lonnie Hutchinson, Jeff Thomson, Emily Wolfe, Cristina Beth, Ilse-Marie Erl and Kate Rivers. Photographs, jewellery, paintings and sculpture inspired by the intricate patterns of lace help to redefine how lace can be used and elevate it as an art form.
Exquisite historical lace will also be featured, including samples of the most famous European lace varieties such as Honiton, Chantilly and Brussels; these will be set against a backdrop of historical photographs illustrating how the tradition of lace was translated and adapted by colonial settlers in New Zealand.
The exhibition will enable students to study some of the techniques and processes involved in producing lace: the positive and negative spaces in the different designs and the historical impact of the social value of lace. Hands-on gallery activities will involve using, weaving and shaping threads and creating lace designs out of paper.
 
Jeff Thompson, Lace (detail) Courtesy of Te Manawa lace collection
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SHARING STORIES - Textiles from around the world
21 June – 21 September
This exhibition will glow with the colours and textures of over 80 garments and textiles from around the world – each piece with its own innate story woven around it about how it journeyed to New Zealand.
We will unravel some of those stories and introduce your students to the cultures from which they were created and how and why they were made. Fabrics and garments from places like the Congo, Jerusalem, Myanmar, Malaysia, Iraq and India will adorn the walls, made out of everything from raffia, bark, and silk through to wool. The textiles in this exhibition represent thousands of years of history and they have been gathered together from private collections found all over the Wellington region.
Syrian wedding dress, detail
Guatamalan woman's blouse, detail
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LIGHT WAVES
28 June – 5 October
A wonderful selection of work looming large from the New Zealand Professional Weavers Network. Lightwaves will literally be throwing light on new ways of weaving with woven installations of light. Materials used in the weaving include fibre optic cable, wire, lights, mirrors or reflective surfaces such as metal, Perspex or acetate, reflective yarns and much more.
This is a great exhibition to see the development of a single theme and the many innovative and inventive approaches and responses that can come from the weavers.
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MURAMURA
Kura Puke
14 June – 1 4 September
Using LED technology and her research of tukutuku patterns and panels, Kura Puke explores the Maori understanding of time and space, whenua and wairua. This work makes connections to urban signage and lighting technology with tiny illuminated points set in semi-reflective panels which appear to move in a series of patterns across the surface.
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EDUCATION PROGRAMME
All Woven Together!
The Education Team at Pataka will conduct programmes that will take students around the three featured exhibitions - woven together through the use of different fibres, fabrics, stories and cultures. We will be exploring ideas around patterns and design, technology and techniques and the importance of textiles
representing a story and a cultural identity.
All programmes are linked to the vision, principles, values and key competencies as outlined in The New Zealand Curriculum document.
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Curriculum Links:
(To the above five)
Learning Areas:
Social Sciences: Identity, Culture & Organisation, Economic World, Continuity and Change
Activities
The Arts : Visual Arts
Technology
Mathematics
Key Competencies:
Thinking; Using language, symbols and texts; Relating to others; Participating and contributing
PRE AND POST VISIT ACTIVITIES
• MAKE A CLASS DISPLAY showing examples of different textiles and fabrics from around the world: tapa cloth, patchwork, weaving, appliqué, lace, silk, crochet
• COLLECT different types of lace with samples students bring from home. What motifs and shapes can you see in the designs?
• FIND OUT how some of the textiles have been made. How is silk cloth produced? How is muka made? How is lace made?
• INVESTIGATE the origins of some of these fibres. What natural materials/plants do they come from and what techniques are used to decorate and dye textiles?
• THINK about any natural shapes and forms that lace reminds you of e.g. bubbles, cobwebs
• COMPARE and contrast those pieces of lace/textiles that have been made by machine or by hand? Can you see any differences?
• INVESTIGATE where in the world lace has been produced as an industry and who the lace-makers were.
• TALK about the function of textiles. Why do we have them? Where and when are they used? What function does lace have and where and when is it used?
• EXPLORE the practice of weaving around the world. What cultures have produced woven cloth? What fabrics have been used in weaving?
• DESIGN a wearable textile garment (apron, collar, hat, jacket, skirt, coat, etc) for a special occasion at school. Think about the different ways you can make the garment look special.
• FIND OUT some of the stories behind a special piece of fabric or garment that is valued by some of the families in your classroom.
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