PATAKA EDUCATION, Term 3/4, 2013
Kia ora, Nga mihi o te Tau Hou ki a koutou katoa. Wishing you all a very Happy Matariki.

Kia ora koutou. This term we have a fantastic selection of programmes that will inspire your students.  Face to face with original art works enhances and compliments classroom learning. Provide your students with powerful opportunities for learning, inquiry and enjoyment with a visit to Pataka. At Pataka the learning opportunities we provide are grounded in culture.

Matariki—Storytelling and Karetao
10 June – 28 June
Celebrate Matariki this year with a Maori Mythology storytelling programme at Pataka. We will be creating Karetao or traditional Maori puppet characters and environments for storytelling. Your students will be working in groups to make a puppet show and celebrate Matariki with this great hands-on programme.

John Pule
22 June – 15 September
Artist and poet John Pule has created 18 artworks that consist of poems or proverbs written in symbolic deep blue ink. His work explores history and place and Pule’s interpretation of being a visitor in another man’s land. Explore themes of spirit, mythic creation stories, travel, death, beauty and love, festivities and ceremonies.

Refugee
29 June – 15 September

This exhibition will provide an overview of the world Refugee situation (there are nearly 35 million refugees in the world) — what they are fleeing from, where they are living and what their chances of resettlement are.
The exhibition will present a series of facts and figures about refugees from around the world including interviews with refugees who have resettled in Porirua.
In an adjacent gallery, evocative black and white images of hundreds of Afghan refugees will fill the space. Having no passports, identification documents or possessions, these people were processed as refugees entering Iran from war-torn Afghanistan. The photographs were taken as part of their registration process.
Explore a programme around human rights and the issues related to being a refugee.

Titokowaru’s Dilemma
Marian Maguire
22 June – 15 September
Explore colonial history and learn about Taranaki’s Titokowaru who was a powerful and charismatic leader, military strategist, a trained Maori tohunga and Christian convert. This exhibition has links between New Zealand and Ancient Greece. Bold silhouettes on greek vases all amongst settings of links between New Zealand and ancient Greece include Greek gods, Maori maidens, satyrs and settlers. These large lithographic prints are rich with stories and symbols.

Rob McLeod
20 June – 29 September

Rob McLeod has created a phantasmagorical parade of colourful cardboard cartoon-like giants and angels. McLeod’s painted installation of caricatures of stressed office workers, cowboys, banshees and ogres will be leaping off the walls at Pataka. Come and create your own cut-out characters and cartoons inspired by this exhibition.

Dark Cloud: White Light
Joseph Michael
14 July – 13 October

Dark Cloud: White Light is an exhibition using new media and filming. Joseph Michael’s spectacular landscapes and starscapes of New Zealand are filmed with 3D cameras over a 24 hour period, creating an experience that is both audio and visual. Explore themes of time with this work with visual responses, drawing, painting and diorama making.

PRE AND POST VISIT ACTIVITIES:
> FIND out about local myths and legends
> CREATE a landscape collage using magazine pages
> MAKE a diorama of a local landscape
> LEARN about the stars in the nightsky, identify some star formations
> WRITE poems about a special landscape or place that you go to
> CREATE a shadow puppet show

Uku Rere
Contemporary Maori Ceramics
7 July – 27 October
This exhibition will tell the story of Nga Kaihanga Uku from its beginning in relation to Maori Mythology and the stories that have followed since. Hineahuone, the earth-formed woman, was created by Tane from the soil of Papatuanuku at Kurawaka. Nga Kaihanga Uku is an organisation of Maori ceramic artists that began in 1986 with a common desire to make works based upon Kaupapa Maori. The exhibition features works by the five key members of the movement: Baye Riddell, Manos Nathan, Colleen Urlich, Wi Taepa and Paerau Corneal. Our programme will include drawing, form and design and traditional and contemporary Maori art.

PRE AND POST VISIT ACTIVITIES:
> FIND out more about Tane and Hineahuone in Maori Mythology
> CARVE whakairo patterns in soap bars
> DRAW some large vessel shapes with charcoal and show tone
> MAKE some pinch pots out of clay and turn them into a Taonga Puoro

Magic of Mosaic Schools project
18 October – 5 November

This proposed Schools project is part of the Magic of Mosaic 3rd national mosaic art exhibition to be held at Pataka. The schools project will take place in term three leading up to opening night and student works will be included in the exhibition.
The aim is to mosaic a small plaque made from supplied materials and using found objects (e.g. old tiles, china, pebbles, shells, seeds, beach glass). Other materials will also be supplied including pre-cut tile pieces. A mosaic artist will assist teachers to work through a process. A teaching resource will be available. For further information, or to register your interest please contact us at Pataka Education Centre.

And still on….

Baskets of Melanesia
9 March - 23 June 2013

This exhibition showcases the craft of basket making throughout the Melanesian Islands. It explores the different materials used, the shapes and forms of the woven baskets and their traditional uses. Go on a journey throughout Melanesia with this wonderful art form. Melanesian countries include Timor or Leste, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands,
Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Image: Ruth Nuttall, Timor-Leste basket

Same Difference – Warwick Smith
9 March - 16 June 2013  

This is an exhibition exploring time, diversity and family relationships. Separated by four generations, great grandchildren and great grandparents are captured side by side in a stunning black and white portrait. The many diverse cultures present in Porirua will be represented and photographed by photographer Warwick Smith. Develop a programme with us about portraiture and we will even discuss genetics with this programme.

Image: Warwick Smith, Mahu & Jovane

PRE AND POST ACTIVITIES:
> CREATE a generational portrait gallery in your classroom
> HAVE a class quiz and match up your ancestors with your fellow class members
> FIND OUT what the face proportions are and make a self portrait
> WRITE a short story based on an interview with your grandparents, find out what similarities you have with them

Niki Hastings-McFall: In Flyte
2 February - 16 June 2013

Multimedia artist Nikki Hastings McFall presents a survey of fifteen years of her creative practice. This exhibition is filled with colour and combines Hastings McFall’s urban upbringing and Samoan heritage. Synthetic $2 dollar shop flowers, lei, light boxes, dioramas and lamp sculpture series are a part of her media. Our programme will explore the use of readymades and assemblage with every day and familiar objects.

IMAGE: Niki Hastings-McFall, Red Moana, 2007

PRE AND POST ACTIVITIES:
> CREATE an artist profile page on Nikki Hastings-McFall
> MAKE a ula out of recycled materials
> DISCUSS what you think it means to be an ‘urban artist’
> FIND a space around your school make a Niki Hastings-McFall inspired installation
> MAKE a diorama out of collected small toys and slotted cardboard shapes

To book a class or for more information phone or email Pataka Education:
Tel: (04) 237 3551 – Fax: (04) 237 4527
Email: patakaeductaion@pcc.govt.nz