In this workshop with Taiwanese architect, curator and writer Ching-Yueh Roan 阮慶岳, participants are invited to share three photos from their daily routes in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Drawing on the methodology of traditional Chinese acupuncture, these photos will serve as the starting point for a discussion on how to improve the quality of the city.

In this talk, Roan Ching-Yueh will share two of his curatorial projects in Taiwan that tested bottom-up design possibilities in modern Asian cities. Through these, he asks: what conventional cultural, social, moral and religious structures are we losing through the emergence of a global singular system? In which directions might a modern Taiwan city evolve, and can architects build from an angle closer to reality?

We invite you to join us for an online discussion between artists Cat Auburn and Christine Borland facilitated by Sarah McClintock, as they talk about their current exhibition Approaching Home. 

Join curators Belinda Whitta and Lily Dowd for a deep dive tour of each work in the exhibition. Belinda and Lily will share insight and stories about each piece, and the coming together of the collection.

Join artists Chloe Mason, Samson Dell, Virginia Woods-Jack, Lily Dowd and Belinda Whitta in conversation as they wander through the theme of water that is grounding this exhibition. Each artist will speak to their own photographic pieces and processes, touching on the positionality of their practice within sustainable and alternative analogue photography.

Join us for an Artist Talk by visual artist Yasmine Attoumane. With an introduction to her practice, and a reflection on her work while here in residence in Aotearoa.

The award-winning TE KAAHU honours the craft and skill of Māori songwriting and storytelling and is the brainchild of celebrated singer and songwriter Theia (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpa).

Photograph by Jazmin Tainui Mihi

Join us for a lecture presented by visiting Colombian curator José Roca, in partnership with Massey University Whiti o Rehua School of Art and Te Whare Hēra Artist Residency.

Morales' most recognized works is Mujeres jovenes hilando (Young women spinning), in which she made a minga (meeting of friends and neighbours to do some common work) with the women of her community so that the youngest could consolidate the practice of spinning and weaving wool, which has been forgotten.

Julieth leads a creative workshop open to the community. The workshops revolve around disentangling and weaving to account for her own identity. This part takes a representative textile for the territory in which it is made, which contains the tradition and knowledge of the community.

Celebrate the work made during Linda Lee's Te Whare Hēra artist in residency, Te Karanga ki ngā Taniwha.

Join us with a kōrero about the relationship that has been built between Shared Lines Collaborative (NZ) and Birdo Flugas Space (JP) since the 2011 earthquakes and tsunami and opportunities for artistic exchange and introducing artists Jun Matsuyama and Sakura Koretsune.

You are welcome to attend an introduction to Mirimiri (Māori massage) using Paegan Edmonds-Topia’s own home made rongoā (Māori medicinal) oils.

Join in our Titi Tōrea (games played with sticks thrown in time to a tune) with Ngaroma Riley (Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri). Make and design your own sticks, learn the moves, learn the song and PLAY!

Join Roger Haenga of Taniwha Noa in one of the following rongoā akomanga as he demonstrates creating some simple yet effective rongoā, and explains the processes he is using, and the taniwha that have provided inspiration for these taonga.

Come and learn 3D reduction carving techniques using soap with artist Ngaroma Riley (Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri). 

Join Sam Palmer for an introduction to Taonga Puoro making and playing. Using basic tools and sand paper, you will walk away with a kōauau and porotiti.

Ruia taitea, toitu taikaka anake. - Peel away the sapwood to expose the heart. Join artist, storyteller, film maker, Wiremu Grace (Ngāti Toa, Atiawa ki Waikanae, Ngāti Porou) to share kai and kōrero.

Starting at the Te Aro Pā, on the Hidden Māori Treasures Cultural Walking Tour, you will discover intriguing secrets about the city we love.

Celebrate the launch of Te Whare Hēra artist in residence, Linda Lee's, showcase, Te Karanga ki ngā Taniwha.

Join Ricky Prebble (Pākehā/Tangata Tiriti) as he shares stories from the past and explores how histories of occupation and power are remembered in the names and landscapes of Te Whanganui-a-Tara. The history of Māori settlement and the impacts of colonisation on Māori, the whenua and waterways are a focus of the tour. 

Join artist in residence Linda Lee for a kōrero and Q + A session about her journey as an artist, a misfit, a wanderer, a teacher, a producer - the shifts that sweep you in new directions… the twists and turns that shape pathways, the successes and the mess ups. This will be an informal and intimate space for sharing between other artists.

Join artist Holli McEntegart for a kōrero about creating at the intersection of art and motherhood and the fluidity that’s required to maintain your creative identity whilst raising a family. She will discuss her transition from artist to mother-artist and her ongoing work, Inhabit; a social practice project making the lived experience of mother/parenthood visible through art, installation and community care.

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Join Frank Topia and Linda Lee for an introduction to raranga, weaving with harakeke, outside of their usual space at Ōtari Wilton’s Bush. We’ll discuss basic tikanga and you can see what the artist/s have been creating during the residency in unfinished form. You will walk away with your own small taonga at the end of the wānanga.

We would like to invite you all to celebrate 113/115 Taranaki St and together further explore our vision with Shannon Te Ao, artist and Senior lecturer, Massey University, in conversation with a dream team of creatives.

We warmly invite you to join us for the closing of ‘Dear Listener’. Over the span of two weekends, the open studios will result in a final exhibition on Sunday the 21st of May.

A presentation exploring the needs of emerging artists in Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Te Whare Hēra artists Rohan Trueman and Pip Rayner will show you how to create an imaginary creature in this fun drawing into sculpture workshop.