Māpura Studios

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 - 𝗠𝗮̄𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀

Māpura Studios Director, Diana McPherson, has been asked to represent the Oceania region at ArtPara - Shine Together in Paris next month.

She will present a paper to the world disability leaders forum. Her talk will be on the subject of disability arts in Aotearoa New Zealand and she hopes to open doors for our country’s, and our studio’s, disabled artists on the world stage.

ArtPara - Shine Together will feature an exhibition of work from disabled artists from all over the world.
Twenty seven countries will participate in the exhibition and this will be the first time NZ will be represented. Māpura is the only disability organisation that was approached and works by two of our artists will be included. Ululau Ama will show three paintings and Matthew Allerby two.

This is a wonderful opportunity for our artists, our studio, and the future of disability art everywhere.
Diana, we wish you 𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘨𝘦!

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮 - 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗗 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀.
ArtPara exhibition “Venez Illuminer” on the occasion of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris - 2nd - 11th September
Opening ceremony - 2nd September
ArtPara Forum - 3rd September

📸: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘪 𝘣𝘺 𝘜𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘈𝘮𝘢, 𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘜𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘈𝘮𝘢, 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘜𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘈𝘮𝘢, 𝘚𝘦𝘢 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘺, 𝘉𝘪𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘺, 𝘜𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘈𝘮𝘢, 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘺, 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘔𝘤𝘗𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘋𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴
(𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴’ 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴)

When you’re in the city, go window shopping!

We’re currently having a small pop-up show in The Strand Arcade, between Queen and Elliot Streets.
Liebchen has two fantastic works in a dedicated window and there are more wonderful paintings in Shop 18.

Here are just a few.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘣𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪, 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘣𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪, 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 & 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘺 𝘏𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘯-𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦, 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘶 𝘚𝘢’𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘈𝘮𝘢

Congratulations Avtar - Aroha Home is truly stunning!

** Highly Commended **

Avtar Singh
'Aroha Home'

Scholarship Award Entrant - Māpura Studios

$295.00

Artwork Number: 310

'Avtar's inspiration of art comes from being able to draw what she sees, and her perception creates her unique drawings, she has been a student at Mapura for two years. She likes drawing, painting, walking and reading books.'

Depth by Halina Janisweska
Acrylic & ink on stretched canvas
450 x 600mm

Jumping into a Rocky Crevasse by Matthew Tucker
Acrylic on paper
420 x 597mm

𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗠𝗮̄𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁!

There a few spaces available in our MOA class - Visual Art Online - and you can enrol any time during the term.

Join Visual Art Online and explore art through invention and fun.
All levels of ability are welcome, you don't need to know anything about art to join in.

Find out how a drawing, painting or sculpture is made; how do you get and develop ideas; and how do different colours and shapes make you think and feel different things.

MOA is online so it doesn't matter where you live, you can be a Māpura Online Artist.
All classes are FREE - all you pay for are the art materials, if you need them, but we'll keep the cost low and send them to you wherever you live.

Visual Art Online
Wednesday afternoons 4.00 - 5.30pm

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 - https://www.mapurastudios.org.nz/programmes/moa-visual-art-online/

MOA - building a community of disabled artists throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘖𝘈 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 - 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩, 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘺 & 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺.

Well done Christina! Someone is very lucky to have Expressions on their wall!

Christina Van Der Hooft
'Expressions'

Artwork Number: 312

'Christina has a passion for art and has attended Mapura Studios art classes for many years. Christina has produced some unique and colourful works.'

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Living Room by Brandon Hosken
Acrylic on stretched canvas
460 x 610mm

𝗚𝘂𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹.

In Thursday morning’s Leading a Creative Life class, artist Guy Seanyear gave the volunteers a painting lesson.
Guy can work quickly and confidently, constructing a painting with washes of colour, then adding the fine details. It was the ideal method to show Bin Shao, Jeff Tuffey and Mark Lu - the Westpac managers who volunteered in the class.

At the end of the session, tutor Sasha Iyengar had Jeff and Mark talk about their paintings with the class. Sharing the work and discussing it is a big part of the artist’s’ practice in Leading a Creative Life.

Thanks for helping in the studio and taking part in Guy’s tutorial, Westpac NZ - it was a lot of fun and your paintings are terrific!

📸: 𝘎𝘶𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 & 𝘉𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 (𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰) - 𝘚𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘉𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳.

This morning’s Leading a Creative Life class were joined by three Westpac managers.

Mark Lu, Jeff Tuffey and Bin Shao volunteered in the class, talked to the artists about their lives, their art practice and, in Mark and Allyson’s case, the really important stuff - their cats.

Westpac managers have been volunteering in our morning classes most of this week, and we are very appreciative of their time, their thoughtfulness and the interest they’ve taken in the artists and the studio.

Thanks very much Westpac NZ!

𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘔𝘢̄𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘶𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘪𝘯, 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭.

📸: Guy Seanyear shows Jeff Tuffey the paintings in his sketchbooks, Jeff and Guy, Mark Lu and Allyson Hamblett show each other photos of their cats on their phones, Mark and Allyson, Bin Shao watches Gerri Power painting, Gerry and Bin.

Westpac volunteers are the best - just ask our artists!

Four Westpac managers volunteered in this morning’s Studio Practice class and they took on some important duties. We’re going to be adding a new 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 section to our website so Eliane, Chris, Jae and Vivian sat with the artists to get the info on their creative lives.
They had a great time chatting to everyone and Chris had time to help Lynette with her new painting.

Thanks for everything Westpac NZ!

📸: 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘤’𝘴 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 & 𝘚𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘓𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘺𝘦 & 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭 & 𝘑𝘢𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘮, 𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘢 & 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘑𝘢𝘦 & 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘪𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴

𝗨𝗹𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝘂𝗻𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀.

Mother and son superstar artists Nunu and Ululau Ama often work together.
Click on each photo, follow the process and see how they create two paintings out of one.

Nunu invited Alli Jay, one of the Westpac NZ managers volunteering in the studio this morning, to help finish the first painting, The Garden.

📸: 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴.

This morning, four managers from Westpac volunteered in our Becoming an Artist class.

They sat down with the artists and talked to them about their work, helped them get art materials, and Alli and Maryam even got to assist Nunu and Ululau compete a couple of paintings!
At the end of the class, Nunu and Ululau very kindly gave each of the volunteers a painting they had done today.

Westpac will have more volunteers helping us in the studio tomorrow and Thursday morning as well.
Thanks very much Westpac NZ!

𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘜𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘶𝘯𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘤 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.

📸: Leonie Brunt with Westpac’s Matt Hopkinson, Maryam Javanmard with artist Kay Clark, Alli Jay with Nunu Ama and Ululau Ama, artist Hana Ellis-Kaa with Shane Pearce, the Westpac team with their paintings from Ululau and Nunu.

Orange Blue Green by Matthew Allerby
Acrylic, ink on paper
420 x 600mm

Kerry Deane attended the pre-opening event for the exhibition
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 yesterday evening at Artspace Aotearoa.

Kerry’s painting, 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, has been included in this group show and it’s the first time one of our artists has been approached by and shown in a mainstream gallery.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁
Andy Butler, Kerry Deane, Sara Gómez, Ming Ranginui, Ashleigh Taupaki, X&Y
On until 5th October
Artspace - 292 Karangahape Rd, Auckland CBD.

Read more about the show here - https://www.artspace-aotearoa.nz/exhibitions/this-is-the-house-that-jack-built

📸: 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 ‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵’ & 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, ‘𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴’, 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘢.
𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦.

My House by Craig Murray
Acrylic & ink on paper
420 x 600mm

Artspace Aotearoa’s director, Ruth Buchanan, saw a photo of a painting, plus several close-ups, on our Instagram page and she very much liked what she saw.

The painting, 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, was by Kerry Deane. This large work on canvas was inspired by the area Kerry grew up in, Kare Kare, and his family’s sheep farm.

Ruth invited Kerry to exhibit in a group show opening this weekend at Artspace - 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁.

This is the first time one of our artists from the disabled community has been approached by and has been shown in a mainstream gallery.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 invites audiences to encounter a fifty-year arc of artworks and their relative contexts.
Read more about the exhibition here - https://www.artspace-aotearoa.nz/exhibitions/this-is-the-house-that-jack-built

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁
Andy Butler, Kerry Deane, Sara Gómez, Ming Ranginui, Ashleigh Taupaki, X&Y
27 July - 5 October and you’re most welcome to attend the exhibition opening, this Friday 26th, from 6pm
Artspace - 292 Karangahape Rd, Auckland CBD.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴: 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦, 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

Congratulations to Nigel and Avtar Singh for being Highly Commended in the 2024 IHC Art Awards!

The IHC Art Awards provide artists with an intellectual disability the opportunity to have their talent recognised, their voices heard and to sell their work.
All the artworks submitted this year can be viewed in the online gallery - https://www.ihc.org.nz/get-involved/art-awards/art-awards-gallery-2024

Vote for your favourite artwork from the top 30 artworks for the L'affare People's Choice Award. You’ll find Avtar and Nigel’s highly commended works here - https://www.ihc.org.nz/get-involved/art-awards/peoples-choice-award
Voting closes at 5pm on Sunday 28 July 2024.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴: 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘦, 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘷𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩

St Gerard's, Wellington by Allyson Hamblett
Acrylic, pastel on stretched canvas
510 x 760mm

Bird by Nick Lamb
Acrylic, ink & collage on paper
840 × 595mm

Māpura Studios is on holiday until the end of next week as we follow the NZ school terms, so for the next week we’ll repost a few tremendous artworks.
Here’s the first - a stunning abstract work by Halina Janiszewska.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘻𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘢
𝘈𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘤, 𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳
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Today we feature Hana Ellis-Kaa and her stunning abstract works.

Hana is in our Tuesday morning class. Her grandfather was the renowned artist Robert Ellis, whose work includes the stained glass windows in Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland.
Hana enjoyed art lessons with her grandfather from aged two, and she said her artistic journey is inspired every day in his loving memory.

Not only are Hana’s artworks extraordinary, her titles are pretty wonderful too. Her career will definitely be one to watch!

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴: 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘻, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘟𝘮𝘢𝘴, 11 - 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴-𝘒𝘢𝘢
(𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴)

After a career in the merchant navy, Nigel Clunie pursues a career as an artist in our Leading a Creative Life class.
The places and ports he had visited inspire his practice. Nigel often collaborates with his wife, Leonie, and their paintings are wonderfully evocative.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘬𝘢 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘧 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘭 & 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘦, 2024
𝘈𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥
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𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀

Jump-start the school holidays by bringing your whānau to Gus Fisher Gallery for an introductory abstract painting workshop 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆.

In collaboration with Māpura Studios, tutor Tim Danko will encourage tamariki to explore the medium of paint, taking inspiration from the tactile and textural impasto paintings of Derek Jarman.

The workshop runs from 1.30 to 2.30pm this Saturday.
Suitable for ages 9-12.
All materials provided; parental supervision required.

𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 -at Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland City.

This is a 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 event and you can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/abstract-painting-for-kids-tickets-923415609947

Brought to you by Burnett Foundation Aotearoa with additional support from the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, the Sir William & Lady Manchester Charitable Trust.

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬 𝘑𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯, 1991, 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴.
𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘺 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯.

Support our friends at Ambury Park Centre with their fundraiser movie night!

Dream Horse, starring Toni Collette and Damian Lewis - all proceeds go to supporting Ambury Park Centre - see the poster below for details.

Ambury Park Centre offers riding therapy with a difference, where horses help improve the lives of children, adolescents and adults with physical, emotional, psychological and intellectual disabilities.

𝗡𝗴𝗮̄ 𝗺𝗶𝗵𝗶 𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗶, 𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗠𝗮̄𝗼𝗿𝗶.

Alberton House is open this long Matariki weekend, the perfect opportunity for you to visit our Matariki exhibition - 𝗞𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗮 𝗞𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶 - 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.

𝗞𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗮 𝗞𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶

This whakataukī references Māori perspectives of time where past, present and future are intertwined.
We reflect on the past and use the wisdom gained to inform the future.

𝗞𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗮 𝗞𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶 - at Alberton House all Matariki weekend and until Sunday 7th July.

Alberton House hours: Wed - Sun 10.30am - 4.00pm
100 Mt Albert Rd, Mt Albert

This show is funded by Creative Communities Scheme.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 & 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁!

Thank you to North & South Trust Ltd for their much appreciated donation towards our Māpura Music classes.

This is a music group for people with disabilities. A wide variety of high quality instruments are used, as well as other alternative sound-making objects that are easy to hold or to get a noise out of.

Māpura Music performs at various venues, has released numerous CDs, cassettes and online recordings, and has a vinyl LP dropping soon. It’s available to preorder here:- https://horn-of-plenty.bandcamp.com/album/m-pura-music

Māpura Music also has a radio show with The Audio Foundation, produced by tutor Stefan Neville, on the first Friday of every month and you can listen to the latest episode here:-
https://afm.org.nz/MAPURA-PRESENTS-28

So, thanks North & South Trust, for supporting the wonderful Māpura Music!

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴: 𝘔𝘢̄𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 - 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘰

𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗮̄𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘁!

Leonie will be reading selected original (and terrific) poems at Poetry Live on Wednesday 3rd July.
Doors open at 7.30pm, Leonie is on at 7.50, followed by music and open mic.
Poetry Live - at the Bamboo Tiger, 335 Karangahape Road.

Here’s Leonie’s statement: “I am Leonie Brunt, an Auckland-based poet with Samoan heritage, with my late grandfather being from Alepata. I regularly gain insights from reading the writing of Yayoi Kusama and the late Mattie Stepanek.

“For me, poetry is a great form of written expression, as it allows for various topics to be explored broadly while still maintaining depth succinctly. Life experiences and nature are common themes of my own poetry. I can often only access many natural environments with my imagination, rather than physically after being born with Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy (CP) which affects all my limbs impacting my mobility.

“This life event is where the idea for my debut poetry book Touching Things in Time originated. I am also a keen artist and enjoy creating mixed media collage works from my digital and original art.”

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴: 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 & 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘵

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘇 𝗦𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻.

Māpura tutor and artist Shiraz Sadikeen will head to London later this year as the newest Gasworks artist in residence.

Gasworks hosts sixteen residencies each year, one of which has, since 2016, been extended to a New Zealand-based, early to mid-career artist.

Shiraz makes paintings and sculptures that mediate their own conditions of production and reception. Often made using ready-made or found materials, as well as various processes of abstraction and formal displacement, Shiraz's work explores the associations between these objects and the situations from which they originally derive.

During his residency at Gasworks, Shiraz will research the current political, economic and ideological circumstances of the United Kingdom, reflecting on its changing relationship to Aotearoa New Zealand.

The three-month, fully funded residency will take place from October to December and is made possible through the generous support of the Jan Warburton Charitable Trust, private individuals who contribute to NZ Friends of Gasworks, Emma Lewisham and the British Council Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific.

📸: 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰