DFest-WAM Collective

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The Dunedin Festival of Women's Art & Music aims to amplify and develop the voices of Dunedin’s women artists and musicians and provide space to celebrate and nourish women’s creative expression.

21/10/2021

Kia ora wahine, Just to let you all know that Heather, Fiona and myself ( Deirdre ) have decided to make The Festival a once every 2 year thing...Our Tri-Pod collective feeling is that we would rather have our event at a time when things felt like they can flow, rather than under the current Level 2 restrictions....Love to you all and stay tuned to this beautiful site. Don't stop your creativity, hone your craft... and when we all get together again we will kick some metaphorical butt. D xoxo :)

21/03/2021

What a day we had at ARC Brewing Co. for the first Dunedin Festival of Women's Art and Music!

Special thanks to Jonno and Emma from ARC, the artists: Lucinda King, Kirsten Anne Wenborn, Nicola Hansby, Lucy Hunter, and Metiria Stanton Turei, and musicians: Tueila and Kowhai, Heather LaDell, Adelaide Cara, D:MR, The Flukes, Francisca Griffin, Lucy Hunter, Fleshbug, Human Susan and Human Confusion!

Thanks to the DCC for funding, and to the Fringe Festival peeps for their help and support.

Watch this space for 2022! We're going to do it again! # # #

Photos from DFest-WAM Collective's post 19/03/2021

If you haven't got your ticket, you can pay cash on the door! ARC Brewing Co. is looking splendid in the sun!

19/03/2021

Good Morning everyone! This is it...today is the day. Hope you all had a hearty breakfast to keep your strength up! I started the day with a Mr Renouf croissant filled with goodness. Actually I started the day by dropping my phone in the glass of water by the bed ( after the reading the messages of course! ) Oh God, that was 5.30. Anyhoo, hence my phone is now deaded ( ish..it is living in a bag of rice at Tony's house ) If you need anything, Good Luck!! I will see you out there. I do love you tho!!! D xoxox Ps Today is going to be oresome!!!

18/03/2021

Our wee festival is happening tomorrow! ARC Brewing Co. at Warrington.
Great line up of artists and musicians. Tickets are available online at https://www.dunedinfringe.nz/events/dunedin-festival-of-women-s-art-and-music
Bus option for $10 return leaves from the Octagon outside St Paul's Cathedral at 12noon and 6pm.
If you're getting your ticket at the venue, it's cash entry (we don't have EFTPOS).

Dunedin Festival of Women's Art & Music : Dunedin Fringe Festival A micro-festival celebrating Dunedin women's artistic and musical creativity showcasing a woman only line-up, offering a complementary alternative to other notable Dunedin Festivals.

She Shanties for Frank, by Tiny Pieces of Eight 15/03/2021

D:MR are an offshoot/subset/Feminist Bass Players Liberation Movement, from the band Tiny
Pieces of Eight. Rosa Cameron, Upright Acoustic Bass/Keyboards and Deirdre Newall, Electric
Standup Bass, Keyboards, Egg, Percussion, Pump Organ, Strumstick, and vocals. Newall is a keen amateur songwriter.
Their style of music is dreamy, whimsical, bass- driven, full of space and grind, and sometimes
downright wonky...Wonky-Tonk!
With a combined background of Dunedin bands, Delgirl and Skybus, they are firmly rooted in the Folk tradition, but unafraid to innovate.
Bandcamp: https://deirdrenewall.bandcamp.com/music
Rosa Cameron and Deirdre Newall feature on the
album “ She Shanties For Frank” by Tiny Pieces of 8.

She Shanties for Frank, by Tiny Pieces of Eight 8 track album

14/03/2021

Here's a wee bit more info about Adelaide Cara who will be performing at the festival on Saturday:

Ōtepoti songwriter/producer Adelaide Cara broke into the local music scene with their work on Repulsive Woman's album ‘Relief’ (Auckland Live Best Independent Debut, 2020 Taite Music Awards) and as the lead singer for post-punk band Milpool. Cara has since been working on the release of their debut album, 'How Does This Sound?', due for release in 2021. The first single ‘Paranoia!’ was released in August 2020 to high praise, reaching #19 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart, and #1 on the Student Radio Network (SRN) Top Ten. Their second single 'Eden' followed in November, a love-letter penned to their hometown, Ōtepoti.

14/03/2021

Unfortunately Neive Strang is no longer able to be part of DFestWAM this year. We hope you recover quickly from your tonsillectomy, Neive! Hugs from Deirdre, Heather and Fiona

Eden, by Adelaide Cara 14/03/2021

Adelaide Cara will be performing at DFestWAM at 3.30pm. Catch her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_adelaidecara/, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adelaidecaramusic, and Bandcamp https://adelaidecara.bandcamp.com/!

Eden, by Adelaide Cara track by Adelaide Cara

Photos from DFest-WAM Collective's post 11/03/2021

Kirsten Wenborn decided at age 6 to be an artist when she grew up. And she did! Kirsten draws and photographs animals and nature, and her paintings incorporate these themes.
As does the place she lives - off the grid on 50 acres with her husband and daughter, horses, chickens, and a cat.

Human Confusion 11/03/2021

Human Confusion - Miriam Leslie and Elenor Rayner - may come from different musical scenes, but together their music entirely defies traditional genre labelling so a new one has been carved, Velvet Swoon Tech!
https://youtu.be/HXcr5li1Doo
https://humanconfusion.bandcamp.com/

Human Confusion Strong velvety vocals of Spinster's Miriam Leslie, mixed with lush electronica produced by Elenor Rayner of Robots In Love. Emerging from the heart of Dunedin's diverse music culture, Human Confusion is the perfect mix of dance-worthy grooves and rich melodies. They love a stonkin' bass and the joy....

Koizilla & Friends 08/03/2021

One of my favourite humans....Julie Dunn. Along with Ashleigh they are Flesh Bug...they are working on a killer set for the Festival. I have this from a very reliable source....by the way Fleah Bug is a misnomer.

Fleah Bug perform at The Crown, Dunedin NZ on 22 August 2020

Desperately Seeking Human Susan 08/03/2021

The rock and roll end of the Festival....Human Susan. Looking forward to hearing them very much!

02/03/2021

Here's the musical lineup for DFestWAM. This festival is going to be a fantastic celebration of Dunedin women and their art and music. This is a family friendly festival and is open to all.
Artists are: Lucinda King, Lucy Hunter, Kirsten Anne Wenborn, Nicola Hansby, and Metrria Stanton Turei.
There is a bus option leaving from the Octagon!

Tickets from: https://www.dunedinfringe.nz/events/dunedin-festival-of-women-s-art-and-music

Francisca Griffin 28/02/2021

Francisca Griffin has released 3 EPs on Flying Nun Records with Look Blue Go Purple in the early 80s, 2 singles and a CD album with Cyclops, and in 1998 she released her first solo album "Some From the Sky " She currently plays solo and with her band, The Bus Shelter Boys. In 2019 Francisca released "the spaces between" on vinyl and CD.
https://franciscagriffin.bandcamp.com/

Francisca Griffin Francisca Griffin, known as Kathy Bull until the mid 1990s, was bass player, guitarist and vocalist for 80s Flying Nun band Look Blue Go Purple. She was bass player, guitarist vocalist in 80s - 90s band Cyclops She released her first single since the late 90s: Falling Light in November 2017, and the...

Metiria Turei, Hiwa 23/02/2021

Check out Meturia Turei's exhibition at OLGA Art Gallery in Dunedin last year https://www.olgaolgaolga.co.nz/metiria-turei-hiwa.html

Metiria Turei, Hiwa ​ Metiria Turei Hiwa Opening ​June 19 ​5PM Runs to July 1

@needle_lux is on Instagram • 1,334 people follow their account 20/02/2021

Multi-disciplinary artist Lucinda King incorporates traditional fine needlework, painting, and
sound to navigate uncertainty and bleak predictions concerning this anthropogenic age of human caused environmental degradation. Check out her art on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/needle_lux/

@needle_lux is on Instagram • 1,334 people follow their account 1,334 Followers, 1,210 Following, 151 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lucinda King ()

Moon Life, by Neive Strang 20/02/2021

Singer/songwriter Neive Strang's
diverse sound fluctuates between songs and has been listed as folk-pop, indie-rock to
bedroom pop.

Band Camp
http://neivestrang.bandcamp.com/album/moon-life

Moon Life, by Neive Strang 9 track album

Recent 19/02/2021

See Nicola Hansby's latest work at
https://nicolahansby.com/recent/

Recent BootsFlowers in SilhouetteJug with Cat FacePet Shop

16/02/2021

Quirky 3-piece ukulele band, The Flukes, will be playing in the first session of the Dunedin Festival of Women's Art & Music on Saturday 20 March. They see themselves as an originals cover band. Come and hear for yourself!
https://www.facebook.com/TheFlukesDunedin/videos/?view_public_for=1601215733537892

The Flukes. Fluking it in Dunedin since 2016 The Flukes -Dunedin's premier three-piece ukulele band. We play and sing a wide range of music styles. We are:, Tushar Robins, Fiona Stuart and Su White.

Profile pictures 15/02/2021

Lucy Hunter's artwork will be part of the Dunedin Festival of Women's Art & Music at ARC Brewery, Warrington, on 20 March 2021. See more at:
https://www.facebook.com/Wet-Specimen-307580320053267

10/02/2021

Thanks for your patience with all the image changes I'm making for the Dunedin Festival of Women's Art and Music. I am having problems uploading our cool event image, created by Gala Hesson, but I'm pretty determined to get it sorted!

08/11/2020

The inaugural Dunedin Festival of Women's Art & Music will happen in 2021, featuring a variety of musicians and artists from Dunedin.
Stay tuned for updates about the artists and the musicians!

Photos from DFest-WAM Collective's post 05/11/2020

Metiria Stanton Turei has a law degree from the University of Auckland and a BVA Honours from the Dunedin School of Art, specializing in Indigenous Futurism. She works for the University of Otago in the Faculty of Law and is undertaking a LLM on how toi Maori communicates Maori legal traditions. Metiria built a career as a social activist, lawyer and member of the New Zealand Parliament over nearly 30 years before moving to develop her art practice. Her art work focuses on Māori self determination in the present and the future and is primarily in performative textiles, activated on the body and presented in film and photographs.

05/11/2020

Artist: Lucinda King
Title: Widows Weeds
Medium: Embroidery on black cotton.

Photos from DFest-WAM Collective's post 19/09/2020

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