Join curator Melanie Tangaere Baldwin and artists from PUPURITIA: Storytelling and Contemporary Textiles to hear the stories furled in exhibiting textile works.
Following an introduction by Melanie, artists will speak to the making and meaning of their works. Confirmed speakers coming soon.
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Melanie Tangaere Baldwin (Ngāti Porou) is a māmā, artist and curator based in Tūranga Nui a Kiwa Gisborne. Her work is largely focused on Mana Wāhine, Indigenous and marginalised peoples, and the effects of capitalism, imperialism and settler colonialism on notions of power, visibility, beauty and worth. She is interested in expressing the necessity of connection, whānau, and community through her mahi. Tangaere Baldwin has always considered textiles in the context of whānau, storytelling and beauty, whether it be the intensively woven wharenui Rakaitemania at Te Horo Marae in the Waiapu valley, her parents collections of southern African wall hangings and Pakistani rugs, the cherished box of her nanny’s unfinished tāniko, her Grandma’s sewing machine in the hallway, or the animal print mink blankets that wrap her and her cousins when they lie around watching TV.
PUPURITIA: Storytelling and Contemporary Textiles features new and recent works by Roka Hurihia Ngarimu-Cameron MNZM, Quishile Charan, Claudette Collis, Sudi Dargipour, Steven Junil Park, Georgina May Young, Noraini Milne, Shiloh Sagapolu, Lema Shamamba, Salome Tanuvasa, Momoe i manu ae ala atea’e Tasker, Jasmine Tuiā, and Cora-Allan.
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Coffee & Croissants is a conversation series supported by our friends at Allpress Espresso
