Artist Talk: AWA (Artists for Waiapu Action)

AWA members (l–r): Abraham Karaka, Selina Mathieson, Te Ataakura Tanirau Wickliffe, Graeme Atkins, Arihia Kaiwai, Tamarangi Papuni Iles, Lisa Beach, Jury Haenga, Jellicoe Atkins, Paora Brooking, Joseph Kaiwai, Rakairoa Tuhaka Te Kahu Gray with Te Aomarama Kairaupatu on shoulders, Ivan Henry, Alex Monteith, Maree Sheehan and Natalie Robertson, September 2023 / Photograph: Paora Brooking / View full image

When

12.45 – 1.45 pm, Sat 30 Nov 2024

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Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Bodhi Tree Stage

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

What to Expect

Admission

Free

About

Join Triennial artists, AWA Collective: Natalie Robertson, Graeme Atkins, Lionel Matenga, Alex Monteith, Maree Sheehan, and Abraham Karaka for a talk about their installation artwork, He Uru Mānuka, He Uru Kānuka 2024.

AWA revitalises customary net-making and stone fish weir-building, enabling members of their hapū (clan) and iwi (tribe) to reinvigorate these practices for the river and its health.

This project was assisted by Radio Ngāti Porou, Te Amokura Productions, Australia’s Mānuka, Just Thinking Out Loud, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongerewa, Ngā Pae o Maramatanga (New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence), Creative New Zealand, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau / AUT University, Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Raukūmara Pae Maunga.

AWA members (l–r): Abraham Karaka, Selina Mathieson, Te Ataakura Tanirau Wickliffe, Graeme Atkins, Arihia Kaiwai, Tamarangi Papuni Iles, Lisa Beach, Jury Haenga, Jellicoe Atkins, Paora Brooking, Joseph Kaiwai, Rakairoa Tuhaka Te Kahu Gray with Te Aomarama Kairaupatu on shoulders, Ivan Henry, Alex Monteith, Maree Sheehan and Natalie Robertson, September 2023 / Photograph: Paora Brooking / View full image — AWA members (l–r): **Abraham Karaka**, **Selina Mathieson**, **Te Ataakura Tanirau Wickliffe**, **Graeme Atkins**, **Arihia Kaiwai**, **Tamarangi Papuni Iles**, **Lisa Beach**, **Jury Haenga**, **Jellicoe Atkins**, **Paora Brooking**, **Joseph Kaiwai**, **Rakairoa Tuhaka Te Kahu Gray** with **Te Aomarama Kairaupatu** on shoulders, **Ivan Henry**, **Alex Monteith**, **Maree Sheehan** and **Natalie Robertson**, September 2023 / Photograph: Paora Brooking / View full image / View full image

About the artists: AWA

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What to Expect

Here’s what to expect at this event.

Everyone is welcome! Please contact events.plus@qagoma.qld.gov.au in advance of the program if you have any access needs or queries about the event. Find out more about Accessibility at QAGOMA and planning your visit.

Participation and content

You are welcome to come with a friend or by yourself. Many people attend the Gallery solo.
We ask all attendees to be kind, respectful, and courteous to all participants, speakers and staff at this event. This program will be monitored by QAGOMA staff to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our attendees, speakers and staff.

Sensory aspects

To find your way to the event, access a map of the galleries.
Speakers will use an amplified microphone. Please let us know in advance if you are hard of hearing so we can make this talk accessible for you.
A screen will be used during the event.
Chairs with backs will be available for seating.
The event is outside the Gallery, under the shade of the building and the Bodhi Tree.
This event will be photographed by QAGOMA staff. If you do not wish to be photographed, please advise a QAGOMA staff member on arrival.

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