Past Event

Ko rawaka/Everything we need public programme

Hātarei 10 Ākuhata

Saturday 10 August

2024

16 Dowling Street, Dunedin

Ana Hislop, Pūngao: Hau (detail), Cyanotype on paper, acrylic, gold thread, 2024

Ana Hislop, Pūngao: Hau (detail), Cyanotype on paper, acrylic, gold thread, 2024

On Saturday, 10 August please join us at Blue Oyster for two public programmes connected to our new exhibition Ko rawaka/Everything we need. From 1:00pm Emily Clemett, Ana Hislop and Emma Hislop will discuss the exhibition with Blue Oyster director Simon Palenski, and from 2:00pm Emily and Ana will hold a workshop with the chance to be creative with cyanotypes, embroidery and tukutuku-inspired designs – all ages welcome! Light refreshments will be provided.

 


Please email beth@blueoyster.org.nz to reserve a spot for the workshop; spaces are limited to 10 participants.

 

We hope to see you there!

Emily Clemett

Emily Clemett (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and makes art through installation, painting, sculpture and music. She studied Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Ana Hislop

Ana Hislop (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Mohua and studied Design at Massey University and Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Emma Hislop

Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu - Kāti Huirapa, Kāi Te Ruahikihiki) lives in Taranaki with her partner Murray Hewitt and son Lenni. Her first book, Ruin, was published with Te Herenga Waka University Press and won the Hubert Church best first book of fiction award at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her fiction and non-fiction writing can be found in Headland, The Listener, Metro, Newsroom, The Spinoff and The Pantograph Punch. She has an MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington, and was the recipient of a 2024 Arts Foundation Springboard Award. In 2023 she was awarded the Michael King International Residency at Varuna House, Australia. Emma is part of Te Hā Taranaki, a collective for Māori writers, established in 2019. She is currently working on a novel.