Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 16, 2024 5:52:57 GMT 12
TOI MĀORI GALLERY TUI TUI OPENS IN PALMERSTON NORTH’S SQUARE EDGE ARTS CENTRE
The gallery is at Square Edge Arts Centre in the space previously used by Studio on The Square, and is the brainchild of new Square Edge Community Arts artistic director Erana Kaa.
She says the gallery is an opportunity to demonstrate the diversity of Māori visual arts, as it can be narrowly categorised. Western art, with its prioritisation of visual aesthetic over cultural relevance, has imposed on Māori artists.
Palmerston North City Council has funded the space for 12 months, and the gallery has also received money from the Department of Internal Affairs.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/manawatu-guardian/news/toi-maori-gallery-tui-tui-opens-in-palmerston-norths-square-edge-arts-centre/7UD6LY6KARCMBBBQY6VAP54MVI/
The gallery is at Square Edge Arts Centre in the space previously used by Studio on The Square, and is the brainchild of new Square Edge Community Arts artistic director Erana Kaa.
She says the gallery is an opportunity to demonstrate the diversity of Māori visual arts, as it can be narrowly categorised. Western art, with its prioritisation of visual aesthetic over cultural relevance, has imposed on Māori artists.
Palmerston North City Council has funded the space for 12 months, and the gallery has also received money from the Department of Internal Affairs.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/manawatu-guardian/news/toi-maori-gallery-tui-tui-opens-in-palmerston-norths-square-edge-arts-centre/7UD6LY6KARCMBBBQY6VAP54MVI/