Prompts

Portrait workshop with Māpura Studios

Saturday 15 March, 10am–3pm
Free, RSVP require

This workshop is inspired by the work of Lubaina Himid included in the exhibition Prompts at Artspace Aotearoa. Join Māpura Studios tutors in hands-on workshop where participants will be guided to use a variety of processes including drawing, collage, painting and printmaking to create a version of portraiture. Through artmaking and kōrero participants will explore the idea of depicting self in relation to the world around them. Booking is essential as space is limited.
Please contact robbie@artspace.org.nz to express your interest.

Inside Ngā Taonga Tūturu

Sunday 16 March, 11am– 12pm
Free Location: Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium 

This talk will explore the diverse approaches to portraiture currently on show in Prompts at Artspace Aotearoa and Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Join Kaitohu Director of Artspace Aotearoa Ruth Buchanan and curator Māori at Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery, Nathan Pohio as they consider the works on display at Artspace Aotearoa, the paintings by UK-based Lubaina Himid and sculptural work from Michael Parekōwhai and the portraits by Gottfried Lindauer at Auckland Art Gallery. This exchange will explore how portraiture continues to evolve as a complex expression of subjecthood in Te Ao Māori and in contemporary art.

Additional event details to come: Audio Described Aotearoa tour (at Artspace Aotearoa)