First, though, multidisciplinary artist Julia Holden hosts the opening of a unique exhibition there tomorrow at 5.30pm.
‘The Artist’ features 20 portraits in which the participants become co-creators rather than just passive subjects.
Christchurch-based Holden created her first eight portraits in Dunedin last year.
There’s also a self-portrait, and 11 others featuring artists from different fields — the result of her recent two-month residency at Te Atamira.
Her subjects include visiting comedian Tom Sainsbury, jeweller Jessica Winchcombe and winemaker Duncan Forsyth — the exhibition runs till February 24.
Holden then returns to Te Atamira on Saturday for an artist talk at 10.30am.
Then at 11am there’s a panel discussion — entitled ‘The Power of Collaboration’ — featuring Holden, artist Dame Robin White and film-makers Dame Gaylene Preston and Chelsea Winstanley.
A screening of Winstanley’s TOITU: Visual Sovereignty, which goes behind the scenes of the largest Maori art exhibition in New Zealand’s history, takes place at nearby Silky Otter at 4pm on Saturday, followed by a Q&A — it also screens at Wanaka’s Cinema Paradiso on Sunday at 2pm.
Then, on Sunday, also at Silky Otter, Preston’s GRACE: A Prayer for Peace, featuring Dame Robin, screens at 11am. It’s also followed by a Q&A with both women.
"I’m thrilled to bring together such acclaimed wahine who have had a significant impact on arts and culture in and for Aotearoa NZ," says new Te Atamira director Ruth Heath, who’s brought this programme together.
- With the exception of Holden’s artist talk, the weekend’s other events are ticketed. Visit teatamira.nz/whats-on
