NZAFA Matariki Show

NZAFA Matariki Show

The Academy Galleries Present their Annual Winter Show

WELLINGTON – The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, a self-funding gallery dedicated to the visual arts, announces its yearly winter art show. The gallery’s Matariki Show will again bring together a wide range of pieces from a variety of artists.

This exhibition will feature a number of Academy artists, two guest artists Darcy Nicholas, Jenny Shearer (Former Academy President), and Australian artist Karen Casey’s installation Let’s Shake – Hands across the Tasman that has been developed from her community project Lets Shake.

Nicholas is a leading contemporary Maori painter sculptor writer, curator, events manager, and commentator on Maori issues. Shearer is a ceramic artist and print maker who playfully works her creative wit through the mediums of ink and clay whilst also giving time to the arts community in many ways. The three hundred moulds that will form part of the Let’s Shake – Hands across the Tasman installation represent the conversations and connections of six hundred strangers. These people came together to make art during Let’s Shake events in Australia and here in Wellington during the Matariki celebrations at Te Papa. The events invited people to shake hands while a plaster cast hardened between their hands. Once the moulds leave New Zealand the project is destined for Mexico and Turkey, so what you’ll see here at the Academy will become part of a global hand print.

“It is a real privilege to be presenting works from our talented Academy members alongside leading artists such as Darcy, Jenny and Karen. I look forward to seeing you all at the opening or the artist’s talks” said Justin Morgan, Academy Director.

Opening

The Show will open on the 15th of July at the Academy Galleries with the unveiling of Karen’s latest installation, a stunning work from Darcy Nicholas, over one hundred two and three dimensional pieces from around New Zealand and the official honouring of Jenny Shearer as a life member for here contributions to the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts as a President, Artist, Volunteer and supporter.

Artist talk

The show will open up to the public on Saturday the 16th of July at 10:30am with our ‘Meet the artist over tea and coffee with Di Conway’ where each artist or a representative will talk about their works and ideas.

People’s Choice Award

It is with great pleasure that we will be presenting a peoples choice award to the valve of $250 at the end of this exhibition. This has been made possible due to the wonderful support of Gordon Harris (Wellington)

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts hours:

Gallery doors are open daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free.

For more information please visit www.nzafa.com.

About the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts

Since 1882 years the NZAFA has been a self-funding Incorporated Society dedicated to the visual arts in New Zealand run by artists for artists. It aims to benefit the community of New Zealand through the promotion, creation, understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts. Regular exhibitions feature new works from artists throughout the country and are held in the Academy’s architectural award-winning galleries. The primary focus of the Academy is the year-round exhibition program featuring new work by established and emerging artists throughout Aotearoa.

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