Friday, 4 June 2021, 9:24 am
Otago Museum announced their first purchase made possible
through the Blumardt Fund today. The Fund allowed the
purchase of Stolen Jewels by Octavia Cook. Ms Cook is a
renowned Otago-based jeweller with an international
reputation. Her work is in several public collections
including Te Papa, The Dowse Art Museum, Auckland War
Memorial Museum and the Govett-Brewster.
“We are
thrilled to have Stolen Jewels as part of our collection; it
is particularly meaningful because of our connection with
Manawa, who inspired the piece”, said Moira White, Otago
Museum’s Curator, Humanities.
Manawa is the name of
the moko kakariki jewelled gecko who was smuggled out of New
3-28 February
Early Bird discounted tickets available for most
shows
6-25 April Dunedin Arts Festival
2021
Selection of images:
From
6-25 April, the
2021 Dunedin Arts Festival
will bring an incredible range of music, theatre, dance,
visual arts and community events to our city. The Festival
has always prided itself as “a celebration of the
excellent and the extraordinary” and with this year being
its eleventh iteration, the challenge is to crank it up to,
yes, eleven!
Highlights of the 2021 programme include
the premiere concert of the music of Dunedin’s own Pixie
Williams, with
The New Blue; Dunedin’s
own iconic band,
3-28 February Early Bird discounted tickets available for most shows
6-25 April Dunedin Arts Festival 2021
Selection of images:
From 6-25 April, the
2021 Dunedin Arts Festival will bring an incredible range of music, theatre, dance, visual arts and community events to our city. The Festival has always prided itself as “a celebration of the excellent and the extraordinary” and with this year being its eleventh iteration, the challenge is to crank it up to, yes, eleven!
Highlights of the 2021 programme include the premiere concert of the music of Dunedin’s own Pixie Williams, with
The New Blue; Dunedin’s own iconic band,