Source:Â The Dowse Art Museum
The Dowse Art Museum will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year starting off with a new exhibition, âFoolâs Goldâ, opening on 2 February, featuring the golden, yellow and ochre artworks from The Dowse Collection.
From Colin McCahonâs golden Canterbury landscape to an 18ct gleaming pot scrubber by Pauline Bern, and from Erenora Puketapu- Hetetâs precious golden fibre kete to Areta Wilkinsonâs golden, precious metal jewellery. This diverse array of valuable artworks, collected and treasured over the last 50 years, not only celebrates The Dowseâ golden anniversary, but challenges the audience to consider the idea of value, be it historical, cultural or monetary.
Thursday, 10 December, 2020 - 16:42
A sustainable toy and a clothing range inspired by indigenous elements, designed by Massey University students, were among winners at a prestigious national craft and design awards event.
Student artists, designers and illustrators and their whÄnau celebrated at the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt at the ECC New Zealand Student Craft/Design awards, the national awards for New Zealand tertiary students in the areas of design and craft.
Three students from Massey University won in their categories and a further nine students and graduates received Highly Commended awards.
PhD student Erana Kaa won the Friends of the Dowse Fashion Design Award for Te KÄkahu Å Te Kaikaranga, a garment collection employing an indigenised approach to construction. Her creations are based on MÄori visual language that enhances the role of kaikaranga (the woman, or women, who has the role of making the ceremonial call to visitors onto a marae, or equiv