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Reuben Friend Reuben Friend (Ngāti Maniapoto, Pākehā), director of Porirua's Pātaka Art + Museum, is to judge the inaugural Richard T Nelson Awards for sculpture. Carla Russell, the Executive Director of the awards, is excited to have Friend as .
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Reuben Friend is the director of Pataka Art+Museum at Porirua.
Reuben Friend, kaihautū/director of Porirua s Pātaka Art + Museum, talks arts, video games, and his search for abs on a diet of potato gratin.
What does it mean to be a Wellingtonian? It means a different type of human co-habitation. People here have a bit more time for one another. Time for collaboration, creativity and coffee. Though the smallness can at times feel a tad “provincial” – everyone knows everyone’s business.
I live here because . We’re spoilt for art, galleries, museums, performance and culture – which for me means work and creative opportunities. The opportunities the city has given me have taken me all over the world. My wife Courtney Johnston is the CEO of Te Papa.
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Te Papa collections photographer Maarten Holl spent many hours during lockdown traversing Wellington with his camera, capturing empty streets, and messages of fear and hope.
On March 20 last year Courtney Johnston stood in the entrance doors of Te Papa and wiped away a tear as visitors left the building for what was then an unknown period. The Museum of New Zealand had only closed twice before, for two two-day periods after the Kaikōura and Christchurch earthquakes. In the lead-up to 2020’s closure, which would turn out to be a record 68 days, the museum had been watching headlines about the coronavirus worsening as its pandemic response team formed.