Massey staff members graduate at Wellington ceremony
Associate Professor Warren Maxwell at the Wellington graduation on April 20.
Two Massey staff members were conferred with doctoral degrees and one with a Master’s at the Wellington graduation ceremonies last week.
Bringing the sounds of nature to life
Associate Professor and musician Warren Maxwell, Ngāti Whare, Ngāi Te Riu, Ngāti Rākaipaaka, Ngāi Tūkairangi, graduated with first class honours in a Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
Associate Professor Maxwell, who teaches music performance at Te Rewa o Puanga School of Music and Creative Media Production, says he was inspired to take up his Master’s after feeling a “little stale” with his own music practice, and needed a spark.
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council
Wairarapa Moana Wetlands Project is inviting the community to Lake Domain, on the Northern shores of Lake Wairarapa, on Sunday 21 March for a free event featuring live music, interactive artworks and the chance to discover creatures that live in the waters of Wairarapa Moana.
‘Whakarongo ki te taiao – Feeling the land’s rhythms’ is a community event celebrating Wairarapa Moana’s recognition as an ‘internationally significant’ wetland under the Ramsar Convention.
The recognition, which was announced in August last year, was welcomed with excitement from mana whenua, the community, Greater Wellington and its project partners who have been working together for years to protect and restore this beloved ancestor for local iwi and precious resource for the future.
Exposure Graduate Exhibition from 2020.
Massey University’s Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts has been ranked in the Top 100 QS World university subject rankings for art and design for the fifth year in a row.
The University is the only university in New Zealand to be placed in the world Top 100 according to the 2021 results.
Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Claire Robinson says the College’s international ranking and position as the leading provider of creative arts education in New Zealand reflects its exceptional faculty, many of whom are highly regarded creative arts researchers and practitioners with well-honed connections to industry.
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Simon Wilson: The amazing return of the Auckland Arts Festival
25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
7 minutes to read
OPINION:
What an astonishing thing, that we are about to welcome the return of the Auckland Arts Festival. Covid struck right in the middle of the 2020 festival, cancelling shows, stranding performers, forcing audiences home. Most famously, American singer Amanda Palmer had to cancel, and then holed up for the duration in Hawke s Bay with her daughter and her husband, writer Neil Gaiman. Until Gaiman couldn t cope any longer and found a way to flee to Scotland.
It was dramatic, in its own way, but it wasn t the same as having an actual arts festival.