SUPPLIED After Tsunami Galu Afiʻ (2013) by Yuki Kihara. Kihara is New Zealand’s exhibitor for the upcoming Venice Biennale. Somewhere in Tāmaki Makaurau Yuki Kihara sits in a hotel room wrapped in a red shawl and takes a sip of tea. It’s yet another impromptu lockdown for the Auckland region, and the Wi-fi is struggling to co-operate with Zoom. Kihara is New Zealand’s representative at the 59th Venice Biennale, a prestigious event colloquially referred to as the Olympics of the art world. Kihara is the first Pacific, Asian, fa’afafine and transgender artist Aotearoa has selected to show since the country has participated in the international contemporary art exhibition.
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Press Release – Arts Access Aotearoa I want more than inclusion. I want equity and an arts sector committed to including disability artistry in its annual programme of works rather than a tick-box measure or one-off accessible performance, says Pelenakeke Brown, one of a dozen artists, …
“I want more than inclusion. I want equity and an arts sector committed to including disability artistry in its annual programme of works rather than a tick-box measure or one-off accessible performance,” says Pelenakeke Brown, one of a dozen artists, practitioners and accessibility advocates profiled in the recently published third edition of
Ngā Toi mō te katoa: Arts For All.
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 1:22 pm
“I
want more than inclusion. I want equity and an arts sector
committed to including disability artistry in its annual
programme of works rather than a tick-box measure or one-off
accessible performance,” says Pelenakeke Brown, one of a
dozen artists, practitioners and accessibility advocates
profiled in the recently published third edition of
Ngā
Toi mō te katoa: Arts For All.
Arts For
All is a practical guide providing information and tools
to encourage arts and cultural organisations, venues,
artists and producers to improve their accessibility. It’s
complemented by additional online resources such as
guidelines, checklists, case studies, information sheets and
“But they’re all just doing their own thing in their sheds or growing timber quietly, there’s not really this cohesion or celebration.” Graham had worked as a carpenter and builder, and now runs a sawmill and teaches traditional timber-framing courses. The couple co-own Tiny Lifestyle, a company which builds sustainable small homes using traditional techniques. Scott said her husband started talking about “how amazing it would be” to create a traditional wood fair that supported local people; a place where woodworkers, craftspeople and saw millers could showcase their work.
Jo Richards/GB Weekly The couple set-out to build their vision, and The Living Wood Fair was born.