Seven Toi Māori artists - Heidi Brickell, Zena Elliott, Tracy Keith, Neke Moa, Maraea Timutimu, Nephi Tupaea and John Turi-Tiakitai - will exhibit work over the weekend of 19-20 October 2024. Curated by Karl Chitham, the exhibition will take place in a variety of spaces in the small regional town of Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay.
The exhibition’s title, Paerangi, refers to the place where land and sky meet, often called the pae of Ranginui in Te Ao Māori. Paerangi curator Karl Chitham says the horizon is a space without time or boundaries, which implies unlimited possibilities.
Paerangi will be the result of a week-long wānanga, during which the seven artists will travel to Te Matau-a-Māui to be together, share space, and create, culminating in an exhibition in the township of Waipawa over a long weekend.
The exhibition will bring artists and communities together in unconventional spaces to experience moments of discovery, innovation, and potential. With mediums including painting, whakairo rākau and whakairo pōhatu, textiles, raranga and raranga whatu, kelp, and ceramics, it’s impossible to predict what visitors will experience.
→ Read more about the artists and curator here.
→ Download the map with all the venues here.
Free art bus from Napier via Hastings to Waipawa
On Saturday 19 October 2024 hop on a free art bus tour from Napier via Hastings to Waipawa. In the morning, Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga - Hastings Art Gallery is hosting the opening of Offering, a new installation by Cindy Huang. Alongside this, you can also visit Remember Industry, a solo exhibition by Tracy Keith, one of the artists showing work in Waipawa (more info here).
Bus schedule:
- 10.15am: depart from MTG Napier | 10.40am: drop off at Hastings Art Gallery
- 12.15pm: depart from Hastings Art Gallery | 12.50pm: drop off at Central Hawke's Bay Museum, Waipawa
- 3.30pm: depart from Central Hawke's Bay Museum | 4.05pm: drop off at Hastings Art Gallery
- 4.10pm: depart from Hastings Art Gallery | 4.35pm: drop off at MTG Napier
Please note that seats on the bus are limited and will be offered on a first in, first served basis.