Threads: Contemporary Art and Textiles Symposium

Welcome

Karl Chitham (Ngā Puhi, Te Uriroroi)
Director, The Dowse Art Museum

 

KEYNOTE:


Reuben Paterson chats with Karl Chitham about the use of kōwhaiwhai in his collaboration with Dilana Rugs and many other textile moments from his practice and career.
Reuben Paterson (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi)
Artist
Karl Chitham (Ngā Puhi, Te Uriroroi)
Director, The Dowse Art Museum

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Image: Jennifer French

Featured Section

Featured Session

A short video of the exhibition Silk Web created in partnership between The Dowse and Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design, Honolulu

Dr. Leslee Michelsen
Curator of Collections & Exhibitions, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design, Honolulu

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Featured Session

The conservation of Māori cloaks from a scientific and Te Ao Māori perspective


Dr Rangi Te Kanawa (Ngāti Maniapoto)
Conservator of Textiles and Weaver

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Featured Session

Kate Sylvester speaks with Chelsea Nichols about her collaborations with Michael Parekōwhai, Marcel Duchamp and Frances Hodgkins

Kate Sylvester
Designer & Director, Kate Sylvester
Dr Chelsea Nichols
Senior Curator, The Dowse Art Museum

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Sessions

Session One: Reflecting History


Louise Henderson and Tony Fomison: the conscious use of material versus use, dictated by need
Linda Waters
Conservator Paintings, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

‍Network Collar: Exploration of social histories through textile art
Dr Bronwyn Lloyd
2021 Bumhardt Curator

Kohna Zari Ko Collective: How craft can connect makers to cultural tradition
Dr Fahima Saeid
Refugee Advocate
Zoe Black
(Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Hine, Pākehā)
Deputy Director, Objectspace

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Session Two: Artists in Focus


Building joyful and complex relationships between colour and pattern
Evan Woodruffe

Artist, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

The art of keeping it light: using humour and whakapapa to bring mauri to my quilts
Ron Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou)
Artist, Woodville

Using fabric to articulate my experience of living between Korea and New Zealand.
Emerita Baik
Artist, Wellington

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