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Wasawasa Festival of Oceans |
 From December 1st to 6th 2008, Fiji-Suva
Click here to see pictures of the Festival.
When Sailasa Tora wrote the song ‘Wasawasa' in Sydney, Australia more than a decade ago, he had no idea how much of an impact the song would have on the local creative arts scene. Meaning ‘oceans' in the Fijian vernacular, Sailasa wrote the song as an ode to the ocean and its significance to the people of the Pacific.
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Award Winners - Islands of the World Fashion Week |
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Nassau, Bahamas. 26th November, 2008: Mode lIes, Ltd., organizer ofthe
Islands of the World Fashion Week, has announced the recirients of
the several awards selected during the event which had its premiere in Nassau 5t - 8th November.
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Pacific Greetings
Lots
happening @okai!
Catch the
final week show of Fatu Feu'u - A Man of Samoa - an artist of New Zealand.
Celebrating 20 years of making art: sculptures, medallions, works from his personal
collection, limited edition lithographs, canvases and new works from Samoa all
available for purchase. Buy a work before the 29th November for a chance to WIN
4 nights including breakfast for 2 staying at the exclusive Sinalei Reef Resort
and Spa in Samoa for Fatu's 20 Art Years party 6-8 February 2009.
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Call for artists: Q150 Shed |
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This
entertainment venue, modelled on the classic Australian shearing shed, will
take the arts to the people of Queensland. By night, the venue will come alive
with an array of music performances from Queensland's talented local artists.
By day, schools, young people and community groups will gather as the venue
transforms into a workshop and educational forum.
The touring
path will cover city and country as the Shed is brought to life in Brisbane,
Gold Coast, Augathella, Mt Isa, Cairns, Rockhampton and Cherbourg - to name a
few.
Q150 Shed touring dates
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Interview with finalist Hupfeld Hoerder |
Islands of the World Fashion Week
Reports from one of our artists from Fiji: Hupfeld Hoerder
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Fest'Napuan will make history in 2008! |
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Next month's Fest'Napuan, the 13th since the event began in 1996, will make history in a number of ways.Firstly, the event will now extend to a 5th day, beginning on Wednesday (rather than on Thursday as in past years) and running though to Sunday. Wednesday the 12th of November will be the "Fest'Nalenga", featuring local string bands...
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Artist talk at New-York University |
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Shigeyuki has been invited by Gayatri Gopinath (Associate Professor of
Social and Cultural Analysis) and the Asia-Pacific-American Institute both at
New York University to speak about her work on the 5th November 2008.
She is also involved in speaking in a panel about "Third Gender' in the
Pacific" with Joy Liddicoat, Comissioner of New Zealand Human Rights Comission
on the 6th Novermber 2008. If you would like to RSVP to this event please
contact Caroline Earle:
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For more information please visit: http://www.creaworld.org/
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WNET-Thirteen World Art documentary interview |
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Shigeyuki's early survey exhibition entitled "Shigeyuki Kihara- Living
Photographs" currently held at the Metropolitan Museum will be featured
in an upcoming series about world art being produced
by WNET-Thirteen, a public television station in the USA.
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"Samoa Contemporary" is a group exhibition is curated by Helen Kegley and
Bob Maysmor toured by Pataka Museum in Wellington, New Zealand.
"Samoa
Contemporary celebrates the best of Samoan art in New Zealand today, its
energy and vitality, its originality and diversity. While Samoan artists have
exhibited nationally and internationally under the umbrella of contemporary
Pacific art, this large-scale exhibition gives centre stage for the first time
to artists of Samoan origin living and working in New Zealand."
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This is a group exhibition curated by Fuli Pereira- Curator, Auckland
Museum, NZ and Ron Brownson- Curator, Auckland Art Gallery, NZ for the Tautai
Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust - an Auckland, NZ based non profit organisation
which supports the growth and development on Contemporary Pacific Art in New
Zealand and worldwide.
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 Bula vinaka good
people!
I am
holding a social in south Auckland to raise money to support my travel and
participation in the prestigious College Art Association conference taking place in Los Angeles,
USA from 25-28 February 2009. My abstract entitled, Fresh Gallery Otara: Contemporary Pacific Art and Audiences in South
Auckland has been accepted
and I have been programmed to speak alongside Giles Peterson, respected curator
and lecturer at Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, and Leilani Kake,
Otara-based Maori/Cook Island video installation artist , in the Urban Pacific Art in Aotearoa New
Zealand panel discussion
facilitated by the Pacific Arts Association. I will have some support from my
employer, Manukau City Council but I will need to raise the bulk of my
costs via my own means. Unfortunately, as a member of the Pacific Arts
Committee of Creative New Zealand, I am also ineligible for that funding.
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Third Gender in the Pacific |
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"Third
Gender" in the Pacific: Art and Human Rights'
Panel discussion featuring:
-Shigeyuki Kihara (Artist & Curator)
-Joy Liddicoat (Comissioner, New Zealand Human Rights Comission)
CREA's office @ 116 East 16th Street, 7th Floor, New York City
6.00 to 8.30 pm
6th November 2008
http://www.creaworld.org/
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