If we never met – A wānanga on curating indigenous art Wednesday 7 December 2016 Confirmed panellists in the conference include: • Nici Cumpston, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia • Ioana Gordon-Smith – Curator, Te Uru Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand • Michelle LaVallee, Curator, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Canada • Megan Tamati-Quennell, Curator Modern and Contemporary Māori and Indigenous Art, National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand • Kimba Thompson – Director, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne, Australia • Daina Warren, Director, Urban Shaman Aboriginal Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada • Rosanna Raymond (artist) and the SaVAge K’lub collective, Auckland, New Zealand
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If we never met – A wānanga on curating indigenous art Wednesday 7 December 2016
Confirmed panellists in the conference include:
• Nici Cumpston, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
• Ioana Gordon-Smith – Curator, Te Uru Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand • Michelle LaVallee, Curator, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Canada • Megan Tamati-Quennell, Curator Modern and Contemporary Māori and
Indigenous Art, National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
• Kimba Thompson – Director, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne, Australia • Daina Warren, Director, Urban Shaman Aboriginal Art Gallery, Winnipeg,
Canada • Rosanna Raymond (artist) and the SaVAge K’lub collective, Auckland,
10.00 Session One: Quick-fire papers (10-15mins each) Presenters: Nici Cumpston, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Michelle LaVallee, Kimba Thompson, Daina Warren
12.00 Lunch and performances
13.30 Session Two: Artist run spaces – Making space for indigenous art and curatorial practice Panellists – Ioana Gordon-Smith, Kimba Thompson, Daina Warren
14.30 Afternoon tea
15.00 Session Three: Indigenous Curatorship in Public Institutions Panellists – Megan Tamati-Quennell, Nici Cumpston, Michelle LaVallee
16.00 Conclusion of talks
Evening function, Pātaka Art + Museum
18.00 Doors open at Pātaka Art + Museum for pre-dinner drinks 17 Parumoana Street, Porirua, Wellington
18.30 Artist performances begin
19.00 Dinner served
19:30 Address by key note listeners – Rosanna Raymond and the SaVAge K’lub
20:00 Le Moana performance
22:00 Conclusion
VENUE: Day 9am-5pm: Takapūwāhia Marae, 2 Nohorua Street, Porirua, Wellington, New
Zealand Evening till late: Pātaka Art + Museum, 17 Parumoana Street, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
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IMAGE: Sonny Assu Re-invaders, 2014 (detail). Digital intervention on an Emily Carr Painting (Indian Church, 1929). Courtesy of the artist
