About the Exhibition and Satellite Events

The Southwest School of Art & Craft begins 2008 with the unique exhibition   Te Tataitanga / Bind Together showcasing works by New Zealand artists who blend indigenous Maori and European influences in their work. The paintings, sculptures, jewelry, weaving, photographs and other exhibited works will reflect New Zealand’s dramatic landscapes, its people, and its rich, diverse traditions – specifically in terms of the country’s unique bi-cultural identity. Doing so should particularly resonate with San Antonio’s own blended Anglo and Mexican bi-cultural scene.

Te Tataitanga / Bind Together will introduce North American audiences to the work of artists who, by blending Maori and European art influences and paying special attention to materials, convey many compelling visions of their unique bicultural country.

The art school will also be the axis around which myriad New Zealand-related events and cultural activities will revolve – from Maori dance performances, to New Zealand cuisine prepared by one of its best-known chefs, to two days of public demonstration of Maori tattooing.

Event Listing

(This listing will be continuously updated. Location details follow at bottom of page.)

Te Tataitanga/Bind Together: Contemporary Art of New Zealand

Thursday, January 24 through March 16

Opening Reception at Russell Hill Rogers Galleries
5:30 – 7:30P
Sausage Sizzle, NZ wines and beers.
Waiata (singing) performed by theater students from University of Incarnate Word (sister school to Toi Whare Whakaari, New Zealand Drama School, Wellington)

Free and open to the public.

Mon-Sat 9A-5P and Sun 11A-4P

Benefit Dinner at Biga Restaurant
Cuisine prepared by NZ chef Charles Pipi Tukukino Royal and

U.S. chef Bruce Auden

Wednesday, January 23
7P. Call (210) 224-1848 for ticket information.

 

Curator Talk: Nigel Borell
Te Tataitanga: Context and Perspective

Friday, January 25

12:15P.  A visual overview of contemporary New Zealand art trends; highlighting cultural interchange between European and Maori traditions, an island’s value of materials, and the global interface with an international art audience. Ellison Lecture Hall.

 

Film Screenings of Kiwa Media, Kete Aronui Series

Friday, February 8

12:15P. Artist profiles of Charlotte Graham, Ngatai Taepa

Friday, February 15
12:15P. Artist profiles of Tina Wirihana, Wi Taepa

Friday, February 22
12:15P. Artist profiles of Aimee Ratana, Gina Matchitt

Friday, February 29
12:15P. Artist profiles of Julie Kipa, Nigel Borell

Ellison Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.

Ta Moko: Traditional Maori Tattoo

Wednesday, March 5
Artist Talk: Julia Kipa -- Rituals of Encounter
12:15P. Southwest School of Art & Craft

Free and open to the public.

Friday and Saturday, March 7th and 8th

Public demonstration of ta moko by Julia Kipa
10A – 4P. Southwest School of Art & Craft

Free and open to the public.

Sunday, March 9
Tapu & Noa: Practical Design
Workshop taught by Julie Kipa at the Southwest School of Art & Craft. In Maori society the concept of duality structures every level of cultural belief; the class examines this balance between equal and opposite forces in Maori design.
10:30A – 4:30P. $15 tuition.

Limited availability, call to register.

 

Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre of New Zealand

Saturday, March 8

1P. Kahurangi, a Maori dance ensemble, will perform a traditional Waiata (singing) in the SSAC galleries.

Free and open to the public.

Bihl Haus Arts
Kiwi Mana: Kathy Armstrong and Lea-Anne Sheather Exhibition

Friday, January 11 through Feb 16

Reception, Jan. 11, 5:30 – 8:30P
Exhibition Hours: Friday and Saturday 1 – 4, and by appointment. (210) 383-9723

Saturday, January 12
Artist Workshop
Lea-Anne Sheather leads a drawing workshop.
12P. Bihl Haus Arts. Free and open to the public.

Saturday, January 26
Poetry reading
San Antonio poet Jenny Browne reading a selection of New Zealand poetry.
2P. Bihl Haus Arts. Free and open to the public.

International Center of San Antonio
Nigel Borell: Pirirakau (bush beautiful)

Wednesday, January 23 through March 16

Jan. 23 Opening and Reception, 5-7P
Exhibition hours 9A - 5P, Mon - Fri. Free admission.

Central Market Cooking School
Chef Charles Pipi Tukukino Royal

San Antonio - Friday, January 25 Date

6:30P. Fee to attend. Call to Register (210) 368-8617

Austin - Sunday, January 27

6:30P. Fee to attend. Call to Register (512) 206-1036

Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre of New Zealand

Friday, March 7

Performance at Carver Cultural Community Center.
8 P. Tickets $26. Call for information (210) 207-2234

Participating New Zealand Artists

Pauline Bern
Charlotte Graham
John Ioane
Robert HG Jahnke
Jan Kerr
Shigeyuki Kihara
Julie Kipa

Gina Matchitt
Alan Preston
Lisa Reihana
Aimee Ratana
Paul Thompson
Joe Sheehan
Ngataiharuru Taepa
Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa
Jo Torr
Anna Ward
Christina Wirihana

Locations and Contact Details

The exhibition and other events will be at the Southwest School of Art & Craft's Navarro Campus, located at the intersection of Augusta and Navarro streets, San Antonio. The exhibition is free and open to the public daily (Mon-Fri, 9A-5P; Sun, 11A-4P). Donations always welcome. For further information (210)224-1848.

Biga on the Banks: 203 South Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205

International Center: 203 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205. Hours 9A - 5P. Free admission.

Bil Haus Arts: 2803 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio (inside the gates of Primrose at Monticello Park Senior Apartments).  (210) 383-9723

Central Markets 

San Antonio: 4821 Broadway Street, (210) 368-8617 

Austin: 4001 N. Lamar Street, (512) 458-3068  

Carver Cultural Community Center:  226 N. Hackberry, San Antonio, TX 78202 (210) 207-2234 or (210) 207-7211

Image credits (top to bottom)

Paul Thompson, Wikitoria, 2002

Ngatai Taepa, Te Haeata, 2007

Julie Kipa, example of ta moko

Lea Anne Sheather, Fiona, 2006

Wi Taepa, Tawhiri Matea 1, 2005

Nigel Borell, detail Livewort, 2006

Alan Preston, Breastplate Pendant I, 2007