Kia ora,

If you’ve been reading Kaweroko, you know I am supervising two College of Arts  interns in MB this semester.  Hannah and Luke are curating an exhibition for Beca Heritage Week called  Inviting In: exploring 30 years of Homosexual Law Reform. 

The exhibition uses archival material  from MB to  mark thirty years since the Homosexual Law Reform Bill was passed in New Zealand.  We have a wealth of material in the archives and the published collection from this period.  The students are being supervised by Katie Pickles (History) and Karen Saunders (English).  They have done a huge amount of work, choosing the  items to display, researching and writing interpretation labels and designing the layout

They have also given us some excellent feedback:

Luke:  “I’m forever grateful for how this internship has opened my eyes in so many different ways.”

Hannah: “Going in to my internship is always my favourite part of the day.  It thrills me that I get to create something that is so interesting”

The exhibition will open on Monday 17 October at 5pm.  All Welcome

There is also going to be a series of lunchtime  talks related to the exhibition by UC academics and members of the community. These will be be in  the week  17- 21 October and I’ll post the details next week.

Cheers
Erin