Kia ora; Fakalofa lahi atu; Halo olgeta; Malo e lelei; Ni sa bula; Salaam alaykum; Kaise; Aloha; Kia orana; Kam na mauri; Talofa lava; Kaselehlia; Yokwe; Nǐ hǎo yuèyǔ; Hafadai; Greetings.

Jo Condon and I are on the steering committee for the Macmillan Brown Pacific Artist in Residence. Please do feel free to come along and meet Linda T who started her residency last week.

Meet the 2019 Macmillan Brown Pacific Artist In Residence, Linda Tuafale Tanoa’i (aka Linda T)

School of Fine Arts Seminar room, Block 2

Thursday 9th May 12.30pm

An official welcome for the new Pacific Artist In Residence, Linda T will make a short presentation followed by refreshments. All welcome!

The Artist in residence selected this year is Linda Tuafale Tanoa’i (aka Linda T). She intends to develop a series of short stories with Pacific communities in Otautahi which will contribute to her ongoing StoryTelling as Koha Linda T TV series. A final edit of which will be exhibited in a series of multi-screen installations at the Physics Room.

Tuafale Tanoa’i aka Linda.T is an artist based in Tāmaki Makau Rau/ Auckland and is of Samoan descent.

Using video, photography and DJ-ing Linda. T’s practice aims to document and share community stories, generating a living archive. Her kaupapa has been described as one that is based on koha – often made with and gifted back to the communities she is engaged with. She has also worked with various organisations from community to government lead incentives with a special interest in Pacific women’s health and youth. A Masters in Art and Design from AUT as well as an early career in local radio, TV and short film contribute to her methodology and multi media approach. Linda. T is widely recognised for her contributions to small communities in Aotearoa, New Zealand through her rigorous and uncompromising chronology as a documenter since the early 1980’s.

Many of you would have known Robyn  from her time at Public Libraries.

I have been asked to pass on to Library staff that Robyn passed away last evening peacefully, with husband Jeff Field and daughter Bella by her side.

Sorry to be the bearer of such sad news.

Thanks to everyone who contributed money at the Christmas function and the MB team who chose to forego Secret Santa.

We raised $102.70 in donations to the Salvation Army which assisted those in need over the Christmas period.

Meri Kirihimete!

In previous years the MB Library team have organised a Secret Santa.

This year we have decided instead to contribute $5 (or more) each which will be donated to the Salvation Army. They need it and we don’t really need a $5 gift each 🙂

If any other Library staff would like to contribute that would be just AWESOME!

I will bring our Sally’s collection box along to the Christmas function on Friday.

Pic for attention – the time when someone put googly eyes on my staff profile poster this year!

Cheers, Lydia

3x new art works will be acquired into the UC Art Collection via the SELECT AWARD on Friday.

All are welcome to come along to the launch or throughout the week to have a look around.

Lydia

ILAM 2018
Open Studio Exhibition

EXHIBITION LAUNCH, SCHOOL PRIZES & SELECT AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT:
FROM 5PM FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER

EXHIBITION OPEN:
10AM–2PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10 & 11 NOVEMBER
10AM–4PM MONDAY–THURSDAY 12–15 NOVEMBER

In conjunction with the 10th anniversary edition of SELECT, Ilam School of Fine Arts has reimagined its annual public event in new and engaging ways. Featuring works drawn exclusively from our 3rd, 4th, HONs and MFA studio-artists, ILAM 2018 aspires to an astutely curated snapshot of contemporary creative developments within the school.

This year’s SELECT judge, Blair Jackson, Director of Christchurch Art Gallery and Ilam SoFA alumnus, will review the exhibition in its final form and from it designate three artist-recipients whose work will permanently enter the University of Canterbury Art Collection.

Debuting for the first time, at this year’s ILAM 2018, will be a comprehensive annual publication providing both written and visual representation of all participating student-artists.

Finally, to reflect a greater emphasis and belief in this production, we will be open for an extended period, moving from a single open-day to six-day exhibit window-of-opportunity. After the opening night (9 November), ILAM 2018 will be open from 10–15 November 2018

Kia ora,

We are holding an afternoon tea tomorrow @ 3pm in the MB Library Staff room to say thanks and farewell to Duncan Shaw-Brown. Any staff who would like to attend are most welcome.

Duncan has been at UC for 36 years!

In case you notice it’s missing – I’ve removed a panel of Max Hailstone’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi art work from L3 in preparation for a tutorial at MB on Monday.

LAWS358 The Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Tutorial with MB Specialists where students will gain an insight into:

• What Indigenous art, curation and heritage looks like
• How Indigenous rights are addressed and protected within the art, heritage and cultural sector
•   Examples of ethical, moral and cultural obligations including issues surrounding intellectual property, ownership, attribution and copyright

I hope to have it back on display in Central late next week.

Lydia

The UC Art Collection has loaned CoCA Gallery a huge wall-mounted sculpture Energetic Forms by Ria Bancroft and Pat Mulcahey. Previously on display in the now demolished Science Lecture Theatre this sculpture alongside working drawings is having a well-deserved airing!

This is a great opportunity to view the art work as we grapple with where to display it on campus.

Come along to the opening at 5pm Friday June 8^th for drinks and canapés or visit over the next month.

CoCA Toi Moroki Centre of Contemporary Art, 66 Gloucester Street

There are still places available for the Supporting Students in Crisis course in April. HR have asked me to share as they think Library staff would be perfect candidates to attend.

The module involves the following themes:

Providing practical care and non-intrusive support

• Active listening
• Calming techniques
• Appropriate triage and referral
• Protecting people from further harm
• Assess and address immediate needs and concerns using Te Whare Tapa Whā, a holistic health and wellness model developed by Dr Mason Durie.

Check out the dates, ask your manager and sign up! https://intranet.canterbury.ac.nz/ld/dev_plan/supporting_students/index.shtml

There are spaces available on the Growing Personal Resilience course.

Currently there are only 4 people enrolled in the Growing Personal Resilience course on Tuesday 10 April. They require at least 8 people to register to run the course so if there aren’t more enrollments by the end of the week it will be cancelled. It’s a great course from what I hear!

Please consider the opportunity, discuss with your Manager and enroll. https://intranet.canterbury.ac.nz/ld/dev_plan/gpr/index.shtml