Tauira art exhibition Mai i Te Repo ki Te Ao Mārama opens
Tuesday to coincide with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 30th Anniversary
Year celebrations.
Te Poutiaki Toi ‐ Art Collection curator Margaret Aull says the
exhibition acknowledges Toi (art) as a founding programme for
the wānanga.
Mai i Te Repo ki Te Ao Mārama – From The Swamp Into The Light
refers to the “swamp” that Apakura and Te Puna Mātauranga sits on,
says Margaret.
The more than 20 visual art pieces include a range of raranga,
whakairo and rauemi (multi media) fro level 5 to 7 art tauira from
throughout the country.
It is the first of five exhibitions scheduled for Apakura Gallery this year.
The exhibition ends June 22