Exhibition Opportunity - An Unsettled History
Russell Museum / Te Whare Taonga o Kororareka offers an opportunity for Maori artists who whakapapa to Nga Puhi or Northland to exhibit works at Russell Museum.
The exhibition context is Te Paparahi o te Raki (The Northland Inquiry) and the aim of the exhibition is to provide artwork that provokes discussion on the Treaty Claims which may begin Initial Hearings in March this year. The exhibition focus: to explore, investigate, express your views in order to create dialogue on He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti.
Professional and emerging artists are encouraged to submit traditional, modern, installation, recontextualised, visual, digital, performance and audio-visual works for consideration. The opportunity to sell your work during the exhibition is available. All mediums considered as are traditional based Maori art and contemporary mediums.
An Unsettled History* now opens on Saturday 10 April and closes Friday 9 July 2010. Artists have the opportunity to exhibit and sell their work during this three month period.
Submissions close 01/04/10.
*The exhibition title is taken from the book by A. Ward, An unsettled history: treaty claims in New Zealand today, published 1999. Alan Ward will appear as a witness for the Crown in Te Paparahi o te Raki - The Northland Inquiry.
Maori, conceptual and contemporary art work.
Submission forms may be downloaded at www.russellmuseum.org.nz or obtained by emailing curator@russellmuseum.org.nz
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Russell Museum/Te Whare Taonga o KororarekaThe Russell Museum aims to reflect the history of the town and to support historic preservation. The museum’s collection is important in promoting New Zealand culture because Russell – then named Kororareka – lay at the threshold of the earliest connection of the two worlds of Maori and Pakeha. The collection dates from this time onwards.
