Join us in an open conversation with Irihipeti Waretini speaking to her current exhibition HONONGA, a shared canopy of presence, culture, and care - anchoring community through ancestral ties.

Through carved objects, photography and storytelling, the exhibition unfolds as a cyclical timeline of migration - from the cosmos, moon, and oceans to land and soil, to the trees that carry our shared stories, and finally to the seeds that hold our individual journeys.

Artist floor talk

Saturday 28 June - 2pm-2:30pm

For more information on HONONGA

Bead workshop with Patricia Peña

Intro to weaving with beads workshop facilitated by Patricia Peña’s whose beaded work features in H O N O N G A. 

‘T Ā T A I _ A R O R A N G I (cosmos)’, Carved beaded hanging, is a collaboration between Irihipeti and Patricia celebrating the celestial rising of Matariki and the marking of the Māori New Year.

Bead workshop

Saturday 28 June -2:30pm-4:30pm

Price: $20.00

All materials, plus tea & coffee provided

Spaces are limited to 10 participants

Patricia Peña is a Colombian weaver creating innovative traditional jewelry made from glass beads,  rope, threads and natural fibers. Peña has participated in traditional weaving workshops with indigenous Wounaan in San juan Colombia and indigenous Embera in Risaralda Colombia.

Patricia created Asaí Artecolombia, an entrepreneurship through which she offers traditional jewelry, accessories, and clothing. Through this business Patricia supports the work and traditions of South American artisans. 

Insta: asaiartecolombia