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Canvassing The Treaty (Part 4 of 6)
Here’s part 4 of 6 of the doco Canvassing The Treaty – a thought provoking art and social experiment following six New Zealand artists as they gain deeper insights into the Treaty of Waitangi and create cross-cultural collaborative artworks. The Artists: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Collaborations, Arts Documentary, Canvassing The Treaty, New NZ Artwork, New Paintings, New Zealand Artwork, Samapeap Tarr, Sofia Minson Painting, Sofia's Cultural Heritage, The Painting Process, Treaty of Waitangi, Video
Tagged art documentary, canvassing the treaty, Chris Bryant, Collaborative Artwork, Dagmar Dyck, Ingrid Hughens, Kingi Taurua, Kura Te Waru Rewiri, maori art, Maori Artists, Mike Davison, Moana Jackson, New Zealand Art, new zealand artists, Ngapuhi kaumatua, Pakiri, te pou tuatahi, Treaty Education, treaty of waitangi, Treaty of Waitangi Education
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Canvassing The Treaty (Part 3 of 6)
Here’s part 3 of 6 of the doco Canvassing The Treaty – a thought provoking art and social experiment following six New Zealand artists as they gain deeper insights into the Treaty of Waitangi and create cross-cultural collaborative artworks. The Artists: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Collaborations, Arts Documentary, Canvassing The Treaty, New NZ Artwork, New Paintings, New Zealand Artwork, Samapeap Tarr, Sofia Minson Painting, Sofia's Cultural Heritage, The Painting Process, Treaty of Waitangi, Video
Tagged art documentary, canvassing the treaty, Chris Bryant, Collaborative Artwork, Dagmar Dyck, Ingrid Hughens, Kingi Taurua, Kura Te Waru Rewiri, maori art, Maori Artists, Mike Davison, Moana Jackson, New Zealand Art, new zealand artists, Ngapuhi kaumatua, Pakiri, te pou tuatahi, Treaty Education, treaty of waitangi, Treaty of Waitangi Education
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Canvassing The Treaty (Part 2 of 6)
Here’s part 2 of 6 of the doco Canvassing The Treaty – a thought provoking art and social experiment following six New Zealand artists as they gain deeper insights into the Treaty of Waitangi and create cross-cultural collaborative artworks. The Artists: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Collaborations, Arts Documentary, Canvassing The Treaty, New NZ Artwork, New Paintings, New Zealand Artwork, Samapeap Tarr, Sofia Minson Painting, Sofia's Cultural Heritage, The Painting Process, Treaty of Waitangi, Video
Tagged art documentary, canvassing the treaty, Chris Bryant, Collaborative Artwork, Dagmar Dyck, Ingrid Hughens, Kingi Taurua, Kura Te Waru Rewiri, maori art, Maori Artists, Mike Davison, Moana Jackson, New Zealand Art, new zealand artists, Ngapuhi kaumatua, Pakiri, te pou tuatahi, Treaty Education, treaty of waitangi, Treaty of Waitangi Education
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Canvassing The Treaty (Part 1 of 6)
As promised, here is the first installment of the full-length art documentary Canvassing The Treaty. The thought provoking art and social experiment follows six New Zealand artists, three Maori and three non-Maori, as they gain deeper insights into the Treaty of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Collaborations, Arts Documentary, Canvassing The Treaty, New NZ Artwork, New Zealand Artwork, Samapeap Tarr, Sofia Minson Painting, Sofia's Cultural Heritage, The Painting Process, Treaty of Waitangi, Video
Tagged canvassing the treaty, Chris Bryant, Collaborative Artwork, Dagmar Dyck, Ingrid Hughens, Kingi Taurua, Kura Te Waru Rewiri, maori art, Maori Artists, Mike Davison, Moana Jackson, New Zealand Art, new zealand artists, Ngapuhi kaumatua, Pakiri, te pou tuatahi, Treaty Education, treaty of waitangi, Treaty of Waitangi Education
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HANDS
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, you speak the truth. However until you don’t have hands or you can’t use them, you tend to not recognise them … Continue reading
Posted in Art, General Musings, New NZ Artwork, New Paintings, New Zealand Artwork, Sofia Minson Painting, The Painting Process
Tagged advanced diver's, diving, drysuit, emerson quote, hands, new zealand artwork, oil painting, painting in progress, painting of hands, poor knights, Sofia Minson
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Life-Changing Art Collaboration Caught On Film
I’d like to share my story with you about a life-changing art collaboration that was captured on film and became a feature documentary on Maori TV and at the FIFO international film festival this year. I was among six New … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Collaborations, Arts Documentary, Canvassing The Treaty, Maori Myths, New NZ Artwork, New Zealand Artwork, Samapeap Tarr, Sofia Minson Painting, Sofia's Cultural Heritage, The Painting Process, Treaty of Waitangi, Video
Tagged arts documentary, aum, cambodian graffiti artist, canvassing the treaty, collaboration, contemporary maori art, maori art, maori tv, maori tv art documentary, new zealand artists, new zealand artwork, ngati porou artist, oil painting, om, painting collaboration, peap, samapeap tarr, Sofia Minson, sound of the universe, te pou tuatahi, treaty, treaty of waitangi, waitangi, waitangi day art documentary
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Currently painting a 3 metre high Maori Portrait – my largest painting ever!
Over the next year or more I see myself focussing mainly on contemporary Maori portraiture. Alongside that, I will likely continue to paint waka, simple mystical landscapes and Maori carving forms. Purpose of Contemporary Maori Oil Portrait Series: The purpose … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Maori Portraits, New NZ Artwork, New Zealand Artwork, Sofia Minson Painting, Sofia's Cultural Heritage, The Painting Process
Tagged art, c.f. goldie, cultural heritage, gottfried lindauer, maori portrait painting, new nz artwork, new zealand artwork, oil portrait, painting process, Sofia Minson Painting
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Art meets autism to raise funds for “miracle” programme centre
Renowned Kiwi artist Sofia Minson has collaborated with a group of autistic children to create an art exhibition like no other. Sofia Minson painted one on one with a group of autistic children because she was inspired to assist the … Continue reading