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Jun 25
4 min

Eggs with solt aargers

Christchurch painter Miranda Parkes researched language, dialogue and relationships for her new exhibition.

Jun 10
3 min

Cup half full

Uku artist Stevei Houkāmau talks about the mahi of Indigenous communities, the role of music in her work, and the magic of handmade vessels.

May 12
4 min

Unconscious pursuit

New Plymouth painter Rosie Ralph talks memory, materials, motivation, and how to break the ice with a blank canvas.

May 7
3 min

For change

Dr Tabatha Forbes talks kelp forests, botanical art, and mid-life-environmental-crisis.

Apr 24
4 min

Slow download

Michael Greaves, painter and Senior Lecturer in Painting at Dunedin School of Art, talks inspiration, currency and success.

Apr 15
2 min

Hyder and seek

Jane Hyder is a Wellington artist, painter and printmaker. Here she shares her inspirations, including Matisse, Mansfield, and her mum.

Apr 7
3 min

I want candy

Tracy Byatt creates art out of sugar. She talks of battling dampness, being green, and botanical correctness.

Mar 19
4 min

Text me

Elisabeth Pointon, who works with big text and big spaces (like the sky), talks about confused flatmates and being the favourite child.

Jan 27
3 min

Bubble wrap

Māori Pacific Curator at Pātaka Art + Museum Ioana Gordon-Smith talks community, curating, and cabin bread tins.

Dec 10, 2019
3 min

Wā kainga

Professor Huhana Smith combines kaupapa Māori methods and science to address climate change concerns in her paintings.

Sep 9, 2019
3 min

City Chief

Robert Leonard is the Chief Curator at City Gallery Wellington. He talks freedom, favourites and falling in love.

Sep 4, 2019
3 min

Green fingers

Karl Maughan says painting overgrown hedges, wild undergrowth, and manicured lawns is the ultimate form of gardening.

Jul 29, 2019
5 min

A E I O U

Catherine Griffiths is an artist, designer and typographer. She talks of collections, vowels and her penchant for word play.

Jul 16, 2019
2 min

Glimmers of hope

Auckland artist Henrietta Harris captures glimmers of coming-of-age, anxiety and hope in her dreamy paintings.

Jul 1, 2019
3 min

Summer ahead

Max Patte is a British-born Wellington artist. Here he talks about learning opportunities, Ridley Scott, and wishing he was on a motorbike.

Jun 25, 2019
4 min

A movable feast

Brian King, art collector, tutor, and performance designer, talks here about supporting the art community and offers advice on medlars.

Jun 18, 2019
3 min

Compulsive competitionist

Dunedin ceramicist Madeleine Child talks about the ongoing conundrum of pricing work, celebrating the amateur, and collecting coat hangers.

Jun 11, 2019
2 min

Under the black hood

Photographer Harry Culy talks about working slow in a world that's speeding up, ghosts, and everyday strangeness.

Jun 4, 2019
3 min

Art beat

Tiffany Singh is a social practice artist focused on communal well-being. She talks health and sustainable communities.

May 27, 2019
3 min

Light lilac

Gina Kiel is a visual artist, illustrator and designer. Here she discusses colour to the colourblind, recording keeping and Pareidolia.

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