Exhibition
With a new body of ceramic explorations, artist Alma Proença invites us to sit alongside playful compositions of flora, fauna and tattoo inspired imagery that links her dual Portuguese and New Zealand ancestry. Proença references traditional Portuguese tiling techniques through her use of blues and whites which transform the vessels into metaphors of beauty and functionality. Merging her background in illustration with ceramics, she continues to push the boundaries of representational depictions and engages more with ideas around function.
Auckland-based artist Alma Proença works within an illustrative realm; however in her most recent bodies of work she has begun to use wet ceramics as her surface. With strong family ties to Portugal and New Zealand, Alma’s work is heavily influenced by the time she has spent in both areas of the world. Over the last few years Alma has spent time building a substantial following for her practice and brand while working on back to back commissions, and is currently completing a residency at Studio One in Ponsonby.
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Upcoming Activities
Creative Kete: Reimagining the Landscape
Available anytime for a limited period.
Primary and Intermediate: YNE - Y8
Our debut Creative Kete Video Workshop explores the space between realist and abstract painting by examining three contemporary NZ landscape painters; John Pule, Barbara Tuck and Krystie Wade.
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Ceramic Studio: Oceans and Origins Treasure Boxes
Available through Term 1 - Term 2
Mon 29 January - Fri 5 July, 2024
Primary - High School: YNE - Y13
In this clay workshop, students will use hand-building techniques to design and shape their own lidded container.
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Say It Sky High
Available through Term 2
Mon 29 April - Fri 5 July
Primary and Intermediate: Y3 - Y8
Kites that fly our words high up in the sky. This workshop takes cues from the rich history of Protest art in Aotearoa, and asks young people what they would want to say and then gives them the tools to fly their words high for everyone to see.
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