Fa´a fetai tele lava ia AUT University Art and Design for inviting our director, Louise Tu´u, to open as the first speaker as part of the AD12 Maori & Pasifika Postgrad Hui this morning.
Big ups to Nova Paul, Senior Lecturer in Art and Design for inviting us to speak and become aware of this great event. Thanks too to Vera Mey who spoke after us and shared her thoughts into her articulate practice and influences.
If you are keen to meet and tautala with the wonderful graduates and staff of this programme and hear the great line-up of speakers, please head down now to the AUT Marae and WE 402 Studio on St Paul St for today´s last session and tomorrow´s, beginning at 10am.
Speakers include Luke Willis Thompson, Sandra Tupu, Ema Tavola, Rachel Shearer, Stan Wolfgramm, Tumarangai Sciascia and Johnson Witehira. It´s sure to be a cracker!
