Invitation to Write

WRITE 50 WORDS

A selection of these may be placed on the Ripple Poetry blog.

Please visit the Illuminations online launch as well and

leave us a comment on any of the materials.

Launch replay is pinned to the top of my public page https://www.facebook.com/gumbootspearlz

Or you can watch videos separately

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Submit via gumbootspearlz@gmail.com

The Illuminations Artists in Conversation

For Sound Cloud of the Full Interview

June Perkins chatting with Ruha and Minaira Fifita about the art of collaboration, the role of the artist in society and living across three countries.

Published by Kookie!

So happy to share my story ‘The Park’ about a mysterious lady in the park, and the power of friendship and art, has been published by Kookie Magazine.

A hugh thank you to one of the editors Nicky and the rest of the team, for sharing this work.

You can preview the first part of the story and see the delightful illustration for it by Suzie Mason here KOOKIE PREVIEW

Engaged personal connections

This exhibition looks so interesting. Wish I could have visited it.

Art + Media

Left to Right: St Cyricus, plastic, artificial flowers and Epoxy, 40 x 15 x 60 cm by Brit Bunkley; Netting, wire and acrylic, by Michelle Backhouse; Pouhine (red basket form), harakeke (flax), muka (flax fibre), commercial dyes. Raranga + whatu (M?ori weaving techniques) by Adrienne Spratt; Lake Alice Water-tower, plastic, paint and artificial flowers, 60 x 12 x 12 cm, by Brit Bunkley; Into the pink, wire and acrylic, by Michelle Backhouse; Cleaning the Air, 43 sec video + Daily Dishes, 7 min 11 sec video by Pietertje van Splunter; Oil on canvas by Edward Walton; From the War / No War series, six laser print on card reliefs (obliquely on the wall) by Hohepa; Kete Pingao, 20 x 10 cm, woven basket by Brenda Tuuta; Herenga rahi (Big connections/confinement), harakeke, muka, tanekaha bark and paru dyes. Raranga, whatu (M?ori weaving techniques…