TE HENGA STUDIOS

JOHN PERRY – TE KAURI: The story of the Tree and it's Culture

Artist and curator John Perry will be creating a site specific installation filled with historic and contemporary art works, photographs, artefacts and objects that look at the Kauri tree, the history of it's various industries (timber, gum), and celebrate the Waitakere Ranges and the North's West Coast.

BRITTA POLLMULLER, MARTIN SERCOMBE & JOC MACK – Poetry Stew Animation Experience

Poetic filmmakers and animators Britta Pollmuller, Martin Sercombe & Joc Mack will spend a relaxing, fun day working on a train of consciousness animated poem together, picking words and phrases out of a poetry stew pot, arranging them into lines of poetry, and animating them alongside instant doodles. Come and add a line or two or just sit and watch. Some of their other animated poems will be screening on loop. Martin Sercombe founded Media Projects in 1980, a film and animation company specialising in community arts work. He currently teaches film production at AUT in Auckland, and animation at Studio One in Ponsonby. Britta Pollmuller teaches Game Design at AUT and is a co-director of Media Projects, & Joc Mack is based in Norwich UK and is an experienced advocate of Theatre in Education. 

Saturday 18th November only*

HEATHERMEG SAMPSON

HeatherMeg is primarily a visual artist who is well regarded in her local community of West Auckland, previously running Titirangi's ArtBunker, and having works commissioned for events and spaces in New Zealand and overseas. She will be painting live in the Yurt as part of her November residency, and creating work in preparation for an evening performance art showcase directed by Tawanda Manyimo. The work will be an exploration of the circular motion of life’s events: investigating ideas related to the cycle of life, of beginnings and endings and everything else in between. See evening event listing for more info on the Te Henga website www.tehengastudios.com.

JAZMINE ROSE PHILLIPS

Jazmine stayed at Te Henga Studios earlier this year doing a residency leading up to the EcoWest Festival, combining film, sound, visual art & performance, inspired by journeying with the native trees and plants of the area. Some of the works created during this time will be shown, as well as perhaps a few surprises.

FATS WHITE

Multi-modal artist Fats White has been painting and saving lives as a Fireman out here in Bethells Valley since 2015, where he has created a world of his own vision: “a day and night, night & day mantra that holds sway in my studio, my womb, situated over the quiet Earth on the black sand edge of civilization, where the World is seen from afar, but there is a need to engage in a visual conversation.” He will be giving studio tours and discussing his new work Figurehead, which he describes as a phantogram of visual antagonism.

JOELLE BUNT

Bethells painter Joelle Bunt is the winner of the Waitakere Art Awards 2017. Her landscapes are bright and magical, sometimes foreboding but always mesmerising. Joelle paints from a heart that truly is in love with Bethells Beach / Te Henga regions.

MAURICE VAN COOTEN
Maurice creates painting, sculpture and installation art in a range of classical and emerging media mauricevancooten.com

ROWENA COOMBES – Te Henga Ceramics 

Te Henga Ceramicist Rowena Coombes describes her work as “functional art for everyday use: love it, share it, enjoy it, care for it! Every piece is unique.” Her vibrant pieces are full of life, like this wild west coast she calls home.

CLIVE TEARE 

Clive Teare is a local creative who's work is “unique, eclectic and weird: Time Travelling Practical Art - Industrial furniture and light sources with a functional quirky uniqueness.”

MIC WATTS 

Mic is an artist and Kaiako, passionate about encouraging creativity in others. He uses a variety of media which explore themes around the nature of reality, consciousness and perception. His work reflects the search to reconcile the shared universe of other minds with the abstract nature of the mental space he inhabits: a brain inside a black box skull, interpreting the electrical signals his senses send through.

DOMINIC OLDREY

Local artist Dominic Oldrey says of his painting process, “I am influenced by what I see Hah! Which sounds basic, but it is was it is, I see something and have a reaction to that something, sometimes little sparks happen in my mind and I react. If the reaction is memorable enough, I do something about it and make, create to reflect that moment.”

BETHELLS BEANZ

Local legendary coffee roasters Bethells Beanz will have their delicious Bethells Beach brand available for the weekend so come enjoy a beautiful blend, an artform unto itself, as you take in the creations and meet the artists on site.

Also featuring works from Te Henga Studios’ permanent collection by Peter Brierley-Millman, Serena Stevenson, Zeros Muller, plus new works by Freeman White, Ricks Terstappen and Richard Adams. 

Also featuring works from Te Henga Studios' permanent collection by Peter Brierley-Millman, Serena Stevenson, Zeros Muller, plus new works by Freeman White, Ricks Terstappen and Richard Adams. 

For further details and additional evening events visit www.tehengastudios.com

Saturday & Sunday

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Te Henga Studios
130 Bethells Road
Bethells Beach

For further details and additional evening events,
Visit www.tehengastudios.com