Creative Jewellery Workshop
Facilitated by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
Saturday 6 July
1 - 3pm
Studio 30
$35(FULLY BOOKED)
Jewellery by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
Artist Keri-Mei will be hosting a making workshop where friends and whanau can come in, have a little kai and a cup of tea while making pendants or earrings out of shells, beads, polymer clay and other materials. This will be a fun social ‘hands on’ making session where throughout the workshop Keri-Mei will share and discuss the benefits of creativity, hauora, mental health, well being and its relations with the maramataka. Materials will be provided but please feel free to bring along any crafty bits and pieces you would like to play with. You will leave with your own hand crafted wearable piece to see you into the Māori new year.
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
For a wait list place, please e-mail artscentre@wcc.govt.nz
Artists Biography:
Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
Keri-Mei Zagrobelna (Te Āti Awa & Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) graduated from Whitireia with a BaPPa in visual arts and comes from a background entwined in museums and art. Currently working from her Pōneke (Wellington) based studio she also holds a history of lecturing, public art commissions, art mentoring and is a jewellery tutor. Her work aesthetic represents the connectedness to her immediate environment, whakapapa and upbringing. It speaks of cultural communication and interpersonal relationships through the language of art.
“Art and Creativity is a medium by which I can communicate my heritage to both local and global audiences. I seek to nurture and encourage others through my work, by way of my actions and choices as an artist.” - KZ
“I use art as my language and speak through my hands. My eyes hear my thoughts and translate.” - KZ
Aho Hononga
28 June - 9 August
Te Wharetoi o Toi Pōneke (Toi Pōneke Arts Centre) presents Aho Hononga: a six-week special exhibition to celebrate mana whenua ringatoi of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
