by Nellie Peoples | Apr 30, 2024 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
Whoever wrote the proverb “never meet your [creative] heroes”, obviously had never met Neke Moa. She is my mentor this year for Handshake8. I will not recite the incredible things that Neke has created, exhibited and taught, but I would redirect, and recommend, you to...
by admin | Apr 10, 2024 | Curation, HS alumnus, News
Please join us for the opening Saturday 13 April 3-at 5 pm of 67206 days, 2276 full moons, these numbers mark the time since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi…so who’s counting? Nine New Zealand artists from the Handshake Project with the support of Creative...
by Nellie Peoples | Apr 10, 2024 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
I found myself amidst the rocks and seaweed and lapping waves of Karaka Bay following a prompt from Andrea Daly in our History and Theory classes for Handshake 8. We were asked to think about the rules that surround the field of Contemporary Jewellery and in so doing...