by Mia Straka | Dec 23, 2022 | Exhibition, Handshake7, Mia Straka
*Oliver Burkeman, Sam Harris podcast #289 Time management for mortals approx 22:29 minutes I’m interested in how we experience, value and record time. As a social medium adornment has the potential to act as catalyst, conduit and communicator in this realm. I invited...
by Mia Straka | Nov 5, 2022 | Exhibition, Handshake6, Mia Straka
During our two and a half years together as HandShake6 from January 2020-mid 2022, the world has undergone tremendous upheaval. This has affected us all and as artists can be seen reflected in our work. We chose Morph as our collective title and theme...
by admin | Oct 22, 2022 | Curation, Exhibition, HS alumnus, News
‘Whānui’ is an exhibition by ten innovative Aotearoa artists that have participated in former HANDSHAKE projects. The HANDSHAKE project has been for the last 10 years instrumental in supporting early career and emerging jewellery artists, allowing them in...
by Mia Straka | Oct 20, 2022 | Exhibition, Handshake6, Mia Straka
Shown on screen as part of my contribution to our final Handshake6 exhibition Morph at NorthArt in Auckland 2022, these works introduce time based media to my practice as a way to contextualise and project adornment across time and space. The first three of these...
by Mia Straka | Jun 26, 2022 | Exhibition, Handshake6, Mia Straka
at Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt 21 May – 27 June 2022 Our second exhibition of new work as members of Handshake_6, GLIMMER reveals a sample of our current work as we build towards our final exhibition at Northart in Auckland later in the year. For the year July...
by admin | May 16, 2022 | Exhibition, Handshake6, News
HANDSHAKE 6 exhibition at WHIRINAKI WHARE TAONGA, Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ Saturday 21 May – Sunday 24 July, 2022 ‘Jewellery Glimmer’ is how jewellery is in conversation with many of their surroundings. The art works in this exhibition are...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Collaboration, News
Containment/Uncontained, working across borders: HSDCTC-colab Pah Homestead 17 February – 3 AprilFirst Floor GalleriesOpening Night: Wednesday 16 February, 6 – 8pm HSDCTC colab collaboration unpacks at Pah Homestead the issues that were experienced during the current...
by admin | Jun 5, 2021 | Curation, Exhibition, News
by Sarah McClintock: A handshake is a sign of peace, in the offering of open hands you are showing that you bear no ill will. A give and take, there is no winner in a handshake. Instead it is a mutual ritual, an exchange of power and expression of trust and respect....
by Mia Straka | Apr 5, 2021 | Exhibition, Handshake6, Mia Straka
Dear Blog, Firstly, apologies I have been slack on posting since our Handshake6 exhibition in October/November last year. My life has settled with a new home since then and this is my commitment that I will be better! Before moving forward I want to share my...
by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Exhibition, Handshake6, News
EXHIBITION: 31 Oct – 13 Nov, 2020. Te Auaha gallery, 65 Dixon St, Wellington (opening event Fr 30 Oct, 5:30 pm) SIGNING IN reflects the participants’ work as a group since the start of their mentorship and marks the halfway point of their two-year journey. Here...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Exhibition, Handshake6
Handshake in Hamilton is a group exhibition co-curated by contemporary art collector, Garth O’Brien, and Weasel Gallery Director, Laree Payne. Handshake in Hamilton presents a diverse range of contemporary jewellery from the Handshake 6 cohort alongside paintings by...
