H8 mentees & mentors:
The mentorship programme has been the flagship of the HANDSHAKE project. The HS mentorship system with top international mentor artists has supported many NZ emerging artists and provided professional ‘tools’ through their generous feedback support. This guidance is crucial for accelerated learning as it exposes mentees to years of experience, knowledge, and resolution processes that are not typically provided by the traditional art education system in New Zealand. Even ex-HS mentees are now being asked to become mentors for the new generation. Each HS8 artist has their selected mentor, and they start working with them in 2024.
The HS8 mentor programme aims to assist, encourage, challenge, and provide constructive criticism toward the mentee’s personal and artistic growth.
HS8 artists/mentees will create a body of work with their mentor that will be showcased at Pah Homestead, Auckland (end 2024). The mentor sessions are scheduled throughout 2024 to support the various stages of their development leading up to their final exhibition.
HS8 mentees & mentors:
Denise Callan Mah Rana
Fran Carter Renee Bevan
Rachel Chapman Katrin Spranger
Tui Diprose Estela Saez-
Fiona Frew Roseanne Bartley
Louise Hill Judith Darragh
Lisa Van Hulst Manon van Kouswijk
Genie Lee Renee Bevan
Nellie Peoples Neke Moa
Rose Pickernell Moniek Schrijer
Grace Yu Piper Karl Fritsch
Denise Callan Mah Rana
Fran Carter Renee Bevan
Rachel Chapman Katrin Spranger
Tui Diprose Estela Saez-Vilanova
Fiona Frew Roseanne Bartley
Louise Hill Judith Darragh
Lisa Van Hulst Manon van Kouswijk
Genie Lee Renee Bevan
Nellie Peoples Neke Moa
Rose Pickernell Moniek Schrijer
Grace Yu Piper Karl Fritsch
HS8 blog posts:
First Encounter
Before even getting to Estela Saez Vilanova’s first masterclass for handshake 8 I had feelings of plunging into an alien creative pressure cooker. Our brief was to bring three oversized (larger than our head) objects, that we could transform. Rushing through the local...
Who am I?
Kia Ora. My name is Nellie Peoples, I am a designer and maker. My practice is based in contemporary jewellery and small objects. I am living, working and making in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, from a home studio, which (when I open the roller door)...
HANDSHAKE 8 is live
Welcome to HandShake 8, 2023-24 HS8 is a 2-year programme that encourages experimentation, feedback, development, and exhibiting. Twelve emerging artists selected by Estela Saez Vilanova (Barcelona) start off with a series of masterclasses in which depth and content...