Charlene Tedrow – Workshop
Sunday 24th March: 11.00 – 15.00
Bio:
Charlene Tedrow is an exceptionally gifted weaver of Pacific Indigenous dance, storytelling and adornments. Born in Samoa and migrated to Aotearoa in 2003, Charlene has become a strong advocate for Pasifika women in the creative arts industry in Auckland and promotes dance as a platform for creativity, self-expression, self-awareness, interpersonal and community transformation
Abstract:
Mind and Body Ura workshop
A uniquely framed dance workshop that connect spiritualties, movement and philosophies from various Pacific cultures as a way of activating cross-cultural collaborations for meaningful dance creations, and transforming experiences. The workshop aims to get participants breathing, moving and conversing as a unified collective
Samantha Faulkner – Workshop
Monday 25th March: 14.30 – 15.30
Bio:
Us Mob Writing (UMW) are a group of First Nations Australia poets, writers and story tellers, emerging and established committed to showcasing First Nations writing. They focus primarily on poetry and short stories, and are published in books and journals including self-publishing By Close of Business and Too Deadly. The group also feature at writing events and festivals.
Abstract:
Too Deadly Workshop: Us Mob Writing Group
The Us Mob Writing Group workshop is for First Nations Peoples to write about their resilience, bringing it to the page and sharing with others. Whether it’s showing resilience in poetry, character description or short story, we will lead individuals to explore and develop these concepts further. Storytelling is resilience in action as First Nations Peoples.
Amelia Radke – Workshop
Wednesday 27th March: 11.40 – 12.40 & 16.00 - 17.00
Bio:
Nadine McDonald-Dowd is the Executive Producer of QPAC’s First Nations program.Amelia Radke (PhD, University of Queensland) is a Research Associate for QPAC’s Yawar, a cultural mapping project.Troy Casey is a Kamilaroi man and QPAC Project Officer for Yawar, a cultural mapping project.
Abstract:
Mapping an unseen landscape
Our workshop, Mapping an unseen landscape, provides participants with skills on how to map intangible cultural practices. The workshop will introduce participants to the concept of counter-mapping and provide real-world techniques on how to map intangible practices, such as song, dance, oral histories, rituals, festivals, and crafts.
Adriel Luis – Workshop
Wednesday 27th March: 11.00 – 12.00
Bio:
Kālewa Correa and Adriel Luis are curators at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center,which since 2016 has been presenting community-centered museum experiences known as Culture Labs – engaged over 150 artists & practitioners. Smithsonian APA is currently collaborating with the Auckland Museum to present a Culture Lab in Auckland in 2019.
Abstract:
The Culture Lab: Imagining Community Centered models of museum practice in the Pacific
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s Culture Labs are community-centered museum experiences. This workshop introduces beliefs that led to three successful Culture Labs in the U.S. and Hawaiʻi, and investigate shifts in practice may best benefit the next Culture Lab, a partnership with the Auckland Museum in Tāmaki for October 2019.