The Wallace Arts Trust and Photowhisper Incorporated invite you to the opening of Chiwi: A Way of Life at 6pm Tuesday 5 June 2012. Chiwi is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2012, and is a Fringe exhibition.Chiwi is an exhibition by Photowhisper Incorporated, a non-profit association for New Zealand Chinese photographers. 'Chiwi' refers to a lifestyle that gains its ground through a fusion of personal proclivities towards both the Chinese and the Kiwi lifestyles. Curated by Jackie Xie of Photowhisper Incorporated, photographers give their own stories in their own ways about their daily lives in New Zealand. Chiwi Artists' Talk: Friday 15 June at 1:30pm.

Chiwi: A Way of Life is an exhibition by Photowhisper Incorporated, a non-profit association for New Zealand Chinese photographers. 'Chiwi' refers to a lifestyle that gains its ground through a fusion of personal proclivities towards both the Chinese and the Kiwi lifestyles. Curated by Jackie Xie of Photowhisper Incorporated, photographers give their own stories in their own ways about their daily lives in New Zealand. The exhibiting photographers are Linda Ai, King Tong Ho, Ivan Liang, Maureen Tan, John Wang, Jack Xie and Zoe Zhang. Join Photowhisper Incorporated artists for a Floor Talk Friday 15 June at 1:30pm. Chiwi is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2012, and is a Fringe exhibition.

Join the Wallace Arts Trust and Steve Rood for an Artist Talk. Rood's upcoming exhibition at The Pah Homestead Potato, embraces the impossibility of any fixed definition of New Zealand identity, and invites the viewer to encounter the work as an experience in itself, rather than as a didactic resource, becoming a small part in the dialogue about New Zealand identity.

Throughout 2012 the Jade String Quartet will present a series of concerts on Sundays at the Pah Homestead, with a focus on famous composers last works written for the string quartet.

Jade String Quartet are Miranda Adams, William Hanfling, Robert Ashworth and Claudia Price, all members of the APO. Together since 2003, they have produced three CDs, and toured with Arts on Tour and Chamber Music NZ. This year the programme focuses on the last string quartets written by prominent composers. Jade will be also joined by distinguished APO musicians Nicola Baker and Annabella Leslie to bring you some rare and beautiful quintets featuring French horn and double bass.

Tickets available at the door or online at www.jadestringquartet.co.nz

$30 Adults
$15 Friends of APO, Students & Seniors

New Zealand’s visionary image-maker Vincent Ward will have two public exhibitions simultaneously in Auckland this July. Inhale Exhale.

The Wallace Arts Trust and Vincent Ward invite you to the opening of Vincent Ward | Exhale, 6pm Monday 2 July 2012. Exhale showcases a series of physically imposing photographic, print and painted works. Inhale features Ward’s cinematic installations and opens 6 July at the Gus Fisher Gallery at The University of Auckland.

As part of the opening celebrations, Vincent Ward is launching his new book, titled Inhale | Exhale. The 180-page, large-format publication explores Ward’s distinctive fusion of film, photography and paint. Released by Montana Book Award winning publisher Ron Sang Inhale | Exhale will sit alongside Sang’s books on the work of Ralph Hotere, Len Castle and Michael Smither. Ward will be available for book signings half an hour prior to both openings.

Vincent Ward Artist Talk: Saturday 7 July, 11am - 12pm.
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The Wallace Arts Trust will serve award winning ARA wines, from Marlborough at The Pah Homestead, for the opening of Exhale - a perfect partnership between contemporary art and ARA’s modern take on Marlborough wine styles’. Thank you ARA wines.

Join us for visionary image-maker Vincent Ward's Artist Talk at The Pah Homestead!

This upcoming event will consist of Ward's discussion around his upcoming dual Auckland exhibitions Exhale at The Pah Hometsead, and Inhale at Gus Fisher Gallery, as well as his background in the arts and his practice.

Exhale draws together the two strands of Vincent Ward’s career, as a feature filmmaker and his background in fine arts. Ward’s ongoing concern with metamorphosis, light, darkness and immersive experience has led him to create a series of physically imposing works that delve into otherworldly landscapes and transcendent states, seeking elusive ‘transformational moments’ that connect with the human psyche. Amongst the many explorations Ward draws upon his aesthetics for Motion Painting that led to an Academy Award. Referencing this aesthetic, he investigates the cusp between photography, paint and digital imaging to present a range of transformational moments.

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