Artists and sisters (from left) Michelle Hinekura Kerr, Fiona Collis and Claudette Madeline Collis are showing their works at an exhibition titled Hau Kainga at Tairāwhiti Museum.
Artists and sisters (from left) Michelle Hinekura Kerr, Fiona Collis and Claudette Madeline Collis are showing their works at an exhibition titled Hau Kainga at Tairāwhiti Museum.
Three Tolaga Bay sisters are showing their works as a whānau for the first time in an exhibition titled Hau Kainga at Tairāwhiti Museum.
The exhibition by Claudette Madeline Collis, Fiona Collis and Michelle Hinekura Kerr, of Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, is running until August 24.
The sisters said it was thefirst time they had exhibited together as a family group.
The exhibition was an opportunity for the community to head to the museum, have a good time and experience manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.
“What Hau Kainga means for us is a nod to our upbringing.”
All three are experienced artists.
Claudette Collis is described in exhibition-related information as “a traditional weaver and contemporary artist passionate about ancestral weaving, while pushing the boundaries of process, technique and material into a contemporary space”.
Works by Fiona Collis are part of a Tairāwhiti Museum exhibition by three East Coast sisters.
Fiona Collis is a contemporary Māori artist who specialises in kākahu weaving, while Hinekura Kerr is a kairaranga who also does contemporary Māori art.
“Her work draws on the teachings of her tīpuna and reflects her commitment to the survival and revitalisation of practices associated with Te Whare Pora - the house of weaving.
“Hau Kainga is a celebration of deep connection to whenua, whakapapa and tūrangawaewae.”
