NZQA EXHIBITION RINGA TOI
Senior Maori Art Students take part in NZQA exhibition Ringa Toi
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he 2020 Ringa Toi Student Exhibition was held at the Asteron Centre in Wellington from Wednesday 23 September to Friday 2 October. It featured excellence work of Year 13 photography students Ruiha Bhana and Zenephi Kwan-Wing, Year 13 printmaking students Lutila Seymour and Whitiora Purua and year 12 art student Jennifer-Rose Heremia and Year 11 art student Nyle Turuwhenua.
IN WELLINGTON
Ringa Toi is an annual exhibition that showcases the artwork of secondary school students at NCEA levels 1-3, with a focus on excellence work in Toi Māori. Work displayed showcases a range of Māori art forms including raranga, kākahu (wearable art), tukutuku, tāniko, whakairo, kōwhaiwhai, mahi-tā (paint, print, spray), uku, whakapakoko (sculpture) and mahi-matihiko (digital). In his artist statement, that accompanied his work, PHS student Whitora Purua said “I love everything that has to do with Māori culture and how our people are spreading their talent, like Sons of Zion and how they took their song “Drift away” and translated it into Te Reo for Māori Language week last year. When I was designing the patterns they were honouring Ranginui and Papatuanuku, the past and the future. The layers of the pattern create an illusion and while the Marae is basically saying “This is where our people’s music began”.
“It’s the social anxiety for me -C.S” - Nicky Brooks 18 | RINGA TOI - NZQA EXHIBITION | PHS YEAR BOOK 2020
