Papakura Art Gallery - Manager's Report 2019

Papakura Art Gallery

Manager’s Report July 2018 - June 2019

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Programmes and participants 7 Visitor feedback

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Highlights 13 Business plan implementation 17 Annual priorities 18

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“...unified by art and mutual respect.”

COREY WALDEN, FACILITY MANAGER

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While compiling this document, I have been struck by how many exhibitions, workshops and events Papakura Art Gallery has hosted in the past year.

Although Papakura Art Gallery is a relatively humble gallery compared to some of its counterparts within the wider Auckland region, I remain inspired by the range of artists (local and otherwise) who have exhibited here in the last year.

It makes me wonder what effect the various events, workshops, and arts experiences have had for the range of individuals visiting the gallery this year. I hope the passion and daily dedication our staff have, for the gallery and the role of arts in our community, makes makes Papakura Art Gallery a taonga for the our people.

On a day-to-day level, there are many opportunities for us to continue improving the visitor experience and engaging the local community in new ways.

Welcome

There is much to reflect on and acknowledge about the past year at Papakura Art Gallery.

This is an ongoing aspiration, but I believe a dependable foundation has been laid for this work to take place. Recently I had the pleasure of stopping by the gallery to witness our Gallery Coordinator, Jack, facilitating a session with Real World Living and Te Aoatea. It stuck with me how harmonious it appeared: both groups visit the gallery at very different life-stages and with very different needs, yet both coexist in the same space, unified by art and mutual respect.

The invigorating truth is that this was just one moment among many. I could talk at great length about the popular Ako Art Bus Tour this year, the well-attended Matariki opening, or about Zena Elliot’s beautiful toi whakairo; indeed, all of these were highlight moments for me, and only provide the merest hint of everything that has taken place at the gallery this year. With all this in mind, I look forward to what the remainder of this year and what the next shall bring.

NgÄ mihi nui, Corey Walden Facility Manager, Papakura Art Gallery

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Meet the team

Staffing

Corey Walden

Papakura Art Gallery is operated by the following staff:

FACILITY MANAGER

1 Facility Manager (full-time)

Corey has worked in Auckland Council facilities in Mangere

1 Gallery Coordinator (full-time)

and Ōtara since March 2018, and more recently at Nathan Homestead in Manurewa. Previously, he worked as a

1 Gallery Assistant (part-time)

lecturer at Auckland University of Technology and in social

Facility staff are also supported by Auckland Council

services and community development roles. His hobbies

specialist staff.

include musicianship and writing. He has been in a variety of Auckland bands and published and edited in academia

Opening hours

and the gaming industry.

Jack Tilson

Papakura Art Gallery is open to the public during the following hours:

GALLERY COORDINATOR Jack’s role is a natural extension of his arts expertise as a

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TIME E

Monday - Friday

9am - 7pm

Saturday

10am - 2pm

Sunday / Public Holiday

Closed

ceramicist, his previous work in Auckland Council Libraries, and his tutoring experience as a ceramics and sculpture technician at Studio One Toi Tū. Jack completed an MFA in Fine Art from Elam in 2015, creating a show entitled ‘Malleable Histories’. When he is not busy coordinating daily operations, exhibitions, workshops and events at Papakura Art Gallery, Jack continues to make ceramics from his studio and runs his own kiln.

Temaleti Akau’ola Laloni GALLERY ASSISTANT Tema provides administrative and service support to staff, artists and visitors. Her warm demeanour puts people at ease and creates a welcoming environment; her skills with children translate to skilled facilitation of workshops and events. Tema has a passion for contemporary Pacific art and design, mainly through styling cultural and traditional materials. Tema is in the final stages of an arts degree, which she aims to complete by the end of the year.

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The tables below summarise programme participants and gallery visitor by month for FY19.

Programme participants by month 450 400

Number of participants

350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0

Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

Number of programmes by month to Papakura The number of visitors and participants 16

Art Gallery for FY18/19 totalled 3,417.

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Number of programmes

Programmes and particpants 7

Participants and visitors

10 (October to December 2018) saw the highest number of 8

visitors to the gallery and participants in programmes.

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4 To note is that Auckland Council Arts and Culture 2 reporting measures changed slightly from December 0

Jul-18the Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18January Dec-18 Jan-192019 Feb-19 visitor Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 2018 to present.

From numbers

exclude non-arts related visits; nonetheless, overall changes in reporting measures should alter overall numbers only marginally.

Visitor profile

Programmes

Visitor age distribution Visitor age distribution

100%

Throughout FY19 there has been a consortium of interesting exhibitions and programmed events.

90% 80% 80% 70% 70% 60%

The table below gives a numerical total of programmes by

60% 50% 50% 40%

month.

40% 30% 30% 20% 20% 10% 10% 0% 0%

Programme participants by month 450

15 - 24 15 - 24

25 - 34 25 - 34

35 - 44 35 - 44

45 - 54 45 - 54

55 - 64 55 - 64

Age brackets (years) Age brackets (years)

Papapkura Art Gallery visitors Papapkura Art Gallery visitors

65+

400

65+

350

Number of participants

Proportion of sample Proportion of sample

90% 100%

Papakura residents Papakura residents

300 250 200 150 100

Visitorethnicity ethnicitydistribution distribution Visitor

50 0

Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

80% 80% 70% 70%

Number of programmes by month

60% 60%

16 As mentioned previously, the reporting measures used by

50% 50% 40% 40%

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council’s Arts and Culture unit changed in January 2019.

30% 30% 20% 20% 10% 10% 0% 0%

Number of programmes

Proportion Proportion of of sample sample

100% 100% 90% 90%

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This10change is the main driver for the apparent decrease European / Pākehā European / Pākehā

Māori Māori

Pacific Pacific

Ethnicities Ethnicities

Papapkura Art Gallery visitors Papapkura Art Gallery visitors

Asian Asian

Other Other

Papakura residents Papakura residents

Visitor age and ethnicity information was collected as part

8 in performance in the graph above; where previously 6 we counted invidivual sessions as programmes, we now 4

combine repeated, sequential or simmilar sessions.

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Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19

of a visitor satisfaction survey conducted in June 2019.

Results may not represent Papakura Art Gallery visitor demographics throughout the entire year.

Papakura Local Board statistics are drawn from 2013 Census results.

Auckland Council research protocols exclude minors (under 15 years) without parental permission, so this segment has been excluded from both data sets for consistency.

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Communications Keeping in touch with our community is paramount.

At Papakura Art Gallery we do this using e-newsletters and online event listings (OurAuckland, Eventfinda, etc.).

We are currently building and email database and our Facebook presence, as two of the core priorities for our social media and marketing strategy.

Facebook Facebook likes for Papakura Art Gallery have increased by 13% in the last year.

This increase, although modest, is the result of an increased focus on using social media to connect with our community, regularly uploading events and posting updates.

Many visitors to the gallery use this medium to discover events and exhibitions, contact the gallery, and sign up for workshops. A good example of this is shown on the right; this promotional post reached 1,225 people and elicited 111 responses.

We plan to maintain this focus on social media in future, building Papakura Art Gallery’s Facebook audience and online engagement with our customers.

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Visitor feedback

We asked our visitors to tell us what they thought about Papakura Art Gallery and about the event or activity they had attended.

88% said it was beautiful 79% said it was educational 68% said it was emotional 95% said it was enjoyable 87% said it was inspiring 83% said it was satisfying 90% said it was thought-provoking 93% said it was worth going to This feedback was collected at a sample of events throughout June 2019.

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95%

95%

90%

were satisfied with the overall

felt welcome and comfortable

agreed Papakura Art Gallery makes the

experience on their latest visit

area more vibrant and attractive

94%

81%

86%

said what’s on is relevant and

said it’s easy to find out

said Papakura Art Gallery makes

interesting

what’s on

them feel more connected to their community

86%

92%

said what’s on reflects

say Papakura Art Gallery’s

said they learned a new skill or

Auckland’s cultural diversity

opening hours are convenient

about a different culture/viewpoint

76%

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Highlights

Arts and culture programmes Papakura Art Gallery is supported by the services of Auckland Council’s arts and culture programming team.

This year’s arts and culture exhibition programme included the following exhibitions: » H umans of South Auckland and Hau (local group shows) » Make Boobs Great Again by Sarah Yates; » More Vibration Than We Think We Need by Laura Marsh; » I nterfaces by Lena Schmid; » Overcome by Anita Mary and Andrew Blythe; » W hakaohooho by Zena Elliott; » Mahara Whakamōhou by Bobby Campbell Luke; » L eft Field Collective (semi-local artists); » Project 313: Acknowledging Our Mothers by Richard Shortland Cooper; » Te Mātahi o Te Tau by Haare, Janine and Charles Williams; » T he Divine Feminine Edge by Martina Corpuz (in collaboration with The Corner); » T hey are us, WE are them by Kelliemay Masiutama (in collaboration with The Corner)

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Public programming

Ako Bus Tour

Papakura Art Gallery delivers or hosts regular public

This year’s Ako Art Bus Tour, organised by gallery

programmes (workshops and events) that are related

coordinator Jack Tilson, was a full-day art experience

in subject matter to scheduled exhibitions.

facilitated by Charles and Janine Williams.

Public programmes are lead by gallery staff, arts and

The couple guided participants around Papakura to talk

culture programmers, or artists

about their street art; talking about the core ideas that

» Every week, artists from Left Field Collective ran

inspired and informed their artwork.

public sessions as part of the Paper Bag project, an

The day was fully booked and very well received by

interactive and collaborative project where participants

participants. In addition to the off-site tour, kai was

contributed toward making a visual grid in the gallery.

provided at Papakura Art Gallery, along with a brief kōrero

» Two workshops were held for Bobby Campbell Luke’s

exhibition. Participants visited op shops with the artist,

then returned to the gallery to reassemble their

purchases into new art works.

about the concurrent gallery exhibitions by Charles, Janine and Haare Williams

» Zena Elliot delivered a popular workshop that looked

at new ways of painting on pre-made tiki-shaped

wooden boards.

» Other examples include Sarah Yates’ car maintenance

workshop and Laura Marsh’s DJ workshop with seniors.

These workshops attract diverse groups of participants and inspire kōrero about what art making means.

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The Corner: Creative Space

Partnerships

This year Papakura Art Gallery worked with The Corner:

Papakura Art Gallery is proud to partner with Te Aotea (an

Creative Space, a multi-discipline arts facility run by young

alternative education group), Real World Living (a disability

people, to display the work of five local artists in the

support provider).

window space at Papakura Art Gallery.

We host art sessions by both groups at the gallery

The series began with Martina Corpuz’s The Divine

every Wednesday. Jack, Papakura Art Gallery’s Gallery

Feminine Edge. The second display opened on June 29 and

Coordinator, guides them through a variety of arts

featured the work of Kelliemay Masiutama with her series

experiences.

They are us, WE are them.

Recently, Real World Living participants have been working with clay, which is then fired at Studio One Toi Tū and

Workshops Two workshops have proven popular this year: Raranga Harakeke Workshop with Nan Kura and Toi Manawa Bone

returned to participants in finished form.

Meanwhie, Te Aoatea have been working on an identity project using the medium of drawing.

Carving. Both ran at maximum capacity and provided a

Although both groups are very different, they work

unique opportunity for participants to work with flax and

harmoniously alongside each other, enjoying the space.

bone carving.

We also partner with Connect the Dots who uses the space semi-regularly to run creative workshops for people living

Matariki Every exhibition provides something unique and interesting for visitors and our Matariki programming for 2019 was no exception.

Saturday, June 29 saw the opening for Project 313: Acknowledging Our Mothers by Richard Shortland Cooper, Te Mātahi o Te Tau by Haare, Janine, and Charles Williams, and They are us, WE are them by Kelliemay Masiutama (in collaboration with The Corner).

The opening drew an impressive crowd of over 100 friends, whānau and members of the public.

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with dementia with the aim of improving their wellbeing.

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Business plan implementation 17

Our vision Papakura Art Gallery connects and inspires local communities by nurturing creative networks and talents in Papakura.

Our mission Papakura Art Gallery’s purpose is to provide opportunities for diverse local communities to actively engage with a range of creative and cultural experiences in a welcoming and supportive environment. This is achieved by practicing manaakitanga as well as delivering stimulating arts programmes, including exhibitions, activities and public programmes.

Our objectives » To provide a caring and comfortable space for people to enjoy art and share cultural experiences » To deliver a dynamic range of arts and culture experiences that respond to and reflect the diverse communities of Papakura » To increase local young people’s access to and participation in the arts » To support the development of Māori arts and artists in Papakura, and facilitate meaningful connections that encompass Te Ao Māori » To support and mentor local artists in the development of their professional practice, and connect them to broader audiences, creative networks and opportunities » To develop strong local partnerships, and to enable and support connections within the community » To operate efficiently, effectively and in a sustainable manner.

This section describes how staff at Papakura Art Gallery will prioritise actions throughout the coming year » Renewals Work – for FY20 this includes painting

and carpeting the upstairs space; renovating the kitchen,

including new cabinetry and painting; also painting the

ceiling of the exhibition spaces. Our plan is to continue

incremental facility upgrades over the coming years.

» Signage – improving external signage to increase facility

visibility, aesthetic appeal, marketing and

communications. » Outreach programmes – investigating off-site

programmes to attract visitors to the gallery. This could

include outdoor activations, community wall

planting initiatives, or temporary art installations.

» Marketing and Communications – growing our

online audiences and improve communications material

for visitors. This will include building our Facebook

community and our e-newsletter database and possibly

a seasonal programme guide.

Annual prioritites

Annual priorities FY20

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CONTACT US 10 Averill St, Papakura 09 297 7510 papakuraartgallery@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz @papakuraartgallery

IMAGE CREDITS P1 - On the Ako Art Bus Tour, mural by Charles and Janine Williams (pictured), photograph by Raymond Sagapolutele P3 - Ruru (2017) by Denise Batchelor, from her exhibition Wilderness, Water and Wind P6 - Project 313: Acknowledging Our Mothers exhibition opening, artwork by Richard Shortland Cooper, photograph by PAG staff P9 - Bone Carving Workshop with Maha Tomo, photograph by PAG staff P14 - On the Ako Art Bus Tour, mural by Charles and Janine Williams (pictured), photograph by Raymond Sagapolutele P16 - Bone Carving Workshop with Maha Tomo, photograph by PAG staff; They are us, WE are them, by Kelliemay Masiutama, photograph by PAG staff