CULTURE
YAY F O R C L AY Poet and ceramic artist Sam Duckor-Jones is the guest artist and selector for this year’s Ceramicus exhibition. The Wellington Potters’ Association’s annual showcase, which turns 60 this year, is a chance to see new pottery works by ceramicists hailing from Wellington, Kapiti and the Wairarapa. A range of awards will be announced on opening night, including the Premier Acquisition Award from Wellington Museum, where the winning piece becomes part of the permanent collection at Wellington Museum. Splash the national exhibition of Watercolour New Zealand, will also be on show. Ceramicus, Academy Galleries, Queen Wharf, from 16 November
MIX IT UP
GO OD FRIDAY
TIME FLIES
Three Wellington recording-studio engineers – Lee Prebble, Benny Tones and James Goldsmith – discuss their favourite mixes (as in combining multiple sound sources into one track) at Wellington Museum event After Hours: Sounds and Gifted (22 November). Local collective GOOMGROK, Rhombus Sound System, and audio-visual artist Jamoody perform live. Hi-fi speakers made by Wellington’s Tub’s Audio create different acoustics in four rooms.
Feilding couple Karla and Reihana Haronga – both high-school teachers – set and staged their play Friday’s Flock at the real-life Saleyards Café, next door to a stock sale-yard in Feilding. The duo’s theatre company Te Pūanga Whakaari performed Friday’s Flock there for three seasons, and also around the Manawatu. After a popular season at Wellington’s Kia Mau Festival, Friday’s Flock returns to the capital (8–17 November, Circa). They hope to take it to rural towns whose stories often don’t get told.
Garry Trinder says his 20 years as New Zealand School of Dance director have flown by. Another 20 years to go? ‘No! I’ll have titanium hips and knees by then. But I’m not retiring anytime soon. The best part is seeing students succeed. Graduates text, email, send photos of themselves performing.’ Honouring his milestone, the NZSD’s annual Graduation Season presents six works that alternate nightly, with three classical and three contemporary dances each evening (21 November to 1 December, Te Whaea).
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