Wednesday September 12, 2018
Polynesian artist visits Pukeatua School
Michel Tuf fery, far left, standing with students and teachers from room 2 and 4 at Pukeatua School. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Pukeatua School students had a special treat when Michel Tuffery visited their classroom to talk with them. Michel Tuffery is a Polynesian artist born in Wellington who works in a number of media including printmaking, posters, woodcuts, lithography, sculpture, set design and performance pieces. Expla in ing h is choice to
work with different types of media, he says he is fascinated by everything he sees around him. “I like to have a go, interpret how I see things, because if you don’t try you’ll never know,” Michel says. He visited the school on Monday, September 3. Michel is one of a number of New Zealand-born Pacific
Islanders who reference their Pacific identity in their work whilst using European mediums. “We’re this third generation. If you go to a new place you create a new culture, and that’s what we’re doing,” he says. Art played a crucial part in Michel’s childhood as he is dyslexic, so he found it a way to communicate.
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“Drawing was an excuse not to write. Teachers would try and get me to write by saying that if I wrote a sentence they would let me draw on the other side of the page,” he says. Michel has an inclusive view of art and identity in the Pacific. He believes everyone in New Zealand has a legitimate contribution to make in the exploration and expression of
the unique Pacific identity. As part of Pukeatua School’s art programme, the students had researched about Michel and his style of art. They chose a shape that had meaning to them and they made choices from turtles right through to boxing gloves. Their art is currently hanging up in the Ministry of Education office in Wellington.
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