61-69 Abel Smith St
Wellington, New Zealand 6010
office@kiamaufestival.org
Dream Girls Art Collective
Dream Girls Art Collective is the collaborative, creative mahi of Miriama Grace-Smith, Xoë Hall and Gina KielArt Collective is the collaborative, creative mahi of Miriama Grace-Smith, Xoë Hall and Gina Kiel.
Their work both motivates and stimulates, introducing new ways of looking at street art and modern art practices.
Their striking work adorns many public and private spaces in Aotearoa, from the streets to gallery walls and across digital and hand painted mediums.
With the intention to express, to inspire, to share stories and to empower. Together they navigate the dynamics of collaboration with natural intuition and flow, combining their well established and continuously evolving individual visual languages to create an entirely new entity that holds its own uniquely powerful voice.
Dates
05 – 17 June 2023
Venue
BATS Theatre
1 Kent Tce,
Mount Victoria,
Wellington 6011
Tickets
FREE EVENT
Learn More About The Curator
Jamie Berry
Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a mahaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāpuhi
I am a Multidisciplinary Artist originally from Turanganui-a-kiwa and have spent the last 20 years residing in Te Whanganui-a-tara. I have always appreciated the vibrant, creative energy present in Pōneke, and can credit much of who I am as an Artist to this beautiful city.
I am honoured to be curating the Visual Arts programme this year for Kia Mau Festival, 6 – 17 June. My intention is to exhibit tangata whenua and tangata moana Artists, who I admire and who have a strong connection to Pōneke, to showcase their mahi toi within the city landscape we love and are inspired by. Pōneke will be humming during the Kia Mau Festival, with emerging and established Artists working in many different Artforms presented in participating locations around the city.
Advocating the energy we as Artists give back to this space and time. Kia Mau Festival is a special event where we as indigenous Artists of all disciplines can come together and celebrate each other.
