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Travelling Tuvaluan community rejoice at Whangārei Art Museum celebration 5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Tuvaluan master artist Lakiloko Keakea in Whangārei on Saturday. Photo / John Stone Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz Whangārei Art Museum (WAM) was alive with vibrant colour, sound and people on Saturday with the opening of the Fafetu exhibition. The exhibition, running until May 23, was launched with a pōwhiri that included a fusion of cultures, with a 50-plus Tuvaluan contingent from Auckland. Fafetu translates as star in English. Photo / John Stone WAM marketing manager Larissa McMillan described the event as a joyful celebration. ....
Fafetu exhibition at Whangārei Art Museum features Tuvalu artists 25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Tuvaluan master artist Lakiloko Keakea s work will be displayed at Whangārei Art Museum from this weekend. Photo / Samuel Hartnett courtesy of Objectspace Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz This weekend will see 40 women from Tuvalu and accompanying men with drums descend on Whangārei in traditional dress to open a kaleidoscopic exhibition at the Whangārei Art Museum (WAM). The Fafetu exhibition begins Saturday and will comprise brightly-coloured woven pattern star shapes created by Tuvaluan master artist Lakiloko Keakea and the Tuvaluan group Fafine Niutao I Aotearoa. ....