School art project weaves cultures past, present and future
supplied Students cut out templates from masking tape to paint designs on the pou whenua, carved by parent and local master carver, Gordon Toi, at Mapua School's entrance. Internationally-acclaimed local master carver and tattoo artist, Gordon Toi, helped students create the pou, showcasing what the children treasured about their community. Toi, who has a child at the school, was persuaded by project manager, teacher Sarah Trollé, to commit to the undertaking, as part of a Government initiative to help schools team up with a professional artist or “creative practitioner” to deliver a n...
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