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Artist Matthew Tucker has always loved numbers and patterns. Matthew lives with a disability and uses a wheelchair, but none of that gets in the way of his creative talent. Audio

Arts news this week as read on the show. Audio

Artist Pia Hill was four when she held her first group exhibition as a curator, in her bedroom. The Bat Show raised hundreds of dollars towards these endangered species conservation. 

Now, aged… Audio

A concert at the 2023 Auckland Arts Festival of new music by New Zealand composers. It celebrates New Zealand's wildlife.  Audio

Tony Stamp meets one of the country's most exciting bands, to discuss their boundary-breaking 2022 album The Water. Audio

Dr Huhana Smith (Ngāti Tukorehe) was the first graduate from Toioho ki Apiti with a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts in 1998. She now holds a PhD in Māori studies.  Audio

Culture 101 Arts News: November 19 2023 Audio

An unlikely collaboration between a sound and video artist and a mechanical engineer has resulted in an exhibition exploring the cross roads of science, art and technology. Depth of Field is video and… Audio

A pioneer artist across the ‘60s and ‘70s and one of the most influential arts educators of his generation,  Jim Allen passed away just shy of turning 101 in June. 

Known for inspiring what has been… Audio

An ambitious new book - Pacific Arts Aotearoa - has been released, spanning six decades of multi-disciplinary contributions from Pacific artists to New Zealand, Oceania and the world. Audio

Kiwi broadcaster TimProvise chats to TAHI about "nice cheap hood pies", the art of segue-ing and his former life as a school teacher. Video

Kadambari Raghukumar profiles 18 diverse Asian-origin NZ artists working in fine arts, music, dance, theatre, multimedia, and design. Video

Growing up Gretchin Mornin never predicted she'd become a lotus farmer or all things - but that's exactly what she's ended up doing. Gretchen speaks to Jesse about their operation and unique approach… Audio

Culture lover and curator Rosie Dawson-Hewes is passionate about accessibility in the arts. It led her to collaborate with a new Bay of Plenty art patron Fiona Menzies to create A Seat at the Table at… Audio

Henderson artists Bernie Harfleet and Turtle Sarten make visible the things we often find uncomfortable to talk about. Urgent social issues all around us: like family harm, mental health and poverty.

It took until the 1970s for Toi Māori (Māori  art) to develop a tradition in clay (uku). One that in part looks back to an ancestral Lapita pottery tradition across the Pacific. 

Today, the… Audio

Jo Ann Firestone is a  teller of tales, a producer, host, and co-founder of Couch Stories. A sold out storytelling series that has taken the Nelson Arts fest by storm.  Audio

Arts Pasifika Awards recognise excellence in Pacific arts across a range of arts practices and career stages. Audio

If you like a good sing but not quite at the solo stage, and you live in the Bay of Plenty then the Tauranga Arts festival has got a couple of events for you! Jason Te Mete wants everyone to have a go… Audio

The Nelson Arts Festival starts today and goes through until the 29th of October and if you're a Mushroom muncher and fungi lover then the festival has a treat for you! "Foraging your way to wellness"… Audio

ArtWeek in Auckland's city centre features more than 50 pop up exhibitions, galleries, installations, free art walks, artist talks and workshops. One of those projects is the Urban Art Village which… Audio

MĀ set to play with seven piece band at the Nelson Arts Festival  Video, Audio

To see a painting by Edward Hopper is often to feel loneliness in scenes from ordinary urban life. He is considered one of the greatest American painters of the 20th century but had only sold one… Audio

Described by Sam Brooks in The Spinoff as the largest catwalk show in the world, an art exhibition blown up to epic proportions, and the closest New Zealand gets to Broadway, the spectacular World of… Audio