Exciting Events Linked To Travel in Style

Exciting Events Linked To Travel in Style

Music, fashion fun, floor talks and hands-on activities are part of the exciting line-up of events MTG Hawke’s Bay is offering in association with the Travel in Style exhibition, which opens to the public tomorrow (27 September).

The exhibition is drawn from a collection of garments belonging to Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan (1932-2011), New Zealand’s longest serving female MP and political trailblazer, gifted to the Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust by her family. It is the first time her garments, many of which incorporate striking Maori motifs, have been on display.

The Hamuera Showband, part of the Ratana movement, will perform from 10am to 11am tomorrow, just outside MTG’s main foyer. Whetu was raised at Ratana Pa, near Whanganui, and named by the movement’s leader.

Following the performance some members of Whetu’s whanau will accompany curator Lizzie Wratislav on a floor talk and guided tour, starting at 11am, through the exhibition.

Entry to the floor talk is included with the MTG’s entry charge, or free for holders of Travel in Style programme tickets which are given to customers at entry.

Visitors to MTG tomorrow will from 10am also have a chance to create their own tapestry panels to be incorporated into a special korowai, or cloak, inspired by Whetu’s fashion. Materials and basic instructions will be provided free of charge in the MTG foyer. This activity will be repeated on Sunday 2 November.

Entry to MTG Hawke’s Bay costs $10 for adults. Children aged under 15 have free entry.

Other activities or events associated with Travel in Style:

• Style Your Own: Try styling an outfit for MTG’s custom-made Travel in Style dress-up dolls. A free & child-friendly activity for all ages, 10am to 6pm Sunday 5 October, Sunday 1 February

• Floor talk: Join MTG Director Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Curator of Art and Design Lucy Hammonds as they discuss Whetu’s fashion, 2pm Sunday 5 October

• Floor talk: MTG’s Kaitiaki Taonga Maori Tryphena Cracknell and guests discuss the Maori motifs and fashions in Travel in Style, 2pm Sunday 2 November

• Screen printing workshop: Join the experts from MTG Hawke’s Bay & Aroha and Friends for a special workshop, starting with an hour-long tour of Travel in Style, then a 4-hour workshop led by designer Rakai Karaitiana at Aroha and Friends in Ahuriri, 10.30am Sunday 16 November. Limited to 6, $236 pp. Registration at MTG required by 3 November

• Floor talk: Chanel Clarke, Auckland Museum Curator Maori & a specialist in Maori dress & textiles discusses the exhibition, 2pm 7 December

• Pop up Photography: Bring along your Kiwi made fashion items to be photographed for inclusion in the NZ Fashion Museum online collection, 10am to 4pm Sunday 1 February. Free event

• Floor talk: Paul Diamond, Alexander Turnbull Library Curator Maori, historian and writer, discusses his perspective on Whetu’s fashion, 2pm Sunday 1 March

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