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Vicki Robson, curator Visual Art and Culture talking to Friends of Te Papa

Please call the Friends office  (04) 381 7051, if you are interested in registering for any of the events mentioned below.


Suite gallery tour

Monday 18 August 2008 to Wednesday 20 August 2008   Monday 18 August, 10.30am or 2.00pmTuesday 19 August, 10.30am or 2,00pmWednesday 20 August, 6.00pm   tbc   Friends $10 (includes refreshments)

Join us to meet at Suite gallery where owners David Alsop and Susannah Shaw will give you a guided tour of the exhibition Uit Nederland: Significant Modernist Works.

 

Russian Splendour and Tragedy: A History of the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo

Tuesday 26 August 2008   11am – 12.15pm   Soundings Theatre, Level 2   Friends $10, public $15

Join us for this lecture, presented presented by Paul Brewer, Te Papa's Director of Marketing and Communications.


On the trail of Rita Angus

Thursday 28 August 2008   6.30pm – 7.30pm   Soundings Theatre, Level 2   Friends $10, public $15

Jill Trevelyan will talk about researching and writing the new biography, published by Te Papa Press: Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life.

 

Pātaka – Tour of textile exhibitions

Wednesday 3 September 2008   9.30am – 1.00pm   tbc   Friends $22.00; Guests $25.00.  (includes tour and transport)

A return of our popular visits to Pātaka for a ‘highlights’ tour of two current exhibitions. Registration is essential.


Symposium - Rita Angus: Life & Vision

Saturday 13 September 2008   9.00am – 5.00pm   Soundings Theatre, Level 2   $80; Friends of Te Papa, $65; Students/unwaged, $50

Join other Rita Angus fans for a lively, pacy and varied day of discussion about the work of this much-admired New Zealand artist.

 

Edward Burne-Jones' notebook, 1871, presentation

Wednesday 24 September 2008   9.30am – 11.00am   tbc   Friends $12, Guests $15 (includes refreshments)

Victoria Robson, Curator Art will repeat the paper she presented at the Christchurch Symposium in association with the exhibition Morris & Co. Registration is essential.


The Scottish Colourists: Style and Sophistication from the Jazz Age by Vivien Heffernan

Sunday 5 October 2008   4.30pm – 5.30pm   Soundings Theatre, Level 2   Friends & NADFAS members $10, public $15