
Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris
A luscious tribute to an early New Zealand botanical artist, by Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson.
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Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Catherine Field-Dodgson (Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Te Aitanga a Mahaki) is the author of a 2003 Master’s thesis that included the first detailed study of Emily Harris’s exhibiting practices. She is active in community and environmental organisations and a beginner learner of te reo Māori. She is currently researching her great-great-grandmother Keita Halbert/Wyllie/Gannon and her connections to Tūranga.
Catherine Field-Dodgson (Photo courtesy of author)
A luscious tribute to an early New Zealand botanical artist, by Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson.
The magnificent plant world of Aotearoa New Zealand in art and object.
Books about the national art collection, photography, biography, exhibition catalogues and more.