Te Ara i Whiti

Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is proud to announce the return of Te Ara i Whiti.
 

In 2024 Te Ara i Whiti brings together an outstanding group of artists from across Aotearoa and the Pacific who are creating artworks that speak primarily of aroha, kotahitanga and hope for a generous and empowered shared future for our mokopuna 

Te Ara i Whiti is an interactive visual arts experience primarily composed of illuminated installations and sculptural works that celebrate contemporary design and connections to place. In 2024 we are proud to welcome Melanie Tangaere Baldwin back as curator with collaboration and support from globally acclaimed lighting designer, Angus Muir. 

Now in its sixth year, Te Ara i Whiti has grown significantly in scale and intent, with a diverse range of artistic disciplines and styles breathing life and wonderment into the experience of sculpture. Te Ara i Whiti has become an exhibition of significance on the national arts calendar, continually showing new works by some of Aotearoa’s most celebrated artists. 

“As curator of Te Ara I Whiti , I am interested in delivering an experience for our community. As an artist, I want that experience to be of the highest standard we can achieve. I want to create a place of imagining, contemplation and transition – using light, form, sound and space to create a momentary and unique other world – One that exists differently by day and night and moves between high energy and quiet contemplation, sound and silence, neon, sparkle and darkness, hardness and grace.” – Melanie Tangaere Baldwin 

Exhibiting Artists 

Ngaroma Riley  

Etanah Lalau-Talapa 

Rihari Campbell Collier 

Talia Smith 

Jade Townsend 

Erena Koopu 

Ngaumutane Jones 

Renee McDonald 

Sione Monu 

Melanie Tangaere Baldwin 

Workshops at Te Ara i Whiti

Paper Karetao with Ngaroma Riley on October 5th from 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm