Patterns of Endurance

Threads of memory and stories connect us to many spaces, imbued in the patterns of continuity from mind, body and spirit. The artists exhibiting works for this show are Creative PhD candidates, completing research through the School of Māori and Pacific Development at the University of Waikato in Aotearoa New Zealand. Their creative research is intended toward transformation - through making we enhance the voices of our ancestors and create pathways for generations yet to thrive.

"Creative research through Indigenous practices is art informed by our ancestors, although aesthetics is only one aspect of the stories the art seeks to convey - the processes we use and the forms we make, function to help our communities embody awareness of our colonializing boundaries."

The exhibition is part of a series of events related to Turtle Island Faculty and Doctoral Exchange with the University of Waikato, UCD Department of Native American Studies & C.N. Gorman Museum.