Donna Campbell

Donna Campbell, Corset for Hinetitama, 2016

Tawhanga Nopera

Tawhanga Nopera, 2016

Kahutoi Te Kanawa

Kahutoi Te Kanawa, Te Paepaeroa Wall Hanging, 2016

LisaNa Red Bear

LisaNa Red Bear, Strength, Love, Courage, 2016

Patterns of Endurance

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Kahutoi Te Kanawa
Donna Campbell
LisaNa Red Bear
Tawhanga Nopera


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.

Nov 2

Welcome Ceremony
5pm, C.N. Gorman Museum

Lectures by Professors Linda Tuhiwai Smith & Leonie Pihama
6pm, 1150 Hart Hall

Nov 3

Graduate Student Symposium
9am-3pm, 3201 Hart Hall

Artist Presentations
3pm-4pm, C.N. Gorman Museum

Sponsors
  • The University of Waikato
  • Te Kotahi Research Institute
  • UC Davis Office of Campus Community Relations
  • UC Davis Humanities Institute
  • UC Davis Dean of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies
  • UC Davis Yocha DeHe Endowed Chair
  • UC Davis Native American Studies
  • UC Davis Retention Initiative
  • UC Davis Hemispheric Institute on the Americas