Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 29 June
18:00 - 19:30
Location
National Library Auditorium, lower ground floor, Aitken Street, Thorndon.
Join the National Library for the annual Friends of the Turnbull Library Founder Lecture with Auckland Museum’s Catherine Hammond, who will share insights from her work with major photographic archives across Aotearoa.
Research and memory in photographic archives
Catherine Hammond’s Founder Lecture will discuss the role and impact of photographic archives as complex repositories of memory and research.
Currently Director of Collections and Research at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Catherine has more than 20-years’ experience working with artists’ archives in major cultural institutions in Aotearoa.
She will discuss the recent book and touring exhibition, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, and reflect on archives and meaning-making in examples ranging from Marti Friedlander to Frances Hodgkins, feminist photographic practice and whānau portraiture.
Light refreshments will follow the lecture.
Seats are limited, so book your seat now.
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Can’t make it in person? This event will also be delivered using Zoom. You do not need to install the software to attend, you can opt to run Zoom from your browser. Register if you’d like to join this talk and they’ll send you the link to use on the day.
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Annual Founder Lecture
The annual Friends of the Turnbull Library Founder Lecture is held on or near 28 June to celebrate the official opening of the Alexander Turnbull Library on 28 June 1920.
The Friends of the Turnbull Library, Ngā Hoa o te Whare Pukapuka Turnbull, offer a monthly programme of public talks that are free to all. These talks are held in the National Library in Wellington and on Zoom. Some of these talks will be repeated in Auckland. The public programme highlights the work of researchers who draw on Turnbull material for their projects, and staff who care for and research the collections.
About the speaker
Catherine Hammond is Director of Collections and Research at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. She has worked in leadership roles in the arts and cultural sector in Aotearoa New Zealand for over two decades, including as the Hocken Librarian at the University of Otago, and Research Library Manager at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Catherine is a trained librarian and published writer, editor and curator, and has led the development of award-winning cultural heritage websites. Her research interests centre around the intersection of archives and Aotearoa art histories. She is Chair of the Guardians Kaitiaki of Alexander Turnbull Library and a Trustee of UNESCO Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand.