Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue 26 May
17:30 - 18:30
Join Wellington City Libraries and Te Papa Press for this free event that will deep dive into the history, significant figures and contemporary developments in botanical art and illustration. They’ll explore the fascinating and stunning visual pages of ‘Flora: celebrating our botanical world’ and ‘Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris’, with authors Rebecca Rice and Catherine Field-Dodgson.
Free, all welcome!
About the Speakers:
Dr Rebecca Rice is Senior Curator Art at Te Papa. In her curatorial practice and research, Rebecca is committed to rethinking the legacies of Aotearoa New Zealand’s colonial visual archive. She brings her historical knowledge to bear when also writing on and speaking about modern and contemporary art. Her current research focuses on nineteenth-century women botanical artists, the visual culture of the New Zealand Wars, and the impact of impressionism on New Zealand artists at home and abroad.
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.