me/we – poster and banner making for collective liberation with Vasemaca Tavola
This workshop will explore posters and banner making as a form of mapping collective liberation. Artist-curator Vasemaca Tavola is inspired by the art of revolution and the aesthetics of grassroots messaging, but also positions the medium as a mode of locating ourselves in community. The space of the workshop will be one of connection, making, sharing and listening.
Vasemaca (FKA Ema) Tavola is a Fijian-Pākehā artist-curator currently based in South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Tavola’s practice is aligned with the politics of decolonisation and indigenous feminisms, motherhood, and histories of BIPOC art and activism in the Global South. She established her painting practice in Suva, Fiji before relocating to South Auckland where she studied sculpture and arts management, and is currently undertaking postgraduate research in applied indigenous knowledge.
Since 2004, Tavola has produced curatorial projects for galleries and museums throughout Aotearoa and contributed to the curatorium of the 4th International Biennial of Casablanca (2018). She has travelled extensively speaking on her approach to indigenous curatorial practice and in 2019, established Vunilagi Vou, a shapeshifting gallery, creative studio and consultancy advocating for creative practice as a tool for connection, healing and decolonisation.
Registration
Maximum 12 spots. All materials will be provided.
Open to all undergraduate students at Monash and other universities
If you are interested in participating and engaging with this workshop and the exhibition at MADA Gallery, please get in touch with curator Aziz Sohail aziz.sohail@monash.edu with your name, class year (if applicable) and a short 100 word explanation of why you are interested in this workshop.
Event Details
- Date:
- 15 August 2024 at 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Venue:
- MADA Gallery, Building D, Caulfield campus
- Categories:
- Fine Art; Gallery / Exhibition; Gallery: MADA Gallery
Description
This workshop will explore posters and banner making as a form of mapping collective liberation. Artist-curator Vasemaca Tavola is inspired by the art of revolution and the aesthetics of grassroots messaging, but also positions the medium as a mode of locating ourselves in community. The space of the workshop will be one of connection, making, sharing and listening.
Vasemaca (FKA Ema) Tavola is a Fijian-Pākehā artist-curator currently based in South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Tavola’s practice is aligned with the politics of decolonisation and indigenous feminisms, motherhood, and histories of BIPOC art and activism in the Global South. She established her painting practice in Suva, Fiji before relocating to South Auckland where she studied sculpture and arts management, and is currently undertaking postgraduate research in applied indigenous knowledge.
Since 2004, Tavola has produced curatorial projects for galleries and museums throughout Aotearoa and contributed to the curatorium of the 4th International Biennial of Casablanca (2018). She has travelled extensively speaking on her approach to indigenous curatorial practice and in 2019, established Vunilagi Vou, a shapeshifting gallery, creative studio and consultancy advocating for creative practice as a tool for connection, healing and decolonisation.
Registration
Maximum 12 spots. All materials will be provided.
Open to all undergraduate students at Monash and other universities
If you are interested in participating and engaging with this workshop and the exhibition at MADA Gallery, please get in touch with curator Aziz Sohail aziz.sohail@monash.edu with your name, class year (if applicable) and a short 100 word explanation of why you are interested in this workshop.