Margery Blackman, Hon Curator and Dave Rapp, Exhibition Designer with Kahu huruhuru with tāniko border, from Te Ika-a-Māui, given to the museum ca 1930. D32.295, Tūhura Otago Museum Collection. Pictured during the installation of Nga Taonga no nga Wahine – Treasures from Maori Women, Tūhura Otago Museum (1989). Image courtesy of Allied Press Ltd.
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To mark the opening of the survey exhibition Margery Blackman: Weaving, Life join Dunedin Public Art Gallery for a special series of presentations on Margery Blackman’s invaluable contributions to textiles scholarship, cultural heritage and the local community.
Former colleagues Linda Tyler, Patricia Te Arapo Wallace, Jane Malthus and Moira White will discuss Blackman’s career, weaving together the different strands of her work as a curator, researcher, writer and artist.
This free event is made possible with the generous support of the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand.
FREE 2pm – 4pm Saturday 18 May DPAG Auditorium
To mark the opening of the survey exhibition Margery Blackman: Weaving, Life join Dunedin Public Art Gallery for a special series of presentations on Margery Blackman’s invaluable contributions to textiles scholarship, cultural heritage and the local community.
Former colleagues Linda Tyler, Patricia Te Arapo Wallace, Jane Malthus and Moira White will discuss Blackman’s career, weaving together the different strands of her work as a curator, researcher, writer and artist.
This free event is made possible with the generous support of the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand.
FREE 2pm – 4pm Saturday 18 May DPAG Auditorium
