Behind the Water Tiger with T-Wei
Wellington Lunar New Year Festival (2022)
You might not know his face (by no accident), but you certainly know his artwork. Iconic Wellington artist, T-Wei has had his psychedelic, sometimes creepy, sometimes crass, and always cool as heck Illustrations plastered across Garage Project cans, adorning Wellington walls, and printed with an official Marvel seal. His illustrations tend to turn everyday objects and scenes inside out and upside down.
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Chinese New Year Zodiac Art Trail: Meet the Artists
Wellington Chinese New Year Festival (2021)
Organisers of Wellington’s Chinese New Year Festival have added an exciting new component to the 2021 festival. The Chinese New Year Zodiac Art Trail is an installation of specially commissioned artworks by locally and internationally based artists around Wellington’s CBD.
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Outdoor Activity Fund
Australasian Parks & Leisure Journal (2020)
Recreation Aotearoa are funding projects that promote diversity and inclusion in outdoor recreation, and last year we funded 12 organisations from the outdoor activity fund. The purpose of the fund is to enhance diversity and inclusion in outdoor recreation and to connect people with their culture through the outdoors.
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East Meets West in Wellington (Chinese New Year Festival)
Asia New Zealand Foundation (2020)
The festival was founded in 2001 by Linda Lim, Stephannie Tims and Rita Tom. Their vision came out of the desire to give their children the opportunity to experience and celebrate their heritage and culture in a New Zealand context. They didn’t quite imagine the festival taking off as it did.
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A Grand Jeté into Accessibility
Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (2018)
Pascale Parenteau is the woman who is helping change the landscape of the arts through her unrelenting passion for accessibility. When asked why she is such a powerful advocate for the cause, her answer sounds like the most natural thing in the world; “because why can't a child who is born different have access to something like everyone else?”
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