Rita Angus: 40 Years of Self Portraits with Jill Trevelyan
30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North
Rita Angus: 40 Years of Self Portraits with Jill Trevelyan
30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North
Following the recent exhibition at Te Papa and MTG in Napier, Jill’s talk will discuss Rita Angus’s life and work with a specific focus on her remarkable self portraits. Jill will include Rita’s connection to Hawke’s Bay. The talk will look at how Rita’s ideas about feminism and pacifism played out in her art.
Jill Trevelyan is a writer and curator based at Pukerua Bay near Wellington. Her books, published by Te Papa Press, include “Toss Woollaston: A Life in Letters” (2004), “Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life” (2008), “Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer”(2013) and “Robin White: Something is Happening Here” with Sarah Farrar and Nina Tonga, (2022). Jill works part-time as Art Manager at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Te Manatū Aorere.
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Havelock North Function Centre, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North
Rita Angus: 40 Years of Self Portraits with Jill Trevelyan
Following the recent exhibition at Te Papa and MTG in Napier, Jill’s talk will discuss Rita Angus’s life and work with a specific focus on her remarkable self portraits. Jill will include Rita’s connection to Hawke’s Bay. The talk will look at how Rita’s ideas about feminism and pacifism played out in her art.
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