{"title":"Event Tickets","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"monica-brewster-evening-vince-ropitini","title":"July | Monica Brewster Evening: Leki Jackson-Bourke","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202294702 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW55219715 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW165477478 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW14688291 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14688291 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTuesday 14 July | 6:00pm - 7:30pm\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral: $17:50, Friends of the Gallery: $13, \u003cbr\u003eStudents: Free (Student ID's required on attendance) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003eWhat makes Taranaki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003erangatahi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eso special?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003eWorking alongside Pasifika Programmer Theresa Tongi, Pacific Curator-at-Large Ruha Fifita, and the brilliant young leaders of the Lalaga Youth Ambassadors, award-winning playwright and actor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003eLeki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJackson-Bourke has helped shape a powerful new performance that asks what it means to grow up Pasifika in Regional Aotearoa.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003eIn March\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Ambassadors travel to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003eTāmaki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMakaurau to reconnect with wider Pasifika arts communities, visit museums and creative networks, and take the stage at ASB\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003ePolyfest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— the largest Polynesian dance festival in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003eJoin us for an intimate kōrero with Jackson-Bourke and two Youth Ambassadors as they reflect on this milestone journey: how a dream became reality, what it meant to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003erepresent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTaranaki on a world stage, and what possibilities lie ahead for both the Ambassadors and their evolving creative practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e*Partial proceeds from the evening will directly support future Lalaga Youth Ambassador projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003eLeki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Jackson-Bourke\u003c\/strong\u003e has worked with performing arts companies around the world and is a freelance artist for the newly formed theatre company Strictly Brown. The award-winning playwright and actor is of Niuean, Tongan, and Samoan descent, and the recipient of the 2024 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award at the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003ePlaymarket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAccolades in Wellington. Jackson-Bourke has been coaching and working with the Lalaga Youth Ambassadors as they prepare for their appearance at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003ePolyfest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW55219715 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e___________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eWelcome to the 2026 Monica Brewster Evening Speaker Series — a year shaped by visionaries who remind us that dreaming is both a personal act and a collective experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eThis year, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003ewe’re\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e thinking about visionary dreams not as distant ideals, but as layered conversations: shaped by place, ancestry, lived experience, and the work of imagining otherwise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eEach speaker brings a distinct perspective on what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eemerges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e when communities, artists, thinkers, and leaders choose to dream with clarity, courage, and care. Maria Lind invites us to consider what it means to ‘dig where we stand’ and to understand creative practice through the ground it grows from; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eTusiata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Avia shows us how truth-telling, poetry, and performance can unsettle power and carve space for vulnerability; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eToeolesulusulu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Damon Salesa opens a window onto the Moana as a site of deep history and visionary future-making; Vince \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eRopitini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e demonstrates how design guided by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003emātauranga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Māori can carry ancestral narratives into global contexts and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eLeki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Jackson-Bourke with the Lalaga Youth Ambassadors reveal how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003erangatahi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e dreams can reshape regional, cultural, and artistic imaginaries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW120535619 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eAcross the series, audiences are invited to consider how dreaming can be relational, grounded, and deeply local — as well as expansive enough to hold global entanglements. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003es we gather for conversations that illuminate what becomes possible when we listen to where we stand, and to one another\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e - Join us!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW33265678 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Event","offers":[{"title":"General Admission","offer_id":51883883921701,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Friends of the Gallery","offer_id":52025203228965,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Students","offer_id":52025215910181,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/6832\/3877\/files\/LekiJacksonBourke.jpg?v=1769123864"},{"product_id":"monica-brewster-evening-kimberley-moulton","title":"September | Monica Brewster Evening: Kimberley Moulton","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202294702 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW55219715 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW165477478 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW130266962 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eTuesday 8 September | 6:00pm - 7:30pm\u003cbr\u003eGeneral: $17:50, Friends of the Gallery: $13, \u003cbr\u003eStudents: Free (Student ID's required on attendance)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat might it mean to restore the spirit? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are honoured to welcome Kimberley Moulton, a Yorta Yorta curator and writer whose work is reshaping how museums and cultural institutions honour First Peoples’ knowledge and relationships. With over 15 years of curatorial experience at Melbourne Museum Moulton helped guide the institution toward centring Indigenous ways of knowing. She has also worked as an independent curator over the last 17 years and now serves as Adjunct Curator, Indigenous Art at Tate Modern and Senior Curator for Melbourne’s RISING festival, carrying forward a practice woven from kinship, care and responsibility. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoulton’s curatorial approach is anchored in regeneration, disruption and restoration. Through community-led rematriation, on-Country activation, intervention of colonial presences and collaborative approaches to collection care and exhibition making, her practice works at the axis of cultural knowledge, collections and contemporary art. Her work emerges from long-term relationships, challenging western art histories, her personal cultural connections and an ongoing commitment to honouring the living presence of Ancestors, objects and stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor audiences in Aotearoa, and Taranaki in particular, Moulton’s visit invites reflection on how we might collectively care for the cultural, spiritual and material worlds held within our institutions and communities and she will share her research that engages with her curatorial practice of what she calls 'restoring the spirit' of collections and place. Her perspective will resonate with artists, curators, educators and community practitioners engaged in grounded, relational and culturally-held practice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Kimberley Moulton\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Yorta Yorta woman from Australia and a curator and writer. She is currently the Adjunct Curator Indigenous Art Tate Modern London and Senior Curator Exhibitions at RISING, the Melbourne international arts festival. She has a PhD in curatorial practice from Monash University Melbourne and is a Curator Emeritus at Museums Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}' class=\"EOP SCXW130266962 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e___________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eWelcome to the 2026 Monica Brewster Evening Speaker Series — a year shaped by visionaries who remind us that dreaming is both a personal act and a collective experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eThis year, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003ewe’re\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e thinking about visionary dreams not as distant ideals, but as layered conversations: shaped by place, ancestry, lived experience, and the work of imagining otherwise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eEach speaker brings a distinct perspective on what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eemerges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e when communities, artists, thinkers, and leaders choose to dream with clarity, courage, and care. Maria Lind invites us to consider what it means to ‘dig where we stand’ and to understand creative practice through the ground it grows from; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eTusiata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Avia shows us how truth-telling, poetry, and performance can unsettle power and carve space for vulnerability; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eToeolesulusulu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Damon Salesa opens a window onto the Moana as a site of deep history and visionary future-making; Vince \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eRopitini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e demonstrates how design guided by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003emātauranga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Māori can carry ancestral narratives into global contexts and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eLeki\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e Jackson-Bourke with the Lalaga Youth Ambassadors reveal how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003erangatahi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e dreams can reshape regional, cultural, and artistic imaginaries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW120535619 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eAcross the series, audiences are invited to consider how dreaming can be relational, grounded, and deeply local — as well as expansive enough to hold global entanglements. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003es we gather for conversations that illuminate what becomes possible when we listen to where we stand, and to one another\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e - Join us!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW33265678 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Event","offers":[{"title":"General Admission","offer_id":51887837544741,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Friends of the Gallery","offer_id":52025217122597,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Students","offer_id":52025218695461,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/6832\/3877\/files\/kimberleymoulton.jpg?v=1769123772"},{"product_id":"monica-brewster-evening-nathan-taare","title":"October | Monica Brewster Evening: Nathan Taare","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202294702 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW55219715 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW165477478 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW254211532 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW130266962 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eTuesday 13 October | 6:00pm - 7:30pm\u003cbr\u003eGeneral: $17:50, Friends of the Gallery: $13, \u003cbr\u003eStudents: Free (Student ID's required on attendance)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eHow might scent be a carrier of stories, memory and of lived experiences?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eWe close the 2026 Monica Brewster Evening Series with an immersive conversation exploring the world of custom perfume creation. Multidisciplinary scent artist Nathan Taare (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tama) will share how his practice spans multimedia art, oil painting,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003esculpture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand olfactory art — with a focus on scent as a public, expressive medium deeply tied to whakapapa. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eTaara is currently creating bespoke perfume brand development for small fashion brands, and in June presents work at The Biennale d'art contemporain\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eautochtone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(BACA) \/ Contemporary Native Art Biennial in Montreal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1,\"335559685\":0,\"335559737\":0,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":279}' class=\"EOP SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eFor Nathan, scent is more than\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003efragrance,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eit is a carrier of story, belonging and lived experience. Join us for an evening that invites us to tune into how olfactory cues consciously connect us with memory and illuminate our emotional landscapes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eIn a world saturated with visual culture, Nathan’s work asks what it might mean to slow down and return to the quiet intimacy of smell. His practice reminds us that scent can both hold and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003etransmit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehistories, offering space for connection,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003ereflection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand care in the present. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}' class=\"EOP SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNathan Taare (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tama)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multidisciplinary artist and freelance Production Designer \u0026amp; Art Director from Aotearoa, based in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhanganui-a-Tara and working globally. While his primary focus is film, his practice spans sonic art,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003ephotography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand olfactory design. Known for bold aesthetics, precise\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003eexecution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW8335359 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand emotionally resonant work, Taare explores scent as a public, artistic and expressive medium, tracing its deep connection to whakapapa and lived experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134548052 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW130266962 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"335559739\":0}'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW116121756 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116121756 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e___________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eWelcome to the 2026 Monica Brewster Evening Speaker Series — a year shaped by visionaries who remind us that dreaming is both a personal act and a collective experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eThis year, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003ewe’re\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e thinking about visionary dreams not as distant ideals, but as layered conversations: shaped by place, ancestry, lived experience, and the work of imagining otherwise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eEach speaker brings a distinct perspective on what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003eemerges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120535619 BCX8\"\u003e when communities, artists, thinkers, and leaders choose to dream with clarity, courage, and care. 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In 1963, almost exactly three years later to the day, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew planted a tree to launch a nationwide greening movement that would in time transform Singapore into an internationally recognised “city in a garden”. Reading between these two seemingly conflicting inauguration scenes,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBetween Two Trees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the curious entanglements between botany and petroleum in a city-state that has grown to become one of the world’s largest physical trading hubs for refined fuel despite having no natural crude reserves. Reframing the island city’s postcolonial repopulation by greenery as political scenography, the lecture examines the role of the capitalist state as constant gardener and how Singapore’s complicity in the global military-petroindustrial complex thereby falls away from the “political” scene—one in which trees serve as an unexamined backdrop literally obscuring the oil tankers sitting off the country’s coasts. In unsettling this all-too-natural scenery, what is further unearthed is the very grounds upon which politics itself vanishes from an imaginary of global capital as a sphere of purely economic relations.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHo Rui An\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an artist and writer working in the intersections of contemporary art, cinema, performance and theory. 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