Dirty Laundry Exhibition and Publication

07/12/2023

Hello world. Dirty Laundry Exhibition and Publication collaborators have just published another piece of writing, this time in the Pantograph Punch. Thank you especially to BRONWYN POLASCHEK and ZOE THOMPSON-MOORE for stitching this together from our many online conversations. Yay for art!

Dirty Laundry is a collective of artists and writers whose exhibition at Toi Pōneke explored invisible labour in the home. Here, they use images and words to stitch together a 'crazy quilt' about how they collaborate and carve space for creativity in their busy lives.

15/09/2023

Lots of things I should be posting right now about things I'm doing and would love you to come to... But here is a pile of washing. I'm currently lying on it listening to CAT POWER . Hope you are all finding rest on this Whiro New Moon.

26/08/2023

It's been a month of living, breathing, hanging out with the lovely folks at Toi Poneke Arts Centre, and now the Dirty Laundry Exhibition is saying see you later!

Thanks for having us, and hope that many of you in Te Whanganui a Tara were able to get down there to experience some of the beauty and care that has been woven into both the exhibition and accompanying publication.

Thank you also to those who have created, cared for, and kept stoking the fires of this kaupapa for the last year and a bit, we are all honoured to be a part of the journey that is Dirty Laundry.

You can still get yourself a copy by heading to the Gallery where they have a very small amount left!!! We hope to see you again soon, look out for where we will be hanging out next!

Photos by Dianna Thomson of the exhibition opening in July :)

Caitlin Rose D. Artist and Mother
Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann
Toi Poneke Arts Centre
Clare Luiten
Kate Stevens West
Holly Walker
Johanna Mechen
Cassie Ringland-Stewart

03/08/2023

Another reason to get a copy of the book.... It tells the story of the art that is in the Dirty Laundry Exhibition and Publication at Toi Poneke Arts Centre , and the people who made it! On until 25th August.
Chur.

31/07/2023

The book is in the house! Arriving back from Wellington with a pile of dirty laundry and an amazing piece of artwork in our luggage!

Do you want a copy? You have until this Thursday evening to tell us if you want one and you live outside of Wellington and you'd like it to be posted. After this week you will have to find someone to collect it for you from Toi Pōneke.

Email [email protected] to secure your copy.

If you live in Wellington, you are welcome to head down to the gallery and get yourself a book after seeing the exhibition in person. Only 50 left, so seriously, get in now!

12/07/2023

Make and make again, test and test again. Creating anything means many iterations, days and hours of figuring and finding out with hands and guts and hearts all listening to what is emerging. It's only a couple of weeks until we are heading into to install these works, and to bring this publication out into the light of our communities. Check out the public program on the Toi Pōneke website and look out for the links to the FB events.

Woop woop!

05/07/2023

Plus, here's a few sneaky previews of some of the epic content of the Dirty Laundry Publication.... As you can see, there's a lot of time sitting, breathing and speaking in these pages. We'd love for them to be speaking to you and the people you care about in the flesh!

🙏🏼👌🏼❤️

05/07/2023

Get your orders in for this publication now if you are keen for one! Very limited run of books available, so best to let us know if you are keen to snap one up. You can let us know how many you'd like and where to send them by emailing [email protected], and we'll put you on the list!

Thanks to Bronwyn Polaschek, and for all the hard mahi in bringing this beautiful tāoka into the world.

03/07/2023

We are so excited that the publication that will accompany our exhibition at Toi Poneke Arts Centre at the end of this month is almost ready to go to the printers! So much appreciation and gratitude to the amazing women who have pulled this together, Kate Stevens West, Cassie Ringland-Stewart and Brownwyn Polaschek

Pre orders are $30 plus postage and packaging (or you can pick up in Wellington). If you are into supporting self publishing artist mothers, we would love to hear from you by this Thursday saying that are keen to buy lots of these beautiful books for yourself, your institution, gallery, whānau and friends. You can contact [email protected] to give us your details and how many.

Thanks also to all our artists, writers and poets, our whānau and supportive friends who have contributed in small and large ways to this mahi coming into fruition. We're really proud to have created such a beautiful book, and we know that it will be a treasure for all of us.

28/06/2023

We are happening! Check us out on the Toi Pōneke website. Opening day on the 29th of July... Chur.

Under the pile of washing, school notices, birthday present wish lists and to-dos, there’s an abundance of seething creativity. How do we start to acknowledge invisible labour, its significance, its cost, its beauty and the generosity of it? Dirty Laundry brings together thirteen artists and write...