Annual Report 2010 — 2011
Engagement by the 21 participants who originally expressed interest
was limited, with only 6-8 people actively participating. Based on
the feedback of eight Pilot participants, it was recommended that
we:
- use more familiar channels, such as email or Facebook.
EOI’s were collected until 31st January 2011. A initial selection of 20
artists was made and was later expanded to include three more
artists from Toi Ora Arts Trust. Works were selected based on how
well the work reflected the exhibition’s aims to move beyond the
usual characteristics of culture, race, gender, disability and sexuality
- to explore the idea that diversity exists in all people, in all places,
at all times. Multidimensional reflections of diversity were favoured
over unidimensional approaches.
Repeated attempts to gain further traction with Manawanui failed
and we decided to park the project until another opportunity
presented itself.
Selected works encompassed a wide range of