Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho to launch Mai Pasifika

Please join us for an evening of Pacific films at Mai Pasifika Film Festival 

launched by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho

Australia Pacific Arts Network proudly presents Mai Pasifika Film Festival Saturday 14 March, 2015 at Pollard Gardens, Hampshire Rd, Sunshine.

Launch at 6:00pm by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho of Tonga.

This event is brought to you by the Australia Pacific Arts Network and Brimbank City Council and has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Performances by Pacific Gods of the Underworld, Tama Tatau, Tamaliki O Oceania and Soundz-of Polynesia .

1 O Tamaiti (15min)
2 Rising Dust (14.30min)
3 In Search of Bigfoot (7min)
4 Mou Piri: A Rarotongan Love Song (11.43min)
Run Time 48.13

Intermission

5 Va Tapuia (15.41min)
6 Ma (15.37min)
7 Broken Silence (7.36min)
8 The Six Dollar Fifty Man (15.11min)
Run Time 54.05

Event Link: http://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/E…/Mai_Pasifika_Film_Festival

Tongan Embassy Arts Installation

Her Royal Highness Princess Ambassador Angelika Tukuʻaho receiving curator Loketi Niua Latu and Mrs Tuʻifua ʻAkauʻola at the Tongan Embassy in Canberra for the permanent installation of the first prints of The Melbourne Tapa at the Embassy.

Mrs Tuʻifua ʻAkauʻola, Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Tukuʻaho & Loketi Niua Latu
Photo: Leonaitasi Kuluni

Her Royal Highness Princess of Tonga to launch The Melbourne Tapa

MEDIA RELEASE 

Tuesday 31 July 2012

Image: courtesy of Paula Moimoi Latu

HRH Princess of Tonga to launch The Melbourne Tapa 

Craft (formerly Craft Victoria) is pleased to announce that The Melbourne Tapa exhibition will be officially launched on Thursday 2 August 2012 by Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Tuku’aho of Tonga. 

We are honoured to have this landmark event opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Halaevalu Mata‘aho Napua O-Ka-Lani Tuku‘aho. 

This launch marks her first official duty as the High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Commonwealth of Australia. 

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We are honoured by the presence of HRH Princess Angelika Tuku’aho and her support of the Pacific artistic community in Melbourne in promoting and advancing this culturally significant project,” says Joe Pascoe, CEO & Artistic Director, Craft.

The Melbourne Tapa is a 20-metre long artwork by 13 Pacific Island women. Curated by Loketi Niua Latu, it is the first of its kind made in Australia and will be displayed at Craft, 31 Flinders Lane. 

The Melbourne Tapa is a keynote exhibition within the Craft Cubed festival program. Craft Cubed is all about new world-standard craft from the community. It is uniquely curated for craft makers at all stages of their careers. It is the only event of its kind in Australia. This year’s Craft Cubed is its most international yet, with speakers from Tokyo and the Pacific Islands. 

The Melbourne Tapa 

Launch Thursday 2 August 2012, 6-8pm 

Showing 3 August to 1 September 2012 

Venue Galleries 1 & 2, Craft, 31 Flinders Lane
 www.craftvic.org.au 

MEDIA Print-ready images, artist & curator interviews all available on request via media@craftvic.org.au or 03 9650 7775 

Images: HRH Princess Angelika Tuku’aho, image courtesy Loketi Niua Latu. Tapa (installation detail), image courtesy Loketi Niua Latu.