Join us at Shoreline Cinema for a special screening of Lovely Rita – A Painter’s Life (2007), followed by a ‘bit of a natter’ with the filmmaker, Dame Gaylene Preston and some great Kāpiti hospitality at Toi MAHARA. Cash bar and snacks available onsite.
Tickets are $35/pp including a glass of wine and nibbles after the screening.
This event is sold out. Please email info@toimahara.nz if you would like to go on the waitlist.
Artist Rita Angus was known for her enigmatic self-portraits. This affectionate documentary explores the relationship between the work and the artist’s life. Director Gaylene Preston gathers new information about Angus, plus interviews with friends who knew her, and a new generation of appreciators — including biographer Jill Trevelyan. Many of her paintings are featured, evocatively shot by Preston’s longtime colleague Alun Bollinger. Actor Loren Taylor (Eagle vs Shark) captures an uncanny likeness as a young Angus.
Funds raised will support Toi MAHARA to continue to deliver high quality exhibitions and public programming for the Kāpiti community.