Fabric artist and educator, Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa—described at his exhibition opening as a ‘national treasure’—has returned to MAHARA with a selection of his whakapapa quilts along with the work of women he has inspired through his workshops.
His Star Relations exhibition of whakapapa quilts and Te Aio o Te Atiawa, Here-Turi-Kōkā, opened at Waikanae’s MAHARA iti on 18 July and will be on display until 9 September as MAHARA’s celebration of Matariki.
Opening the exhibition, highly respected quilting artist Katherine Morrison described Ron Te Kawa’s work as ‘stunning, contemporary Māori art’ and Ron himself as ‘a national treasure’.