Pātaka Art + Museum
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| Established | 1980 |
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| Coordinates | 41°07′54″S174°50′23″E/ 41.13164°S 174.83961°E |
| Type | Art gallery |
| Website | pataka |
Pātaka Museum of Arts and Cultures,often stylised asPātaka Art + Museum,is a municipalmuseumandart galleryinPorirua City,New Zealand.[1][2]Te Marae o Te Umu Kai o Hau is the name of the building where Pātaka is located and opened in 1998. It also houses the Porirua City Library, a privately run cafe and a Japanese garden.[3][4]
History
[edit]In 1980 the Porirua Museum opened and by 1997 had outgrown itsTakapūwāhiasite. At the same time, the Mana Community Arts Council wished to expand their community art gallery located on the corner of Parumoana and Norrie Streets. The two organisations amalgamated moving into the newly renovated and expanded site in 1998.[3][5]
Bob Cater co-founded Page 90 which became Pātaka and was awarded theQueen's Service Medal,[6][7]andDarcy Nicholaswas appointed aCompanion of the Queen's Service Order,[8]in part for their roles in establishing the museum. The name Pātaka is aMāori languageword meaning 'storehouse'. The purpose of Pātaka is to show contemporaryMāoriandPacificarts. It also shows other New Zealand arts.[9]
Facilities
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Architecture + was the architectural firm that designed Pātaka. They transformed a 1970s office building that already housed the Porirua City Library,Whitireia'sperformance space and Page 90 gallery.[10]
Pātaka has galleries with changing exhibitions. The Bottle Creek Gallery is for community and local artists.[11]Other galleries are the Front Gallery, West Gallery, the Maude & Miller Gallery and the Daylight Gallery. The Daylight Gallery has a semi-permanent exhibition aboutNgāti Toa Rangatira,the local Māoriiwi(nation or tribe) calledWhiti Te Rā![9]
Pātaka Art + Museum has an atrium the full length of the building that also connects the Porirua Library, reception, shop, cafē, performing arts studio, and meeting and events rooms and an outside courtyard with a Japanese garden.[9]
Awards
[edit]Pātaka has won a number of awards:
- NZIAReseneBranch Award 1999[10]
- DuluxColour Award 1999[10]
- Carter Holt Harveyaward commendation 1999[10]
- Victoria University of WellingtonSchool of Architecture 25th Anniversary Alumni Supreme Award & Educational, Cultural and Community Award[10]
- NZIA Resene Regional Award 2000[10]
References
[edit]- ^"Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures".Kōtuia ngā Kete.Retrieved29 May2024.
- ^"Pataka Museum of Art and Cultures".NZ museums.Retrieved9 December2014.
- ^ab"Pataka History".Pataka Art + Museum.Retrieved9 December2014.
- ^"Pataka Museum of Art and Cultures".Porirua City Council.Retrieved9 December2014.
- ^Dekker, Diana."Pataka director chased non-western art".Faifax Media. The Dominion Post.Retrieved9 December2014.
- ^"Robert (Bob) Cater, QSM, Porirua".Gg.govt.nz.Retrieved9 December2014.
- ^Nicoll, Jared (6 October 2017)."A Life Story - Arts stalwart Bob Cater dies, age 80".Stuff.Retrieved21 September2023.
- ^"Darcy Nicholas, of Lower Hutt".Gg.govt.nz. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved9 December2014.
- ^abc"Pātaka Art + Museum: Porirua's cultural heart - WellingtonNZ".Pātaka Art + Museum: Porirua’s cultural heart - WellingtonNZ.Retrieved21 September2023.
- ^abcdef"Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures | Architecture Plus Ltd".architectureplus.co.nz.Retrieved21 September2023.
- ^"PATAKA Art + Museum".Stuff Events.Retrieved21 September2023.
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