'Wellington Women and the Art They Love': Event at Karori Library
Join us for a free event that brings together art, memory, and storytelling through the voices of three women writers.
Wellington Women and the Art They Love is an event that brings together art, memory, and storytelling through the voices of three women writers. This free kōrero will explore the personal connections between women and art in Wellington, through the authors family histories, artistic legacies, and creative inspirations.
Helen Beaglehole, author of Light & Reflections shares insights into her family's art collection and the cherished Karori home where it resides.
Sheridan Keith, author of Wing Dust reflects on the life and work of her mother, artist June Black, who lived in Wellington during the 1960s.
Vivienne Ullrich, author of Halfway to Everywhere discusses the artworks that inspire her poetry and the art she is most passionate about.
Hosted by author and publisher Mary McCallum this event will discuss what it means to collect and exhibit art in New Zealand, to be a woman artist, and how these themes are expressed through writing.
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About the Authors
Helen Beaglehole is a Wellington writer, editor and historian, whose books include: One Hundred Havens: The settlement of the Marlborough Sounds and Lighting the Coast: A history of New Zealand’s coastal lighthouse system. She is an award-winning children’s author and a contributor to the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and Te Ara encyclopedia. Helen’s passion for collecting art that she shared with her husband, Tim, inspired Light & Reflections.
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Author Helen Beaglehole and her book 'Light & Reflections'
Sheridan Keith is known for her work as a journalist and fiction writer. Her short-story collection Shallow are the Smiles at the Supermarket was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book, and her novel, Zoology, won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Fiction 1996. Sheridan runs a gallery called Blikfang Art and Antiques in Northcote, Auckland.
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Author Sheridan Keith and her book 'Wing Dust'
Vivienne Ullrich was once a lawyer and Family Court judge. After she retired she completed the MA in Creative Writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, and she has published two poetry collections: We came from Hamburg and Halfway to Everywhere. Vivienne lives in Wellington with her husband, Phillip.
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Poet Vivienne Ullrich and her book 'Halfway to Everywhere'
About the Host
Mary McCallum is a writer and publisher who lives in the Wairarapa and Pōneke. Her own published work includes award-winning novel The Blue, a poetry book XYZ of Happiness and a children’s novel Dappled Annie and the Tigrish. She won the inaugural Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize and her poem ‘Sycamore Tree’ was selected for Best NZ Poems. She is the director of Mākaro Press and The Cuba Press.