Gizzy Local presents: A Conversation for our Arts Community
Fri, 02 Aug
|Gizzy Local
For artists, arts workers and arts consumers in Te Tairāwhiti, let's unpack how we can work together to build a thriving and supportive local arts scene in Te Tairāwhiti, irrespective of Government funding models and the current economic climate.


Time & Location
02 Aug 2024, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Gizzy Local, 64 Lowe Street, CBD, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand
About the event
Gizzy Local presents…. “A conversation for our Arts Community”
For artists, arts workers and arts consumers in Te Tairāwhiti
What is the state of the arts here in Te Tairāwhiti? Who are our creatives? Who’s in the audience? What challenges are we facing, and how can we work together to boost our local creative economy and maximise the good stuff that comes from creating and consuming art?
Gizzy Local invites the arts community (makers and consumers) to join us in one of three conversations over a three-day period. Whether you consider yourself a creative, artist, musician, craftsperson, or prefer to identify as a lover of the arts, we’d love for you to attend.
Facilitated by independent Producer Jordan Walker, with guest facilitators honing in on creative practices, let’s unpack these solutions together, through kōrero and connection.
Jordan Walker presents part of their applied anthropology MA research, decolonising value in the…