Saturday 19 October, 10:00am–3:00pm
Free event
The theme of year’s Community Day is immigration so come along and celebrate where you or your family may have emigrated from and help to welcome our recent arrivals. Enjoy musical performances, exhibitions and entertainment, including face painting, bouncy castle and other creative fun, throughout the day. Participate in art activities and cultural workshops featuring traditional art techniques. Community Day is an interactive annual event, offering children and adults loads of hands-on creative experiences and to come together through the fun and relationship building nature of shared creativity.
Delicious food and beverage options will be available from the Homestead Café, or bring a picnic to enjoy in beautiful Monte Cecilia Park. Plenty of shade available if it’s a warm sunny day.
WHAT’S ON AT COMMUNITY DAY
Lots of exciting performances and creative activities have been booked. There is something for everyone – all ages, all abilities.
PERFORMERS:
Hashtag Quartet
Soo Zen Chew, Anna Graham, Alexis Brook and Natalie Roffey are Hashtag Quartet, a quirky barbershop quartet based in Auckland. www.facebook.com/hashtag.quartet.nz/
Tatau Dance Academy
Started by former Tatau Dance group Director Aisake Akana, Tatau Dance Academy encourages younger Pasifika people to better understand their cultural heritage. www.tataudanceacademy.org/
Le La O Samoa Dance group
Founded nine years ago, Le La O Samoa is passionate about Samoa and Samoan dancing. Mainly specialising in traditional Samoan dance, these exciting performers will also delight with a little bit of contemporary. www.facebook.com/LaOsamoa/
Aaja Nachle Bollywood Dance School
Aaja Nachle is a prominent Auckland-based Bollywood dance school. We now offering classes every week and creating a nurturing environment where students can grow, enjoy themselves, and most of all, express themselves through dance. www.aajanachle.co.nz
WORKSHOPS:
Face painting with Rainbow Rascals
Rainbow Rascals is a team of talented and friendly face painting artists with a wide repertoire and designs/picture menus for kids to choose from. www.rainbowrascals.co.nz
Cartooning with Māpura Studios
Māpura Studios is an inclusive creative space that offers person-centred visual arts learning and creative therapies. At Community Day a collaborative and empowering opportunity will be provided for the creation and sharing of an expanded comic art form. www.mapurastudios.org.nz
Flag making with ManaRewa Collective
Formed in 2016 with the aim of mentoring Pacific artists, ManaRewa Collective is a local artist collective, based in Manurewa.
The big draw with Connect the Dots
There will be a large collaborative art work to contribute to in the Boardroom hosted by Connect the Dots, an Auckland based Trust improving older people’s lives through creativity. www.connectthedots.org.nz
Other workshops and activities:
Poi workshop with Whaea Denis; Story book reading with Emma Rose; Calligraphy with New Zealand Chinese Teaching Trust; Henna painting with Jaysika Patel; Paper doll dressing and rock painting with Pah Homestead Volunteers; Bouncy castle; and Bubble machine.
Now in its seventh year, The Wallace Arts Trust’s Pah Homestead Community Day is an annual one day community festival celebrating the heritage and the diverse creative community in Auckland. It is held at the Pah Homestead, in the elegantly restored heritage significant homestead building and in the sculpture garden in the surrounding grounds of the beautiful Monte Cecilia Park. The wider public is invited to come to experience a wide range of interactive creative and cultural activities. The festival is part of Auckland Artweek and Auckland Heritage Festival.
