Favourite Things Launch Event
Launch celebration: 1 February 2024, 6pm – 8pm, Ellen Melville Centre lounge and Freyberg Square FREE Family friendly event Live music and a DJ Support local restaurants and businesses or BYO picnic
As part of Auckland Councils Pride Month 2024 programme, we are highlighting an exciting, emerging Asia-Pacific led arts collective, based in Tāmaki Makaurau. We acknowledge Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei as mana whenua and kaitiaki of Waitematā.
All My Friends (AMF), kaupapa centres around connecting communities through creativity, with a focus on platforming LGBTQIA+ BIPOC MVPFAFF+* creatives. Fostering visibility, meaningful conversations and new connections are some of the underpinnings of their kaupapa. The four members of AMF bring together their lived experiences, skills from various industries (music, fine arts, finance, marketing, and hospitality) and cultural heritage (Chinese, Filipino, Niuean, Samoan), when creating events/art projects, providing a rich, layered experience for audience members and participants alike.
This showcase of artworks, which spans across several public spaces around the Waitematā Local Board area, are a mix of retrospective and newly commissioned pieces.
You can find them at the following places -
Freyberg Square: Lightbox exhibition featuring imagery from past events curated/organized by All My Friends
Ellen Melville Centre: Digital illustrations by Mariadelle Gamit featuring iconography which speaks to each AMF members cultural heritage (installed on the upstairs windows of the Pioneer Women’s Hall) and lyrics by Tyrun
Freyberg Steps: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit featuring lyrics by Tyrun, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by Kat Iosia
Aotea Square Steps: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by Kat Iosia
Studio One/Toi Tū, 1 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by Kat Iosia Enjoy the artworks, take selfies and tag yourselves on social media platforms using @allmyfriends.nz @proudcentres
This lightbox exhibition is proudly brought to you by Auckland Council’s Arts, Culture and Heritage team, as part of the Auckland Pride Festival 2024 programme and generously funded by the city centre targeted rate.
You can find more information about All My Friends and their guest artists via the following links:
www.allmyfriends.nz/project/favourite-things
LATE NIGHT ART W/ AMF
FREE EVENTS!
LATE NIGHT ART W/ AMF
- WHEN: Thurs 10th October, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
- WHERE: LOCATIONS BELOW
- WHAT: ART, MUSIC, DANCE
EXCHANGE LANE RAVE
6-8.30 PM, Exchange Lane, Auckland CBD
This vibrant one-night-only party celebrates light and sound, making for an evening of pure enjoyment on the Exchange Lane dance floor.
Get ready to groove with All My Friends favourites,
Tyrun and RNG+sus, along with special guests.
Together with Angus Muir Design and Cat Ellis, laser artist, this Art Week event will bring an explosion of colour and music to the heart of the city. Message the group chat, because this one-night-only event will be filled with dancing, great tunes and art you won't want to miss.
'NIU GOLD MOUNTAIN'
Betty Wark Room, 2 Freyberg Place, Auckland CBD
The Migrant Diaspora is often defined by the narrative
of the search for a better life, an experience shared by Asian and Pasifika immigrants to Aotearoa. Niu Gold Mountain is a collection of collaborative video works that brings these histories together through over 20 different creatives.
Chinese immigrants sought their "New Gum San" in the gold mines, and Pasifika immigrants searched for their "Land of Milk & Honey”. All My Friends explores these concepts in the present day. What are the aspirations
of this generation's Asian and Pasifika artists?
What do they see as their Niu Gold Mountain?
'REINA'
227 Queen Street, Auckland CBD
This artwork celebrates the arrival of spring, capturing the fleeting emotions of happiness and renewal. With a vibrant color-field background and blooming flowers,
it reflects themes of community and connection.
The colors and motifs pay tribute to a beloved local artist who understood the power of shared joy. We invite viewers to connect and celebrate the ephemeral beauty of the season.
