Episode Playlist
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 14-09-2024 Holly Fletcher( 0:55:3)
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Holly Fletcher is the head librarian at Dunedin Athenaeum & Mechanic’s Institute, one of the oldest private libraries still in use. A book lover and a published poet, Holly discovered at a mature age that she was dyslexic.
Published: 16/09/2024 11:15:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 07-09-2024 Lesa Hepburn( 0:49:36)
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Lesa Hepburn is a multi-disciplinary artist who uses botanical fibres, plants and recycled materials in her sustainable, low impact arts practice for her 2D and 3D works, installations and prints.
Published: 9/09/2024 10:30:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 31-08-2024 Wendy Lawrence( 0:43:4)
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“Sense Art is like painting a picture with words,” says Wendy Lawrence, who believes in accessibility to art for all. Wendy guides free Sense Art Tours at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre for visitors with hearing or vision impairments.
Published: 2/09/2024 10:00:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 17-08-2024 Ellie Field( 0:52:3)
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Glass artist Ellie Field’s architectural scale work has been shown with Britain’s top glass artists and commissioned for Singapore airport. Now she’s finding her way back to glass art at a smaller scale.
Published: 19/08/2024 10:00:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 27-07-2024 Lola Elvy( 0:45:59)
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Lola Elvy is a talented young musician and singer-songwriter studying maths and composition. She’s also the founding editor of the online journal ‘fingers comma toes’ for children and young adults
Published: 29/07/2024 10:30:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 06-07-2024 Erica Sklenars( 0:49:18)
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Artist and designer Erica Sklenars (a.k.a. Lady Lazer Light) from New Plymouth works globally across the fields of mixed reality, video art, installation, performance and intervention with sound artists and musicians.
Published: 8/07/2024 3:30:00 p.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 15-06-2024 Tom Sainsbury( 0:39:15)
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Mikaela caught up with actor, comedian and film-maker Tom Sainsbury at WOMAD. Tom’s darkly comic plays have been staged in New Zealand, Australia, UK, USA, France and Greece. We talk about his funny social media videos, the Goodbye Pork Pie remake, and whether he feels the pressure to always be funny.
Published: 17/06/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 08-06-2024 Norine Ford-Dixon( 0:55:8)
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Norine Ford-Dixon is the ARTSpace artist in June and shares her love for wallpaper and collage in this episode. Check out her collages and the suitcase that was part of the ‘Abroad’ exhibition at Percy Thomson Gallery last year.
Published: 10/06/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 25-05-2024 Caroline Barron( 0:43:59)
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Mikaela caught up with author Caroline Barron at WOMAD. Find out what prompted Caroline to write her memoir Ripiro Beach and her novel The Golden Days. Lots of useful writing tips on offer too!
Published: 27/05/2024 11:15:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 18-05-2024 Kura Forrester( 0:39:49)
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Actor, comedian and writer Kura Forrester (Ngāti Porou) won the Billy T Award in 2019 for best-emerging comedian with her show ‘Kura Woulda Shoulda’ and became the first Māori woman to do so. Mikaela caught up with Kura at WOMAD this year.
Published: 20/05/2024 10:15:00 a.m.
Sugar Loafing Arts Cast 11-05-2024 Heidi Griffin( 0:53:47)
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Heidi Griffin is the owner and manager of the popular Gover St Gallery in New Plymouth - a true community space for Taranaki’s creatives. This year she intends to nurture her own artistic skills too.
Published: 13/05/2024 1:15:00 p.m.