Artist Talk and Muka Lace Demonstration with Rowan Panther
Saturday 4 October 2025
Join McCahon House Parehuia artist in residence Rowan Panther as she shares insight into her practice and demonstrates how to make muka lace. This event is held in partnership with the Auckland Heritage Festival.
Join McCahon House Parehuia artist in residence Rowan Panther as she shares insight into her practice and demonstrates how to make muka lace. This event is held in partnership with the Auckland Heritage Festival.
Rowan is a contemporary lace textile artist. Her practice weaves together diverse European and Oceanic textile traditions, responding to the complexities of colonisation and to her mixed Irish, English, German and Samoan ancestry.
The bobbin and muka lace pieces she creates reference patterns of European collars worn by nobility and incorporate objects that draw upon Pacific cultural forms such as ceremonial breast plates.
Reserve your space at this event by emailing us at mccahon@mccahonhouse.org.nz. Please note that this event will be held at the Te Uru Education Space, 418 Titirangi Road, Titirangi. See the Auckland Heritage Festival website for the full festival programme.