Exhibition Opening: Stories from the Taro Patch

Stories from the Taro Patch exhibition opening: 10am 25 February 2023
Exhibition Dates: 18 February - 8 April 2023
Stories from the Taro Patch presents art works created by participants and mentors of the Tala Loto Fale programme. Through group talanoa, a safe vā /space is created for participants to explore the creative arts. Themes of ‘Ofa, love, family, healing, growth and community connection are explored in a diverse range of artforms from digital films, photographs, weaving and printmaking.
Tala Loto Fale is a programme created by Taro Patch Creative, a creative south Auckland-based social services provider that specializes in digital storytelling and the arts through a Pasifika lens.
Tala Loto Fale is a Maori/Moana Pasifika-led movement, which centres a holistic approach inspired by Pasifika forms of storytelling and the use of ancestral knowledge and artefacts for all Tangata Moana throughout Moana Nui a Kiwa and beyond; wanting to create, connect, share, heal and grow in an era of disconnection and uncertainty.
Taro Patch Creative is a family-led initiative of Malosi Pictures, it is conceived by the Mafile’o sisters Vea, Emily and Elizabeth Mafile’o. Together they bring their collective skills in filmmaking, storytelling, tutoring, production design, public programming, arts facilitation and occupational health therapy in the mental health and disabilities sector.