Tracy Keith: Remember Industry Book Launch

Free

A special event to celebrate the launch of Remember Industry: Tracy Keith, a new publication exploring the ceramic practice of artist Tracy Keith (Ngāpuhi).

Published by Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery, Remember Industry is edited by Sophie Davis and features contributions by Karl Chitham, Chloe Cull, Tracy Keith, Kurumi Kido, Haami Samson Hawkins, and Sian van Dyk.

The launch will include a live pottery demonstration by Keith, along with a kōrero with editor Sophie Davis, writer Sian van Dyk and designer Ebony Holt.

Wine and kai will be provided.
Books will be available to purchase for $50.

About the book:
Remember Industry: Tracy Keith builds on a solo exhibition held at the Gallery from 2024-25. As a title, Remember Industry is a directive and a lament, an invitation to recall the people and labour that shaped post-war Aotearoa, and histories of small towns such as Tokoroa, where the artist grew up in a community shaped by the local pulp and paper mill. Developed in close collaboration with the artist, the book is the first to closely examine Keith’s career and practice.

Designed by Ebony Holt, Remember Industry: Tracy Keith translates Keith’s ongoing research and making – his dialogue with materials such as clay, timber, and fire – into a printed form. Remember Industry features newly commissioned writing that traces the histories and relationships underpinning Keith’s work, along with extensive photography of his ceramics, artist sketches, and documentation of his studio and firing processes.

Tracy Keith (Ngāpuhi) lives and works in Heretaunga Hastings, where he is Kaiako - Maunga Kura Toi Rauangi at Toimairangi School of Māori Visual Art, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Tracy has exhibited widely within Aotearoa New Zealand at galleries such as The Dowse Art Museum, Pātaka Art+Museum, Bartley & Company, Wairau Māori Art Gallery, and Tim Melville Gallery.

Contributors:
Karl Chitham (Ngāpuhi, Te Uriroroi) is Director of The Dowse Art Museum. A curator, educator, and advocate for toi Māori, he co-edited Crafting Aotearoa and was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2023 for services to Māori arts.

Chloe Cull (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi te Ruahikihiki) is Pouarataki Curator Māori at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Her previous roles include Assistant Curator at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Arts Programme Coordinator at Te Ara Ātea. She holds an MA in Art History from Victoria University of Wellington.

Sophie Davis is Director at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery. For the past decade she has worked as a curator, editor, and leader of public galleries and arts organisations. Sophie is particularly interested in relationships between contemporary art, labour, and collective discussion.

Ebony Holt (Ngāti Hauiti) is Senior Creative at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery. She is a graphic designer with experience across creative spaces and businesses and holds a Bachelor of Graphic Design from WINTEC.

Kurumi Kido is Assistant Curator at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery. She comes to her current role with more than twenty years’ experience in both the commercial and non-profit art sectors in Tokyo.

Haami Samson Hawkins (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Pahauwera and Ngāti Porou) is a composer, celestial poet, cultural storyteller, kai-rangahau, and auto-ethnographer. His work is committed to seeking out and revitalising important ancestral knowledge to regain misplaced cultural identity through performative storytelling and traditional practice.

Sian van Dyk is Senior Curator at Te Manawa Museum in Papaioea and has previously held curatorial positions at The Dowse Art Museum and Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery. Her work explores the connections between people and craft objects in contemporary art practice, which she has written about internationally.

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