Pātaka Museum of Arts and Cultures, often stylised as Pātaka Art + Museum, is a municipal museum and art gallery in Porirua City, New Zealand.[1][2] Te Marae o Te Umu Kai o Hau is the name of the building where Pātaka is located and opened in 1998. It also houses the Porirua City Library, a privately run cafe and a Japanese garden.[3][4]
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| Established | 1980 |
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| Coordinates | 41°07′54″S 174°50′23″E / 41.13164°S 174.83961°E |
| Type | Art gallery |
| Website | pataka |
History
editIn 1980 the Porirua Museum opened and by 1997 had outgrown its Takapūwāhia site. At the same time, the Mana Community Arts Council wished to expand their community art gallery located on the corner of Parumoana and Norrie Streets. The two organisations amalgamated moving into the newly renovated and expanded site in 1998.[3][5]
Bob Cater co-founded Page 90 which became Pātaka and was awarded the Queen's Service Medal,[6][7] and Darcy Nicholas was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order,[8] in part for their roles in establishing the museum. The name Pātaka is a Māori language word meaning 'storehouse'. The purpose of Pātaka is to show contemporary Māori and Pacific arts. It also shows other New Zealand arts.[9]
Facilities
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Architecture + was the architectural firm that designed Pātaka. They transformed a 1970s office building that already housed the Porirua City Library, Whitireia's performance space and Page 90 gallery.[10]
Pātaka has galleries with changing exhibitions. The Bottle Creek Gallery is for community and local artists.[11] Other galleries are the Front Gallery, West Gallery, the Maude & Miller Gallery and the Daylight Gallery. The Daylight Gallery has a semi-permanent exhibition about Ngāti Toa Rangatira, the local Māori iwi (nation or tribe) called Whiti Te Rā![9]
Pātaka Art + Museum has an atrium the full length of the building that also connects the Porirua Library, reception, shop, cafē, performing arts studio, and meeting and events rooms and an outside courtyard with a Japanese garden.[9]
Awards
editPātaka has won a number of awards:
- NZIA Resene Branch Award 1999[10]
- Dulux Colour Award 1999[10]
- Carter Holt Harvey award commendation 1999[10]
- Victoria University of Wellington School of Architecture 25th Anniversary Alumni Supreme Award & Educational, Cultural and Community Award[10]
- NZIA Resene Regional Award 2000[10]
References
edit- ^ "Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures". Kōtuia ngā Kete. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Pataka Museum of Art and Cultures". NZ museums. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Pataka History". Pataka Art + Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Pataka Museum of Art and Cultures". Porirua City Council. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Dekker, Diana. "Pataka director chased non-western art". Faifax Media. The Dominion Post. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Robert (Bob) Cater, QSM, Porirua". Gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Nicoll, Jared (6 October 2017). "A Life Story - Arts stalwart Bob Cater dies, age 80". Stuff. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Darcy Nicholas, of Lower Hutt". Gg.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Pātaka Art + Museum: Porirua's cultural heart - WellingtonNZ". Pātaka Art + Museum: Porirua’s cultural heart - WellingtonNZ. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures | Architecture Plus Ltd". architectureplus.co.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "PATAKA Art + Museum". Stuff Events. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
External links
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