Painter Rebekah Farr and Author Adrienne Jansen present their art on the Refugee / Immigrant Experience.
once upon a time
all of us here
were one of them there.
Rebekah Farr
Wairarapa artist Rebekah Farr explores exile and migration in Departures, her current exhibition of oil and wax paintings at Aratoi. She has exhibited for the past decade, was a Finalist for the Molly Morpeth Canaday Award and the Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award, and won the Highly Commended Award at the Wairarapa Art Review. Farr has a Degree in Fashion Design and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Animation and Interactive Media.
Adrienne Jansen
Author Adrienne Jansen, from Porirua, has been writing alongside migrants to New Zealand to tell their stories – in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her most recent book is All of Us (Landing Press, 2018), a collection of poems, with Carina Gallegos, about immigrants and refugees. Among her other publications is the collaboration with Ans Westra, The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand. Her publications will be for sale at the event.
