2 GIRLS 1 CONFERENCE

By Ema Tavola

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2 GIRLS 1 CONFERENCE

Project 2013-05-08 01:43:21 +1200

2 GIRLS 1 CONFERENCE is the name of a hearty campaign to have Pacific Art practices from South Auckland heard and discussed at the Pacific Arts Association (PAA) 11th International Symposium in Vancouver, Canada from 6-9 August.


We are Leilani Kake and Ema Tavola, two passionate Pacific art practitioners and advocates from South Auckland. We feel honoured and excited to have had papers accepted for this prestigious gathering of influential curators and academics. Leilani intends to discuss her video installation practice in the context her of recent MA research into intercultural identities and Ema will contribute to a panel entitled, "Curating Pacific Spaces: The New School of Contemporary Pacific Art from New Zealand".


Having collaborated on international travel, lecture tours, exhibitions and events since 2004, we have built our *award-winning* art practices on strong networking, bold advocacy, a genuine sense of service to our communities and lots of love, sweat and tears! In the past we have attracted support from a wide range of organisations for our collaborative endeavours, but this year we have both returned to full-time tertiary study and arts-related funding for various reasons has been out of reach.

We are fundraising with all our energies to get to Canada and proudly represent our communities; funds raised will support airfares and accommodation.

Whilst we are two individuals travelling to one conference, we represent a community of hard-working artists and the massive interconnected network of Pacific people who sustain and inform them. Our participation is about representing our collectives, making South Auckland visible and engaging new audiences with our vibrant and unique arts and culture.

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

13/06/2013 at 10:07 PM

We are SO HAPPY to have hit our target!!

Thank you SO much, amazing Pacific Art angels! 

We've made a video update here, check it out: http://youtu.be/12hLaGMcZ6Y

New focus, lots of love, thank you, thank you, thank you good peeps!

We cracked two grand!

08/06/2013 at 11:12 AM

We've done a lot of happy dances in the last few days! What a week! We're blown away with the support we've received and so excited that we're less than $500 away from hitting our target AND we still have 12 days to go!

Here's a big meaty update on developments with the campaign: http://pimpiknows.com/2013/06/08/massive-support-for-2girls1conference/

Also, check out this cool little story in our local newspaper, the Manukau Courier: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/8752058/2-girls-aim-for-conference

We're excited lots of pledgers are choosing the T-shirt reward because this is a truly Made in South Auckland / Made with Love product! We're collaborating with an excellent senior student at MIT Faculty of Creative Arts and using the institute's excellent print studio facilities to lovingly hand-print this limited edition of 100 t-shirts. You can read more about the t-shirt design here: http://pimpiknows.com/2013/06/03/2girls1conference-real-talk/

Thank you again for all this amazing support, we appreciate every dollar, share, retweet and the moments people take to tell their friends and families - vinaka vakalevu from Ema and Leilani!

We cracked a grand!

03/06/2013 at 8:41 PM

THANK YOU everyone who has pledged for us and helped us make a thousand dollars in just over a week! We're blown away!

We've also released the design of our fundraising t-shirt, which has been lovingly designed in collaboration with Tepora Malo, a senior student at Manukau Institute of Technology's Faculty of Creative Arts, read more about it here: http://pimpiknows.com/2013/06/03/2girls1conference-real-talk/

After this campaign closes on 20 June, our t-shirt is available to buy for $60 but if you pledge $50 and we make our target by 20 June, you'll get the shirt PLUS free postage and packaging NZ-wide for only $50! SCORE!

Thanks again to everyone who has kindly supported us, from far and wide! To our pledger all the way in Qatar who tipped us over the $1000 mark, thank you so very much! 

We feel super confident about hitting our target, and appreciate all your 'likes', shares and retweets!!

If you're a Twitter head, feel free to use the hashtag #2girls1conference and ask questions any time, here's some answers to frequently asked questions: http://pimpiknows.com/2girls1conference/

Oh, and meet our cheer squad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyt73YsUqVg

Thanks to Nano, Isa, Obadiah, Afa, Joshie Stylez, Sa, Sina and Lavinia!

    Pledgers 70

    Gemma Gracewood
    09/06/2013 at 8:03am
    Pania
    08/06/2013 at 8:46pm
    Judith Ma
    08/06/2013 at 4:29pm
    Penny Anutosh Cusack
    07/06/2013 at 7:15pm
    Heather Galbraith
    07/06/2013 at 5:51pm
    Anonymous pledger
    07/06/2013 at 2:30pm
    Peter McGlashan
    07/06/2013 at 2:26pm
    Tessa Laird
    06/06/2013 at 8:53am
    Adrian Lynch
    05/06/2013 at 5:44pm
    Adrian Lynch
    05/06/2013 at 5:38pm
    Nicola Railton
    05/06/2013 at 4:18pm
    Leilani Unasa
    05/06/2013 at 4:15pm
    vinesh kumaran
    05/06/2013 at 2:54pm
    Stallone
    05/06/2013 at 11:44am
    Joris de Bres
    05/06/2013 at 8:43am
    Yolande Ah Chong
    05/06/2013 at 8:01am
    Christina Hellmich
    05/06/2013 at 4:40am
    jalna warren
    04/06/2013 at 9:56pm
    George Tavola
    04/06/2013 at 12:15am
    charlotte
    03/06/2013 at 4:33pm
    Maddie Collier
    03/06/2013 at 1:18pm
    Kowhai Hook
    03/06/2013 at 12:52pm
    Will Iopu
    03/06/2013 at 9:21am
    Karin Williams
    02/06/2013 at 4:06pm
    Emma Barnes
    01/06/2013 at 9:42pm
    Anonymous pledger
    01/06/2013 at 7:47pm
    Nicholas Bagnall
    01/06/2013 at 10:45am
    Lissy cole
    01/06/2013 at 7:26am
    Carmel
    31/05/2013 at 1:52pm
    Toots
    30/05/2013 at 9:16pm

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    Followers of 2 GIRLS 1 CONFERENCE

    2 GIRLS 1 CONFERENCE

    Project 2013-05-08 01:43:21 +1200

    2 GIRLS 1 CONFERENCE is the name of a hearty campaign to have Pacific Art practices from South Auckland heard and discussed at the Pacific Arts Association (PAA) 11th International Symposium in Vancouver, Canada from 6-9 August.


    We are Leilani Kake and Ema Tavola, two passionate Pacific art practitioners and advocates from South Auckland. We feel honoured and excited to have had papers accepted for this prestigious gathering of influential curators and academics. Leilani intends to discuss her video installation practice in the context her of recent MA research into intercultural identities and Ema will contribute to a panel entitled, "Curating Pacific Spaces: The New School of Contemporary Pacific Art from New Zealand".


    Having collaborated on international travel, lecture tours, exhibitions and events since 2004, we have built our *award-winning* art practices on strong networking, bold advocacy, a genuine sense of service to our communities and lots of love, sweat and tears! In the past we have attracted support from a wide range of organisations for our collaborative endeavours, but this year we have both returned to full-time tertiary study and arts-related funding for various reasons has been out of reach.

    We are fundraising with all our energies to get to Canada and proudly represent our communities; funds raised will support airfares and accommodation.

    Whilst we are two individuals travelling to one conference, we represent a community of hard-working artists and the massive interconnected network of Pacific people who sustain and inform them. Our participation is about representing our collectives, making South Auckland visible and engaging new audiences with our vibrant and unique arts and culture.

    Comments

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

    13/06/2013 at 10:07 PM

    We are SO HAPPY to have hit our target!!

    Thank you SO much, amazing Pacific Art angels! 

    We've made a video update here, check it out: http://youtu.be/12hLaGMcZ6Y

    New focus, lots of love, thank you, thank you, thank you good peeps!

    We cracked two grand!

    08/06/2013 at 11:12 AM

    We've done a lot of happy dances in the last few days! What a week! We're blown away with the support we've received and so excited that we're less than $500 away from hitting our target AND we still have 12 days to go!

    Here's a big meaty update on developments with the campaign: http://pimpiknows.com/2013/06/08/massive-support-for-2girls1conference/

    Also, check out this cool little story in our local newspaper, the Manukau Courier: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/8752058/2-girls-aim-for-conference

    We're excited lots of pledgers are choosing the T-shirt reward because this is a truly Made in South Auckland / Made with Love product! We're collaborating with an excellent senior student at MIT Faculty of Creative Arts and using the institute's excellent print studio facilities to lovingly hand-print this limited edition of 100 t-shirts. You can read more about the t-shirt design here: http://pimpiknows.com/2013/06/03/2girls1conference-real-talk/

    Thank you again for all this amazing support, we appreciate every dollar, share, retweet and the moments people take to tell their friends and families - vinaka vakalevu from Ema and Leilani!

    We cracked a grand!

    03/06/2013 at 8:41 PM

    THANK YOU everyone who has pledged for us and helped us make a thousand dollars in just over a week! We're blown away!

    We've also released the design of our fundraising t-shirt, which has been lovingly designed in collaboration with Tepora Malo, a senior student at Manukau Institute of Technology's Faculty of Creative Arts, read more about it here: http://pimpiknows.com/2013/06/03/2girls1conference-real-talk/

    After this campaign closes on 20 June, our t-shirt is available to buy for $60 but if you pledge $50 and we make our target by 20 June, you'll get the shirt PLUS free postage and packaging NZ-wide for only $50! SCORE!

    Thanks again to everyone who has kindly supported us, from far and wide! To our pledger all the way in Qatar who tipped us over the $1000 mark, thank you so very much! 

    We feel super confident about hitting our target, and appreciate all your 'likes', shares and retweets!!

    If you're a Twitter head, feel free to use the hashtag #2girls1conference and ask questions any time, here's some answers to frequently asked questions: http://pimpiknows.com/2girls1conference/

    Oh, and meet our cheer squad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyt73YsUqVg

    Thanks to Nano, Isa, Obadiah, Afa, Joshie Stylez, Sa, Sina and Lavinia!

      Gemma Gracewood
      09/06/2013 at 8:03am
      Pania
      08/06/2013 at 8:46pm
      Judith Ma
      08/06/2013 at 4:29pm
      Penny Anutosh Cusack
      07/06/2013 at 7:15pm
      Heather Galbraith
      07/06/2013 at 5:51pm
      Anonymous pledger
      07/06/2013 at 2:30pm
      Peter McGlashan
      07/06/2013 at 2:26pm
      Tessa Laird
      06/06/2013 at 8:53am
      Adrian Lynch
      05/06/2013 at 5:44pm
      Adrian Lynch
      05/06/2013 at 5:38pm
      Nicola Railton
      05/06/2013 at 4:18pm
      Leilani Unasa
      05/06/2013 at 4:15pm
      vinesh kumaran
      05/06/2013 at 2:54pm
      Stallone
      05/06/2013 at 11:44am
      Joris de Bres
      05/06/2013 at 8:43am
      Yolande Ah Chong
      05/06/2013 at 8:01am
      Christina Hellmich
      05/06/2013 at 4:40am
      jalna warren
      04/06/2013 at 9:56pm
      George Tavola
      04/06/2013 at 12:15am
      charlotte
      03/06/2013 at 4:33pm
      Maddie Collier
      03/06/2013 at 1:18pm
      Kowhai Hook
      03/06/2013 at 12:52pm
      Will Iopu
      03/06/2013 at 9:21am
      Karin Williams
      02/06/2013 at 4:06pm
      Emma Barnes
      01/06/2013 at 9:42pm
      Anonymous pledger
      01/06/2013 at 7:47pm
      Nicholas Bagnall
      01/06/2013 at 10:45am
      Lissy cole
      01/06/2013 at 7:26am
      Carmel
      31/05/2013 at 1:52pm
      Toots
      30/05/2013 at 9:16pm

      Followers of 2 GIRLS 1 CONFERENCE

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 20/06/2013 at 5:55 PM.