David H. Brown’s mural features abstract forms representing elements of the history of its site in central Lower Hutt, Wellington.

Image: David H. Brown

CATWALK was Kazu Nakagawa’s contribution to the outdoor sculpture exhibition Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island in 2013—a collaborative, interactive work featuring two ‘shows’ of garments designed for two participants to wear. Winner of the Headland Sculpture on the Gulf 2013 Westpac Selector's Award.

Image: Kazu Nakagawa

Tohorā is integrated into Maclean Park in Paraparaumu. This stunning multi-media work is integrated into Maclean Park – where Kahe te Rau o te Rangi swam from Kāpiti Island to warn her whānau of impending attack, making it a particularly significant site for Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Mana whenua embrace the artwork as a taonga. Tohorā is based on the traditional Aramoana pattern “pathway to the sea”, with ambient lighting and sound effects to evoke the passage of whales and the concept of journeying. Tohorā is an interactive multi-media work – walk along the top to trigger the sounds of whales and dolphins journeying through Te Rau o Te Rangi.

Amanda worked with Kazu Ngakagawa to support the integration of this major artwork into Waiheke Island’s new library. The project won multiple awards: 2016 Property Council NZ Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards: Resene Green Building; the 2015 NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Award: Commercial Architectural Excellence, the 2015 NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Award: Resene Overall Supreme Award.

NZ Sculpture OnShore is a biennial outdoor exhibition of the work of New Zealand artists across all genres and disciplines. Since 1995 the exhibition has become a major event on Auckland's North Shore and one of New Zealand’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Amanda was the Assistant Curator in 2008 with Rob Garrett. Her role included collaborating on artist selection and site layout planning with Rob, editing the catalogue, and curating the gallery.

Image: Rob Garrett. Artwork: Alex Hoyles.

An extensive review involving close to 100 interviews and workshops with internal and external stakeholders, produced a plan for public art management within council. We put together a panel of advisors, ran workshops with the public and artists, and developed a Public Art Policy and Guidelines for Hutt City Council.

Art In Place worked closely with local Indigenous leaders through extensive community engagement to create a project brief and recruit an indigenous artist, weaver Matthew McIntyre Wilson, to lead a community hub project at Naenae (now Naenae Pool).

An exhibition of local artists’ work on Waiheke Island, featuring Fiona Pardington, Leon van den Eijkel and Kazu Nakagawa (Towards Photography, TOI Gallery, Oneroa, Waiheke Island), curated by Jacqui O’Brien.

An interactive work by John Radford for Britomart incorporating lighting that was triggered by passersby. Installation was complex and required a traffic management plan to be developed.

Image by Rob Garrett.

We conducted and analysed a wide range of stakeholder interviews and workshops and contributed to policy development in this project with Rob Garret CFA.

Image: Phil Price, Cytoplasm, 2003.