How is your heart? Artist Readings - Friday 11 Dec

Micro Mill, 11 Hopper St
The following booking times are for Friday 11th of December. Siân is also offering Artist Readings on Friday 11th December, book in for those times here.

How is your Heart? You are invited to take a seat with an artist and choose three words to answer that question. You don't need to come up with the words, they are in a box, collected from others' beautiful and honest answers. It's a moment to reflect, choose, read and be present. When you are ready, artist Siân Quennell Torrington will make you a wearable artwork in response, as a gift. There are no right or wrong answers here, and all feelings are welcome. It's simple yet rare to have this moment together. You don't need to talk or tell a story, you don't need to have all the answers. The artwork is made from the studio where expression is vital, and every feeling has it's place in our experience of living through these times. Siân's Artist Readings are a one on one experience, and will be approx 20 minutes long.

Siân Quennell Torrington (them/them, Pākeha, Tangata Tiriti, Welsh, German, Scottish) is an artist who explores how to express feelings through drawings and sculptures to embody an anti-shame practice that can simultaneously protect and connect us by making what is internal external and visible to others. Their work is colourful, complex and held together with threads, stitching, and many different materials. Sian’s drawings, sculptures and installations are delicate and strong, just like us. An ongoing project is ‘How is your Heart’, where audiences put on a wearable sculpture, or have one made for them, to express and share without words, how they feel in this moment together. Holding space and sharing creative processes is part of their practice, enabling conversation, connection, and collective imagination. Siân developed and regularly runs Queer and Trans drawing class, and has run many public workshops addressing social change and wellness through collective creativity.

Siân has regularly exhibited nationally and internationally, been awarded two international and one national artist residency, and graduated with an MFA with distinction from Massey University in 2010.

These artist readings are a fundraiser for Siân's project Protection - Connection which is coming to life in 2027. The project includes working in three locations around the motu on Rainbow workshops for community resilience and expression. 100% of profits from the artist readings will go towards Siân's mahi and this project. We deeply appreciate your support!