In this podcast episode I speak with three Pacific Islander Artists and Creatives, Julia Mageau-Gray, Reina Sutton and Maryann Talia Pau. These three Aunties have worked extensively across Australia, Aotearoa and the rest of the globe. We spend time discussing how to we create culturally safe spaces for our community to experiment with their arts practice and the “fairy-godmother/bob-the-builder” individuals we have worked with who help us create this spaces and bring arts projects into fruition. We delve into the (at times) frustrating realities of accessing funding to get a project off the ground, the impact covid has had on the flow of creative juices and so much more.

My original project proposal was exploring this idea of the ways we “bring in” cultural knowledge to our work and practice. What I learnt in these episodes is that these a ...