Story: Arts and social engagement

More links and websites

• ANZATA

  ANZATA (Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association) is the professional organisation for arts therapists and promotes the therapeutic use of the arts for the improvement of human well-being.

• Arts Access Aotearoa

  Arts Access Aotearoa Whakahauhau Katoa o Hanga advocates for all New Zealanders to have access to the arts, as a creator or audience member, regardless of their barriers, such as disability or health. It also facilitates arts programmes for people in prison.

• Barry Thomas

  This digital collection on the Te Papa website features artwork by Barry Thomas, including documentation of his 1978 installation ‘Vacant lot of cabbages’.

• Music Therapy New Zealand Te Roopu Puoro Whakoora o Aotearoa,

  Music Therapy New Zealand (MThNZ) promotes the use of music to assist the healing and personal growth of people with special needs.

More suggestions and sources

• Barton, Christina. ‘Fragments and bits: a brief history of temporary art in Wellington.’ In Wellington: a city for sculpture, edited by Jenny Harper, Aaron Lister and Bruce Connew, 120–127. Wellington: Victoria University Press in association with the Wellington Sculpture Trust, 2007.

• Burke, Gregory, and Ann Calhoun, eds. Art and organised labour: images of working life and trade union life in New Zealand. Wellington: Wellington City Art Gallery, 1990.

• Gribben, Trish. Blast: Pat Hanly: the painter and his protests. Auckland: Lopdell House Gallery, 2009.