By Linda Fordyce, Education, Pātaka Museum or Arts and Cultures
“In 2017, thirteen renowned Aotearoa New Zealand artists were invited to be the water and create artworks that explored the cultural, conceptual and imaginative qualities of water in the lakes and braided rivers of Canterbury. Their artworks are presented in the exhibition WAI. WAI seeks to challenge, inspire and address the declining state of our freshwater systems, not just in Canterbury but nation-wide. This resource looks at water as a taonga and uses selected artworks from the exhibition to hopefully inspire a sense of responsibility about our own local freshwater systems.”