Whangārei is a city on the North Island of New Zealand, the Northland or Te Ika-a-Māui in the original language. The city has around 45.000 inhabitants and is the administrative headquarters of the district. You can find fantastic artworks in the urban space and especially in January 2019 some of the world’s best urban artists took part in the international art festival Street Prints Manaia. During that event 15 fantastic large scale art murals based on the theme “Tuia te muka Tāngata”, which means in English “Weaving the threads of Humanity”, were completed in Whangārei and the surrounding region of Aotearoa. Another great streetart project was the Te Oranga at the farmstay with the same name, which was a community event involving selected youth and local artists led by EARNEST BRADLEY from the Memory Lane Tattoo Studio. Here is a collection with images of fantastic artworks taken by fabulous photographer and world traveller TOBIAS BRAUCH.
“Alex and Carmilita” by LISA KING
Location: 49 Walton Street
Artist: LISA KING
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artoflisaking
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/artoflisaking
“Selenaia” by FIN DAC
Location: 10 Hannah Street
Artist: FIN DAC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fin-DAC-168112210014178
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findac
Tumblr: https://findac.tumblr.com
Artisy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/fin-dac
“Kotahitanga – Unity” by EARNEST BRADLEY
Location: 70 John Street
“Te Oranga” by EARNEST BRADLEY & MIKE MARTIN
Location: 62 Walton Street
Artist: EARNEST BRADLEY – TAWCK GBAK
Website: https://www.tawckgbak.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tawckgbaknz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tawck_gbak
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earnestbradley_nz
Tattoo Studio: B.INKED
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/binked_tattoo
Artist: MIKE MARTIN – Art Student & Collaboration Support
The STREET PRINTS MANAIA organizers about the festival: “Kotahitanga – unity, togetherness, solidarity, collective action. Our fourth International Street Art Festival in Whangarei shared the theme of weaving together the threads which make us one. Today, we stand with you.” – Street Prints
Of course many more artists were involved in the festival and did amazing urban artworks like AMANDA VALDES, ASKEW ONE, BRYCE, BUBBZILLA 96, CHARLES & JANINE WILLIAMS, DUORONE, EPHRAIM RUSSEL, GINA KIEL, MATEUS BAILON, MIN BUTT, MIKE TUPAEA, MILLO, PAOLA DELFIN, RED POKEMON and SWIFT MANTIS. Also there are a lot of artworks which were created besides the mentioned events. We only have a few of them photographed, but this collection can grow bigger. If you have additional photos you are very welcome to send us images to info@vagabundler.com and we will add them to this page here. Also if you find any mistakes, just let us know and we will correct it.
INFOTHEK
Festival: STREET PRINTS MANAIA
Year of the event: 2019
Street Art Trail: https://www.wdc.govt.nz/files/assets/public/v/2/documents/community/parks-rec/street-art-trail-brochure.pdf
Farmstay & Art Space: TE ORANGA
Website: https://www.teoranga.co.nz
Collective & Festival Organizer: STREET PRINTS
Email: art@streetprints.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/streetprintsnz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/street_prints
Photographer: TOBIAS BRAUCH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobias.brauch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lobster_goes_south
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_brauch
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