Ladies’ Rest: CAMEO Exhibition Panel Discussion
Te Manawa Curator Sian van Dyk will lead a Q&A with Emily Hartley-Skudder and guests.
Many Manawatū locals will have memories of this much-loved heritage building, which is the subject of the inaugural Fair Trust Art Prize recipient, Emily Hartley-Skudder’s exhibition CAMEO at Te Manawa.
Curator Sian van Dyk will lead a Q&A with Hartley-Skudder (Wellington), historian Dr Caroline Daley (Auckland), and local architect Darren Shadbolt, along with artist and business owner Catherine Russ, in a lively conversation about gendered history, cleanliness and control, and the taonga that is Ladies’ Rest.
Te Manawa Museum & Gallery Ladies' Rest Exhibition Open Daily: 22 August 2026 - 02 July 2027
Ladies' Rest Exhibition Panel Discussion at the Ladies' Rest, Te Marae o Hine, The Square: 24th October 2026
This event is funded by the Eileen Fair Charitable Trust and supported by Te Manawa Museums Trust and Palmerston North City Council.
Presenters
Emily Hartley-Skudder Contemporary Artist
Catherine Russ Artist, Business Owner
Sian van Dyk Senior Curator Te Manawa Museum | Te Papaioea Palmerston North
Caroline Daly Professor of History The University of Auckland
Darren Shadbolt FNZIA (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Raukawa), Architect Team Architects