CAMEO: Ladies' Rest 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), along with artist and business owner Catherine Russ, Heritage Assessment Advisor for Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and historian Alison Breese, and Architect Felicity Wallace, in a lively conversation about gendered history, cleanliness and control, and the taonga that is Ladies’ Rest.
This event is funded by the Eileen Fair Charitable Trust and supported by Te Manawa Museums Trust and Palmerston North City Council.
Ladies' Rest CAMEO Exhibition Panel Discussion: 5.30pm-7.30pm 24th October 2026 at the Ladies' Rest, Te Marae o Hine, The Square.
Te Manawa Museum & Gallery CAMEO Exhibition: Open Daily 22 August 2026 - 02 July 2027.