PRESIDENT

I am a recovering Australian. My mother worked for a gallery in Sydney, and my parents were keen collectors, so my brother and I grew up going to galleries. There was always lots of art on the walls at home. Since coming to Dunedin in 2001 I have worked as a tutor, writer, director, and performer, especially focusing on early music with the Rare Byrds Consort. As part of that group, I have performed at the DPAG many times, and gained a warm appreciation of its significance not just as a gallery but also as performance space and a vital community arts hub. I’ve served on the boards of Literacy Aotearoa Dunedin and the Southern Heritage Trust, and I’m currently Chairperson of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum Trust. I am delighted to be part of the DPAG Society Council, and looking forward to making a contribution.

VICE PRESIDENT

Holly MacKinven is a Dunedin-based artist and arts educator. She graduated with an MFA (Hons) from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 2005, and also holds an undergraduate degree in Art History and Media Studies from the University of Auckland.

She has exhibited in a number of galleries including Auckland dealer-gallery Sanderson Contemporary Art, where she showed until relocating to Dunedin with her young family in 2012.

Over the years she has been a finalist in prestigious art awards such as the Wallace Art Award, the National Contemporary Art Award, and the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award. Her work is also held in the James Wallace permanent collection.

Holly currently works as a children’s arts educator, and also teaches traditional painting methods as a night-class tutor at the Dunedin School of Art.

TREASURER

Kate Wynn-Williams moved to Dunedin in the early 1970s, and gained a BA at the University of Otago in Philosophy. This was followed by nursing studies and work at Dunedin Hospital. After several happy years nursing, she left the hospital environment to take up further study. A BCom and postgraduate studies in Accounting provided the springboard for an academic career in the University’s Business School that lasted for nearly 30 years. As well as studying, working and bringing up a family, Kate has served on many Boards of Trustees for schools and activity groups.

Kate appreciates Dunedin’s rich history in the arts, and the many fine works in the Gallery that have been acquired through the Society’s efforts. She is proud to support the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society as its Treasurer.

Ross Currie was born and educated in Dunedin and returned after decades working internationally as a teacher, teacher educator, curriculum developer and manager.

“It is a privilege and an honour to be President of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society Council. Every year we were living overseas we returned to visit family in Dunedin and visits to the Gallery were always a highlight. Throughout the long history of the Gallery and the change of directors, curators and venues, the Society has been a constant in the life and development of the Gallery.

The bulk of the permanent collection has been purchased from Society funds over the years and the people of Dunedin have been consistent and generous supporters of the Gallery through the Society. Many people have served on the DPAG Council over the years and as volunteers, have kept the Society strong. We need the membership to continue to grow in the future. Dunedin people are rightly proud of the oldest gallery in the country.

Join us and be part of a thriving community of local art lovers.”

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Marie Kiely has recently returned to Dunedin after a 25 year absence in Wellington.

During her time in Dunedin she worked with Patricia and Kobi Bosshard at Bosshard Gallery and subsequently with Marshall Seifert at his dealer gallery. Those two roles and the daily contact with artists and art patrons generated an ongoing interest in New Zealand art which still motivates her today.

As well as her interest and involvement in NZ art, Marie brings with her a wealth of experience in management and governance and continues to actively work in these areas. In her time away from Dunedin she has also raised a family, and run a successful social marketing company.

During her time in Wellington her husband’s involvement with Pataka Art & Museum developed her appreciation of the powerful role community plays in public galleries. She looks forward to her next stage of involvement with the Dunedin art scene in her role with the DPAGS.

Sabrina moved to Dunedin with her husband and six children in 2019 to join the University of Otago’s Development and Alumni Relations Office. Having grown up in the States, she earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Marine Biology and afterwards pursued a fundraising career with institutions such as The Ohio State University and Cincinnati Museum Centre. She looks forward to being a part of preserving arts and culture through philanthropy as a member of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society

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Brent Weatherall is a First term City Councillor, Self Employed Jewellery shop owner with his wife Jo and Dog “Teddy”.

Brent’s entire working life of 42 years has been on George Street. Twenty-two years with his father’s business of Weatherall Jewellers before starting his own business Brent Weatherall Jeweller twenty years ago.

Dunedin runs through his veins and he has always appreciated Dunedin’s rich history in the Arts, whether it’s from past or present Artists in Dunedin. He is proud to be involved in supporting the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

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Dunedin City Councillor Carmen Houlahan is chair of customer and regulatory services and chair of Creative Dunedin Partnerships. As well as being on the Dunedin Public Art Gallery council Cr Houlahan sits on the Otago Theatre Trust Board (Regent Theatre) and the DPAG acquisitions committee.

It is her second term on Council. Last term she was the co deputy chair of community and culture and sat on the Toitu board.

She is a member of Dunedin Rotary, the Institute of Directors and the Otago Property Investors Association. A former journalist, and an arts fan she has a BA in theatre. She has worked as a publicist for the Christchurch Arts Festival and the Dunedin Fringe Festival, is a playwright and used to run the NZ Book Awards in Wellington.

She has a masters in business entrepreneurship and married to Mike. They have two children.

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