Ōtautahi Studios

About Ōtautahi Studios

Join Tamara Rookes for thoughtful conversations with artists across the creative spectrum working in Ōtautahi, and the lowdown on events, festivals, shows and opportunities to get creative yourself.

Publisher

Tamara Rookes

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jan 2025

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Episode 35 Rebecca Harris, Visual Artist

   In this episode I have a kōrero with my friend and fellow artist Rebecca Harris. We get to delve into her magical world and she shares anecdotes of her childhood experiences growing up in Golden Bay. We learn of her path from the small primary school in Collingwood to Fine Arts at Canterbury University where she developed her ethereal painting technique. Prior to doing her masters Rebecca had mainly made ceramic work and was about to have a show at CoCA when the first big earthquake hit.

2. 

   18 Aug 2026

   Episode 34, Katharina Jaeger and Shannon Williamson, Visual Artists

   I this episode I catch up with with visual artists Katharina Jaeger and Shannon Williamson. They share their individual stories from childhood and their fascinating practice to their art practice. We learn how Katharina went from working at a high end fashion house in Zurich to window dressing in Invercargill. How an art/science residency in Perth made a sleep scientist of Shannon. We also have a kōrero about their collaboration towards their upcoming exhibition at Stoddart Cottage.

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   Episode 33, The Radical Art Of Enough; Lucy Dolan Kang, Rebecca Smallridge and Tamara Rookes.

   Three friends come together creating a body of work for an Exhibition at Stoddart Cottage in Te Waipapa. They are inspired by the notion that in a throw away society, making do with what we already have is a rebellious act. In this episode Lucy Dolan Kang, Rebecca Smallridge and Tamara Rookes have a kōrero about their work, the current state of the world, about slowing down, the enjoyment and challenges working with recycling materials and that spending time together is a wonderful thing.

Who has been a guest on Ōtautahi Studios

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Briedi Mc Crostie
• Leanna Brown
• Jager Sowman
• Kerry Poff
• Tim Middleton

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.9 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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