Lovely Rita: A Painter's Life

Date: Sunday 14 July 2024

Time: 2:00 pm

Followed by Q&A with Dame Gaylene Preston and Jill Trevelyan. Renowned New Zealand painter Rita Angus lived and worked at a time when to be a full-time artist was unusual and hardly considered a serious occupation. Preston explores a colourful collection of friends and family who knew and loved Rita, while biographer Jill Trevelyan provides a fresh intelligence on the Rita Angus life story. A wealth of letters from Rita to Douglas Lilburn, re-enacted on screen by Loren Taylor, form a moving personal commentary. 2007 | 70 minutes | Rated PG

Available space: 296