Spiral Collectives
@spiralcollectives.bsky.social
Weaving new fabric, with remnants patched in.
(Founded 1974 by lesbian poet & activist Heather McPherson. Published Keri Hulme's 'the bone people'. Website https://tinyurl.com/3dytkkdn. Access some free publications here https://tinyurl.com/5a4uwjhh)
(Founded 1974 by lesbian poet & activist Heather McPherson. Published Keri Hulme's 'the bone people'. Website https://tinyurl.com/3dytkkdn. Access some free publications here https://tinyurl.com/5a4uwjhh)
'Fighting Words for Despairing Times'. Powerful. Utterly beautiful. From Karlo Mila and Friends & free to download. drive.google.com/file/d/1oDt8...
February 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
'Fighting Words for Despairing Times'. Powerful. Utterly beautiful. From Karlo Mila and Friends & free to download. drive.google.com/file/d/1oDt8...
In cinemas this week! Loren Horsley wrote and directed and her work is as awesome s she is!
April 27, 2024 at 10:51 PM
In cinemas this week! Loren Horsley wrote and directed and her work is as awesome s she is!
Ooooo! Coming next month....
March 22, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Ooooo! Coming next month....
'the bone people' launch, 40 years ago... L-R Penn in shawl from Keri Hulme's mother Mary, Marian Evans, Irihapeti Ramsden, Miriama Evans; and Keri herself. Also remembering with much love Keri Kaa, who ran the launch, our whānau & many others who embraced us. Invitation by Irihapeti Ramsden.
February 19, 2024 at 3:46 AM
'the bone people' launch, 40 years ago... L-R Penn in shawl from Keri Hulme's mother Mary, Marian Evans, Irihapeti Ramsden, Miriama Evans; and Keri herself. Also remembering with much love Keri Kaa, who ran the launch, our whānau & many others who embraced us. Invitation by Irihapeti Ramsden.
Another beauty from Adrienne Martyn.
February 7, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Another beauty from Adrienne Martyn.
March treat...
January 19, 2024 at 6:22 PM
March treat...
Excitement... Coming end January.
January 15, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Excitement... Coming end January.
Allie Eagle was born 75 years ago today. We miss you Allie!
Image 1. Allie in February 2022, a few months before she died.
2. Self-portrait. Oil, date & dimensions unknown.
(Spiral working on an Allie Eagle project at the mo.)
Image 1. Allie in February 2022, a few months before she died.
2. Self-portrait. Oil, date & dimensions unknown.
(Spiral working on an Allie Eagle project at the mo.)
January 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Allie Eagle was born 75 years ago today. We miss you Allie!
Image 1. Allie in February 2022, a few months before she died.
2. Self-portrait. Oil, date & dimensions unknown.
(Spiral working on an Allie Eagle project at the mo.)
Image 1. Allie in February 2022, a few months before she died.
2. Self-portrait. Oil, date & dimensions unknown.
(Spiral working on an Allie Eagle project at the mo.)
Happy NY! With a poem by our founder Heather McPherson, from 'A Figurehead: A Face' (1982) freely available as .pdf, thanks to Te Puna o Waiwhetū Christchurch Art Gallery. With a much longer and amazing NY poem christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/librar.... Also, Allie Eagle portrait Heather (1979).
January 1, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Happy NY! With a poem by our founder Heather McPherson, from 'A Figurehead: A Face' (1982) freely available as .pdf, thanks to Te Puna o Waiwhetū Christchurch Art Gallery. With a much longer and amazing NY poem christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/librar.... Also, Allie Eagle portrait Heather (1979).
Sharon Murdoch: "'We should all examine our consciences' A scratchy drawing about the tragedy of Gaza." #CeaseFireNow #cartoon
December 8, 2023 at 1:21 AM
Sharon Murdoch: "'We should all examine our consciences' A scratchy drawing about the tragedy of Gaza." #CeaseFireNow #cartoon
Spiral's generous mate, Adrienne Martyn, on the cover of Art New Zealand. Love this self-portrait; & the interview inside!
November 10, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Spiral's generous mate, Adrienne Martyn, on the cover of Art New Zealand. Love this self-portrait; & the interview inside!
Sharon Murdoch today: "Who’s Queen? I’m Queen!"
November 3, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Sharon Murdoch today: "Who’s Queen? I’m Queen!"
Sharon Murdoch: such a brilliant artist!
October 18, 2023 at 3:19 AM
Sharon Murdoch: such a brilliant artist!
NZ Bookshop day! & loooook at these stunning cupcakes from the Women's Bookshop in Auckland!
October 6, 2023 at 9:13 PM
NZ Bookshop day! & loooook at these stunning cupcakes from the Women's Bookshop in Auckland!
YES! "Wahoo Jools and I have had a tuff couple of years but thats never stopped us from getting on with life and over the last year we sat down and wrote a book and here it is. we will be doing the media rounds next week so keep an eye out for us.
Love Jools & Lynda linktr.ee/topptwins "
Love Jools & Lynda linktr.ee/topptwins "
October 3, 2023 at 9:23 PM
YES! "Wahoo Jools and I have had a tuff couple of years but thats never stopped us from getting on with life and over the last year we sat down and wrote a book and here it is. we will be doing the media rounds next week so keep an eye out for us.
Love Jools & Lynda linktr.ee/topptwins "
Love Jools & Lynda linktr.ee/topptwins "
A chapter about Spiral in here and many more, including one by Tilly Lloyd of @unitybookswgtn! Out very soon! Ngā mihi nui, Whitireia Publishing! #publishing #aotearoa
September 27, 2023 at 6:47 AM
A chapter about Spiral in here and many more, including one by Tilly Lloyd of @unitybookswgtn! Out very soon! Ngā mihi nui, Whitireia Publishing! #publishing #aotearoa
What a moment! Muriel Rukeyser’s essays, stories, lectures, scripts, reviews — many of them published for the first time. 'Offers new insight into Rukeyser's radical and strikingly contemporary vision for role of the writer—especially the woman writer.'
September 23, 2023 at 1:59 AM
What a moment! Muriel Rukeyser’s essays, stories, lectures, scripts, reviews — many of them published for the first time. 'Offers new insight into Rukeyser's radical and strikingly contemporary vision for role of the writer—especially the woman writer.'