Launch celebration: 1 February 2024, 6pm – 8pm, Ellen Melville Centre lounge and Freyberg Square FREE Family friendly eventLive music and a DJSupport local restaurants and businesses or BYO picnic

As part of Auckland Councils Pride Month 2024 programme, we are highlighting an exciting, emerging Asia-Pacific led arts collective, based in Tāmaki Makaurau. We acknowledge Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei as mana whenua and kaitiaki of Waitematā.

All My Friends (AMF), kaupapa centres around connecting communities through creativity, with a focus on platforming LGBTQIA+ BIPOC MVPFAFF+* creatives.  Fostering visibility, meaningful conversations and new connections are some of the underpinnings of their kaupapa. The four members of AMF bring together their lived experiences, skills from various industries (music, fine arts, finance, marketing, and hospitality) and cultural heritage (Chinese, Filipino, Niuean, Samoan), when creating events/art projects, providing a rich, layered experience for audience members and participants alike.

This showcase of artworks, which spans across several public spaces around the Waitematā Local Board area, are a mix of retrospective and newly commissioned pieces.

You can find them at the following places -

Freyberg Square: Lightbox exhibition featuring imagery from past events curated/organized by All My Friends

Ellen Melville Centre: Digital illustrations by Mariadelle Gamit featuring iconography which speaks to each AMF members cultural heritage (installed on the upstairs windows of the Pioneer Women’s Hall) and lyrics by Tyrun

Freyberg Steps: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit featuring lyrics by Tyrun, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by Kat Iosia

Aotea Square Steps: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by Kat Iosia

Studio One/Toi Tū, 1 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by Kat Iosia Enjoy the artworks, take selfies and tag yourselves on social media platforms using @allmyfriends.nz @proudcentres

This lightbox exhibition is proudly brought to you by Auckland Council’s Arts, Culture and Heritage team, as part of the Auckland Pride Festival 2024 programme and generously funded by the city centre targeted rate.

‍You can find more information about All My Friends and their guest artists via the following links:

‍www.allmyfriends.nz/project/favourite-things

‍All My Friends @allmyfriends.nz

Mariadelle Gamit @jpegmezaddy

Tyrun Posimani @tyrunisalive

Jo Wong @silky.ttt

Kat Iosia @katrina10514

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*MVPFAFF+ (mahu, vakasalewalewa, palopa, fa'afafine, akava'ine, fakaleiti or leiti, fakafifine, and other), was coined by Phylesha Brown-Acton, to "enhance Pasifika gender diversity awareness in addition to the term LGBTQI" communities.