DOROTHY WAETFORD

DIRECTOR

Ngātiwai, Ngāti Hine, Te Whānau Whero, Ngātihine Rehua.

Dorothy is an uku/clay artist who has exhibited and toured New Zealand and internationally as a solo artist and as part of collectives. She is a member of the Ngā Kaihanga Uku Māori Artists Collective, Te Taitokerau Māori Arts Collective and also a member of Te Ātinga Contemporary Visual Arts sub-committee of Toi Māori Aotearoa. Dorothy worked as a dancer in the 1980s and also worked with Playback Community Theatre. Dorothy was part of a team that consulted Ngāpuhi artists and communities for Toi Ngāpuhi and she has a first hand understanding of the struggles and aspirations of Ngāpuhi artists on the ground.