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Letila Mitchell is founder of the Pacific
Arts Alliance, Trustee and Current Secretary General. She is also the Director
of the Fiji Arts Council. She is a visual and performing artists with 15
years experience performing and working in the Pacific, London, New Zealand
and Australia. She has extensive networks in the trade, tourism and arts
sector throughout the region. She is also the Artistic Director of Rako a
multidisciplinary arts project that focuses on contemporary Rotuman productions.
After graduation with a Postgraduate
Diploma in Cultural Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Psychology
from the University of the South Pacific, she has had an extensive career
in the arts as a performer, director and events manager having worked with
the Fu Helava Dance Troupe, Suva the International Olympic Committee and
the Hibiscus Festival Committee.
Recent Projects:
- Pacific Delegation to the Pacific Trade Expo and Celebrate Pasifika Festival,
Auckland, March 2008
- The Dreaming Festival Tour, June 2008
- Pacific Arts Forum, 10th Pacific Festival of the Arts, American Samoa,
2008
- Pacific Arts Online – Comprehensive online directory for Arts practitioners
- Development of Pacific Arts Alliance international exhibition and festival
circuit
- Women of Power Project, 2008
- Strategic Plan and Corporate structure, Fiji Arts Council
- Masi, The Conch, Auckland 2006
- Empowerment, Womens Crisis Centre, Suva, 2007
Recent Exhibitions/Commissions
- Roots in Search of Water, Alliance Francais, Suva, 2007
- Maka, The Dreaming Festival, 2007
- Activate Aotearoa, Auckland, 2007
Selected Projects
- The Dreaming Festival Tour – Pacific IslandsTrade and Investment
Commission Australia
- Pacific Arts Alliance Project, Aust 2007
- Celebrate Pasifika Tour – PITIC NZ/ Pacific Arts Alliance Project,
NZ 2007
- Pacific delegation – ACP Cultural Festival, Dominican Republic,
2006
- Label of Authenticity project – Department of Culture and Heritage,
NZ/ Fiji, 2006
- Area Coordinator – Fiji Delegation, World Outrigger Canoeing Championships,
Auckland 2006
- Manager, Genetic Pasifika Exhibition, Auckland Museum 2006
- Branding and launching of the New Zealand Pacific Business Council, 2006
- Project Manager, Arts Facilities Evaluation project – Department
of Culture and Heritage, Fiji
- Artistic Director, Fiji Delegation – 9th Pacific Festival of Arts
- Project Manager, 2003 SPG Torch Relay
- Manager, SPG Mall and Tau’s Kids Park, Suva 2003
- Artistic Director, Pacific Delegation - Commonwealth Parade for the Queens
Jubilee Celebrations, London
- Artistic Director, Lead dancer, Millennium Dome - Pacific Day
- Managing and Artistic Director of TiPau Ltd
The art of Letila Mitchell, from an exhibition called
"Maka"
From Australian Broadcasting Company (26 December 2023)
Artists embark on reviving 'sleeping' Pacific tradition
A team of Pacific artists have embarked on a two-year journey with a knowledge holder in Rotuma to revive what they call a 'sleeping' tradition.
The result of their journey is the passed-down knowledge of how to make Rotuman suru, or headdresses, worn by kings, priests and warriors of the past.
A king's suru they made is now being exhibited at the Australia Museum in Sydney as part of a new wing featuring Pacific culture and art.
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