SECRET ART POWERS

Name: SECRET ART POWERS
Start: 2025-10-26T15:30:00+12:00
End: 2025-10-26T16:30:00+12:00
Location: NELSON CENTRE OF MUSICAL ARTS (NCMA)

Jo Randerson

Writers + Kōrero

Possibly the first book to emerge from ‘live, disrupted TED-style talks’, Jo Randerson’s Secret Art Powers is a guide to using creative thinking to achieve radical change. In conversation with Meg Williams.

In this kōrero with World of WearableArt CEO and creativity advocate Meg Williams, the multifaceted writer, director and performer will explore six creative mindsets that they believe can help us navigate through complex, changing times.

In Secret Art Powers: How creative thinking can achieve radical change, Randerson unleashes the radically transformative potential of the arts. Each of the six chapters of Secret Art Powers is crafted with examples from Randerson’s own work as an artist. They bring their leadership experience and the spiritual practice of their upbringing into the mix to present a uniquely personal philosophy.

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All books will be on sale through our festival bookstore partner, Paper Plus Nelson, both in store at 237 Trafalgar Street Nelson, online, and at our Pukapuka Talks venues – get your copies signed by the authors after their session! If you’re buying online, please select the Nelson store to collect in person.

Jo Randerson

Jo Randerson ONZM (Pākehā; they/them) is a celebrated author, playwright, performer and theatre director, renowned for their bold, existential themes and fierce sense of humour. Their powerful artistic voice has seen them win awards and accolades across many mediums.

Meg Williams

Meg Williams is a highly experienced leader in the creative industries and the Chief Executive of World of WearableArt ™ (WOW), the globe’s premier wearable art competition and New Zealand’s largest arena spectacle. She has over 20 years’ experience in organising festivals and major events in the UK, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, including the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Wellington Jazz Festival and Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori. Meg is also a coaching peer mentor for a small group of creative arts leaders in Aotearoa and is a member of the Te Rōpū Mana Toi advocacy advisory for Creative New Zealand.