SOUTH PACIFIC

"The South Pacific islands are scattered in a huge ocean larger than all the other oceans put together, but its landmasses are tiny. The region comprises of around 30 island nations, some mere dots on the atlas. The largest island nation is Papua New Guinea followed by New Zealand which are both quite considerable land-masses, but it's then followed by Fiji whose collective islands compressed would be smaller than Wales! In terms of cultural identity, the South Pacific Islands are split into three regions: Polynesia, lying in the west and including Samoa, Cook Islands and Tahiti but also extending north to Hawaii and south to New Zealand; Melanesia, in the east and including Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands; and Micronesia in the north-west and including Kiribati, Guam and the Federated States of Micronesia."  taken from Beautiful Pacific


Video: Pacific Islander Voices

The South Pacific Islands 
(See list of places at the bottom.)

LOST ANCIENT CITY of NAN MANDOL
(World Heritage Site-UNESCO)

MELANESIAN FESTIVAL: PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Pacific Islander People
South Pacific People
Papua New Guinea &
      Rainbow Eucalyptus Tree
Melanesia
The Trobriand Islands
Native Hawaii
Māori People
The Polynesian People-Faces

Pacific Islander Art
Oceanic Ancient Art
Polynesian Art
Pacific Islands Fertility Figures
The Art of Oceania
Scholar Space-Hawaii
Bone Art Gallery

DANCES
Māori
Tahitian      
Hula     
Polynesian
Warrior Hula
History of Hula 

South Pacific Fruits & Flowers
Fruits
Flowers
Lei

Pacific Islands Animals
Exotic Animals

SKIN STORIES- Origins of Tattooing
Skin Stories
Tattoos of Polynesia

TAPA CLOTH MAKING
(made from inner bark of mulberry and fig trees)
Tapa Making- 1
Tapa Making 2
Tapa Cloth Gallery

Meaning of Huna & Aloha

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All Virtual New York Urban Sketchers events are one session (10 am -12 pm EDT) held on Saturdays. For participants wanting to challenge themselves sketching more of a particular locality or theme, you are welcome to do the EXTENSION SKETCH PROJECT below:

South Pacific Extension Sketch Project:
Choose of the following prompt to sketch:

• (a)   South Pacific Dance
• (b)   Tapa Making
• (c)    Birds of Paradise
• (d)    Pacific Tattoo Design

*Please post your finished sketches to the USk NYC Facebook site. Be sure to add the hash tag #NUS. Please also note that while we are sponsored by USk NYC, our online event is grounded on reference images, which is a very different approach from doing the in-person, on-site urban sketch event promoted by the Urban Sketchers Manifesto.

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Facilitators of Virtual NYC Urban Sketchers:

• Theresa Smith
• Lynda Greeley (Mama Bear)
• Cecilia Evasco (Maricel)
• Dina Schlesinger
• Michael Skelly
• Alan Wernicke
• Elizabeth Birkby

with the assistance of Mark Leibowitz
founder of USK NYC.
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Web site design by Cecilia Evasco
for Virtual NYC Urban Sketchers
under the auspices of USk NYC.
Scheduled for May 21, 2022

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