Joan Calvert and Guy Ngan, ‘Forest in the Sun’ (1976), Executive Wing (Beehive), New Zealand Parliament, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023

Ministry of Works

Parliamentary Service

Jean Ngan (neé Wong)

Dorothea Turner

Sir Basil Spence

Ground Floor Stairwell, Executive Wing, The Beehive Parliament Grounds, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand

Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand - Storage

Forest in the Sun

Respected self-taught weaver and fibre artist from Wellington, Joan Calvert was a member of the New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society Inc. She had been practicing for nine years when she won the competition to produce a wall hanging for the new Executive Wing (Beehive) of Parliament. Calvert exhibited at The Dowse, Academy of Fine Arts and her work is including in the collections of both Te Papa Tongarewa, and The Dowse.

Image: Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage