# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Have a go at Siapo!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm (+12:00)
- **Event Description**: Artist Doron Riki-Semu will be in the gallery showing visitors how to beat Siapo, the Sāmoan art of barkcloth-making .About this EventWe’re launching Where U From - an exhibition that explores the Sāmoan art of barkcloth-making in the contemporary world – with an opportunity to beat some Siapo yourself.Where U From artist Doron Riki-Semu will be in the gallery sharing the history of Siapo and showing how it’s made. Visitors will have the chance to scrape the soaked U’a and beat it to split and spread the fibres, creating a piece to take home to dry. Put on your comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting a little wet in, pull up your sleeves and get stuck in to Siapo making.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lower-hutt/have-a-go-at-siapo/100001998396214874
- **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: NZD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Lower Hutt
- **state**: WG
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: The Dowse Art Museum
- **lat**: -41.211751
- **long**: 174.904493
- **full address**: The Dowse Art Museum, 45 Laings Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Have a go at Siapo! being held?
  - **A:** Have a go at Siapo! takes place on Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm at The Dowse Art Museum, 45 Laings Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Have a go at Siapo!?
  - **A:** Have a go at Siapo! is organized by The Dowse Art Museum.

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