Juanita Madden has spent a lifetime exploring the arts and hospitality. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance from The University of Auckland in 2009, before moving on to complete a Master’s Degree in Choreography in 2010.
Juanita has choreographed works across Australasia, including the Perth and Adelaide Fringe Festivals and the Tempo Dance Festival in Auckland. Alongside these ventures, Juanita has also worked in a range of business contexts like Auckland Council, Hewlett Packard, and First Foundation. Prior to her arrival at Venn, Juanita was the Creative Director at Greenlane Christian Centre (now GraceCity), seeing the church through a season of creative renewal.
Juanita is particularly interested in creative direction and event curation. She was the Events Coordinator at Venn, a role that included hosting the Vocational Programme and other events, incorporating beautiful spaces and delicious food to ensure guests feel seen, welcomed, and valued. Juanita is married to Kieran and they have a daughter, Audrey, and a son, Kit. They live in Auckland.
He is alone.
The Easter moon,
its sheer, unguarded face, floods
the underneath of everything
in the park with darkness.
For their death read your death;
for I had always read I always;
for nothing that read nothing can;
for moon read mourn;
So much is known, and is beyond us still:
leave we must, beloved, until
we are gone from here, and the tree hangs
its empty nests for longer than it takes