Entries for May 2009
Friday, 29 May 2009
It is with great sadness that we acknowledges the death of Emeritus Professor of English Terry Sturm (CBE), who served on the NZ Literary Fund for 10 ...
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Thursday, 28 May 2009
The Asian Festival of First Films is the world's premiere Film and Documentary Festival for first time filmmakers of Asia - Pacific origin.
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Thursday, 28 May 2009
Creative New Zealand 2009 Budget Statement.
The Government announced its first budget 28 May 2009. Creative New Zealand will receive an additional $1...
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Thursday, 28 May 2009
Downstage Director Hilary Beaton will be holding an open forum at the Hannah Playhouse, Courtenay Place on Saturday 20 June from 2.30 – 4 pm.
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Two New Zealand short films screened in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival this year, with The Six Dollar Fifty Man, directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, being awarded a Special Distinction.
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Writers are invited to apply for the 2009 residency at the Michael King Writers' Centre, to take place July to December 2009.
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Auckland video artist Janet Lilo is the latest New Zealander chosen to be a resident artist in Sapporo, Japan, under the JENESYS residency programme.
In her first video blog, she talks about dust masks, the playground, the S-Air programme, her flat & introduces the other artists she is working with.
You can check out her video blog here.
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Monday, 25 May 2009
15 New Zealand cities and towns will this year host the annual International Film Festival which for the first time will relinquish its various regional names to be called the New Zealand International Film Festival.
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Thursday, 21 May 2009
On May 29 2009, The Forge at The Court Theatre presents the powerful and provocative story of a peace activist killed in the Gaza Strip in the New Zealand première of My Name Is Rachel Corrie.
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Thursday, 21 May 2009
Established and mid-career New Zealand creative writers are invited to apply for the New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize 2010.
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009
The World Music Expo 09 (WOMEX)and the 2009 Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) are the two major world music expos currently targeted by Creative New Zealand under our International Strategy.
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Monday, 18 May 2009
The Pacific Arts Committee of Creative New Zealand, in partnership with The National University of Samoa, is calling for applications from artists to undertake a residency at The National University of Samoa in Apia, Samoa.
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Thursday, 14 May 2009
Children’s author Kathy White has been awarded a three-month residency by Creative New Zealand to participate in the 2009 International Writers progra...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Auckland Theatre Company is looking for talented boys to play Oliver, the Artful Dodger and Fagin’s Gang in their end of year musical OLIVER!
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Intersect, a nationwide network of Young Leaders in Sustainability, is calling for young New Zealand artists (aged 18-25) to create artwork that explores ideas around water and cultural diversity.
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Jon Puka (Tokelau Islands) has been appointed to the Pacific Arts Committee.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009
The 9th Australian Performing Arts Market APAM will be held in Adelaide 22-26 February 2010 to coincide with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts and the Adelaide Fringe.
Creative New Zealand is delighted to announce that in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts, we will be supporting a co-ordinated New Zealand presence.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Music lovers can now tender for their own unique work created by one of five New Zealand composers.
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Monday, 4 May 2009
Celia Dunlop collection of New Zealand 250 works by 121 artists at The New Dowse
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Monday, 4 May 2009
Flying Solo is an exhibition drawn from private collections within the Wellington region, featuring 18 large-scale John Walsh paintings alongside a number of his smaller works.
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Monday, 4 May 2009
An exhibition at the Galerie Impaire in Paris, featuring the work of thirteen New Zealand artists and photographers, is causing a stir among the city’s "art brut" (self-taught art/outsider art) community.
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Monday, 4 May 2009
A Scottish-born composer and musician who has worked with some of the world's best contemporary jazz musicians has been named as the Creative New Zealand/Jack C Richards Composer-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music for 2009-10.
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Friday, 1 May 2009
'Lars og Peter', a short film funded under the old Screen Innovation Production Fund, has been accepted into the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival.
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Friday, 1 May 2009
Amateur photographers are invited to submit up to three photos in the Pacific Island Heritage in Focus international photo contest. Entries will be formally displayed and shots that best represent the theme will be published in a Pacific Island Heritage 2010 Calendar. The contest is part of the Pacific Island Archaeology in the 21st Century: Relevance and Engagement conference to be held in Palau from July 1-3, 2009.
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