If you are a post-secondary Māori student studying in the arts then Te Waka Toi want to hear from you by the end of March 2008.

Sixteen artist/curator teams have applied to represent New Zealand at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Expressions of Interest closed on Thursday 14 February.

Rotorua artist, June Grant (Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhourangi, Ngati Whaio) has been selected to undertake a two and a half month artist's residency at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

Creative New Zealand is reminding artists and curators that they have just over one week to prepare and send in their expressions of interest for the Venice Biennale, 2009.