Updated coverage on New Zealand's Venice Biennale representation

Calling for applications for the Wild Creations fund.

Established and mid-career New Zealand creative writers are invited to apply for the New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize 2010.

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.

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.

Jon Puka (Tokelau Islands) has been appointed to the Pacific Arts Committee.

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.

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.
 

NZ entries in the 2009 Venice Biennale are coming back to New Zealand next year to be exhibited at Te Papa.

Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery designer Josephine Hughes has won the prestigious Clark Collection / Creative NZ Scholarship.

Readers, writers, groups and organisations are invited to nominate outstanding New Zealand writers in the three genres of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2009.
 

Visual artist Sara Hughes, the recipient of the 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, opened her exhibition Feedback Runaway at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien.

Brand new research on New Zealanders arts attitudes, attendance and participation.

ARTS ARE PART OF LIFE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS

New Zealanders and the arts: Attitudes, attendance and participation in 2008, Ngā iwi katoa ō Aotearoa me ngā mahi toi: he tirohanga āhua, rātou I tae atu, rātou I whai waahi I roto I te tau 2008

Judy Millar, one of the two New Zealand artists exhibiting at the prestigious 53rd Venice Biennale, has secured a new venue at La Maddalena church.

If you are a post-secondary Mäori student studying in the arts then Te Waka Toi want to hear from you by the end of March 2009

Creative New Zealand has conditionally offered $125,000 to Downstage Theatre Trust (of $250,000 sought) to support its programme over the period 1 July to 31 December 2009.

Creative New Zealand in partnership with the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) is calling for project proposals to the 2009-2011 Smash Palace Fund. The Smash Palace Fund is designed to support collaborative projects between New Zealand artists and scientists

New Zealand-based Pacific writers wishing to work on a project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history are invited to apply to the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency. The residency will run for three months from mid August 2009 at the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii

This year Creative New Zealand has initiated a national research project that will look at the health of Māori heritage arts.

Change of venue for Judy Millar's Exhibition at the Venice Biennale

Two new potential venues are being explored for New Zealand artist Judy Millar's exhibition at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Two Screen Innovation Production funded films, An Ordinary Person and Shustak have received awards at the recent DOCNZ film competition

The shortlists for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book and Best First Book were announced on the 18 February in London. Three New Zealand writers are amongst those shortlisted

Six Screen Innovation Production Fund films have been selected for DOCNZ International Film Festival

Creative New Zealand is changing its contestable funding systems in February 2009.  Watch our public presentations here.

Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from established New Zealand Craft/Object Art practitioners, curators and writers for the Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Art Fellowship. The Fellowship was offered annually for its first three years (2004 – 2006) and is now offered biennially.

Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from established New Zealand choreographers for the Creative New Zealand Choreographic Fellowship. The Fellowship was offered for the first time in 2004 and is now offered biennially. This will be the fifth fellowship.

Creative New Zealand is calling for applications for the International Writing Program, University of Iowa Writers’ Residency 2009.

New Zealand venues chosen for prestigious Venice Biennale

Creative New Zealand has secured venues for the New Zealand exhibitions at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Painter Judy Millar’s large scale installation will herald the re-opening after 30 years of the regal Sant’ Antonin church and sculptor Francis Upritchard’s will be housed in the exquisite Fondazione Claudio Buziol on one of the main walking routes from Venice’s busy train station. 

Announcement of new Smash Palace Initiative

Creative New Zealand and the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology are pleased to announce that there will be a new round of the Smash Palace initiative occurring between 2009 and 2011.

Applications are now open for the Creative New Zealand Toi Oahu Residency at the University of Hawaii. The two month residency is open to established Maori artists in the fields of visual arts and craft/ object art.

New Zealand's Pacific artists were honoured at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards 2008 in Manukau City tonight. The awards are an opportunity for Creative New Zealand to encourage and celebrate excellence in Pacific arts in New Zealand.

The Michael King Writers' Centre is calling for applications for two short residencies at the centre in the historic Signalman's House in Devonport, Auckland, in early 2009.

Following discussions between Creative New Zealand and Downstage Theatre Trust, Creative New Zealand will cease recurrent funding of Downstage Theatre from 30 June 2009.

Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand Film Commission are pleased to announce a new fund for filmmakers called the Independent Filmmakers Fund (IFF).

San Francisco residents who visited the Toi Māori exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco this past weekend (10 - 12 October) had not forgotten the iconic image of the Māori waka sailing under Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in 2005 with Māori Art Meets America.

Creative New Zealand is inviting tenders for a major research project that will consider and gauge the health of Māori heritage artforms across the country. The Health of Māori Heritage Arts is one of three research projects identified for completion in the Creative New Zealand Strategic Plan 2007-2010.

Writer David Young has been awarded the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers' Residency.  Based at the University of Hawai'i's Centre for Pacific Studies, the three month residency is a partnership between Creative New Zealand, Fulbright New Zealand and the University of Hawai'i.

Over 300 supporters from around the country converged on the Wellington Town Hall last night (Saturday) to celebrate the achievements of the recipients of Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi - awards from Te Waka Toi, the Māori arts board of Creative New Zealand, the only national awards dedicated to Māori arts.

Talented Christchurch double bass player Annabella Leslie has been awarded the Jack McGill Music Scholarship it was announced today. Managed by Public Trust and administered by Creative New Zealand, the Scholarship is worth $15,500.

Applicants must be New Zealand citizens, or New Zealand residents, and should be writers whose work has already been published and well received.

The project proposal submitted by the writer may be in any genre: fiction, children's fiction, poetry, drama, biography, other literary non-fiction, or art topics.

Two writers have been selected for residencies at the Michael King Writers' Centre in Devonport, Auckland, over the next five months.

One of the authors, Professor Richard Corballis from Palmerston North, will be researching and writing a major biography of leading New Zealand playwright, Bruce Mason.

New Zealand artist Sara Hughes is the recipient of the 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. The biennial 12-month residency provides an opportunity for visual artists to work on their approved project, gain professional development, build international networks and generally increase awareness of New Zealand visual arts.

NZ Van Lines won the 2008 Creative New Zealand Award for Bravery for its partnership with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. The removals company has provided transportation and direct cash sponsorship to the Ballet for 22 years, and provided transport for the Royal New Zealand Ballet's 2007 tour to China.

Visual artist Jim Vivieaere (New Zealand Cook Island Māori) is the recipient of the 2008 Creative New Zealand Pacific Arts Committee and National University of Samoa Artist in Residence, based at the National University in Apia, Samoa. The residency is for a period of three months from mid August 2008 until mid November 2008.

 A short story collection written in Te Reo Māori made history last night, winning the Māori Language prize at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Charlotte Grimshaw has proven that literary talent runs in families, by winning the Montana Medal for fiction or poetry for her short story collection, Opportunity.

A short story collection written in Te Reo Māori made history last night, winning the Māori Language prize at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Creative New Zealand, in association with NZMC (New Zealand Music Commission), is supporting a presence at the World Music Expo in Seville, Spain in 2008.

The Blumhardt Foundation, Creative New Zealand and TheNewDowse are calling for applications for the 2008 Blumhardt Foundation / Creative NZ Curatorial Intern.

Two New Zealand artists - Judy Millar from Auckland and Francis Upritchard from Christchurch - will represent New Zealand in a six month exhibition at the 2009 Venice Biennale - widely recognised as the most significant event on the international visual arts calendar.

The Michael King Writers' Centre is calling for applications for two six-week writers' residencies based at the centre in the historic Signalman's House, Devonport, Auckland.

Dame Fiona Kidman has been awarded the $100,000 Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship to write three projects; a collection of short stories and two novellas exploring early writers in New Zealand.

The Pacific Arts Committee of Creative New Zealand is seeking nominations for the Arts Pasifika Awards 2008, which celebrate Pacific artists across a range of artforms and career stages. The closing date for nominations is 5pm, Friday 27 June 2008.

Creative New Zealand has selected a combination of accomplished and emerging artists from within the Māori and New Zealand based Pacific communities to attend the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in Pago Pago, American Samoa in July 2008.

Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations for a new representative from the Cook Island community for appointment to its Pacific Arts Committee.

Readers, writers, groups and organisations are invited to nominate outstanding New Zealand writers in the three genres of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement 2008.

Established and mid-career New Zealand creative writers are invited to apply for the New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize 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.

2008 looks set to be a busy year for Christchurch based singer-songwriter Ariana Tikao (Kai Tahu). As well as launching her second album Tuia and arranging a national tour for later in the year, Ariana has been awarded a $10 000 Creative New Zealand grant that will enable her to take up the position of Musician in Residence at the Centre for New Zealand Studies, at the University of London, Birkbeck during March and April 2008.

New Zealand-based Pacific writers wishing to work on a project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history are invited to apply to the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers' Residency. The residency will run for three months from mid August 2008 at the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii.

New Zealand visual artists currently working or exhibiting in New Zealand are invited to apply to Creative New Zealand for an international residency to be undertaken in September 2008 at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.

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.

Dunedin author Neville Peat has been awarded the $100,000 Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship to write a major work about the Tasman Sea.