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The Niu FM Postively Pasifika Festival
Monday, 8 February 2010 The Niu FM Postively Pasifika Festival in Waitangi Park lets Wellingtonians sample the tastes, sights and sounds of the real Pacific. Communities fro... Read More
SchoolFest offers students access to international and local artists
Friday, 5 February 2010 The New Zealand International Arts Festival continues its outstanding SchoolFest education programme during this year's Festival. "We have a strong c... Read More
A Week Of Goodness In Auckland's City Centre
Wednesday, 3 February 2010 Celebrate the notion of giving and kindness this April during Living Room - an exciting programme of live performance art, film and video works in Auc... Read More
Launch of the 2010 Fringe Festival
Friday, 29 January 2010 There were flames, exploding cakes, jaw-dropping performances and plenty of cocktails when the New Zealand Fringe Festival launched its 20th birthday ... Read More
Applications sought for Auckland regional parks Artist in Residence programme 2010
Friday, 29 January 2010 Proposals are sought from established artists for Auckland regional parks Artist in Residence programme 2010. Visual artists and other creators includ... Read More
Whales, Time Travel and Coming of Age: All Part of New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week 9 – 14 March 2010   Three celebrated international authors are now joining award-winning New Zealand... Read More
CHINESE MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST FEATURES IN VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME FOR WOMAD NZ 2010
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 Chinese multi-media artist Mu Yu Ming is coming to WOMAD New Zealand 2010 as a highlight of the event’s visual arts programme. Mu Yu Ming hails from ... Read More
Future of Christchurch Arts Festival secured
Thursday, 17 December 2009 Christchurch Arts Festival Trust, Creative New Zealand and the Christchurch City Council have agreed to funding that secures the future of the Christc... Read More
Two new acts for Festival 2010 line up at the Pacific Blue Festival Club
Tuesday, 15 December 2009 The New Zealand International Arts Festival has announced two new acts for its 2010 line up at the Pacific Blue Festival Club - the Antibalas Afrobeat... Read More
National Business Review recognises a truckload of NZ art with Supreme Award
Friday, 20 November 2009 Fiona Campbell, New Zealand’s youngest major arts philanthropist and director of the Real Art Roadshow, has won the Supreme Award at the 12th Nati... Read More
10th annual Arts Foundation Laureates announced
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 The five annual Arts Foundation Laureates were announced last night in a ceremony in Auckland.  Each of the five Laureates, Anne Noble, Chris Kno... Read More
Masters of Pacific Art are honoured at the 2009 Arts Pasifika Awards
Friday, 13 November 2009 New Zealand’s Pacific artists were honoured at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards 2009 in Waitakere City in November. The five awards are ... Read More
New Zealand International Arts Festival Announces Programme
Tuesday, 3 November 2009 The New Zealand International Arts Festival has launched its programme for 2010. From internationally acclaimed conductor, Vladimir Ashkenazy to legen... Read More
Artists for the Tsunami Relief ART AUCTION in Auckland
Wednesday, 7 October 2009 Artists for the Tsunami Relief have come together to organise an ART AUCTION on the Tuesday 20th of October at Webb's in Newmarket, Auckland. This pro... Read More
New Dance Company set to take off in Christchurch
Friday, 2 October 2009 A newly formed Contemporary dance company, ‘Southern Lights Dance Company’ is set to take this year’s Body Festival in Christchurch by storm. In its ... Read More
From the old world to the new – Ex-pat Kiwis bring their celebrated show home
Thursday, 20 August 2009 The Pioneers’ New Zealand tour – 23 July – 4 September 2009   Ex-pat Kiwis The Pioneers have wowed audiences in Britain with their multi media ... Read More
Call for applications to Global Artist Workshop Program 2009, India
Tuesday, 18 August 2009 GLOBAL ARTIST WORKSHOP PROGRAM ’09 (GAWP ’09) is a 3-month long residential workshop open to performance artists/students from around the world who ... Read More
ethKnowcentrix - Museums Inside the Artist running 10 Sep - 10 Oct 2009
Monday, 20 July 2009 Shigeyuki Kihara - George Nuku - Rosanna Raymond - Lisa Reihana   The first exhibition of its kind in London, ethKnowcentrix - Museums Inside t... Read More
Call for New Zealand applications to the 9th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM)
Thursday, 16 July 2009 The 9th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) will be held in Adelaide from 22-26 February 2010 to coincide with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts... Read More
NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS CONNECT CREATIVELY IN A WORLDWIDE CELEBRATION OF INDIGENOUS ART
Monday, 13 July 2009   For ten days in August, eight New Zealanders will be participating as part of the Canadian Planet IndigenUs Festival - the world’s largest and... Read More
Creative Chinese Go Bananas
Monday, 13 July 2009 Creative Chinese Go Bananas Auckland, New Zealand (July 2009) - Creative. Cool. Chinese. High-profile Kiwi Chinese impacting the homegrown creative i... Read More
Cirque du Soleil gifts tickets to Dargaville circus
Friday, 12 June 2009 World-renowned Cirque du Soleil is gifting 100 tickets to a matinee performance of its show in Auckland on Sunday 26 July to help a Dargaville communi... Read More
Connecting Creativity and Conservation - Wild Creations returns in 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009

Calling for applications for the Wild Creations fund.

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Janet Lilo in Japan
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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Pacific contemporary performing artists invited to apply for Samoan residency
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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