Arts Continuity Grant Batch 2 - notified 1 May 2020 Closing date: 29 May 2020
An Arts Continuity Grant is offered to support a short-term arts project, or the stage of a project, that can be delivered within a changed and evolving environment as a result of COVID-19. Decisions are made weekly, with a batch of applications assessed and recommended each week.
Projects can include the creation and/or presentation of new work. Existing projects submitted to our suspended funds can be reframed and resubmitted. Applications were open from 14 April to 29 May. More about how to apply
Results for batch 2 - applicants notified 1 May 2020
39 grants totalling $830,617 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).
57 eligible applications were received, with a total of $1,299,153 requested. This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 33 projects totalling $680,430 were supported. $1,148,966 was requested by 51 applicants.
- Māori Arts: 2 projects totalling $72,705 were supported. All applicants were successful.
- Pacific Arts: 4 projects totalling $77,482 were supported. All applicants were successful.
Also:
- 19 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 5 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 5 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 3 supported projects enabling New Zealand arts to gain international success.
- 7 were to support building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 3 Community Arts
- 1 Craft/object
- 12 Literature
- 2 Multidisciplinary
- 7 Music
- 5 Theatre
- 9 Visual Arts
See the cumulative totals of the Arts Continuity Grant since it opened
Funding recipients
Alana Lopesi
Towards a writer's stipend for the development of a creative non-fiction essay collection manuscript.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $16,800
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Anna McGregor
To commission of a set of folk song arrangements by Ross Harris for string quartet and voice.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Atuanui Press Ltd
Towards converting and digitally archiving fifteen years of publications from Titus Books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $16,200
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Auckland Festival of Photography Trust
To exhibit Auckland Festival of Photography 2020 online.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $39,450
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Awa Press
Towards publishing print and electronic editions of a non-fiction literary work.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Ben Clement
To develop professional artist website and online studio visit framework.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $24,610
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Covert Theatre
To take Covert Theatre workshops and programmes in the art of Improvisation and comedy online.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,258
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Dale Copeland
Towards an online exhibition for two months, for the 45 Taranaki artists who show their work on the Virtual Tart website.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $2,812
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
David Riley
Towards writing and publishing a three books on Kiwi/Pasifika female role models for upper primary/lower secondary school-aged young people.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $15,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Donovan Bixley
Towards one phase of illustrating a biography of Leonardo da Vinci.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $21,080
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Elle Loui August
To research and develop critical writing on the work of New Zealand contemporary jeweller Eléna Gee.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $32,480
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Fiona Pardington
To compose a suite of still life photographs.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $22,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Helen Yeung
Towards a digital zine project on food, recipes and collective-care for marginalised communities in the time of Covid-19.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $1,600
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Hiroshi Nakatsuji
To record 10 rakugo stories in the video format for distribution via various digital platforms.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $860
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Ian Wedde
Towards collating and editing a collection of the author's written and spoken texts from a variety of publications and events.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $16,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Inspired Kids Limited
Towards a children's book about New Zealand's international running, race walking and Para sport achievements from the 1800s to 1999.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $6,428
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jeffery Kalauta
To research, write, and record two original lologo (songs) in Vagahau Niue.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $3,682
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Jeffrey Evans
Towards an initial phase working on a biography of the war canoe Nga Tokimatawhaorua.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $8,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jess Johnson
To create a new series of collaborative quilts with my mother, textile artist Cynthia Johnson.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $17,850
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jumpboard Productions
Towards artist fees to redevelop and reframe multidisciplinary production, Live Live Cinema: Little Shop of Horrors for online presentation.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kate Newby
Towards intensive artistic research and development.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $49,368
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Little Green Man Productions
Toward research, develop, design: set, lighting, screen content for GLOW SHOW 2021 & the building of giant puppetry.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $48,600
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Lucien Johnson
To make a new record of contemporary art music.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $17,330
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Massey University Press
Towards the publication of three important non-fiction books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $24,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Michal Bush
To record, mix and master an album of original chidren's music.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $9,229
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Murihiku Maori and Pasifika Cultural Trust
Towards personnel costs to develop a new digital strategy and mentoring programme to strengthen existing governance functions.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Nathan Gray
Towards a creative non-fiction book about the monumental changes, to human life under Covid-19.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $23,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
New Zealand Chamber Soloists Trust
To commission a new 7 minute work by Helen Bowater.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $12,600
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Rough Diamond Inc
Towards a collaborative project of New Zealand songwriters, exploring ways forward through Covid-19 by working together.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $49,771
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Sam Brooks
Towards the development of a sequel to the critically acclaimed political drama 'Burn Her'.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $14,967
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Shona Rapira - Davies
Towards a sculpture that has branches of a tree realised from steel and galvanised pipe, 100s of sparrows, and a window.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $49,705
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Sistema Aotearoa
Toward enabling tamariki of South Auckland to stay connected, develop skills & participate in home based musical learning.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $25,800
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Stasis Journal
Towards publishing a live online literary and arts journal for an age of stasis (during COVID-19 lockdown).
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,796
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Steven Carr
Towards the production of a new public sculpture at Britomart.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $40,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
The Queen's Closet
Towards the revival of the semi-opera through creation of a new work joining songs of Henry Purcell with a contemporary NZ narrative.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $33,634
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Tulou Productions
To create and develop a new Pasifika theatre work for an all-female cast.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Vincent O'Malley
Towards writing a fully-referenced reader of first-hand accounts from the New Zealand Wars.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $15,600
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Wallace Gallery Morrinsville
To upgrade the Wallace Gallery digital platform and deliver online exhibitions.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $11,517
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Ziggy Lever, Eamon Edmundson-Wells
Towards the research, development, and production of a new body of sound generating sculptures.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $29,086
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
