Arts Continuity Grant Batch 6 - notified 29 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 the Arts Continuity Grant
Results for batch 6 - applicants notified 29 May 2020
76 grants totalling $1,940,361 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).
108 eligible applications were received, with a total of $2,633,942 requested. This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 57 projects totalling $1,275,256 were supported. $1,941,279 was requested by 88 applicants.
- Māori Arts: 15 projects totalling $526,824 were supported. $554,382 was requested by 16 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 4 projects totalling $132,280 were supported. All applicants were successful.
Also:
- 36 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 12 were to support building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
- 13 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 12 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 3 New Zealand arts gain international success.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 5 Community Arts
- 2 Craft/object
- 2 Customary Māori Arts
- 6 Dance
- 1 Interarts
- 11 Literature
- 11 Multi-disciplinary
- 12 Music
- 10 Theatre
- 16 Visual Arts
See the cumulative totals of the Arts Continuity Grant since it opened
Funding recipients
Aimee Ratana
To research connections between Māori cultural practices and Māori creative practices relating to trauma and grief.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $48,780
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Aro
Towards the research, writing, and release of a new te reo Māori EP by Aro, paired with a release including virtual school tour.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $36,018
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival
Towards festival strategy development and research.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Arvid (Harry) Watson
Towards an artist's stipend to create and develop new works for a solo exhibition.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $8,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
A Slightly Isolated Dog Ltd.
Towards an Interactive Virtual Creation & Performance Process to create the next Instalment of Party Plays.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $35,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Atelier41
Towards a collaborative online mural project to celebrate the Polynesian Panthers/Black Panthers and their support for Tāmaki Makaurau communities.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $46,025
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Benjamin Woods
To produce an album of music and an accompanying audio-visual work aimed to be delivered digitally.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $21,275
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Binge Culture Collective
Towards a creative and organisational development programme.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $17,155
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Blackboard Theatre Collective
Towards a 72-hour songwriting challenge: four songwriters, four performers, and four new pieces of original Kiwi musical theatre.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $25,722
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Brian Falkner
Towards writing a new novel set in an all-too-possible near future.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $13,334
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Carl Bland
Towards writing and illustrating a high quality book of NZ poetry for children - written by Peter Bland and illustrated by Carl Bland.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $15,890
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Centre for Fine Woodworking
Towards making tutor demonstrations available online.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $19,687
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Christopher Lam Sam
Towards composition, recording and collaborative production of an album of eight new children's songs.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $25,041
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Cian Gardner
Towards the development of a new piece of physical/dance theatre exploring grief after the sudden loss of a loved one.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $29,010
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Dayna Sanerivi
Towards research and development of an online creative pathway for young New Zealand songstresses.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $27,186
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Fifi Colston
Towards publishing a book of writing and illustrations created during The COVID-19 Lockdown.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Freerange Press
Towards a multi-author book looking at preparing the next generation for future challenges.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $11,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
From Us With Aroha Incorporated
Towards a benefit organ concert tour using two bespoke mobile concert trucks performing at care homes across New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Glass Ceiling Arts Collective
To develop and deliver an immersive multi-sensory arts experience for audiences with disabilities and high health needs.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Glenis Philip-Barbara
Towards a Ledlight installation exploring one Maori woman's perspective on colonial history.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $25,500
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Hackman
Towards a 24 hour interactive theatre event incorporating live streaming and fundraising.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $49,992
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Hannah Darroch, Andrew Crooks
Towards commissioning, rehearsing, and recording a set of miniatures for flute and piano by four New Zealand women composers.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $29,295
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Huia O'Sullivan
Towards a digital social change arts project that connects under represented rangatahi from South Auckland to Te Ao of Toi.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $16,751
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Jade Townsend
To create a series of artworks made from debris and cast-off household goods collected during rāhui/Covid-19 for online exhibition.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $17,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jason Wright
Towards artist fees and material costs to create and develop a new performance installation work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $4,950
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jeremy Redmore
Towards a contemporary musical piece of theatre.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $26,422
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Joanne Tito
Towards te rangahau i ngā tae o ngā rākau Māori.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $25,500
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Jonathan Gendall
Towards a live dance event where six dancers from around the world perform a simultaneous duet in isolation.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $14,399
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kahurangi Friends
Towards an internet music performance presented by Kotahi Music Festival to encourage resilience in Strathmore Park during Covid-19.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $4,075
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kawana Waititi
Towards whakairo development and creation project based on the Te Whānau a Apanui carving style and the pātaka - Tairuku Pōtaka.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $49,237
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Kelly Nash
Towards an online international choreographic exchange from two islands through their digital windows.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $13,800
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kia Kapu Ti
Towards project administration, materials, and digital production costs to deliver the online ceramic arts project, Kia Kapu Ti!
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $15,780
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kimberley Young
Towards a dance concept video showcasing the impact Coronavirus has had on the New Zealand Chinese community.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $24,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Laura Duffy
To support the development of a feature length experimental film for public exhibition.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,950
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Linda Lee, Audrey Baldwin
To create collaborative artwork with artists across NZ, and build our network & project plan for touring of public artwork with Japan.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Maarire Brunning Kouka
To support production and equipment costs to assist with the funding of my debut album.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $8,178
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Mackenzie Performing Arts
Towards associated costs to deliver a series of performing arts workshops for the Mackenzie Country community.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $21,660
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Maia Abraham
To create new work for an online exhibition and to establish a website and podcast series.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $23,603
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Mandy Hager
Towards the completion of a novel for adults 'Gracehopper' and the research and writing of 'Protest: Kiwi style', non-fiction.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
MAU Studio
To research and develop an innovative virtual platform for Pasifika youth-focussed programmes and arts masterclasses.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $42,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
May Fair, Eleanor Woodhouse
Towards artist fees and associated website costs to develop and deliver an online arts fair event.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $23,290
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Michele Powles
Towards writing a draft of a narrative poetry and short prose collection.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,620
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Mika Haka Foundation Charitable Trust
Towards the research and development of new work titled ‘Ātārangi (response during COVID-19 lockdown).
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $49,550
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Morag Brownlie
Towards personnel and production costs to create content for a new multidisciplinary, audiovisual work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $30,553
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Movement Art Practice
Towards a residency series exploring digital and distance potentialities as a way to re-imagine dance practice and performance.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $31,700
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Musical Theatre NZ Incorporated
Towards creating and providing a Template Constitution for our volunteer based member societies.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,420
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Nadine Hura
Towards a collection of interlinked memoir essays about identity and belonging.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $10,400
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Na Young Koo
Towards tuition fees for participation at the Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival online edition.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $802
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Nikita Tu-Bryant
Towards the recording and release of the debut album from KITA.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Okareka Dance Company
Towards Phase 1: Cover pre-production costs for MANA WAHINE rehearsals and re-mount during COVID-19 Alert Level 2.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $35,736
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Penelope Todd
Towards writing a draft of a novel of my grandmother.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $9,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Phil Boniface, Ariana Tikao, Ruby Solly, Alistair Fraser
Towards development of new music for ngā taonga pūoro, voice, cello and doublebass.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $32,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Pietra Brettkelly
Towards the re-working of a feature documentary film exploring the talents of Dame Kate Harcourt and Thomasin McKenzie.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $49,820
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Praying Mantis Productions
Towards a multi-disciplinary community arts initiative, for artists and women in the Justice system.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $46,685
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Puleleki Bourke
Towards a stipend, artist fees and material costs to write and develop a new collection of Pasifika youth monologues and short skits.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $19,018
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Queenstown Contemporary
Towards an emergency exhibition programme for public art access and resilience in the arts sector.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $36,371
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Rebecca Boswell
Towards a 15-week Curatorial Internship at Casco Art Institute, under the MA Museum Studies programme at University of Amsterdam.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $9,283
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Regan Balzer
Towards a compilation video of Māori portrait artists for showcase through online social media platforms.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $43,475
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Renata Hopkins
Towards a phase of writing for a novel in linked stories for young adults.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $12,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Rim Books
Towards the publication of an artist’s book of documentary photographs by the late Paul C. Gilbert.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $12,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Rodney Bell
Towards the development and delivery of a online resource for the disability community, artists and teachers.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $17,853
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Sandra Arnold
Towards writing a collection of short-short fiction with an overall theme of various types of bullying.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $1,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Saralia Tamati-Wright
Towards artist fees and material costs to create five community murals in Newtown, Wellington.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $27,261
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
SpinPoi
Towards development and production costs to create online learning resources for the SpinPoi Kids programme.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $16,525
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Square Edge Community Arts
Toward the development and promotion of online resources to enable a 2020 virtual arts trail experience.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $40,295
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Taradale Pottery Club
To develop online collateral (website, social media sites, video) to develop & strengthen clay art in our community.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $4,085
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Te Kiato Limited
Towards research and mainenance of practice that will contribute to tārai waka continuity and development.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $35,469
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Teokotai Paitai, Ani O'Neill
Towards artist fees, production and material costs to research and develop a new collaborative multidisciplinary work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust
Towards the research phase of a Theatre Marae community project on navigating family violence during lockdown.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Toi Ngapuhi
Towards content development -sharing mātauranga and profiling Ngāpuhi artists and their work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $42,228
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Tom White
To create four new physical AI artworks to support upcoming exhibitions and to develop an enhanced online presence.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $37,786
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Tracy Farr
Towards revising and completing a novel, Wonderland.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Warren Feeney
To review, reposition and enliven Artbeat’s online presence; delivering capacity for audience development and New Zealanders participating in the arts.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,170
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Watch This Space
Towards personnel fees, advertising, and digital production costs to develop and produce an online tour of Ōtautahi’s urban art.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $8,075
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Wellington Jazz Festival
To commission four new works by New Zealand composers.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $36,650
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Zahra Killeen-Chance
To develop a video dance work to be exhibited at the McLeavey Gallery, Wellington 2020.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $16,518
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
