Arts Grants $10,000 - 75,000 | 2019 Round 2 Closed: 6 Sep 2019
Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations. This funding enables more sustainable careers, encourages innovation and the development of arts practice, and provides opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.
94 grants totalling $4,028,855 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round. 296 applications were received, with a total of $12,365,935 requested.
Funding recipients
Action Education Incorporated
Towards a year long spoken word performance programme for young artists based in Auckland.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $20,450
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Alexa Wilson
Towards the creation and development of new works and workshop costs for a 5 day experimental dance festival at Q Theatre.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $61,406
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Aloalii Tapu
Towards the personnel and production costs to deliver a 3-centre national tour in 2020 of contemporary dance theatre work, 'LEECHES'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $74,488
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
A Mulled Whine
Towards presenting ‘Massive Crushes’ by playwright Uther Dean at Basement Theatre.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $35,259
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Anh Tran
Towards an artist residecy at The Rijksakademie.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $39,600
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Arohanui Strings - Sistema Hutt Valley
Towards tutor fees to deliver programmes for young people in a safe, positive and inclusive environment.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $25,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
A Slightly Isolated Dog Ltd.
Towards a 11 venue Australian tour of 'Jekyll and Hyde' and 'Don Juan' by A Slightly Isolated Dog in 2020.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $25,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Awa Wahine
Towards a digital platform for wāhine to share their writing and creativity workshops for wāhine Māori around New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $39,089
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Biennale of Sydney
Towards FAFSWAG's pacific and radical performances to Sydney for the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, titled NIRIN.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $36,512
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Bruce Paine
To compose a new work for classical guitarist Barkin Sertkaya.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $10,300
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Charles Royal
Towards the creation ofa publication ready manuscript concerning mātauranga Māori and its creative uses today.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Charlotte Yates Productions
Towards live Performances of Katherine Mansfield's poetry set to music by contemporary recording artists.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $25,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Towards publishing a book on Ralph Hotere's practice in Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Circability Trust
Towards associated costs for the curation, creative development, and presentation of Youth Circus Festival 2020.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $35,763
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Composers Association of New Zealand
Towards the 2020 national composition workshop for emerging composers in Nelson.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $15,427
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Connect the Dots Charitable Trust
Towards associated costs for the national 'Toi Ako' touring arts exhibition and community-matua wellbeing programme.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $43,516
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Creative Collaborative
Towards the personnel, administration and material costs for Breathing Space: an arts, wellbeing, and youth mentoring programme.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $58,520
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
CubaDupa Street Arts Festival
Towards CubaSonic, the world premiere of a new work composed by John Psathas to be performed the length of Cuba Street.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $49,203
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Cubbin Theatre Company
Towards building a business plan and strategy that will grow Cubbin Theatre Company.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $12,832
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Ema Tavola
To support the delivery and associated activities of two tailor-made residencies offered to Moana-Nui-A-Kiva arts managers.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $56,600
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Emily Karaka
To research and create new paintings for international exhibition.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
FAFSWAG Arts Collective
To support production and personnel fees to develop performative work, 'Fa'aafa' and travel costs to attend and present at The HAU, Berlin in 2020.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $59,420
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Featherston Booktown
Towards personnel and administrative costs to present eight new literary events as part of the Featherston Booktown Festival 2020 programme.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $59,490
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Gisborne International Music Competition
Towards professional development for young New Zealand musicians in the 2019 Gisborne International Music Competition.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $10,150
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Good Company Arts
Towards a responsive design development for established Good Company Arts website with focus on new media arts.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $25,250
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival T/A Creative Hastings
Towards a multi-disciplinary arts festival featuring high-quality and relevant NZ and international work across genres.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Huia NZ Limited
Towards publishing a book that records the History of St Joseph's Māori Girls' College.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
InMotion
Dancing with Parkinson's: to support the associated costs of a dance class programme developed for people with Parkinson's Disease.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $21,590
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jacob Scott
Towards an art installation.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Jake Baxendale, Jasmine Lovell-Smith
Towards a recording of new works for large ensemble.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $24,068
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jenny Neligan
Towards attending Fired Up to discuss, advance and promote opportunities for ceramicists, and strengthen the NZ ceramic community.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $22,232
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jolt Dance
Towards development and performance of new interactive dance show “Song” in Christchurch for disability audiences.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $16,850
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kelly Morey
Towards a writer's stipend to develop a new novel set in 19th century Northland, New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $52,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai
Towards associated costs to peer review and launch an artform publication on Tongan arts, culture, heritage practice and philosophy.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $42,300
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Lara Northcroft
Towards exploring the principles of 'mana' within the realms of Tūmatauenga. Taking a group of 15 Mau Rakau Artists to Rapa Nui.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $61,610
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Laura Preston
Towards the writing of a doctorate thesis at the Institute of Art Theory and Cultural Studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $11,984
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Le Moana
Towards the staging, venue and administrative costs to deliver a contemporary Pacific dance and theatre festival in Wellington.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $45,180
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
LoCo Arts, Loughlan Prior
Towards the development of a new dance work to headline TEMPO dance festival.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $33,939
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Massey University Press
Towards the associated costs to publish two new literary works.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $13,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
McCormack / Wright Projects
To create a new full-length dance work in collaboration with Quan Bui Ngoc and Ha Nguyen Viet of H2Q Art company, Saigon.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $11,016
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Michelle Elvy
To create, develop and edit an anthology of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and visual arts writing.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $10,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Movement Of The Human
To the development and premiere performance of new aerial and contemporary dance work.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Moyra Elliott
Towards a biannual gathering of Australasian and International ceramic practitioners for exchange, discussion and exhibitions.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $11,789
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Murihiku Maori and Pasifika Cultural Trust
Towards associated costs to support the Murihiku Polyfest event for Māori and Pasifika youth in Southland.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Nelson Festivals Trust
Towards a programme of NZ work for the Nelson Arts Festival, the pan-arts Festival for the Top Of The South, Te Tai Ihu.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
New Zealand Comedy Trust
Towards presentation of the 2020 New Zealand International Comedy Festival, developing and supporting the NZ comedy industry.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
New Zealand Glassworks (NZG)
Towards a stipend to support a residency at New Zealand Glassworks.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $9,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pukenga Whakaata
Towards the costs of staging and commissioning new work for an exhibition celebrating 175 years of Chinese life in NZ.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $31,580
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Nightsong
To re-rehearse and refine 'Te Põ' and 'Mr Red Light' for distribution.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Owen Moriarty
To the New Zealand Guitar Quartet towards the recording of original music.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $24,806
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Pacific Music Awards Trust
Towards live showcases, industry-focused workshops and mentoring programmes to develop the Pacific music sector and artists.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $74,225
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Pa’oa Revival Collective
To research and revive the heritage artform and practices of 'pā’oa': barkcloth manufacture specific to Aitutaki, Cook Islands.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $25,775
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Pasifika Migrant Services Charitable Trust
To support the 'Te Bee Project', a six day weaving workshop focused on Kiribati practices specific for male body adornment.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $39,503
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Paula Morris
Towards associated costs to develop website content, writer-support activities, and the 2020 Menton Mansfield sampler.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $47,488
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Peter Hawkesby
Towards the creation of a new body of ceramic work for solo exhibition at Objectspace in 2020.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $54,100
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Pirate & Queen
Towards funding to support the 5th annual Lōemis Festival.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Randell Cottage Writers Trust
Towards associated costs for the six-month 2020 Randell Cottage Writers Residency in Wellington.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $27,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Rekindle Ltd
Towards programme development for practitioners to practice & share craft skills to build a sustainable livelihood among a community of peers.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $74,509
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
RM Gallery and Project Office
Towards a programme of exhibitions and events for New Zealand artists and art writers.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $57,251
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Rodney Bell
Towards remounting and presenting Hurihuri at the Hamilton Gardens Festival and Wellington 2020.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $55,787
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Royal Academy of Arts
Towards an exhibition showing works by Rita Angus at the Royal Academy of Arts, opening in October 2020.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
samesame but different LGBTQI Writers Festival
Towards a five-day festival celebrating LGBTQI writers of Aoteroa.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $11,420
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Sam Trubridge
Towards a festival of new theatre, dance, and performance work at La MaMa Theatre in New York City, September 2020.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $46,025
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Samuel Orchard
Towards a stipend and editing fees to write and proof a graphic novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $17,566
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Samuel Snedden
Towards the premiere season of 'Essays in Love' at Basement Theatre.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $29,244
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Seung Yul Oh
Towards the creation of two new sculptural works using CAD 3D printng technology.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $49,040
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Shanti Sibbing
Towards a street art festival, introducing high quality public artwork to spaces within Whanganui’s town centre.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $47,424
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Smith and Thomas Productions
Towards developing a high octane comedy musical theatre work celebrating diversity.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $59,400
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Storybox
Towards a new series of film works based on climate change, to be projected onto a water screen at Whairepo Lagoon, Wellington.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Stroma New Music Ensemble
Towards the presentation and promotion of four innovative concerts in Wellington.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $25,540
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Sylvan Thomson
For the Todd New Writers Bursary, towards a writer's stipend to write and complete the draft for a first novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Takahe Collective Trust
Towards writers fees and publishing design costs for three issues of takahē literary and art magazine.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $13,829
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Takirirangi Smith
Toward a Waka Building Wananga.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $48,060
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Talbot Rice Gallery
Towards freight and travel costs to support a first solo exhibition presented by the Talbot Rice Gallery, United Kingdom.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $74,767
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Taurima Vibes
Towards associated costs to support the arts intervention and mentoring initiatives of Atawhai 2020.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $57,350
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Te Po Productions
Towards a platform for Māori and indigenous voices online.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $38,800
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust
Towards a Theatre Marae project that seeks to unravel ‘shame and hurt’ that clouds & distorts the subjects of incest and suicide.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Te Rehia Theatre
Towards the national tour of Rawiri Paratene's one man show PETER PAKA PARATENE.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $70,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Te Rununga o Ngati Rehia Trust on behalf of Tuhono Kerikeri Partnership Project
Towards Kororipo Heritage Park Festival Day is 1 of 3 key events in the Tuhono Kerikeri Bicentennial Celebrations.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $39,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Te Tira Whakaari Trust
Towards a symposium to celebrate Te Kooti Rikirangi's contribution and impact on contemporary artists.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $46,625
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Te Tuhi
Towards a full time, 18 month, paid curatorial internship to research and deliver a programme in a new experimental art space.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $64,012
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Theatreview
Towards Managing Editor, Theatre Editor, Dance Editor, WebMaster and website overheads.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $33,623
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
The Creators' Room
Towards the personnel, production and technical costs to deliver The Creators' Room annual community and youth arts exhibition.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $30,223
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
The PlayGround NZ Ltd
To develop and perform a new dance and design led production for seasons in Wellington, New York, and Hastings.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $56,371
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Tuatara Collective, Jason Te Mete
Towards developing an innovative arts practice supporting mental health in the Arts industry.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
University of Canterbury
Towards the Ursula Bethell residency for Aotearoa New Zealand writers at the University of Canterbury.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
University of Canterbury
Towards the Pacific Artist in Residence 2020 programme, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $18,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Vicki Smith
Towards project development and travel to Canada to accept an invitation to Digital Dynamics 2020.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $15,462
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Victoria Abbott
To develop a tourable version of 'Run Rabbit' and a new companion show.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $20,830
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust
To support the delivery of community arts and music engagement programmes and events for youth in the East Porirua area.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Wellington Jazz Orchestra
To attend and perform at the 11th annual Jazz Education Networks Conference in New Orleans, USA.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $66,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
World Symposium on Choral Music 2020
Towards a major international choral symposium to be held in Auckland from 11-18 July 2020.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Young and Hungry Arts Trust
Towards touring 'What are Ya' to secondary schools and youth & community theatres across New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $48,350
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Yuki Kihara
Towards associated costs for research and development, and pre-production phase for a new multidisciplinary project.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $49,532
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
