Arts Grants 2020/21 Round 3 Closing date: 19 Oct 2020
Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations (including groups and collectives). This funding enables more sustainable careers, encourages innovation and the development of arts practice, and provides opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.
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42 grants totalling $1,597,775 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).
168 eligible applications were received, with a total of $6,091,325 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 28 projects totalling $1,087,488 were supported. $4,798,256 was requested by 136 applicants.
- Māori Arts: 7 projects totalling $346,843 were supported. $807,379 was requested by 18 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 7 projects totalling $159,444 were supported. $485,690 was requested by 14 applicants.
Also:
- 27 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 6 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 4 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 4 were to support building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector
- 1 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 3 Community Arts
- 3 Craft/object
- 1 Customary Māori Arts
- 4 Dance
- 1 Interarts
- 8 Literature
- 5 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 7 Music
- 1 Pacific Heritage Arts
- 1 Theatre
- 8 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 72 activities in the following regions:
- 27 Auckland
- 16 Wellington
- 8 National
- 6 Online
- 3 Northland
- 3 Overseas
- 2 Bay of Plenty
- 2 Nelson-Marlborough
- 2 Otago
- 2 West Coast
- 1 Canterbury
Funding recipients
Abigail Cunnane
To redesign and launch The Distance Plan website.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $14,369
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi
Towards a three-month residency for New Zealand artist, Kate Newby at Adam Art Gallery in 2021.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $48,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
AKAU
Towards taitamariki and artists connecting to create street light art in Kaikohe.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Alex Taylor
To commission Alex Taylor to write a new work for violin, cello and theorbo for a 2021 CMNZ Tour.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Alyx Duncan, Michele Powles
Towards a tryptic video installation and movement film starring Kilda Northcott.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $72,870
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Anahera Press
Towards a publishing subsidy for the publication of a book of poetry by Serie Barford.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Atoll ltd
To record an album of important musical works by composer Jenny McLeod.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $26,280
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Bailee Lobb
Towards fees to create and develop an innovative, multidisciplinary body of work for an exhibition in 2021.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $10,260
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Barbara Else
Towards completing a memoir.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $26,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Chloe Klein
Towards presentation costs to premiere SOFT.co's dance show, Inflated Rebel.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $23,567
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Christopher Ulutupu
Towards fees, accommodation, technical and production costs to create and develop a new work for international presentation.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $27,651
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Dahlia Malaeulu
Towards associated fees and publishing costs to write, develop and publish the second book of a young adult series focussed on Samoan identity and exp.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $6,600
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Dallas Tamaira
Towards research and development towards solo career resilience and kaupapa for singer/songwriter Dallas Tamaira.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $32,466
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Daren Kamali
Towards fees, travel and accommodation, and production costs to develop and produce a collaborative publication and work focussed on Fijian ulumate.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $22,092
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Eight Sisters Ltd
Towards the creation and presentation of the front of a large scale crochet whare.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $73,582
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Elizabeth Farrell
To commission a new work for flute, viola, double bass and keyboard for Ensemble Klangrauschen.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $23,130
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Gillian Whitehead
To compose a violin concerto for violinist Andrew Beer.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Gina Cole
Towards writer's costs to develop a first draft of a new Pasifikafuturist science fiction novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $16,496
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Golden Retriever Records
To record and produce a new album that considers queer male sexuality in a disconnected society.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $18,505
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Hiria Anderson
Towards Hiria’s participation as exhibitor in 3 major Exhibitions.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,519
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
John Misky
Towards fees, materials, production and digital documentation costs to create, develop and produce a stitch-plank va'a alo.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $68,604
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Lisa Walker
Towards creating new work and re-publishing "An Unreliable Guidebook to Jewellery by Lisa Walker".
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $71,300
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Loemis Trust
Towards fees and production costs to plan and deliver the events programme of the 6th Annual Lōemis Festival in 2021.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $42,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Loughlan Prior
Towards development of a new collaborative dance performance work with the New Zealand String Quartet and Ballet Collective Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $8,825
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Mana Moana Collective
Towards the research and development of a new series of video artworks based on climate change and indigenous values.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Maoriland Charitable Trust
To support renown weavers Sonia Snowden and Pip Devonshire for a 12 month residency at the Toi Matarau Gallery, Ōtaki.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Mathew Tait
Towards a bilingual picture book telling the story of the separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku beginning with Te Kore.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $37,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Miranda Bellamy
To create new work for an exhibition at RM Gallery and Blue Oyster Art Project Space in May 2021.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $21,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Moana Moko Creative Natives Ltd
Towards a series Māori Wellbeing and Theatre wānanga programme for rangatahi in Tauranga Moana.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $54,515
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Movement Of The Human
Towards development of two dance initiatives, Tōrua and MYLIAD (My Life Is A Dance).
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $74,920
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
New Zealand Comedy Trust
Towards an annual event that works to develop and support the comedy industry.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
New Zealand Graphic Design Association Limited
Towards Aotearoa Design Archive (ADA); presenting a body of visual research, commissioned critical design writing and visual artworks online.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $68,832
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Okareka Dance Company
Towards production costs for Phase 2 of Mana Wahine, the return season to Auckland.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $67,759
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Randell Cottage Writers Trust
Towards a stipend for a six-month residency in Wellington for a New Zealand writer.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $27,405
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sorawit Songsataya
Towards a field research project documenting the kōtuku at their nesting ground in Ōkārito to produce a new moving image work.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $24,203
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sriwhana Spong
Towards a 12-month research and development project focused on the performance aspect of my practice.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $49,972
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Takahe Collective Trust
To publish three issues of takahē literary and art magazine; two in print and one online.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $22,204
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Coalition for Books
Towards online reviews on the Coalition for Books website Kete, and research, marketing and promotional activity.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Third Coast Percussion
To commission a new work from New Zealand composer Gemma Peacocke for Third Coast Percussion.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $39,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
University of Canterbury Foundation
Towards the Pacific Artist in Residence 2021 programme, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $18,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Wet Green
Towards an exhibition of artworks by emerging artist, Ronan Lee.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,643
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Youth Arts New Zealand
Towards a reflective creative writing programme facilitating creative expression amongst young inmates at Mt Eden Prison.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $32,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
