Arts Grants 2020/21 Round 5 Closing date: 10 Feb 2021
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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54 grants totalling $2,178,741 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).
181 eligible applications were received, with a total of $6,893,400 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 41 projects totalling $1,498,637 were supported. $5,510,813 was requested by 155 applicants.
- Māori Arts: 7 projects totalling $400,593 were supported. $794,427 was requested by 15 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 6 projects totalling $279,510 were supported. $588,159 was requested by 11 applicants.
Also:
- 20 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 7 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 21 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 3 were to support building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector
- 3 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 6 Community Arts
- 3 Craft/object
- 2 Customary Māori Arts
- 3 Dance
- 3 Interarts
- 9 Literature
- 5 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 6 Music
- 1 Pacific Heritage Arts
- 7 Theatre
- 9 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 131 activities in the following regions:
- 36 Wellington
- 23 Auckland
- 17 National
- 11 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 8 Overseas
- 7 Hawkes Bay
- 6 Online
- 5 Canterbury
- 5 Taranaki
- 4 Bay of Plenty
- 3 Nelson-Marlborough
- 3 Otago
- 1 Northland
- 1 Gisborne
- 1 Southland
Funding recipients
Anoushka Akel
Towards the creation and development of new paintings and prints, over an eight-month period.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $32,270
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Art Zone
Towards the translation of visual art feature stories into te reo Māori.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,740
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
ATE
To wānanga, write, edit, design, print and publish volume three of a peer reviewed Journal of Māori Art.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $53,609
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Blackboard Theatre Collective
Towards a 72-hour songwriting challenge to create six new musical theatre songs to be performed with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $66,131
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Blake Spooner
To develop Pīpī Paopao, a new cabaret performance for children.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $40,034
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Blumhardt Foundation
To pilot the Blumhardt Curator Programme which includes two curatorial development projects staged at The Dowse and The Sarjeant galleries.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $57,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
CANZ
The Composers Association of New Zealand: towards the 40th annual CANZ Nelson Composers Workshop for young and emerging composers.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $19,094
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Ceramics Association of New Zealand Incorporated
Towards new writing and publishing costs for editions 7 and 8 of Ceramics NZ magazine.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $9,928
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Cold Hub Press
Towards publication of 'Rejoice Instead' (Peter Hooper) & 'Meeting Rita' (Jenny Powell).
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $6,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Daniel Sanders
To present new modes of making by LGBTQ+ artists and practitioners across 10 month-long exhibitions at Parasite, an artist run space.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $38,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Francis Upritchard
Towards a new site-specific commission for Pasquart Museum, Switzerland.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $65,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
HE WAKA EKE NOA A Chronicle of COVID
Towards publishing an anthology of voices from the creative arts chronicling challenges and triumphs during the pandemic.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $44,700
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
IA Music Limited
Towards composing and promoting a contemporary musical piece.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $14,670
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Jacqueline Moyes
Towards a multi-disciplinary community arts initiative for artists and women in the justice system.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $74,973
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Jessie McCall
To research and develop a contemporary dance work probing social discourse around emotionality in women.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $19,445
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Joel Cocks
Towards the development of a new work at La Becque's 3-month Principal Residency Program in Switzerland.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $11,141
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kate Parker
Towards an exhibition at the NZ Maritime Museum.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $35,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kohai Grace
Towards a tukutuku artwork production for display in Porirua City.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $67,280
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Kunstmuseum Basel
Towards “Heute Nacht geträumt” (Dreamt Tonight); a solo exhibition by Ruth Buchanan at Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Towards new work, solo exhibition, publication and public program; a revision of earlier, in dialogue with recent and newly commissioned works.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $49,550
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Le Moana
Towards rehearsals and a premiere season of Tupua Tigafua's latest full-length dance work at Te Papa.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $44,315
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Li-Ming Hu
To attend a three month residency at Flux Factory in New York City.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $13,873
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Little Andromeda
Towards infrastructural costs for the Little Andromeda Theatre's Winter 2021 season.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $74,870
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Little Dog Barking Theatre Company
Towards touring two new theatre works for young audiences and creating and delivering puppetry masterclasses.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $40,360
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Losalia Aleva
Towards teaching Tongan female dance (Ta'olunga) online.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $9,010
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Louise Potiki Bryant
Towards "Te Taki o Te Ua / The Sound of Rain" at the opening of the Festival of Colour 2021.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $5,137
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Maggie Kaipati
Towards Banaba-lead multi-disciplined art projects, celebrating Banaban arts, cultural identity, language in the diaspora.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $67,190
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Majella Cullinane
Towards writing a third collection of poetry.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $14,300
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Merenia Gray
Towards a new multi–disciplinary Māori contemporary dance work and short film.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Nelson Festivals Trust
Towards an Aotearoa arts festival programme for Nelson/Whakatū in 2021.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Newsroom.co.nz
Towards commissioning reviews, stories, poems, profiles, essays and accompanying photographs.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $38,930
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
New Zealand Chamber Soloists Trust
Towards a 7-minute commission, by New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson, for premiere performance by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $13,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
New Zealand Comedy Trust
Towards the implementation of an Inclusion Strategy at the New Zealand Comedy Trust.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $21,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Northern Dance Network I(NDN)
Towards an intensive choreographic workshop to develop emerging choreographers.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $52,537
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
NZ Barok
Towards NZ Barok's baroque concert 'Viva Vivaldi'.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $14,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Pati Umaga
To compose and record music from the narratives of disabled participants, captured in Phase One.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Paula Morris
Towards the research and development of a website.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $23,002
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Proudly Asian Theatre
Towards the presentation of the premiere of 'Pork and Poll Taxes’, a new and original theatre play written by Talia Pua.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $74,970
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Rockquest Promotions Ltd
Towards a performing arts programme nationwide for creative ākonga.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sam Hamilton
Towards associated costs to create and produce a series of interdisciplinary collaborative artworks for exhibition at Transemediale 2021.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $48,049
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sara Brodie
Towards a magical journey through the native bush at night, where audiences encounter live performance.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $59,196
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Scotty Cotter
To rehearse, develop and deliver the premiere of new Māori physical theatre show Neke at Kia Mau Festival 2021.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Sound and Light Exploration Society
Towards a year-long programme of sonic arts activities.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $74,260
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
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Towards the realisation and showing of 'Speargrass Skies Run Run By'.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Steve Braunias
Towards the research and writing of an illustrated book on 100 covers of New Zealand albums.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $6,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Te Ora Auaha
Creative Wellbeing Alliance Aotearoa: towards a series of webinars supporting good practice development in arts and wellbeing.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $28,524
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tokerau Wilson
Towards illustrating a book for young adults to be published by Gecko Press in 2022.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $8,995
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Track Zero
Towards a nation-wide artist-led photographic project relating to climate change for young people.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $74,780
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Warwick Freeman
Towards research, consolidation, documentation, and digitisation of 40+ years of artworks, resource material and provenance.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $17,825
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Wellington Jazz Festival
To commission two new jazz works by New Zealand composers.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $22,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Wellington Zinefest
Towards the commission and launch of four Zines.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Whanganui Literary Festival Trust
To present the best of New Zealand writers at a regional literary festival.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $7,650
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Young and Hungry Arts Trust
Towards supporting and delivering Young & Hungry Arts Trust's core 2021 activities of tours and ambassadors.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $33,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Yuki Kihara
Towards associated costs to develop textile installation works.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
