Arts Grants 2020/21 Round 2 Closing date: 14 Sep 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.
More about the Arts Grant programme
39 grants totalling $1,818,440 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).
175 eligible applications were received, with a total of $5,993,478 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 26 projects totalling $1,078,316 were supported. $4,481,978 was requested by 149 applicants.
- Māori Arts: 9 projects totalling $525,209 were supported. $1,430,199 was requested by 27 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 4 projects totalling $214,915 were supported. $396,871 was requested by 10 applicants.
Also:
- 18 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.
- 10 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 3 were to support building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector
- 2 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 5 Community Arts
- 3 Craft/object
- 3 Customary Māori Arts
- 2 Dance
- 7 Literature
- 7 Multi-disciplinary Arts
- 3 Music
- 1 Pacific Heritage Arts
- 1 Theatre
- 7 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 96 activities in the following regions:
- 15 Auckland
- 14 Canterbury
- 11 Wellington
- 11 Overseas
- 9 Otago
- 7 Nelson-Marlborough
- 6 Gisborne
- 6 Northland
- 6 Online
- 3 Bay of Plenty
- 2 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 2 National
- 2 Waikato
- 1 Hawkes Bay
- 1 Taranaki
Funding recipients
Alex Scott
Towards illustrating a graphic novel of slice-of-life stories, spanning 1993 to the present day, connected by fictional TV advertisements.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $25,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Aotearoa Public Gallery Directors' Network, Christina Barton
Towards a new platform for art writing facilitated by New Zealand public art galleries in partnership with ArtNow.NZ.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $36,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Arts Festival Taranaki Charitable Trust TAFT
Towards associated production costs to deliver and present the programme of RESET 2020 a multidisciplinary arts festival for the Taranaki region.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Auckland Fringe Festival
To support a community engagement programme, printing costs and fees to plan and deliver Auckland Fringe Festival 2021.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Bullet Heart Club
Towards the rehearsal and pre-production of a new work for a festival premiere.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Chloe Loftus
Towards creation and tour of 'The Air Between Us', an outdoor inclusive aerial dance production with Rodney Bell & Chloe Loftus.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $18,876
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
To support a seven-month programme of capability development for key CoCA staff.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $74,221
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Cultural Conversations
To set up a Community Arts based hub managed by former refugee and migrant communities.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $16,650
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Diana Wichtel
Towards writing a New Zealand cultural history through the lens of over three decades as a television critic.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $45,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Flock Charitable Trust
To use theatre to undertake meaningful dialogue between members of the homeless community and local policy makers.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $44,830
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Fresh Movement Arts Trust
Towards urban/hip hop dance workshops and New Zealand's premiere dance battle event.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $26,413
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Gisborne International Music Competition
Towards professional development for young New Zealand musicians.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $15,900
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Gwangju Biennale Foundation
Towards the 13th Gwangju Biennale, three NZ artists to exhibit, directed by Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala, February 26 - May 9, 2021.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $44,290
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Interisland Collective
Towards associated costs to support a programme of artistic workshops, digital exhibitions and the creation of arts-cultural resources.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $57,175
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Israel Birch
To exhibit a solo show and new works to be exhibited beyond the solo show in Sydney.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $34,567
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Lucien Johnson
To compose a new work for orchestra.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $32,400
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Mata Aho
Towards a collaboration between Maureen Lander and Mata Aho Collective.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $25,475
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Melody Thomas
For the Todd New Writer's Bursary towards adapting an award-winning podcast, on sex and sexuality, to a book.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $18,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Mema Maeli
Toward associated costs for Fala Pati Pasifika workshop programme for participants to learn, engage and take part in.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $12,555
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Moniek Schrijer
Towards the development and production of new work.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $72,420
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Noir Events Ltd
Towards marketing and publicity, and fees to promote, curate and deliver Tūrama a multi-day immersive arts and performance festival.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $74,244
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OHOKOMO
Towards a 4-week theatre development and 2 night showing with a focus on filming and livestream.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $60,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Oscar Enberg
Towards the creation of a new Super 16mm moving image work and a major new sculpture for exhibition in New Zealand and overseas.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $18,980
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Paemanu
To develop projects and exhibitions through a series of wānanga with Kai Tahu artists and hapū.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $71,276
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Paitangi Ostick
Towards a hand drawn, artwork, colouring album with narrative, inspired by Maori mythology and cosmology.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $56,460
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Paludal
Towards a 12 month exhibition programme at artist-run space, Paludal, Christchurch that presents artists from outside of this city.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $17,616
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Putahi Festival
Towards the re-build, development and presentation of Pūtahi Development Festival.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Rangitane o Wairau
Towards a te reo Māori wānanga.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Soulnote Agency
Towards fees, production, technical, and marketing and administration costs to record and produce a collaborative multidisciplinary debut album.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $74,095
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Starling
Towards contributor fees and editorial costs to produce two new issues of Starling.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $10,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tamararo Raihania
Towards a new body of work to adorn the Marae.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $55,595
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
The Dowse Art Museum
Towards publishing an extensive publication celebrating the 30 year career of Dunedin-based contemporary jeweller, Jane Dodd.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $25,232
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Spinoff
Towards publishing coverage of the NZ literature scene and commissioning and publishing creative non-fiction essays and artworks on The Spinoff.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $74,700
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Todd Sheridan
Towards te tarai he kohinga taonga puoro ma te tuhua hei mahinga hou.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $71,836
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Tofiga Fepulea’i
Towards artist and personnel fees, venue hire, travel and accommodation, and marketing and publicity costs for a North Island tour of SORRY 'BOUT IT.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $71,090
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Track Zero
Towards a nationwide Aotearoa and Samoa community artist-led photographic project relating to climate change with workshops for rangatahi.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $64,807
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
University of Canterbury
Towards The Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing 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 Otago College of Education
Towards an established residency programme for a NZ writer of children's literature to create imaginative works for young people.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $42,536
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Wild in Art
Towards a public art trail of over 115 penguin sculptures decorated by artists and school children, in Christchurch for 9 weeks.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
