Arts Grants 2021/2022 round 3 Closing date: 29 Oct 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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Who got funded this round
82 grants totalling $3,643,590 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).
We increased the budget for this round by $1.2 million, drawing on the $5 million we were allocated in September from the Government’s COVID-19 Delta Relief Funding. This allowed us to support an additional 28 projects.
We received 211 eligible applications, with a total of $8,559,508 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 59 projects totalling $2,583,370 were supported. $6,749,407 was requested by 172 applicants.
- Ngā toi Māori: 14 projects totalling $607,672 were supported. $1,098,411 was requested by 24 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 9 projects totalling $452,548 were supported. $711,690 was requested by 15 applicants.
Also:
- 41 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 15 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 14 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 6 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
- 6 supported building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 8 Community Arts
- 7 Craft/object
- 3 Customary Māori Arts
- 11 Dance
- 1 Interarts
- 12 Literature
- 12 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 6 Music
- 1 Pacific heritage arts
- 10 Theatre
- 11 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 201 activities in the following regions:
- 54 Auckland
- 32 Wellington
- 14 Canterbury
- 13 Northland
- 12 Hawkes Bay
- 11 National
- 10 Otago
- 9 Gisborne
- 6 Online
- 8 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 8 Waikato
- 7 Overseas
- 5 Nelson-Marlborough
- 5 Taranaki
- 3 Bay of Plenty
- 4 Southland
Funding recipients
Action Education Incorporated
Towards a range of creative programmes based on spoken word poetry and youth expression.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Agaram Productions
Towards the further development of an original New Zealand play.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $28,206
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee
Towards two New Zealand artists to create new work and present at Aichi Triennale 2022, a significant platform for global contemporary art discourse.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $69,265
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Alana Lopesi, Grace Taylor
Toward the research and development phase for an inaugural Moana Writers Festival.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $33,163
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Aloalii Tapu
Towards research for a new body of work about lineage.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $68,355
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
A Mulled Whine
Towards a New Zealand production tour to Auckland, Kerikeri, Whangārei and Hamilton.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $34,367
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Anahera Press
Towards publication of a book of poetry by Briar Wood.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Andromeda Arts Trust
Towards associated costs for Little Andromeda Theatre to open April to September 2022.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $74,998
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Anton Forde
Towards a major installation of 55 carved pou to be exhibited as part of Sculpture on the Gulf 2022.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $42,400
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Areez Katki
To create a new body of work and exhibition in the international Queer Arts Festival in 2022.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $17,170
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Arts Inc. Heretaunga
Towards the delivery of the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival's 'Festival Taster Series'.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Bonita Bigham
Towards a presentation of new and existing work celebrating moko kauae, with associated wānanga speaking to journey and process.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $16,924
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
CANZ
The Composers Association of New Zealand: towards the annual CANZ Workshop for emerging composers in Nelson.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $64,841
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Contemporary HUM
Towards publishing and building audience development to champion the international work of Aotearoa New Zealand artists over nine months.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
David Mason
To compose two new Māori classical chamber music works influenced by taonga pūoro musical style.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $20,700
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Depot Artspace
Towards Depot Artspace's strategic review, increasing impact and resilience on the sector.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $57,943
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Elise Bishop
Towards creating a series of objects using local materials and exploring the connections between people, place and te taiao.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $24,840
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Emma Newborn
Towards the development of an easily-tourable, solo comedy theatre show, exploring themes of body positivity and celebration.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $14,410
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Foster Group Dance
Towards final stage development of dance work, 'Double Goer' ahead of premiere season in 2022.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $19,029
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Going West
Towards archival podcasts, commissioned video poems, and a poetry writing workshop.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $64,233
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Goldsmith Baynes
To record and release an album of indigenous world jazz.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $56,078
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Ha
Towards presenting rest as a form of resistance.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $18,427
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Hawaiki TU - Haka Theatre
To hold a series of wānanga to develop a new theatre production.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $74,650
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Istanbul Biennial
To produce and present new work by Sriwhana Spong at the 17th Istanbul Biennial in 2022.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $74,808
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Jacob Dombroski
Towards an arts festival on the south coast of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Janine Randerson
Towards the development of a new digital artwork, 'Weather Station' at Haupapa Glacier for the World Weather Network Project.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $15,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Java Dance Company Ltd
To develop a site-specific dance work 'Secrets in Our Streets' with the communities of Kaikohe and Kerikeri.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $49,120
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Joanne Barrett
To create and present 'Kahu Pitongatonga - Being', a multi-disciplinary group show at No.1 Gallery, Parnell.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $10,533
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Joshua Morgan
Towards the illustration of two new picture books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $35,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Justin DeHart
To commission five solo percussion works by innovative New Zealand composers.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $74,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Karen Seccombe
Towards the creation and exhibition of art to celebrate ten years of art-making, in response to violence by Women's Art Initiative Collective (WAI).
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $33,837
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kate Parker
To develop a picture book based on the collaborative exhibition 'I Am Island and Sea' at the New Zealand Maritime Museum.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $12,070
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kit Reilly
To create a dance film series.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $41,773
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kura Te Ua
To hold a series of wānanga to establish and launch a new Ngā toi Māori collective in Tāmaki Makaurau.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $73,650
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Lawrence & Gibson publishing
Towards publishing two new novels to be released in the first quarter of 2022.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Layla Walter
Towards creating large-scale cast glass vessels for local and international exhibitions using new imagery and processes.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $74,999
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Lesley Bandy
To develop a contemporary ballet work exploring mental health.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $20,382
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Margaret Aull
Towards 14 artists creating work for a 6-month exhibition at Waikato Museum.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Maria Samuela
Towards a novel for adults about Kana, a young Rarotongan woman who migrates to Aotearoa in the 1950s.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $18,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Mark Vanilau
To write and develop a new one-man musical theatre piece based on the songs, stories and music of Mark Vanilau.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $19,875
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Martyn Roberts
To present three multi-disciplinary works from Dunedin at the 2022 New Zealand Fringe Festival.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $14,107
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Mele Taeiloa
Towards a battle event for dancers and beatmakers.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $55,655
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Michael Hill International Violin Competition Charitable Trust
Towards the development of young New Zealand musicians and concert performances at the 2022 Wakatipu Arts Festival.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $23,640
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Miharo Murihiku Trust
Towards an exhibition and workshops with senior artists and rangatahi in the Southland community.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $67,499
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Miranda Bellamy
To create new work and a solo exhibition in Canada's longest running university art gallery from June - August 2022.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $30,750
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Mixit
Towards a summer performance, project and film.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Mohamed Hassan
To complete a full-length collection of personal essays on the experience of growing up as a Muslim in New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $7,100
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Movement Art Practice
Towards an 11-month programme of community dance classes, dance workshops, performances and events.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $65,788
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Movement Of The Human
Towards the next development stage of a new dance work, 'Tōrua'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $74,260
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
National Flash Fiction Day
Towards the associated costs of National Flash Fiction Day, Flash Frontier, and the creation of a dual-language anthology.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $46,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Newtown Festival Trust
Towards artsist fees for Newtown Festival 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Nikau Hindin
Towards an apprenticeship program with Rongomai Grbic-Hoskins to wānanga and develop mātauranga and succession planning for aute.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $73,494
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Northern Dance Network I(NDN)
Towards a choreographic intensive workshop to develop emerging choreographers and dancers.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $55,034
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Northland Youth Theatre Trust, Arana Horncy, Hannah White
Towards 'Pūkeko Tuawhā', a te reo māori play rewritten in Ngāpuhi reo by Hinemoana Baker.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $58,898
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Octavia Cook
To prepare a major new body of work for a solo exhibition at Objectspace in 2023.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $62,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Orowaru Arts
To explore and develop techniques in speed painting through various painting performances to a live audience.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $38,120
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
PAYPA/ASSITEJ Aotearoa New Zealand, Beth Taylor, Jenny Wake
Towards building and maintaining key resources and opportunities for the Performing Arts and Young People sector.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $20,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Philip Dadson
To develop a collaborative Moana artwork comprising a network of Aeolian aerials for the World Weather Network project.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $28,900
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
play_station artist run space
Towards play_station's exhibition and performance programme for 2022.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $30,287
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Prospect Park Productions
Towards cycles of development platforms for playwrights and writers in 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $74,800
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Pumamao Brennan
Towards the Ōtautahi Māori Choir's workshop series to learn, sing, perform and enjoy choir music.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $74,590
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Rae de LIsle
To commission and record a set of piano etudes by 12 New Zealand composers.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $21,028
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Randell Cottage Writers Trust
Towards a six-month residency in Wellington for a New Zealand writer.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $28,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Ria Hall
Towards research, creation and production of a visual podcast series focusing on the arts.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $28,475
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Rockquest Promotions Ltd
Towards a youth development programme and New Zealand's largest contemporary music performance event for students.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Roger Shepherd
Towards the creation of a cultural history of Flying Nun Records from 1981 to 2021.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $26,300
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Rowan Panther
To make three new chest pieces out of muka fibre using lacemaking methods.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $27,700
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sacha Copland
To create a solo show and facilitate creative practice for independent dancers in Te-Whanganui-A-Tara.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
samesame but different LGBTQI Writers Festival
Towards the delivery of the 'samesame but different', a festival that highlights the mahi of LGBTQI+ writers.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $33,100
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Ted Synnott
Towards exhibiting furniture at Greenhouse within the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2022.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $19,342
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana, Te Ao o Hinepehinga Rauna
Towards a free acting and performing workshop for Te Tairāwhiti rangatahi.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $28,900
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
The 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
Tiny Fest
Towards a choreographic commission and premiere of a new dance work at Tiny Fest 2022 in Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $49,735
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tora Bombora
Towards a community art and music festival that showcases young talent throughout Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $6,030
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tui Gillies, Sulieti Burrows
Towards creating new tapa works for an exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $40,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Victor Rodger
Towards the research, writing and development of three new plays for theatre, promoting diverse voices.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Waimarama Marae, Jeremy MacLeod
Towards recognising important Waimārama history and interpreting sites of cultural significance with carved totara Pou.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $62,500
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Waiwhakaata Performance Ltd
To stage and present Waiwhakaata-Reflections in the water at Auckland Arts Festival 2022.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $43,632
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Whatu Creative
Ki te Toi Pari Kārangaranga he kaupapa Toi Māori, he kaupapa Reo Māori.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Whau The People
Towards a project to develop a new strategic and organisational plan to ensure the organisation is fit for purpose.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $18,780
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Yinan Liu, Tane Moleta, Marc Aurel Schnabel, Uwe Rieger
Towards presenting high-quality creative works that explore the intersection of art, technology, and society.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $74,958
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Young & Hungry Arts Trust (Y&H)
Towards supporting and delivering the Tours and Ambassadors Programme in 2022.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $74,732
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
