Arts Grants 2021/2022 round 4 Closing date: 11 Feb 2022
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
Read a summary of this round's results which includes an overview of the results and commentary on our observations about what the strongest applications this round included.
Who got funded this round
51 grants totalling $2,402,306 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).
Our recent Arts Grants Round 4 funding attracted considerable interest, with many high-calibre applications received requesting more than three times the available budget.
As part of the additional Government funding to help the arts sector respond to the challenges of the Delta variant of COVID-19 (announced in September 2021) we had an additional $1.2 million for both rounds 2 and 3, increasing the budget to $3.6 million per round. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to boost this round in the same way and have had to return to our original budget.
We received 199 eligible applications, with a total of $8,495,660 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 34 projects totalling $1,342,441 were supported. $5,903,142 was requested by 154 applicants.
- Ngā toi Māori: 10 projects totalling $604,922 were supported. $1,588,807 was requested by 29 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 7 projects totalling $454,943 were supported. $1,003,771 was requested by 16 applicants.
Also:
- 25 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 13 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 9 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 2 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
- 2 supported building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 6 Community Arts
- 4 Craft/object
- 2 Customary Māori Arts/li>
- 2 Dance
- 1 Interarts
- 11 Literature
- 4 Music
- 8 Theatre
- 9 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 119 activities in the following regions:
- 20 Wellington
- 18 National
- 16 Nelson-Marlborough
- 7 Bay of Plenty
- 7 Waikato
- 6 Online
- 5 Otago
- 4 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 3 Canterbury
- 3 Hawkes Bay
- 3 Overseas
- 2 Northland
Funding recipients
Arts Council Nelson Inc
Towards Nelson Ceramics Week, a nine-day event celebrating pottery and supporting local and national contemporary ceramicists.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $45,430
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Carl Bland
To develop and write a first draft of a play and workshop the script.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $26,990
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Towards publishing a book of career highlights and new work from Canterbury-based ceramic artist Cheryl Lucas.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Clare Moleta
To write the second draft of a new novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $19,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Craig McIntosh
Towards developing new work for two exhibitions.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $46,228
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Creative Natives
Towards a live performance of waiata tohe from the '80s and '90s to mark the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $74,962
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
David Eggleton
Towards the creation of a new anthology of contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand Pacific poets and poetry.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $37,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Elizabeth Farrell
To record and release six new works by Dylan Lardelli with Rattle Records.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $16,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Flying Fetu
Towards an inaugural writers festival centred on Moana artists of upu (word), including a three-day writers' lab and a day of public programming.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $74,352
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Fua Creative Limited
Towards workshops to create and present a new work, 'Tupu'.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $72,179
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
GLORIA Books
Towards a publication from GLORIA Books, featuring stories of teaching and learning in the community.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $26,495
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
HA
Towards Kākano: a three-day workshop that uses toi Māori to explore our local histories and envision our shared future.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $60,690
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Hanako Chatani
Towards the creation and editing of a short comic about intergenerational trauma as an inherited curse.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $21,150
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Hot Lunch
Towards a publication documenting Hot Lunch, an Ōtautahi artist-run space.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $49,286
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
IA Music Limited
To compose and promote a body of musical work inspired by Toi Māori using the voices of Taonga Pūoro.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $34,850
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
John Davies
Towards a busking tour of 14 North Island towns which provides provocation for a book of essays and poems.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $12,340
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kalisolaite Uhila
To create and livestream a solar performance exchange between Aotearoa and Tonga for the World Weather Project.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $12,714
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Karen Trebilcock
To write a young adult novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $24,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kauwaka Ltd.
He wānanga hai whakapakari i ngā pūkenga whaikōrero, karanga o ngā rangatahi ki roto o Ngāti Kahungunu.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust
He mahi tahi ki te whakaputa i tēnei pukapuka 50 tau i muri i tana whakaputanga tuatahi.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $70,912
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Lima Productions
Towards a new 'Fine Fatale' digital work.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $63,660
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Long Cloud Youth Theatre Trust
Towards a training course to empower the voices of rangatahi actors in Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington).
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $45,892
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Maisey Rika Music Ltd
Towards the revitalisation of traditional Māori narratives by way of contemporary Māori music composed by Maisey Rika.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Mana Moana Collective
Towards the production of new video artworks for water screen, based on climate change and indigenous values.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
MARINADE
Towards the creation and publication of issue two of 'Marinade: Aotearoa Journal of Moana Art'.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $55,900
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Massey University Press
Towards publishing five books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Miharo Murihiku Trust
Towards Central Lakes Polyfest, a three-day event showcasing Pacific and Māori dance, culture and heritage.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $57,891
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Nicola Moa
Towards a 12-month project for the researching and development of new art objects and adornment pieces.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $74,858
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
NIUSINA A LE PASEFIKA INCORPORATED
To create a thriving and autonomous community through arts, culture and ta tatau workshops.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $55,960
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Northern Dance Network Inc. (NDN)
Towards a professional production featuring senior community dancers 60 years and older, promoting creative ageing.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $15,497
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
NZ Dance Challenge Ltd
Towards a fun and exciting opportunity for students to learn, perform and share a dance routine along with other New Zealand Schools online.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $10,975
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Olivia Hall, Carolyn Rudzinski
Towards a national tour of a feminist spoken word theatre show, performing in theatres and schools.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $36,546
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Praying Mantis Productions
Towards a multi-disciplinary community arts initiative, working with women and artists in the justice system.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Quentin Wilson Publishing
Towards the publication of three novels.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $15,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Rodney Bell
Towards the presentation of Meremere touring to Sydney Opera House and Darwin Festival and Australia in 2022.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Sharon Vogan
To commission, record and release ten works for piano and taonga pūoro.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $66,800
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
South Dunedin Community Network
Towards the commission of New Zealand artists to create new work for a Street Art mural trail in South Dunedin.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $62,600
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Stacy Gregg
To complete a fiction novel for 8-12-year olds.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $23,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance Limited
To deliver the 2022 TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tala Pasifika Productions
Towards 'TAKURUA – Nafanua the War Goddess', a Pasifika Dance-Theatre performance and banquet.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $45,192
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust
Towards a full-time, 18-month, paid curatorial internship to research and deliver a programme in a dedicated art project space.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $74,560
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Amici Trust
Towards a semi-staged concert series, performed by New Zealand musical theatre talent and the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $59,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Creators' Room, Charlotte Sherratt
Towards an exhibition of Waitaha's future creatives (aged 15-18 years).
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $61,177
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Magnificent Weirdos
Towards 'Tea with Terrorists', a storytelling comedy show from Sameena Zehra, reworked for a three-week season at Circa Theatre.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $24,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Threading Frames
Towards the creation of a dance film, 'Behind Tomorrow'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $74,425
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tofiga Fepulea’i
Towards development and a small-venues tour of a new comedy stand-up show.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Turumeke Harrington
Towards a new solo exhibition that will interrogate Te Kore as a concept to decolonise notions of potential, failure and success.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $34,649
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Viewfinder
Towards a series of exhibitions via Viewfinder, an artist-run initiative that places contemporary art directly on the street.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $14,453
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Wellington Independent Arts Trust
Towards an archival website and the publishing of writers and artists' work with Letting Space 2010-2020.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $35,935
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Zeb Nicklin
He pukapuka tuarua o muri atu i tētahi kua tuhia kēhia e au, ko tōna ingoa - Te Onehaumako - Fertile lands.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $54,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Ziggy Lever, Eamon Edmundson-Wells
Towards research and development for 'The Observatory Project', including participation in CERN's Guest Artist Programme.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $55,053
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
