Arts Grants 2021/2022 round 5 Closing date: 8 Apr 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
68 grants totalling $2,776,474 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 Arts Grants round 5 funding attracted considerable interest, with many high-calibre applications received requesting nearly 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 (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, as we did for the recent round 4.
We received 201 eligible applications, with a total of $7,785,857 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 46 projects totalling $1,590,775 were supported. $5,507,072 was requested by 160 applicants.
- Ngā toi Māori: 13 projects totalling $816,282 were supported. $1,641,263 was requested by 28 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 9 projects totalling $369,418 were supported. $637,524 was requested by 13 applicants.
Also:
- 28 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 19 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 10 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 6 supported building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
- 5 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 7 Community Arts
- 3 Craft/object
- 2 Customary Māori Arts
- 2 Dance
- 2 Interarts
- 13 Literature
- 11 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 6 Music
- 9 Theatre
- 13 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 144 activities in the following regions:
- 28 Auckland
- 19 National
- 14 Wellington
- 13 Bay of Plenty
- 12 Otago
- 10 Online
- 10 Overseas
- 9 Northland
- 7 Canterbury
- 6 Taranaki
- 5 Waikato
- 2 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 2 Nelson-Marlborough
- 3 Gisborne
- 3 Southland
- 1 Hawkes Bay
Funding recipients
Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi
To extend the fourth Adam Art Gallery Internship by six months.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Alex Tunui
Towards the research and development of three Māori children's plays by Māori playwright Alex Tunui.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $37,700
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Anne Kayes
To create the third collection of stories in the 'Tūī Street' junior fiction series.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Aotearoa Public Gallery Directors' Network
To commission the next 12 months of essays for an art-writing platform, facilitated by public arts galleries, in partnership with ArtNow.NZ.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $37,140
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Artsense Productions
Towards a community song-making project culminating in a performance during Taranaki Spiegel Fest.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $38,780
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Arts Inc. Heretaunga
Towards a multi-disciplinary regional arts festival featuring New Zealand and international work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Bailee Lobb
To innovate a new construction technique for immersive and accessible inflatable installation artworks.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $27,895
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Brian Falkner
To research and write an adventure novel set on the International Space Station.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Bruce Phillips
To research and develop a new collaborative artwork, 'The Neurodiversity Research Project' for exhibition at Te Tuhi.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $24,743
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Ceramics Association of New Zealand Incorporated, Elizabeth Martindale
Towards the publication of editions nine and ten of Ceramics NZ magazine.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $12,428
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Charles Koroneho
Towards presentation costs of Ko Te Ākau, a visual arts installation and curatorial programme.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $74,734
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Christopher Braddock
Towards writers fees for nine non-university writers to contribute to an anthology of visual arts performance in Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $19,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Claire Mabey
For the Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary, to write a middle fiction novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $23,150
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Company of Giants
Towards a new theatre work for children and families involving puppets and creatures.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $42,920
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
David Mamea
Towards development of a play, where a retired librarian investigates a murder at a retirement village.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $15,180
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH
Towards new work presentation costs for FAFSWAG arts collective at documenta15.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Earth's End Publishing
Towards publishing a graphic novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Emma Hislop
To research and draft a novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $54,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
FAFSWAG Arts Collective
Towards travel costs to present at documenta15.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Finn Hughes
To attend the Berklee Aspire Five Week Music Performance Intensive in Boston.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $5,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Hera Bradburn
Towards completing a middle grade (8-12) children's fantasy novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $25,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
HOEA Gallery and Arts Centre
Towards exhibitions and related public programmes at HOEA! Gallery and Project Space in Te Tairawhiti.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $74,995
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Huia NZ Limited
Towards the publishing of four books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $72,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
In Books We Trust
Towards associated costs of 'KUPU - Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi': a Māori Literary Festival to celebrate writers from the past, present, and future.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $74,932
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Interisland Collective
To continue to connect the tagata Moana diaspora across the vā Moana through the creation of new work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $46,500
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
James Oram
Towards developing new work for a solo exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $25,897
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Janet Jennings
To compose, perform, and record an album of song cycles for Katherine Mansfield's centenary.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $42,684
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Jeremy Beck
To attend the ATLAS Choreographic Training Programme in Vienna.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $5,954
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Jesse Austin-Stewart
To create and release an EP of haptic works for d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $23,100
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Jessica Fenton
Towards delivering Auckland's only regular poetry slam event series.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $27,260
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Jordan Tuhura
To create an online portfolio of Kuini Moehau Reedy's work as a Māori musical composer and advocate of te reo me ngā tikanga Māori.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $64,400
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Justin Haiu
Towards three development workshops for new work.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $66,261
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Karl Leonard
Towards the exploration and re-invigoration of whakapapa narrative in tūrapa / tukutuku.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $74,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Kathleen De Goldi
To write a novel for adults.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $48,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Leki Jackson Bourke
Towards research, workshop, and showing of a contemporary Niuean theatre piece.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $32,970
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Le Moana
Towards the development of a street and contemporary dance film, empowering change wihtin Pasifika communities.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $17,986
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Madeleine Child
Towards a one-month residency in Australia to develop and expand work, markets and audiences.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $6,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Moana Moko Creative Natives Ltd
Towards a Māori Wellbeing and Theatre wānanga programme for rangatahi in Tauranga Moana.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $61,560
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Newsroom.co.nz
Towards commissioning book reviews, short stories, topical verse, artist profiles, interviews, and accompanying photographs.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $73,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
New Zealand Book Awards Trust
Towards a promotional campaign for National Poetry Day and an online event for Australia Poetry Month.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,625
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Northland Youth Theatre Trust
Towards a series of training and development programmes to support emerging performing arts practitioners in Te Tai Tokerau region.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $37,880
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Nu Collective
Towards a day retreat and workshops for Māori artists.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $7,460
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
NZPQ
Towards the design and development of the Aotearoa New Zealand exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $59,550
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OneTree House
Towards publishing five books designed to foster understanding, support inclusion, and enhance Pacific languages.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $38,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Opus Orchestra
Towards two concert tours for audiences in Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $50,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Peter Nepia
Towards the research and development of a major exhibition and book on the work of Selwyn Muru.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $74,999
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
QCT
Towards performances of the modern semi-opera, 'On the Full, or Tales from the Cloverton Arms', with music by Henry Purcell and words by Dave Armstron.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Rosemary Fisher
Towards establishing a New Zealand Children’s Choral Academy - offering young singers from all ethnicities & regions of New Zealand a pathway to excel.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $71,328
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
Towards production of new and existing work at the Adam Art Gallery.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $26,613
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sistema Whangarei - Toi Akorangi
Towards a project that connects layers of expertise across the Sistema Whangārei - Toi Akorangi programme for musicians.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $74,150
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sonya Lacey
Towards creating new work for 'THRESHOLDS': a two-person exhibition of work by Sonya Lacey and Maria Olsen.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $14,334
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Southern Mother
To create and exhibit new work, and run print workshops.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $11,470
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
South Sea Spray
To commission new murals for South Sea Spray Festival.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Square Edge Community Arts
Towards a series of online artists workshops.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $64,220
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tagata Moana Trust
Towards the development and delivery of a Pacific arts programme in Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $71,021
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Te Atamira Whakatipu Community Trust
Towards a multidisciplinary, community-oriented and whānau-friendly programme to celebrate Matariki 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $22,312
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Te Manu Tioriori Trust Inc
Towards the development of the new musical RUTH.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $40,456
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust
To create a hybrid theatre and health workshop event to upskill workers on suicide and family child abuse in a kaupapa Māori.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Tessa Ma'auga
To create a new work for exhibition at Te Manawa that conveys the story of 19th Century Southern Chinese diaspora within a Maori-centred discourse.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,480
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Theatreview
Towards redesign and maintenance of the theatreview website for the benefit of the performing arts and audiences.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $20,082
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa
Towards Crescendo’s mentoring programmes provide workshops to rangatahi to develop artistic skills and future opportunities.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $69,041
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Mirek Smisek Arts Trust
Towards a filmed workshop and digital tutorial on brick kiln building.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $20,195
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Oryza Foundation
Towards a project for emerging Asian playwrights to develop new local scripts with professional dramaturgy.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $59,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Rebel Alliance
Towards a tour of Back to Square One? to Nelson, Whangārei, Auckland, and Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $31,306
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The School for Young Writers
Towards website development and recordings for 'Write On Speak Out'.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,075
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tiny Fest
Towards a platform for contemporary performance artists to present new work in Ōtautahi, Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Toi Ngapuhi
Towards a series of 4 wānanga for weavers across Te Taitokerau.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $70,500
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Visesio Siasau
Towards development of new work focussed on Lapita pottery and Tongan tapa cloth with Lapita designs.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $19,500
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
