Arts Grants Closing date: 31 Aug 2018
Arts Grants help New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations to create and distribute their work. Decisions take 9 weeks and typically one in four applications get funded.
100 grants worth $2,987,449 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists, practitioners and arts organisations in this funding round. 288 applications were received, with a total of $9,565,071 requested.
Funding recipients
Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi
Towards the first career survey of Edith Amituanai's photographic practice.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $15,677
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Alana Lopesi
To participate and present new Pacific work in the large-scale exhibition, 'Transits and Returns' at Vancouver Art Gallery.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $31,105
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Alexa Wilson
Towards New Zealand Experimental Dance Week 2019 in Auckland.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $22,650
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Alien Weaponry
Towards a tour throughout Japan in March 2019.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $18,922
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
ATE
To design, print and distribute the first edition of ATE, an annual peer-reviewed journal on Māori art.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $28,455
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Auckland Chamber Orchestra
To present three composer portrait concerts in 2019.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $33,490
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Awekura Productions Ltd
Towards a community-based wananga programme teaching Maori heritage and weaponry arts.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $62,380
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Ben Bergman
Towards the catalogue publication costs for exhibition: Andy Leleisi'uao Survey Show (1996 - 2018), Pah Homestead.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $2,500
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Blue Smoke Records, Mike Gibson
Towards recording new interpretations of the music of Pixie Williams & mark the 70th year anniversary of the release of the song ‘Blue Smoke'.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $25,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Blumhardt Foundation
Towards trialling fora in 2019 that develop leadership and resilience in the craft/object art sector.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $13,400
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Brett Graham
Towards the production costs for new work contributing to a solo exhibtion presented by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $51,575
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Bridget Douglas, Alistair Fraser
To commission five new works for ngā taonga pūoro and western flutes by John Psathas, Gareth Farr, Rosie Langabeer, Briar Prastiti and Josiah Carr.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $37,700
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
CANZ
The Composers Association of New Zealand: towards the 2019 national composition workshop event for emerging composers in Nelson.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $15,593
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Ceramics Association of New Zealand Incorporated
Towards an education programme with the 2018 Portage Ceramics Awards judge, Bari Ziperstein, facilitated by Ceramics NZ.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $3,724
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Christina Jeffery
Towards 'Dawn Raid': an exhibition exploring New Zealand immigration policy in the 1970s, and the political activism of the Polynesian Panthers.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $38,471
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Dominic Hoey
Towards writing a new novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
Towards a literary festival that combines national and international talent in a multi-genre programme.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Eddie Clemens
Towards a project investigating a nexus of connections between Konrad Zuse and Tu'i Malila.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $17,326
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
FAFSWAG Arts Collective
Towards 'Code Switch', a group exhibition by FAFSWAG Arts Collective at MTG Hawke's Bay - Museum Theatre Gallery.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $13,874
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
FHK Productions
Towards the development of a choreographed performance-installation opening of a three part inter-arts work.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $27,758
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Foster Group
Towards touring ORCHIDS to Wellington and Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $64,304
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Gisborne International Music Competition
Towards professional development opportunities for participants in the 2018 Gisborne International Music Competition.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $9,035
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Glenn Colquhoun
Towards the recording of new poems in Te Reo Māori and english.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $37,950
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Hapai Productions
Towards the premiere season of 'Pakaru', a new play by Mitch Tawhi Thomas.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $60,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival T/A Creative Hastings
Towards a multidisciplinary arts festival featuring high-quality New Zealand and international work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $45,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Hokotehi Moriori Trust
Towards a carving wānanga on Rēkohu with a focus on Moriori heritage arts.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $46,500
FUNDING POOL: Toi Ake Fund
Honolulu Biennial Foundation
Towards the presentation of New Zealand artists' work at Honolulu Biennial 2019.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $64,637
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Hopkinson Mossman
Towards a monograph on the work of Fiona Connor.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
In*ter*is*land Collective
Towards an eight-month residency at Raven Row in central London to support and produce high quality, Pacific Art.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $55,716
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jacqueline Fraser
Towards a period of 12 months creating new work.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $65,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jake Baxendale
To 'The Jac' towards recording a new album inspired by The Jac/Black String (Korea) collaboration.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $16,804
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jake Mein
To participate in Parallel European Based Photo Platform and to create a body of work in the Buller District.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,316
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jess Johnson
Towards the three month, collaborative Technology Residency at Pioneer Works, New York.
This content is tagged as Inter-arts .
AWARDED: $18,440
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Johnson Witehira
Towards an artist residency at Banff for Arts and Creativity.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,650
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
John Williams
Towards a one month artists residency at Kriti Gallery, Varanasi, India.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,208
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Joseph Michael
Towards a 3-D mapping artwork of significant New Zealand trees.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $28,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Julia Croft
Towards the creation and presentation of a new theatre work titled 'Working On My Night Moves'.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $43,733
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Julia Milsom Harvie, Stuart Lloyd-Harris
Towards the premiere of a full-length interactive dance work at the Arts Centre of Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $35,990
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Jumpboard Productions
Towards the development of multidisciplinary production, 'Night of the Living Dead'.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $29,430
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kate Evans
Towards writing a creative non-fiction 'biography' telling the story of the feijoa's origins, expansion, and the people obsessed with it.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $16,124
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kautahi Rau Pukapuka Trust
Towards translation, quality assurance, editing and proofing of Paula Morris's RANGATIRA as part of the 100 books in Te Reo Project.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $34,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Kingston Productions
To research and write the first draft of 'Kelemutu He Fonua - Blood of the Land', a theatre work based on Niue Island's involvement in World War 1.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $27,682
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Towards the first survey exhibition in Europe of the work of Judy MIllar.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $52,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Le Moana
To support the Measina Festival 2018: showcasing contemporary Pacific dance and theatre in Wellington.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $14,816
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Lisa Walker
Towards shipping and travel costs for touring a survey exhibition internationally.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $14,664
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Louise Potiki Bryant
Towards the development of 'Blood Water Earth': a video installation and solo dance performance for Auckland Arts Festival 2019.
This content is tagged as Inter-arts .
AWARDED: $11,721
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
LUX Light Festival
To develop a video work blending moving image arts, engineering and complex projection technology.
This content is tagged as Inter-arts .
AWARDED: $60,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Maisey Rika Music Ltd
Towards the travel and production costs of a collaborative, Māori music and visual arts performance show touring in Tahiti.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $49,143
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
MAU Foundation
Towards the creation of the new full-length theatre work titled سدقلا† Jerusalem.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $65,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
MAU Foundation
Towards the world premiere of سدقل†† Jerusalem at Carriageworks Sydney.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $15,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Michael Bennett
To research, write and develop an adult fiction novel about Māori in post-colonial Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $34,500
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Michael Steven
For the Todd New Writers Bursary to write a new collection of poetry.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $21,300
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Miria George
Towards the works programme and production costs of Kia Mau Festival 2019: a multi-artform, multicultural event in the Wellington region.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $64,575
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Movement Of The Human
Towards curating and developing a season of dance for the Auckland Fringe Festival at the Auckland Concert Chamber.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $64,760
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Mudra Dance Company
To present 'Shakti: The Universal Force' in celebration of Vivek Kinra’s 30 years of performing and producing in New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $20,470
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Murihiku Maori and Pasifika Cultural Trust
Towards a performance arts and writing workshop programme for Pasifika youth and communities in the Southland region.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $64,900
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Murray Edmond
Towards the first draft of a work on manifestations of cultural revolt in Auckland during the 1960s.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $14,625
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Nelson Arts Festival
Towards the pan-arts festival programme for the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $60,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Ngati Haua Iwi Trust
Towards a Ngāti Hauā toi development programme focussing on marae tikanga and customary Māori arts.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $36,665
FUNDING POOL: Toi Ake Fund
Nick Bollinger
Towards researching and writing a book chronicling the growth of the counterculture in New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $52,115
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Oranui Press
Towards the fourth publication of Māori literary journal, Ora Nui.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Peppercorn Press
Towards publication of New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, the only journal dedicated to reviewing New Zealand books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $34,900
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
PhotoForum
Towards editorial costs for the publication of reviews, interviews and curated on-line exhibitions on the PhotoForum website.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Play It Strange Trust
Towards the recording of original songs by young people.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Prima Volta Charitable Trust
Towards #operaclass 2019, an educational outreach programme bringing opera to young people and young people to opera.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $20,150
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Puti Lancaster, Owen McCarthy
Towards a new body of performance art works that explores the concept of family.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $64,688
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Rachael Rakena
To participate in and develop new work at international indigenous residency programme, The Space Between Us hosted in Banff, Canada.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,474
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
RM Gallery and Project Office
Towards a programme of exhibitions and events for New Zealand artists and art writers.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $50,457
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
samesame but different LGBTQI Writers Festival
Towards a four-day festival celebrating LGBTQI writers of Aoteroa.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $12,340
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Sarena Close
Towards a debut album of original songs.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $14,500
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
SaVAge K'Lub
Towards development costs of new work for Honolulu Biennial 2019.
This content is tagged as Inter-arts .
AWARDED: $37,796
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Sistema Aotearoa
Towards preparation for 'Playing for Pasifika' events in March 2019.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Sriwhana Spong
Towards production costs for a new moving-image work being made for Spike Island and ST PAUL ST Gallery.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $12,477
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Starling
Towards editorial costs and contributor payments for Issues 7 & 8 of Starling.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $8,600
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Stroma New Music Ensemble
Towards a series of new music concerts in Wellington.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $23,430
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Tairawhiti Arts Festival
Towards the costs of the New Zealand works programme for Tairāwhiti Arts Festival 2019.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $65,000
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Takahe Collective Trust
To publish issues 94, 95, and 96 of Takahē literary and art magazine.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $13,400
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Te Rehia Theatre
Towards the presentation of ASTROMAN by Albert Belz in partnership with Auckland Theatre Company and Auckland Arts Festival.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $65,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Teresa Patterson, Lani Purkis, Cushla Aston
Towards a new festival celebrating international women's day 2019 in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $47,062
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Theatreview
Towards the Managing Editor, Associate Editor, Webmaster and website overheads.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $28,389
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
The Dowse Art Museum
Towards a catalogue underpinning the practice of the late Guy Ngan, linking exhibitions at The Dowse and Artspace New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $10,700
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
The National
To bring Munich artist Peter Bauhuis to New Zealand to teach and deliver talks.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $10,885
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Therese Lloyd
Towards compiling an anthology of New Zealand poetry about New Zealand art.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $16,450
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Toitoi Media LImited
Towards publishing a journal of writing and art by young New Zealanders.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $6,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Tumarangai Sciascia
To create and develop new works by 12 Māori visual artists for 'Te Ihorei', an exhibition coinciding with Te Matatini 2019.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $9,750
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
Tupe Lualua
Towards rehearsal and performance costs of 'Shel We' by Tupua Tigāfua for the Measina Festival 2018.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $27,574
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Tyne Gordon
Towards new work for solo exhibition at The Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki, Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $8,272
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Unitec Institute of Technology
Towards a creative arts and cultural immersion programme for young people to establish a community arts park in Mangere, South Auckland.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $49,992
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
University of Canterbury
Towards the Artist in Residence Programme 2019 at Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $18,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
University of Canterbury
Towards the Ursula Bethell residency for Aotearoa New Zealand writers at the University of Canterbury.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Vanessa Immink
To tour theatre work, 'Talofa Papa' at Fringe World, Adelaide Fringe and Basement Theatre in Auckland in 2019.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $34,925
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Venture Southland
To present a programme of New Zealand works at Southland Arts Festival 2019.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $43,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Victoria McIntosh, Kelly McDonald
Towards new work to be shown at Radiant Pavilion.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $9,955
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Virginia Leonard
Towards participating in a public panel discussion and group exhibition at NCECA and The University of Iowa, USA.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $18,140
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust
To implement new community engagement initiatives for young people in the first half of 2019.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Visesio Siasau
Towards an artist residency and exhibition of contemporary Tongan and Māori art at multiple arts venues in New York.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $8,071
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Towards a publication to complement a major exhibition of art by Michael Shepherd.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,000
FUNDING POOL: General Arts Fund
WAITI Productions Ltd
To present 'I Ain't Mad At Cha' by Turene Jones at the Kia Mau Indigenous Festival, Pōneke 2019.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $37,190
FUNDING POOL: Māori Arts Fund
West Auckland Kiribati Association
Towards teaching and learning Banaban customary dance arts for the 40th anniversary Kiribati Independence Day 2019 festivities.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
Yuki Kihara
Towards the production costs for the first iteration of new work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $65,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific Arts Fund
