Quick Response Grant Closing date: 9 Feb 2018
A total of 96 grants worth $606,871 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists, practitioners and arts organisations in this funding round. In total 253 applications were received, with a total of $1,662,390 requested.
General arts fund: 65 projects totalling $414,415 were supported. $1,317,402 was requested by 201 applicants.
Māori arts funds: 21 projects totalling $129,686 were supported. $217,472 was requested by 33 applicants. This includes:
– 5 Toi Tipu Toi Rea Emerging Māori Artist recipients
– 2 Tohunga Tukunga Mentoring Programme recipients
Pacific arts funds: 10 projects totalling $62,770 were supported. $127,516 was requested by 19 applicants. This includes:
– 1 Moana Community Grant recipient
Funding recipients
Alarmanda Tahu
To record an EP music album of original songs composed by Alarmanda Tahu.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Alexa Wilson
Towards a solo performance accompanied by written text.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $7,250
Alex Taylor, Jake Church
To commission Alex Taylor to write a set of etudes for solo guitar.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $6,000
Alisha McLennan Marler
Towards International DanceAbility Certification in Vienna.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $7,461
Alison Teo
Towards a hardback picture book featuring illustrated stories by Joy Cowley.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $7,500
Amanda Newall
Towards research and production of new work for exhibition in London.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,400
Andrea du Chatenier
To attend a residency at the Guldagergaard Research Centre in Denmark.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $7,500
Anna Leyland
Towards a solo exhibition at Allpress Studio, Auckland.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,481
Arielle Walker
To attend the Textílsetur Residency in Iceland.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $3,831
Artspeak Gallery
Towards new work by Ruth Buchanan for Artspeak Gallery, Canada.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui 2018 Organising Committee
Towards a pop-up radio station/public art platform in the lead up to the Asian Aotearoa Artists Hui.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Biljana Popovic, Samuel Beca
To create an interactive art installation, where participants will use live-action role play.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $1,479
Bruce Connew
Towards publishing an artist book entitled ‘folded eggs’.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $5,000
CANZ
The Composers Association of New Zealand: towards attendance at the International Society for Contemporary Music 2018 World New Music Days Festival in Beijing.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $2,845
Celeste Oram, Alex Taylor
Towards a original music-theatre work to be premiered at the Darmstadt International New Music Festival 2018.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Charles Koroneho
Towards an international cultural exchange.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $7,400
Christina Wirihana
Towards raranga whariki wananga.
This content is tagged as Customary Maori arts .
AWARDED: $7,491
Christopher Blake
Towards the release of a live recording of 'Voices'.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $5,500
Dan Harris
Towards a music documentary following New Zealand musicians touring alternative art spaces throughout China.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $6,334
David Riley
Towards a book for youth about the inspirational life of the All Blacks captain, Kieran Read.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,000
Design Assembly
Towards a research trip to London Design Biennale 2018.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $5,505
Ebony Lamb
Towards Eb & Sparrow's nationwide tour of their anticipated third album 'Seeing Things'.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Evan Woodruffe
Towards new printed textile work for exhibition at Tauranga Art Gallery.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,300
Fasitua Amosa
To perform the seminal works of ground breaking Māori and Pacific poets, by Māori and Pacific stars of stage and screen.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Free Theatre Christchurch
Towards the presentation of ALICE.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Good Company Arts
To showcase digital dance-arts cinema on the facades of particular buildings in Auckland's CBD area.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $7,499
Hainamana
Towards the writers' fees, editorial and marketing costs for March 2018 - January 2019.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Hammers & Horsehair
Towards a national tour of German and Bohemian music.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $4,378
Hannah Wheeler
Towards the development and presentation of a new theatre experience for babies.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Heleen du Plessis
Towards a commission for cello and marimba by Gareth Farr.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Huia NZ Limited
To develop Legacy: a Young Adult novel written by Whiti Hereaka.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $3,500
Janet Jennings
Towards the composition of four songs for performances by the New Zealand String Quartet.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,200
Java Dance Company Ltd
Towards touring three dance theatre shows to the Shanghai Dance Festival.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $7,500
Jerome Kavanagh
To participate in an international Indigenous gathering in Indonesia.
This content is tagged as Customary Maori arts .
AWARDED: $4,100
Jill Trevelyan
Towards a research trip to Kiribati.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $3,509
John Summers
Towards a book length collection of essays and non-fiction pieces about New Zealand life and culture.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $7,116
Julia Milsom Harvie
Towards seven days of site-specific performances in Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $7,470
Kate Hursthouse
Towards a calligraphic workshop in Japan.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $5,308
Keil Caskey
To present work at the Sakai Potters' Association biennial exhibition in Osaka.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $4,500
Le Moana
Towards a two week development and rehearsal period for '1918' in preparation for a tour of Sāmoa and beyond.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Maoriland Charitable Trust
Towards hosting carvers of Te Matatoki at Māoriland Film Festival 2018.
This content is tagged as Customary Maori arts .
AWARDED: $6,118
Marco Ivancic
Towards illustrating a children's book describing Kate Sheppard's life and achievements.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,551
Margaret Aull
Towards hosting kaumatua, moteatea, and waiata tawhito workshops: Motai Tangata Rau.
This content is tagged as Customary Maori arts .
AWARDED: $5,000
Margaret Aull
To host a two day Maori visual arts wananga for Waikato-based artists.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,395
Mark Adams
Towards photographing Moriori rākau momori (dendroglyphs).
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $6,420
Matt Chamberlain
Towards the development of a play inspired by the life of a New Zealand World Champion Axeman and his mischievous son.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Maureen Mapihi Kelland
To develop the movement, music and storyline of 'WHARE' for the Kia Mau Festival 2018.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $5,875
Miramar Creative Limited
To provide short courses that focus on young people, new media and technologies and websites.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Muscle Mouth
Towards the premiere of the dance work 'System'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $7,500
Mya Morrison-Middleton, Vanessa Crofskey
To develop a contemporary theatre show by emerging practitioners for The Basement Matariki Season.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Nancy Brunning
Towards script development of a new play called Pakaru, by Mitch Tawhi Thomas.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
New Zealand Comedy Trust
To develop a programme initiative with workshops, to create a showcase of stories which focus on mental health.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $7,200
New Zealand Mosaic Art
Towards a website to further develop the mosaic movement in New Zealand and encourage participation.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $5,000
Nicole Andrews
Towards the New Zealand tour of the album titled 'A Stranger'.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $2,257
Olivia Webb
Towards participatory community artwork exploring NZ culture and identity through various music traditions present in Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $7,500
O Moana Nui Performing Arts
To develop and host Tahitian ori (dance) workshops for young people.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
AWARDED: $4,330
Opera Otago
Towards the stage production of 'Don Giovanni' by Mozart.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Ora Barlow
Towards airfares and per diems towards a cultural exchange.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,490
Oratia Media
Towards a bilingual English/Te Reo Māori children's picture book.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,500
Oratia Media
To publish a bicultural picture book.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $3,000
Orchestras Central
Towards the commission of an original work by Gareth Farr for Opus Orchestra and soloist Yoshi Tsuruta.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Otautahi Korerotia
To develop a mentoring project for Ōtautahi Kōrerotia Kaiwhakahaere facilitated by Danette Abraham-Tiatia.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $2,765
Pasifika By Nature Trust
Towards hosting the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Cultural Festival 2018: 'Celebrates 20 Years'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $7,500
Pasifika Pride Educators/Pasifika Fusion
To present a Pacific Islands youth cultural festival.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $7,000
Piksies Melody Ltd
To create and develop a full immersion te reo Māori musical.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Plumb Productions
Towards the presentation of a play about Beatrice Tinsley, a New Zealand female astronomer.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Promethean Editions Limited
Towards the publication of Douglas Lilburn's complete piano music, volumes 7 and 8.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,400
Puti Lancaster
Towards a series of wananga collecting community stories.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
RainbowYOUTH
Towards a project for the New Zealand LGBTIQ community that focusses on their experiences of the New Zealand mental health system.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $5,575
Red Scare Theatre Company
Towards the premiere of an original musical theatre work by Cassandra Tse and Bruno Shirley.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $5,274
Reuben Jelleyman
Towards the commission of a new work for music ensemble Stroma.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,000
Ruth Watson
Towards a catalogue to document the recent Geophagy exhibitions.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,100
Sandy Wakefield
To create and develop work that explores the spiritual connection between a place to stand and tupuna.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $4,379
Sarah Hudson
Towards the development of a body of new work.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,000
Saraid Cameron
Towards the presentation of a play about the divisions within modern New Zealand feminism.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Sian Ni Mhuiri, Te Rehia Theatre
Towards workshop development of a new tri-lingual theatre work.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,000
Sonya Lacey
Towards new sculptural and moving image work for an exhibition at The Dowse.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Steph Matuku
To develop a contemporary Young Adult sci-fi/fantasy novel set in New Zealand, incorporating Māori themes and mythology.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $4,000
Tai Kerekere
Towards an exhibition about Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki featuring new works by Tairāwhiti artists.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,090
Tallulah Holly-Massey
Towards a new dance theatre work for the Basement Theatre summer season 2018.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $2,770
Te Hau Winitana
Towards the development and creation of dance performances and video.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
AWARDED: $6,900
Te Rehia Theatre
Towards wānanga and workshop of a new Te Reo Māori theatre work.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Te Tira Whakaari Trust
Towards a symposium celebrating and acknowledging the stories of iwi and their engagement with Te Kooti Rikirangi.
This content is tagged as Customary Maori arts .
AWARDED: $4,890
The Modern Maori Quartet Ltd
Towards a wānanga to develop an International Market Development Plan.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $2,500
The Unity Creative
Towards the premiere of a new theatre work for children.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Tim Bray Productions
To tour Northland with a Margaret Mahy trilogy.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Todd Sheridan
Towards a collaboration between a weaver and glass artist.
This content is tagged as Customary Maori arts .
AWARDED: $7,192
Tunes of I
Towards their upcoming Australian tour as support act to Ocean Alley.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Tupe Lualua
To develop choreography for a new series of work in preparation for FESTPAC 2020.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $7,500
Turou Takitua, Jarcinda Stowers-Ama
To develop a winter series for Pacific storytellers to talanoa, and workshop Pacific storytelling in New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Multidisciplinary arts .
AWARDED: $2,800
Ura Tabu Pacific Dance
To explore the artforms of siva and puppetry through the Samoan concept of fagogo.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
AWARDED: $6,240
Visesio Siasau
To produce twelve paintings for a solo exhibition at Fresh Gallery Otara.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $5,500
Warwick Blair
Towards the composition of an orchestral work for Auckland Symphony Orchestra.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $7,500
Yona Lee and Art Gallery of New South Wales
Towards new works at Art Gallery of New South Wales.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
Zanetti Productions, Eleanor Bishop
Towards the development of an adaptation of Jane Doe which focuses on senior high school aged students.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $7,500
Ziggy Lever, Eamon Edmundson-Wells
Towards a collaborative installation project.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $7,500
