New Work and Pil Lamps by award winning designer-artist Tim Wigmore. Both works exhibited at the Salone Satellite in Milan April 2010. Photo: Capture Studios
 

A special Auckland Arts Festival commission, Douglas Wright's 11th full-length work, rapt, was performed on The Civic stage by a company featuring some of New Zealand's finest international dancers.|Visit the Douglas Wright website

David Cross, Hold, performance/installation, Performance Space, Sydney as part of Liveworks 2010. Photo: Alex Davies|Read about Inter-arts

Winners of the 2011 Prime Minister’s Awards For Literary Achievement: James Belich (non-fiction), Dame Fiona Kidman (fiction) and Peter Bland (poetry)

Māori Visual Arts student Karangawai Marsh is a 2011 Te Waka Toi Scholarship recipient. “Ngā Pou Kōrero” (The Speaking Posts), Dowels, cable ties, fluorescent lights.

Stills from S J Ramir's film Cold Clay, Emptiness. The film has screened in international festivals, including the Venice Biennale

Arts on Tour New Zealand (AOTNZ) organises tours of outstanding New Zealand performers to rural and smaller centres in New Zealand.

Voices of Our Ancestors Tour, held at the Fiona Pardington exhibition, Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Photo credit Nick Holmes.

Michel Tuffery – Sydney Festival. Photo: Mick Richards, Brisbane. |More on international opportunities

Salon, a special commission for ERUPT Lake Taupo Arts Festival Trust, was created and performed by Site-Specific. The show was set and staged in a real hair salon with audiences of 15 per show

Awhi Tapu, by Taki Rua Productions - New Zealand’s national Māori theatre company. Performers: Kura Forrester, James Tito, Tola Newbery, Matariki Whatarau. Photo credit: Philip Merry.

Michael Parekowhai - He Kōrero Purākau mo Te Awanui o Te Motu: story of a New Zealand river, 2011. Wood, brass, automotive paint, mother of pearl, paua, upholstery. Two pieces: 1030 x 2750 x 1750mm, 855 x 460 x 410mm. Credit: Michael Hall.|Visit the Venice Biennale website