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Biennale Artist Awarded New York Residency
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 Judy Millar, one of the New Zealand artists currently exhibiting at the 2009 Venice Biennale, has been awarded the Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Re... View attachments to story
Te Waka Toi/Creative New Zealand Indigenous Residency Program: Larry McNeil
Friday, 16 October 2009 Larry McNeil, Northern Tlingit artist from Alaska and recent recipient of the Te Waka Toi/Creative New Zealand - Longhouse Artist Resid... View attachments to story
Call for applications for Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Monday, 12 October 2009 Creative New Zealand is once again offering a residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany in 2010/11. The residency is for a period of ... View attachments to story
"I love the Islands" Samoa Relief Concert
Tuesday, 6 October 2009 After the tragic events in Samoa last week, a group of top New Zealand entertainers have rallied together for a massive benefit concert on Monday 19th... View attachments to story
Call for entries for the Festival de Mexico: animated films
Tuesday, 29 September 2009 Entries are invited for competition in the animated film section of the Festival de México (Mexico City Festival), one of the most dynamic and creativ... View attachments to story
Call for applications for Taipei Artist’s Residency
Thursday, 24 September 2009 A residency opportunity of up to three months in Taipei for a New Zealand contemporary arts professional is being offered by the Asia New Zealand Foun... View attachments to story
Call for applications: Performing Artist Residency in Beijing
Thursday, 10 September 2009 A residency opportunity of two months in Beijing for a performing arts professional is being offered by the Asia New Zealand Foundation. Beijing is a... View attachments to story
Call for applications open - artist residency in China
Thursday, 10 September 2009 A residency opportunity of two months in Beijing for an arts professional is being offered by the Asia New Zealand Foundation with support from Creati... View attachments to story
Final Call for New Zealand Entries: Aesthetica Creative Works Competition
Thursday, 27 August 2009 The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is internationally recognised for identifying exceptional artists and writers and bringing them to internati... View attachments to story
Black Grace to Tour Switzerland and Germany, Neil Ieremia awarded Arts Fellowship in Canada
Friday, 21 August 2009 Neil Ieremia’s internationally acclaimed Dance Company Black Grace has been invited to tour Switzerland and Germany during the month of October 2009. ... View attachments to story
From the old world to the new – Ex-pat Kiwis bring their celebrated show home
Thursday, 20 August 2009 The Pioneers’ New Zealand tour – 23 July – 4 September 2009   Ex-pat Kiwis The Pioneers have wowed audiences in Britain with their multi media ... View attachments to story
Toa Fraser awarded Pacific Writer's Residency for Robert Louis Stevenson film
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 Celebrated Fijian New Zealand filmmaker and playwright Toa Fraser has been selected as this year's recipient of the three month Fulbright-Creative New... View attachments to story
Call for applications to Global Artist Workshop Program 2009, India
Tuesday, 18 August 2009 GLOBAL ARTIST WORKSHOP PROGRAM ’09 (GAWP ’09) is a 3-month long residential workshop open to performance artists/students from around the world who ... View attachments to story
Prize takes Darcy Lange exhibition to Europe as video pioneer’s reputation grows
Thursday, 13 August 2009 Pioneering New Zealand video artist Darcy Lange gains a new European audience next week – thanks to a prize-winning bid by the Govett-Brewster Art Gal... View attachments to story
Tom di Maria to talk at Te Papa
Wednesday, 12 August 2009 This free event at Te Papa is open to the public. It will be held from 11am to 1pm on Tuesday 25 August.   Tom di Maria, Director of the Creati... View attachments to story
Stars line up for opera on a grand scale
Wednesday, 12 August 2009 New Zealand soprano Anna Leese. Anna will be starring in the NBR New Zealand Opera’s Genesis Energy season of Eugene Onegin.   New Zealand sopr... View attachments to story
UPDATE - Call for entry to Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 The 7th edition of the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti, the largest crossroads of the pictures of the Pacific, will take pla... Read More
Call for applications to Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency, New York
Wednesday, 5 August 2009 Creative New Zealand is offering a residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, USA in 2010. The residency is fo... View attachments to story
Exciting new theatre opportunity in Beijing
Monday, 3 August 2009 The Asia New Zealand Foundation Beijing residency is now available for a professional or experienced/skilled New Zealand playwright, director or theat... View attachments to story
ethKnowcentrix - Museums Inside the Artist running 10 Sep - 10 Oct 2009
Monday, 20 July 2009 Shigeyuki Kihara - George Nuku - Rosanna Raymond - Lisa Reihana   The first exhibition of its kind in London, ethKnowcentrix - Museums Inside t... View attachments to story
Updated coverage on New Zealand's Venice Biennale representation
Monday, 20 July 2009 The streets of Venice rang with the unlikely sounds of a kapa haka performance announcing New Zealand's presence at the world's oldest contemporary ar... Read More
Call for New Zealand applications to the 9th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM)
Thursday, 16 July 2009 The 9th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) will be held in Adelaide from 22-26 February 2010 to coincide with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts... View attachments to story
Tribute to Dr Seddon Bennington
Thursday, 16 July 2009 It is with great sadness that Creative New Zealand acknowledges the passing of Te Papa Chief Executive, Dr Seddon Bennington. His contribution and ent... View attachments to story
NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS CONNECT CREATIVELY IN A WORLDWIDE CELEBRATION OF INDIGENOUS ART
Monday, 13 July 2009   For ten days in August, eight New Zealanders will be participating as part of the Canadian Planet IndigenUs Festival - the world’s largest and... View attachments to story
Call for applications for Asia:NZ/Platform China Artist’s Residency
Wednesday, 1 July 2009 A residency opportunity of two months in Beijing for a young (35 and under) arts professional is being offered by the Asia New Zealand Foundation. ... View attachments to story
Residency Opportunity at the National Art Studio, Korea
Friday, 19 June 2009 The National Art Studio, run by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, is now accepting applications for their Asia Pacific Artists Fellowshi... View attachments to story
BLACKSPOT New Zealand Premiere: WETA brothers bring home international award winning film
Friday, 19 June 2009 WETA Workshop artist Ben Hawker is bringing his award winning feature film BLACKSPOT to Wellington’s Embassy Theatre on 15th July for a New Zealand pr... View attachments to story
Call for Presentations: performing arts conference
Thursday, 18 June 2009 International Conference "Performing Arts Training Today" October 28-31, 2009 Leibnitz, Austria The conference is open to performers from all ov... View attachments to story
Applications for WOMEX and AWME closes THIS WEEK
Thursday, 11 June 2009 The World Music Expo 09 (WOMEX) and the 2009 Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) are the two major world music expos currently targeted by Creative N... View attachments to story
Call for entries to the Asian Festival of 1st Films 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009

The Asian Festival of First Films is the world's premiere Film and Documentary Festival for first time filmmakers of Asia - Pacific origin.

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New Zealand short films successful at Cannes
Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Two New Zealand short films screened in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival this year, with The Six Dollar Fifty Man, directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, being awarded a Special Distinction.

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Janet Lilo in Japan
Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Auckland video artist Janet Lilo is the latest New Zealander chosen to be a resident artist in Sapporo, Japan, under the JENESYS residency programme.
In her first video blog, she talks about dust masks, the playground, the S-Air programme, her flat & introduces the other artists she is working with.

You can check out her video blog here.

 

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Auckland Writers & Readers Festival in the New Yorker
Monday, 25 May 2009

The 2009 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival was recently featured in the New Yorker Magazine. Reporter Judith Thurman was welcomed to New Zealand and the Festival.

Here is a link to the article she wrote, describing the experience.

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World Music Expo and Australasian World Music Expo applications open
Wednesday, 20 May 2009

The World Music Expo 09 (WOMEX)and the 2009 Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) are the two major world music expos currently targeted by Creative New Zealand under our International Strategy.

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Pacific contemporary performing artists invited to apply for Samoan residency
Monday, 18 May 2009

The Pacific Arts Committee of Creative New Zealand, in partnership with The National University of Samoa, is calling for applications from artists to undertake a residency at The National University of Samoa in Apia, Samoa.

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North Shore author granted international residency in Iowa
Thursday, 14 May 2009 Children’s author Kathy White has been awarded a three-month residency by Creative New Zealand to participate in the 2009 International Writers progra... View attachments to story
Applications for APAM Spotlights, Searchlights and delegates open
Tuesday, 12 May 2009

The 9th Australian Performing Arts Market APAM will be held in Adelaide 22-26 February 2010 to coincide with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts and the Adelaide Fringe.
Creative New Zealand is delighted to announce that in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts, we will be supporting a co-ordinated New Zealand presence.

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Opening events for New Zealand's participation in the Venice Biennale
Tuesday, 12 May 2009

 

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New Zealand artists on show in Paris
Monday, 4 May 2009

An exhibition at the Galerie Impaire in Paris, featuring the work of thirteen New Zealand artists and photographers, is causing a stir among the city’s "art brut" (self-taught art/outsider art) community.

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SIPF funded film in Cannes Film Festival
Friday, 1 May 2009

'Lars og Peter', a short film funded under the old Screen Innovation Production Fund, has been accepted into the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival.

 

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Photo Competition: Pacific Island Heritage in Focus
Friday, 1 May 2009

Amateur photographers are invited to submit up to three photos in the Pacific Island Heritage in Focus international photo contest. Entries will be formally displayed and shots that best represent the theme will be published in a Pacific Island Heritage 2010 Calendar. The contest is part of the Pacific Island Archaeology in the 21st Century: Relevance and Engagement conference to be held in Palau from July 1-3, 2009.

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VENICE BIENNALE WORKS TO COME HOME TO NEW ZEALAND
Monday, 27 April 2009

NZ entries in the 2009 Venice Biennale are coming back to New Zealand next year to be exhibited at Te Papa.

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Sara Hughes opens her show at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien
Friday, 17 April 2009

Visual artist Sara Hughes, the recipient of the 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, opened her exhibition Feedback Runaway at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien.

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Its the business end - 2009 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
Tuesday, 14 April 2009

They’re coming from Karachi, Berlin, New York, Sydney, Edinburgh, Wellington, Baltimore, Washington, London, Levin, Melbourne, Timaru and just up the road: the 2009 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival is set to go off with a global bang from 13 to 17 May.

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Maori story teller Joe Harawira performing in New York in April
Thursday, 9 April 2009

Renowned story teller and Encounter Ritual Expert Joe Harawira, has been
invited to perform at the American Natural History Museum in New York.

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Call for entries to 7th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival, Tahiti
Friday, 27 March 2009

The 7th Pacific International Documentary Film Festival is calling for entries to its 2010 edition.

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Call for entry to Hamburg Animation Awards
Thursday, 26 March 2009

The Hamburg Animation Awards is inviting animators from New Zealand to enter their work for the 6th Hamburg Animation Awards to be held on 25 June 2009.

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New Zealand Musicians in legendary Washington concert series
Monday, 23 March 2009

The New Zealand String Quartet is in Washington, DC this week for a performance in the legendary Library of Congress series on Friday.

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Visual artist Sara Hughes exhibition opening in Berlin
Friday, 20 March 2009

Visual artist Sara Hughes, the recipient of the 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, has an exhibition opening at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien on Thursday 26th of March 2009.


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Venue confirmed for New Zealand Venice Biennale artist
Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Judy Millar, one of the two New Zealand artists exhibiting at the prestigious 53rd Venice Biennale, has secured a new venue at La Maddalena church.

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New Zealand’s Mo Zhi Hong takes Best First Book Prize in regional competition
Thursday, 12 March 2009

New Zealand’s Mo Zhi Hong takes Best First Book Prize for South East Asia and the South Pacific in the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2009

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Deadline Approaching for Applications for Te Waka Toi Scholarships
Tuesday, 10 March 2009

If you are a post-secondary Mäori student studying in the arts then Te Waka Toi want to hear from you by the end of March 2009

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Te Uhi Ta Moko Artists back again at the WOMAD Festival
Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Te Uhi a Mataora – Toi Maori Aotearoa, a collective of the country’s top Maori Ta Moko Artists, to display their talent and skills at this years WOMAD festival

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Spotlight on Pasifika at Artstation
Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Artstation’s exhibition Language People will share stories from the Pacific culture as part of Celebrate Pasifika this month. The mixed media exhibition explores the nature of verbal and visual language through painting, video installation and cartooning.

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Contemporary Pacific Art Exhibition Showcases in Taiwan
Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Le Folauga: the past coming forward is the first contemporary Pacific art exhibition from Aotearoa/New Zealand to be shown in a major fine arts museum in Asia. Opening at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan on 13 December 2008, the exhibition will run through until 5 April 2009

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Call for applications to Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency in Hawaii
Tuesday, 3 March 2009

New Zealand-based Pacific writers wishing to work on a project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history are invited to apply to the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency. The residency will run for three months from mid August 2009 at the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii

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Asian residency opportunities for emerging arts professionals
Monday, 2 March 2009

A residency opportunity of up to two months for young professionals in artistic/creative fields including video, film, visual art or computer music is being offered as part of the JENESYS Programme, administered by the Japan Foundation in partnership with the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

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Change of venue for Judy Millar's Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
Friday, 27 February 2009

Two new potential venues are being explored for New Zealand artist Judy Millar's exhibition at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

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Pacific performance works hit Auckland Fringe
Friday, 27 February 2009

Performance works from Pacific artists will bring a vibrant vibe to the Galatos stage this Friday, for the opening night of the Auckland Fringe Festival

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Three New Zealand writers included on shortlists for 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book and Best First Book
Monday, 23 February 2009

The shortlists for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book and Best First Book were announced on the 18 February in London. Three New Zealand writers are amongst those shortlisted

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Papua New Guinea artist chosen for inaugural residency
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Jeffry Feeger has been announced as the successful recipient of the inaugural Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust and Pacific Cooperation Foundation Artist Residency 2009

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Susanne Linke - Masterclass and Forum
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Legendary choreographer and soloist Susanne Linke is performing in the Auckland Festival in March. The Goethe Institut, Auckland Festival, DANZ and TAPAC are providing two more opportunities with her in Auckland.
 

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The Ranamok Glass Prize calls for entries
Thursday, 12 February 2009

Encouraging creativity, skill and innovation in contemporary glass.

Visit www.ranamok.com or call 8248 1267 for entry forms and further information.

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2009 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
Wednesday, 4 February 2009

They’re coming from Karachi, Berlin, New York, Sydney, Edinburgh, Wellington, Baltimore, Washington, London, Levin, Melbourne, Timaru and just up the road: the 2009 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival is set to go off with a global bang from 13 to 17 May 2009

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New Zealand venues chosen for prestigious Venice Biennale
Thursday, 18 December 2008

Creative New Zealand has secured venues for the New Zealand exhibitions at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

 

Painter Judy Millar’s large scale installation will herald the re-opening after 30 years of the regal Sant’ Antonin church and sculptor Francis Upritchard’s will be housed in the exquisite Fondazione Claudio Buziol on one of the main walking routes from Venice’s busy train station. 

 

 

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Raewyn Hill to appear at the Asia Pacific Dance Platform, Hong Kong Arts Festival 2009
Thursday, 6 November 2008

New Zealand choreographer, Raewyn Hill, will premiere a new contemporary dance work in the inaugural Asia Pacific Dance Platform, as a part of the 37th Hong Kong Arts Festival in February 2009.

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Toi Māori Celebrated In San Francisco
Monday, 13 October 2008

San Francisco residents who visited the Toi Māori exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco this past weekend (10 - 12 October) had not forgotten the iconic image of the Māori waka sailing under Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in 2005 with Māori Art Meets America.

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Te Uhi Tā Moko Artists to attend the 4th International Tattoo Convention in London
Wednesday, 17 September 2008

Te Uhi a Mataora, a collective of Tā Moko Artists from Toi Māori, headed by renowned artist's Derek Lardelli and Mark Kopua, are sending two members of his art form team to attend the 4th International Tattoo Convention in London. This will be held on the 26-28 September 2008.

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Sara Hughes awarded Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency 2008/09
Sunday, 10 August 2008

New Zealand artist Sara Hughes is the recipient of the 2008/09 Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. The biennial 12-month residency provides an opportunity for visual artists to work on their approved project, gain professional development, build international networks and generally increase awareness of New Zealand visual arts.

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New Zealand at WOMEX 2008 : expressions of interest
Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Creative New Zealand, in association with NZMC (New Zealand Music Commission), is supporting a presence at the World Music Expo in Seville, Spain in 2008.

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Celebrated Auckland and Christchurch Artists Chosen for 2009 Venice Biennale
Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Two New Zealand artists - Judy Millar from Auckland and Francis Upritchard from Christchurch - will represent New Zealand in a six month exhibition at the 2009 Venice Biennale - widely recognised as the most significant event on the international visual arts calendar.

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Creative New Zealand announces delegation to attend 10th Festival of Pacific Arts
Thursday, 15 May 2008

Creative New Zealand has selected a combination of accomplished and emerging artists from within the Māori and New Zealand based Pacific communities to attend the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in Pago Pago, American Samoa in July 2008.

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June Grant selected for artist's residency in America
Friday, 8 February 2008

Rotorua artist, June Grant (Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhourangi, Ngati Whaio) has been selected to undertake a two and a half month artist's residency at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

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Last days for Venice Biennale 2009 entries
Monday, 4 February 2008

Creative New Zealand is reminding artists and curators that they have just over one week to prepare and send in their expressions of interest for the Venice Biennale, 2009.

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