Outcomes

We support projects where high-quality New Zealand arts are developed by enabling artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations to:

• develop their artforms, the quality of their work, and their artistic skills and capabilities
• be innovative in their arts practice
• create work that excites, challenges, inspires and resonates with audiences.

We support projects where New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations can:

• develop their practice in relation to the international arts environment, including through cultural and artistic exchange
• develop international markets and audiences to expand their reach onto the world stage, and improve their financial sustainability
• promote New Zealand and its arts to international audiences

We support projects that broaden the opportunities for all New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts, including by:

• ensuring access to a diverse range of arts experiences
• investing to engage under-served communities.

We support projects that allow New Zealanders to have as many opportunities as possible to participate in the arts, including to:

• express themselves artistically
• celebrate, practise, transmit and develop their diverse artistic traditions and cultural heritage
• develop links between communities.

We support projects that build the resilience of the arts sector so it can adapt to challenges and embrace opportunities, while recognising the ways in which our country and the needs of its people are changing.

For instance, projects which encourage the development of:

• individual artists and arts practitioners through improving their artistic quality, their ability to be innovative and/or share best practice with international peers, so that they can reach their potential and achieve their goals
• arts organisations through improving their artistic quality, organisational effectiveness, and financial health
• New Zealand’s arts infrastructure, arts communities and audiences.

For instance, projects that allow artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations to actively investigate new ways of working and take artistic risks. Innovation may exist in the:

• form of the work
• process of creating the work
• way the work is presented
• ways the work engages with its audience
• way in which skills and techniques are passed on.

For instance, capability building projects that allow artists, arts practitioners, arts organisations, groups and collectives to:

• develop professional skills that support their careers and their organisation
• grow national and international audiences for their work
• develop diverse sources of support
• develop skills and knowledge to ensure their artwork and practice is relevant to New Zealanders and international audiences.

For instance, projects that:

• remove barriers to access for audiences across New Zealand
• celebrate the arts of diverse cultures within New Zealand.