Outcomes

Your project or programme of activities must achieve at least one of our Strategic outcomes, which are:

High-quality New Zealand art is developed

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.

New Zealand arts gain international success

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

New Zealanders experience high-quality arts

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.

New Zealanders participate in the arts

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.

New Zealand's arts sector is resilient

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.

Your project or programme of activities must achieve one, or more, of the programme’s purposes, which are:

Development of arts practice

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.

Innovation in New Zealand arts

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.

More sustainable careers for artists, arts practitioners, arts organisations, groups and collectives

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.

Opportunities for diverse communities to access and participate in high-quality arts experiences

For instance, projects that:

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

This is a five-year strategy with four focus areas. If you feel your project will achieve one of the Strategy's outcomes you should include a statement about it in your application.

Advance ngā toi Māori practice development

More opportunities for Māori artists to develop their arts practice, skills and progress their careers in Aotearoa and internationally.

Increase public engagement with ngā toi Māori

More opportunities for New Zealanders to access and experience ngā toi Māori in communities and regions across Aotearoa

Build a stronger sector to advance ngā toi Māori aspirations

The arts sector champions ngā toi Māori and mātauranga Māori.

Working collaboratively with others to strengthen ngā toi Māori

Partnering with Crown and cultural agencies to strengthen Māori artists and arts.

Click here to read the full strategy: Te Hā o ngā Toi – Māori Arts Strategy 2019 – 2024

This is a five-year strategy with four focus areas. If you feel your project will achieve one of the Strategy's outcomes you should include a statement about it in your application.

Tagata

Pasifika artists and arts practitioners are resourced to develop their practice and deliver outstanding work

Moana

Meaningful connections are made, across Aotearoa, Oceania and globally, to ensure that Pacific arts are further enriched

Vaka

Pacific arts groups, collectives and organisations are supported to help lead and grow Pacific arts in Aotearoa

Va

An innovative and networked Pacific arts environment exists so that Pacific arts are strengthened for future success

Click here to read the full strategy: The Pacific Arts Strategy 2018 – 2023