Three-month residencies for Pasifika artists or practitioners. Delivered in partnership with Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Pātaka Art + Museum and Fulbright New Zealand, three Pacific Arts residencies are on offer in 2025.
Amount
Varies
Artforms
On this page:
- Aniva Arts Residency - Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (Ngamotu/New Plymouth)
- Aniva Arts Residency - Pātaka Art + Museum (Wellington)
- Fulbright - Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency (Hawai’i)
Aniva Arts Residency - Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (Ngamotu/New Plymouth)
A new partnership between Creative New Zealand Pacific Arts Strategy and Govett Brewster Art Gallery. This is a three-month residency for a Pasifika artist or practitioner who identifies as LGBTQIA+ or MVPFAFF+ in Pasifika communities. The residency embraces the rich diversity and innovation in the Pacific arts community.
What's offered
$25,000 towards research, creating a new body of work or artistic collaborations.
Who can apply
To apply you need to:
- be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident based in New Zealand
- be an artist of Pacific Islands heritage who identifies as LGBTQIA+/MVPFAF+
- have proven artistic experience in any artform or genre
If you are in default of any Creative New Zealand funding you cannot apply.
How to apply
Applications are open between 7 February to 17 March.
Visit the Govett Brewster website for more details and to apply
Aniva Arts Residency - Pātaka Art + Museum (Wellington)
A partnership between Creative New Zealand Pacific Arts Strategy and Pātaka Art + Museum. This is a three-month residency for a Pasifika artist or practitioner who identifies as LGBTQiA+ or MVPFAFF+ in Pasifika communities. The residency embraces the rich diversity and innovation in the Pacific arts community.
What's offered
$25,000 towards research, creating a new body of work or artistic collaborations.
Who can apply
To apply you need to:
- be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident based in New Zealand
- be an artist of Pacific Islands heritage who identifies as LGBTQIA+/MVPFAF+
- have proven artistic experience in any artform or genre
If you are in default of any Creative New Zealand funding you cannot apply.
How to apply
Applications are open between 7 February to 17 March.
Visit the Pātaka Art + Museum website for more details and to apply
Fulbright - Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency (Hawai’i)
Creative New Zealand offers this annual residency in partnership with Fulbright New Zealand. It enables a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to work on a project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history. The three-month residency is based at the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii. The residency embraces the rich diversity and innovation in the Pacific arts community.
What's offered
$33,000 towards a project in any area of literary arts.
Who can apply
To apply you need to:
- be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
- be an established New Zealand writer of Pacific Islands heritage whose work explores Pasifika identity, culture or history
- have achieved successful public presentations or publications of at least three high-quality artworks, productions, or programmes in an area of writing including in Theatre, Literature and Screen
- have endorsement and support for your work from at least two recognised peers or experts in your area of arts practice, or be critically acclaimed
- have had your work presented or published nationally or internationally
- have been invited to major writer events or arts festivals in NZ and internationally
- have a specific project to work on during the residency
- be able to present and engage professionally and with mana to overseas contacts and representatives.
Visit the Fulbright New Zealand website for full eligibility criteria
How to apply
Applications for this residency close at 5:00 PM, Friday 7 March 2025.
Visit the Fulbright New Zealand website for more details and to apply