Results posted: 1 April 2022
51
Projects funded
$2,402,306
Total funding awarded
199
Eligible applications received
$8,495,660
Total funding requested
51 grants totalling $2,402,306 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).
Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations (including groups and collectives). This funding enables more sustainable careers, encourages innovation and the development of arts practice, and provides opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.
Read a summary of this round's results which includes an overview of the results and commentary on our observations about what the strongest applications this round included.
Who got funded this round
51 grants totalling $2,402,306 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).
Our recent Arts Grants Round 4 funding attracted considerable interest, with many high-calibre applications received requesting more than three times the available budget.
As part of the additional Government funding to help the arts sector respond to the challenges of the Delta variant of COVID-19 (announced in September 2021) we had an additional $1.2 million for both rounds 2 and 3, increasing the budget to $3.6 million per round. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to boost this round in the same way and have had to return to our original budget.
We received 199 eligible applications, with a total of $8,495,660 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 34 projects totalling $1,342,441 were supported. $5,903,142 was requested by 154 applicants.
- Ngā toi Māori: 10 projects totalling $604,922 were supported. $1,588,807 was requested by 29 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 7 projects totalling $454,943 were supported. $1,003,771 was requested by 16 applicants.
Also:
- 25 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 13 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 9 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 2 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
- 2 supported building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 6 Community Arts
- 4 Craft/object
- 2 Customary Māori Arts/li>
- 2 Dance
- 1 Interarts
- 11 Literature
- 4 Music
- 8 Theatre
- 9 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 119 activities in the following regions:
- 25 Auckland
- 20 Wellington
- 18 National
- 16 Nelson-Marlborough
- 7 Bay of Plenty
- 7 Waikato
- 6 Online
- 5 Otago
- 4 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 3 Canterbury
- 3 Hawkes Bay
- 3 Overseas
- 2 Northland
Funded projects
$45,430 - Towards Nelson Ceramics Week, a nine-day event celebrating pottery and supporting local and national contemporary ceramicists.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Arts Council Nelson Inc
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$26,990 - To develop and write a first draft of a play and workshop the script.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Carl Bland
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$10,000 - Towards publishing a book of career highlights and new work from Canterbury-based ceramic artist Cheryl Lucas.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$19,200 - To write the second draft of a new novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Clare Moleta
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$46,228 - Towards developing new work for two exhibitions.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Craig McIntosh
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,962 - Towards a live performance of waiata tohe from the '80s and '90s to mark the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Creative Natives
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$37,000 - Towards the creation of a new anthology of contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand Pacific poets and poetry.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: David Eggleton
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$16,000 - To record and release six new works by Dylan Lardelli with Rattle Records.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Elizabeth Farrell
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,352 - Towards an inaugural writers festival centred on Moana artists of upu (word), including a three-day writers' lab and a day of public programming.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Flying Fetu
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$72,179 - Towards workshops to create and present a new work, 'Tupu'.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Fua Creative Limited
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$26,495 - Towards a publication from GLORIA Books, featuring stories of teaching and learning in the community.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: GLORIA Books
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$60,690 - Towards Kākano: a three-day workshop that uses toi Māori to explore our local histories and envision our shared future.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: HA
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$21,150 - Towards the creation and editing of a short comic about intergenerational trauma as an inherited curse.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Hanako Chatani
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$49,286 - Towards a publication documenting Hot Lunch, an Ōtautahi artist-run space.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Hot Lunch
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$34,850 - To compose and promote a body of musical work inspired by Toi Māori using the voices of Taonga Pūoro.
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: IA Music Limited
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$12,340 - Towards a busking tour of 14 North Island towns which provides provocation for a book of essays and poems.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: John Davies
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$12,714 - To create and livestream a solar performance exchange between Aotearoa and Tonga for the World Weather Project.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Kalisolaite Uhila
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$24,000 - To write a young adult novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Karen Trebilcock
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - He wānanga hai whakapakari i ngā pūkenga whaikōrero, karanga o ngā rangatahi ki roto o Ngāti Kahungunu.
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Kauwaka Ltd
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$70,912 - He mahi tahi ki te whakaputa i tēnei pukapuka 50 tau i muri i tana whakaputanga tuatahi.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$63,660 - Towards a new 'Fine Fatale' digital work.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
APPLICANT: Lima Productions
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$45,892 - Towards a training course to empower the voices of rangatahi actors in Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington).
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Long Cloud Youth Theatre Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards the revitalisation of traditional Māori narratives by way of contemporary Māori music composed by Maisey Rika.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Maisey Rika Music Ltd
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$75,000 - Towards the production of new video artworks for water screen, based on climate change and indigenous values.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Mana Moana Collective
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$55,900 - Towards the creation and publication of issue two of 'Marinade: Aotearoa Journal of Moana Art'.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: MARINADE
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$50,000 - Towards publishing five books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Massey University Press
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$57,891 - Towards Central Lakes Polyfest, a three-day event showcasing Pacific and Māori dance, culture and heritage.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Miharo Murihiku Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$74,858 - Towards a 12-month project for the researching and development of new art objects and adornment pieces.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Nicola Moa
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$55,960 - To create a thriving and autonomous community through arts, culture and ta tatau workshops.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: NIUSINA A LE PASEFIKA INCORPORATED
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$15,497 - Towards a professional production featuring senior community dancers 60 years and older, promoting creative ageing.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Northern Dance Network Inc. (NDN)
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$10,975 - Towards a fun and exciting opportunity for students to learn, perform and share a dance routine along with other New Zealand Schools online.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: NZ Dance Challenge Ltd
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$36,546 - Towards a national tour of a feminist spoken word theatre show, performing in theatres and schools.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Olivia Hall and Carolyn Rudzinski
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards a multi-disciplinary community arts initiative, working with women and artists in the justice system.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Praying Mantis Productions
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$15,000 - Towards the publication of three novels.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Quentin Wilson Publishing
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$50,000 - Towards the presentation of Meremere touring to Sydney Opera House and Darwin Festival and Australia in 2022.
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Rodney Bell
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$66,800 - To commission, record and release ten works for piano and taonga pūoro.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Sharon Vogan
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$62,600 - Towards the commission of New Zealand artists to create new work for a Street Art mural trail in South Dunedin.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: South Dunedin Community Network
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$23,500 - To complete a fiction novel for 8-12-year olds.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Stacy Gregg
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - To deliver the 2022 TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance Limited
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$45,192 - Towards 'TAKURUA – Nafanua the War Goddess', a Pasifika Dance-Theatre performance and banquet.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Tala Pasifika Productions
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,560 - Towards a full-time, 18-month, paid curatorial internship to research and deliver a programme in a dedicated art project space.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$59,000 - Towards a semi-staged concert series, performed by New Zealand musical theatre talent and the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: The Amici Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$61,177 - Towards an exhibition of Waitaha's future creatives (aged 15-18 years).
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: The Creators' Room and Charlotte Sherratt
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$24,000 - Towards 'Tea with Terrorists', a storytelling comedy show from Sameena Zehra, reworked for a three-week season at Circa Theatre.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: The Magnificent Weirdos
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,425 - Towards the creation of a dance film, 'Behind Tomorrow'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Threading Frames
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards development and a small-venues tour of a new comedy stand-up show.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Tofiga Fepulea'i
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$34,649 - Towards a new solo exhibition that will interrogate Te Kore as a concept to decolonise notions of potential, failure and success.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Turumeke Harrington
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$14,453 - Towards a series of exhibitions via Viewfinder, an artist-run initiative that places contemporary art directly on the street.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Viewfinder
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$35,935 - Towards an archival website and the publishing of writers and artists' work with Letting Space 2010-2020.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Wellington Independent Arts Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$54,000 - He pukapuka tuarua o muri atu i tētahi kua tuhia kēhia e au, ko tōna ingoa - Te Onehaumako - Fertile lands.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Zeb Nicklin
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$55,053 - Towards research and development for 'The Observatory Project', including participation in CERN's Guest Artist Programme.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Ziggy Lever and Eamon Edmundson-Wells
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
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