Results posted: 13 May 2022
68
Projects funded
$7,785,857
Total funding awarded
201
Eligible applications received
$2,776,474
Total funding requested
68 grants totalling $2,776,474 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
68 grants totalling $2,776,474 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 Arts Grants round 5 funding attracted considerable interest, with many high-calibre applications received requesting nearly 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 (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, as we did for the recent round 4.
We received 201 eligible applications, with a total of $7,785,857 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 46 projects totalling $1,590,775 were supported. $5,507,072 was requested by 160 applicants.
- Ngā toi Māori: 13 projects totalling $816,282 were supported. $1,641,263 was requested by 28 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 9 projects totalling $369,418 were supported. $637,524 was requested by 13 applicants.
Also:
- 28 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 19 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 10 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 6 supported building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
- 5 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 7 Community Arts
- 3 Craft/object
- 2 Customary Māori Arts
- 2 Dance
- 2 Interarts
- 13 Literature
- 11 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 6 Music
- 9 Theatre
- 13 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 144 activities in the following regions:
- 28 Auckland
- 19 National
- 14 Wellington
- 13 Bay of Plenty
- 12 Otago
- 10 Online
- 10 Overseas
- 9 Northland
- 7 Canterbury
- 6 Taranaki
- 5 Waikato
- 2 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 2 Nelson-Marlborough
- 3 Gisborne
- 3 Southland
- 1 Hawkes Bay
Funded projects
$10,000 - To extend the fourth Adam Art Gallery Internship by six months.
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APPLICANT: Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$37,700 - Towards the research and development of three Māori children's plays by Māori playwright Alex Tunui.
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APPLICANT: Alex Tunui
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$20,000 - To create the third collection of stories in the 'Tūī Street' junior fiction series.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Anne Kayes
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$37,140 - To commission the next 12 months of essays for an art-writing platform, facilitated by public arts galleries, in partnership with ArtNow.NZ.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Aotearoa Public Gallery Director's Network
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$38,780 - Towards a community song-making project culminating in a performance during Taranaki Spiegel Fest.
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APPLICANT: Artsense Productions
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards a multi-disciplinary regional arts festival featuring New Zealand and international work.
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APPLICANT: Arts Inc. Heretaunga
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$27,895 - To innovate a new construction technique for immersive and accessible inflatable installation artworks.
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APPLICANT: Bailee Lobb
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$20,000 - To research and write an adventure novel set on the International Space Station.
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APPLICANT: Brian Falkner
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$24,743 - To research and develop a new collaborative artwork, 'The Neurodiversity Research Project' for exhibition at Te Tuhi.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Bruce Phillips
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$12,428 - Towards the publication of editions nine and ten of Ceramics NZ magazine.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Ceramics Association of New Zealand Incorporated, Elizabeth Martindale
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,734 - Towards presentation costs of Ko Te Ākau, a visual arts installation and curatorial programme.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
APPLICANT: Charles Koroneho
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$19,500 - Towards writers fees for nine non-university writers to contribute to an anthology of visual arts performance in Aotearoa.
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APPLICANT: Christopher Braddock
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$23,150 - For the Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary, to write a middle fiction novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Claire Mabey
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$42,920 - Towards a new theatre work for children and families involving puppets and creatures.
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APPLICANT: Company of Giants
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$15,180 - Towards development of a play, where a retired librarian investigates a murder at a retirement village.
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APPLICANT: David Mamea
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$50,000 - Towards new work presentation costs for FAFSWAG arts collective at documenta15.
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APPLICANT: documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$5,000 - Towards publishing a graphic novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Earth's End Publishing
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$54,000 - To research and draft a novel.
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APPLICANT: Emma Hislop
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$50,000 - Towards travel costs to present at documenta15.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: FAFSWAG Arts Collective
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$5,000 - To attend the Berklee Aspire Five Week Music Performance Intensive in Boston.
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APPLICANT: Finn Hughes
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$25,000 - Towards completing a middle grade (8-12) children's fantasy novel.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Hera Bradburn
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,995 - Towards exhibitions and related public programmes at HOEA! Gallery and Project Space in Te Tairawhiti.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: HOEA Gallery and Arts Centre
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$72,000 - Towards the publishing of four books.
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APPLICANT: Huia NZ Limited
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$74,932 - Towards associated costs of 'KUPU - Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi': a Māori Literary Festival to celebrate writers from the past, present, and future.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: In Books We Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$46,500 - To continue to connect the tagata Moana diaspora across the vā Moana through the creation of new work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Interisland Collective
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$25,897 - Towards developing new work for a solo exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: James Oram
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$42,684 - To compose, perform, and record an album of song cycles for Katherine Mansfield's centenary.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Janet Jennings
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,954 - To attend the ATLAS Choreographic Training Programme in Vienna.
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APPLICANT: Jeremy Beck
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$23,100 - To create and release an EP of haptic works for d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences.
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APPLICANT: Jesse Austin-Stewart
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$27,260 - Towards delivering Auckland's only regular poetry slam event series.
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APPLICANT: Jessica Fenton
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$64,400 - To create an online portfolio of Kuini Moehau Reedy's work as a Māori musical composer and advocate of te reo me ngā tikanga Māori.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Jordan Tuhura
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$66,261 - Towards three development workshops for new work.
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APPLICANT: Justin Haiu
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$74,000 - Towards the exploration and re-invigoration of whakapapa narrative in tūrapa / tukutuku.
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Karl Leonard
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$48,000 - To write a novel for adults.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Kathleen De Goldi
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$32,970 - Towards research, workshop, and showing of a contemporary Niuean theatre piece.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Leki Jackson Bourke
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$17,986 - Towards the development of a street and contemporary dance film, empowering change wihtin Pasifika communities.
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Le Moana
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$6,000 - Towards a one-month residency in Australia to develop and expand work, markets and audiences.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Madeleine Child
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$61,560 - Towards a Māori Wellbeing and Theatre wānanga programme for rangatahi in Tauranga Moana.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Moana Moko Creative Natives Ltd
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$73,200 - Towards commissioning book reviews, short stories, topical verse, artist profiles, interviews, and accompanying photographs.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Newsroom.co.nz
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,625 - Towards a promotional campaign for National Poetry Day and an online event for Australia Poetry Month.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: New Zealand Book Awards Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$37,880 - Towards a series of training and development programmes to support emerging performing arts practitioners in Te Tai Tokerau region.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Northland Youth Theatre Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,460 - Towards a day retreat and workshops for Māori artists.
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APPLICANT: Nu Collective
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$59,550 - Towards the design and development of the Aotearoa New Zealand exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
APPLICANT: NZPQ
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$38,000 - Towards publishing five books designed to foster understanding, support inclusion, and enhance Pacific languages.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: OneTree House
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$50,000 - Towards two concert tours for audiences in Hamilton, Tauranga and Rotorua.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Opus Orchestra
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,999 - Towards the research and development of a major exhibition and book on the work of Selwyn Muru.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Peter Nepia
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$75,000 - Towards performances of the modern semi-opera, 'On the Full, or Tales from the Cloverton Arms', with music by Henry Purcell and words by Dave Armstron.
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: QCT
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$71,328 - Towards establishing a New Zealand Children’s Choral Academy - offering young singers from all ethnicities & regions of New Zealand a pathway to excel.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Rosemary Fisher
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$26,613 - Towards production of new and existing work at the Adam Art Gallery.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$74,150 - Towards a project that connects layers of expertise across the Sistema Whangārei - Toi Akorangi programme for musicians.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Sistema Whangarei - Toi Akorangi
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$14,334 - Towards creating new work for 'THRESHOLDS': a two-person exhibition of work by Sonya Lacey and Maria Olsen.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Sonya Lacey
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$11,470 - To create and exhibit new work, and run print workshops.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Southern Mother
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - To commission new murals for South Sea Spray Festival.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: South Sea Spray
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$64,220 - Towards a series of online artists workshops.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Square Edge Community Arts
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$71,021 - Towards the development and delivery of a Pacific arts programme in Christchurch.
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APPLICANT: Tagata Moana Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$22,312 - Towards a multidisciplinary, community-oriented and whānau-friendly programme to celebrate Matariki 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Te Atamira Whakatipu Community Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$40,456 - Towards the development of the new musical RUTH.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Te Manu Tioriori Trust Inc
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - To create a hybrid theatre and health workshop event to upskill workers on suicide and family child abuse in a kaupapa Māori.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$6,480 - To create a new work for exhibition at Te Manawa that conveys the story of 19th Century Southern Chinese diaspora within a Maori-centred discourse.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Tessa Ma'auga
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$20,082 - Towards redesign and maintenance of the theatreview website for the benefit of the performing arts and audiences.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Theatreview
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$69,041 - Towards Crescendo’s mentoring programmes provide workshops to rangatahi to develop artistic skills and future opportunities.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$20,195 - Towards a filmed workshop and digital tutorial on brick kiln building.
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: The Mirek Smisek Arts Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$59,000 - Towards a project for emerging Asian playwrights to develop new local scripts with professional dramaturgy.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: The Oryza Foundation
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$31,306 - Towards a tour of Back to Square One? to Nelson, Whangārei, Auckland, and Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: The Rebel Alliance
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,075 - Towards website development and recordings for 'Write On Speak Out'.
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: The School for Young Writers
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$75,000 - Towards a platform for contemporary performance artists to present new work in Ōtautahi, Christchurch.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Tiny Fest
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$70,500 - Towards a series of 4 wānanga for weavers across Te Taitokerau.
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Toi Ngapuhi
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$19,500 - Towards development of new work focussed on Lapita pottery and Tongan tapa cloth with Lapita design
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Visesio Siasau
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
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