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Arts Alive funding scheme

Arts Alive is an Auckland City Council performing arts funding programme that supports independent performing arts professionals.
The fund’s objectives are:

to build audiences for the performing arts and
to develop and maintain Auckland’s performing arts infrastructure including resources, skills, information, professional support and networks

Auckland City Council receives proposals in March and August each year from individuals, organisations, [...]

Rodney Council attempts to secure arts and cultural funding

An attempt is being made by Rodney District Council to retain money set aside for arts and cultural funding within the region after the change in governance.
The sum of $10 million was distributed to all the territorial authorities in the Auckland region to spend on “significant art and culture projects” when the Auckland Regional Services [...]

Questions at the ready…

As more Super City mayoral candidates emerge, Auckland art practitioners and art lovers need to be considering what questions they want answered during the campaign race to election.
There will be a number of Mayoral Candidate Forums held over the next four months and it is imperative that probing questions on [...]

Creative New Zealand Funding Workshops

Funding Workshops
Creative New Zealand provides Local Councils with funding to support Community Arts and Cultural projects. The fund is called the Creative Communities Scheme. A set of new criteria and a changed process is to be introduced from 1 July 2010.
North Shore City Council has organised the following workshops for community and artists to attend [...]

Important Creative New Zealand Survey of Emerging Young Arts Practitioners

CNZ is undertaking research whose purpose is to profile the professional development of promising young emerging arts practitioners in order to inform policy development around how the Arts Council can best support them. It will form part of broader policy about young people and the arts in New Zealand.
An important part of this research involves [...]

More Scope for Charitable Giving to Boost Arts

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson has welcomed the findings of a Ministry for Culture and Heritage report on giving and sponsorship in the cultural sector.

Depot Artspace Call For Proposals

Call For Proposals

WE ARE NOW TAKING PROPOSALS FOR 2011

Exciting opportunities for artists.

The Depot Artspace is a multidisciplinary arts community based in Devonport.

Creative NZ Seeks Feedback on Recurrent Funding

Creative New Zealand has embarked on its scheduled review of the Recurrently Funded Organisations (RFOs). As part of this review Creative New Zealand has published a discussion paper to generate discussion and feedback on its funding model for RFOs. The paper outlines four potential approaches to Creative New Zealand’s long-term investment in arts organisations, as [...]

Creative NZ to axe current structure in favour of one board.
Creative NZ to axe current structure in favour of one board.

Creative New Zealand’s four governing bodies will be replaced by a single board, under a proposal announced by Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson. One board responsible for policy, strategy and funding allocation would replace the Arts Council, the Arts Board, Te Waka Toi and the Pacific Arts Committee.

DANZ on Local Government Support for Dance

DANZ is the national organisation for New Zealand Dance. www.danz.org.nz
While some may believe it wise to restrict local government spending on ‘community outcomes’ in times of recession, we believe it is precisely the social and community outcomes that will impact on wellbeing and help to maintain morale during the hard times ahead.
Dance within recreation has [...]

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