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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, [...]
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 [...]
Emerging Artists Forum
Sunday 27th June, 2pm
Satellite Gallery is once more hosting the Emerging Artists Forum this coming Sunday, all are welcome to attend. The following persons will present:
Yee ‘Square’ Lee, director of the Oryza Foundation will speak on intellectual property rights
Vera May from Artspace will talk about engaging and collaborating with public institutions
Artist Sofia Minson [...]
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 [...]
Artists Forum
6pm Wednesday 16th June
The Depot invites you to its first 5five evening. 5five is a forum for discussion amongst artists, musicians, writers and creative practitioners.
The evening will be led by artist Robyn Gibson followed by an opportunity for participants to have the floor to discuss their own work and projects.
Please feel free to [...]
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 [...]
Jam Radio’s Cultural Icons programme presents a two part interview with Rachel Power, partner of the late Philip Clairmont and mother of Orlando Clairmont. Rachel is interviewed by Martin Edmond, noted NZ novelist, essayist and author of ‘The Resurrection of Philip Clairmont’ (1999). With eloquence and warmth the two converse for a total of two [...]
Behind Devonport’s sleepy façade beats a thriving pulse of the rock n roll kind. Often heralded by the media as a ‘phenomenon’, the local music scene is growing ever stronger, with scores of young musicians clamouring to follow the legacy of bands such as The Veils and The Checks.
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.
ART Venture 2010 is ready to receive applications from a new round of candidates. Those working in Auckland region’s creative / arts sector are encouraged to access this unique acceleration programme which takes place from July 2010 to July 2011.