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Katy Wallace to create with $100k Craft/Object Fellowship
Thursday, 15 June 2017, 2:14 pm | Creative NZ
Creative New Zealand’s $100,000 Craft/Object Fellowship for 2017 has been awarded to Gisborne-based designer Katy Wallace. More >>
First time NZ art to feature at int'l documenta exhibition
Friday, 7 April 2017, 10:21 am | Creative NZ
New Zealand art will be exhibited for the first time at one of the world’s largest and most highly regarded contemporary art exhibitions, documenta, which is held just once every five years. More >>
Gloria’s Handbag starring Helen Moulder 27 April – 4 June 20
Monday, 3 April 2017, 2:56 pm | Creative NZ
A modern magical mystery play with music from The Magic Flute. “It’s imperative to have a good handbag when you are on the way out.” It is 2021 in Nelson and Gloria, aged 97, hasn’t long to live. Her son Craig is pushing her to move to a “retireville” ... More >>
2017 Mentorships' announced for writers & graphic novelists
Friday, 24 March 2017, 1:27 pm | Creative NZ
Recipients have been selected for the New Zealand Society of Authors Mentorship Programme 2017 with fourteen chosen from a pool of sixty-four applicants. With a high level of commitment shown by the applicants and a wide variety of fascinating ... More >>
Nominate your pick of NZ's finest writers
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 11:43 am | Creative NZ
New Zealanders are asked to nominate their pick of the country’s finest writers for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. More >>
Honouring Māori arts with 2014 Te Waka Toi Awards
Monday, 1 December 2014, 7:56 am | Creative NZ
Honouring contributions to Māori arts with 2014 Te Waka Toi Awards Tohunga, artists and community leaders have been honoured for their contributions to preserving and promoting the future of high-quality Māori arts. The Creative New Zealand Te Waka ... More >>
Māori dancer Kura Te Ua heads to Canada
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 3:44 pm | Creative NZ
Māori dancer Kura Te Ua heads to Canada’s Banff Centre for cultural exchange More >>
Kiwis Take Flight at Edinburgh Festivals
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 10:59 am | Creative NZ
More than 200 New Zealand artists will take part in the world’s most acclaimed arts festivals in Edinburgh this August. More >>
Creative NZ launches $1.05m plan to boost cultural giving
Monday, 2 July 2012, 10:00 am | Creative NZ
Creative New Zealand will invest $1.05 million over the next three years to enhance the arts and culture sector’s ability to source private sector funding. Creative Giving is a targeted programme which will provide advice and support to selected ... More >>
Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 6:21 pm | Creative NZ
Every year, New Zealanders are invited to nominate their choice of an outstanding writer who has made a significant contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of non-fiction, poetry and fiction. New Zealand writers are also able to nominate ... More >>
Creative New Zealand mourns the loss of Christopher Doig
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 4:48 pm | Creative NZ
Creative New Zealand the Arts Council of New Zealand mourns the loss of international opera singer, sports administrator and Southern Opera founder Christopher Doig. “Chris was a remarkable man, and in many ways a force of nature. “says Creative New Zealand ... More >>
Māori and Pacific artists at Festival of Pacific Arts 2012
Monday, 5 September 2011, 2:06 pm | Creative NZ
Creative New Zealand is calling for expressions of interest from Māori and New Zealand-based Pacific artists to participate in the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts in the Solomon Islands in July next year. More >>
Fly My Pretties and that Scottish play in Christchurch
Monday, 15 August 2011, 11:46 am | Creative NZ
Creative New Zealand has approved more than $100,000 in the latest round of eight earthquake emergency assistance grants to help re-establish an active arts scene in Christchurch. More >>
Tiffany Singh awarded Artist In Residence
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 11:03 am | Creative NZ
New Zealand installation artist Tiffany Singh will transform an abandoned site into a community hub filled with native plants, sustainable food, and religious symbols as an artist-in-residence in Samoa. More >>
Michael Parekowhai exhibition opens at the Venice Biennale
Thursday, 2 June 2011, 11:49 am | Creative NZ
Michael Parekowhai’s Venice Biennale exhibition On first Looking into Chapman’s Homer had its official opening this evening in Venice (1 June local time). The beautiful voice of New Zealand opera singer Aivale Cole welcomed over 300 guests as she performed ... More >>
Creative New Zealand response to Canterbury earthquake
Thursday, 24 February 2011, 9:12 am | Creative NZ
Creative New Zealand expresses its deepest sympathies to the people of Canterbury following yesterday's devastating earthquake. More >>
Creative NZ contestable funding guide now online
Monday, 17 January 2011, 2:09 pm | Creative NZ
The annual guide on how to apply for Creative New Zealand contestable funding is now available from our website. More >>
Language vital to retaining Pacific heritage arts
Monday, 21 June 2010, 3:33 pm | Creative NZ
Fluency in Pacific languages is critical to maintaining healthy Pacific heritage arts in New Zealand, according to research published today by Creative New Zealand. More >>
ARTSpeak Pasifika 2010 - forum for Pacific Arts
Friday, 28 May 2010, 11:56 am | Creative NZ
Creative New Zealand is inviting Pasifika artists from throughout New Zealand to attend a national Pacific arts development forum - ARTSpeak Pasifika - in Auckland on 25-26 June 2010. More >>
Whale traditions explored
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 12:09 pm | Creative NZ
Waitakere writer Bradford Haami has been selected for the first ever Maori writer’s residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport. More >>
