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Dame Jenny Gibbs Named Commissioner for Biennale Arte 2019
Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 9:49 am | Creative New Zealand
Dame Jenny Gibbs DNZM has been appointed Commissioner for New Zealand’s presentation at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia by the Arts Council. More >>
Writers’ Centre Residencies Applications are now open
Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 12:48 pm | Creative New Zealand
New Zealand’s largest writer-residency organisation has totally revamped its programme for 2018 following calls by writers for greater flexibility. The Michael King Writers’ Centre provides a year-round programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s ... More >>
Te Waka Toi Awards celebrate Māori art
Sunday, 27 August 2017, 11:04 am | Creative New Zealand
Te Waka Toi Awards celebrate and recognise excellence in Māori art Some of the country’s most talented artists, advocates and community leaders were celebrated tonight in recognition of outstanding achievement, leadership and excellence at the ... More >>
Tri-Nation Co-lab takes place in Edinburgh
Friday, 18 August 2017, 2:49 pm | Creative New Zealand
Performing artists from New Zealand, Hong Kong and Scotland will come together at the Edinburgh art festivals in August for a new programme that incentivises fresh ways of working with international peers to create new work. More >>
PM's Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 9:31 am | Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. They are internationally renowned Māori novelist Witi Ihimaera , literary historian and fine arts writer Peter Simpson and popular poet ... More >>
Creative NZ to invest $24 million in NZ’s arts organisations
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 3:13 pm | Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand will invest $24 million in a wide range of arts organisations from arts festivals, dance and theatre companies and galleries through to publishers and a website featuring arts criticism, over the next two years. More >>
Creative Communities Grant applications open
Thursday, 20 July 2017, 4:25 pm | Creative New Zealand
Applications are now open for the annual Creative Communities Grant that provides funding for arts, music and cultural projects. More >>
Arts practitioners head to the world’s leading festival city
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 2:17 pm | Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand and British Council New Zealand are supporting 11 New Zealand arts practitioners to engage in two bespoke development programmes running alongside the Edinburgh Festivals this August. More >>
Berlin Residency Allows Historian to Write Untold Story
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 9:56 am | Creative New Zealand
The untold story of former Whanganui mayor, Charles Mackay, who was killed in Berlin in 1929 while working as a journalist, will be told by the latest recipient of Creative New Zealand’s Berlin Writer's Residency, historian, curator and broadcaster, Paul ... More >>
Dynamic NZ writers to feature at Edinburgh literary festival
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 1:03 pm | Creative New Zealand
New Zealand writers making waves at home and abroad will present their work and participate in the prestigious Edinburgh International Book Festival in August. More >>
Five young NZ musicians receive scholarships
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 10:16 am | Creative New Zealand
Five talented composers and musicians have been awarded scholarships by Creative New Zealand to pursue study or professional development opportunities overseas. More >>
Fellowship awarded for book on NZ music composition
Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 12:20 pm | Creative New Zealand
The $100,000 Michael King Fellowship has been given to award winning author and composer Dr Phillip Norman to create a history of New Zealand composers and their work from the start of European settlement to present day. More >>
NZ at Edinburgh 2017
Monday, 29 May 2017, 10:00 am | Creative New Zealand
Edinburgh is set to feast on New Zealand talent in the 70th anniversary of its world-famous festivals. More >>
2017 Creative NZ Arts Pasifika Awards open for nominations
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 10:28 am | Creative New Zealand
Showcasing excellence and innovation in Pacific arts, the 2017 Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards are open for nominations. More >>
Global arts and science unite in unique sponsorship
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 9:47 am | Creative New Zealand
The world’s most eminent scientific academy is supporting New Zealand’s presentation by Lisa Reihana at the Biennale Arte 2017 in Venice. More >>
New Zealand contemporary jewellery to shine in Munich
Monday, 20 February 2017, 5:11 pm | Creative New Zealand
A large collection of New Zealand’s best contemporary jewellery will be on show during Munich’s internationally influential Jewellery Week, next month, with support from Creative New Zealand. More >>
Aotearoa NZ welcomes Indigenous curators
Monday, 28 November 2016, 12:53 pm | Creative New Zealand
Ten indigenous curators from Australia and Canada will be hosted by their New Zealand counterparts during a series of events in Aotearoa in December. More >>
2016 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement
Monday, 10 October 2016, 3:12 pm | Creative New Zealand
The recipients of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement for 2016 have been announced today. Writers Atholl Anderson, Marilyn Duckworth and David Eggleton will each be awarded $60,000 in recognition of their outstanding contribution to ... More >>
Sponsorship deal announced for Lisa Reihana exhibition
Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 2:21 pm | Creative New Zealand
New Zealand coffee company Allpress has confirmed it will sponsor New Zealand’s presentation by Lisa Reihana at the 2017 Venice Art Biennale. More >>
Just Atelier Trust, Creative NZ And Vogel Street Party
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 2:36 pm | Creative New Zealand
Just Atelier is pleased to announce it has received funding through the DCC and the Creative Communities Scheme, to help raise the bar on their annual celebration of locally designed and made fashion at the Vogel Street Party on October 8th. More >>