Creative New Zealand - Latest News [Page 7]
Arts Council investment in the arts peaks in 2014/15
Monday, 30 November 2015, 12:00 pm | Creative New Zealand
The Arts Council invested a record $43.6 million in the arts and arts organisations in 2014/15 with more organisations than ever receiving multi-year funding, according to the council’s Annual Report 2014/15. Of the 82 organisations in Creative New ... More >>
Honouring contributions to Māori arts
Sunday, 29 November 2015, 11:32 am | Creative New Zealand
Tohunga, artists and community leaders have been honoured for their contributions to preserving and helping to secure the future of high-quality ngā toi Māori (Māori arts) at the 2015 Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi Awards. More >>
Anna Jackson awarded 2015 Menton Fellowship
Friday, 6 November 2015, 9:18 am | Creative New Zealand
The fellowship is one of New Zealand's oldest and best-loved literary awards. It provides NZ $35,000 and the opportunity for a New Zealand author to live in Menton, France for three months. With the support of the city of Menton, Anna Jackson will ... More >>
International Symposium comes to Christchurch
Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 2:34 pm | Creative New Zealand
A major international visual arts symposium, Curating Under Pressure, will be hosted in Christchurch this week. The sixth in a series that has taken place in the context of international biennial events since the year 2000, this year it brings together ... More >>
2015 Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 11:37 am | Creative New Zealand
Talented artists, innovators and leaders are being recognised for their outstanding contribution to Pacific arts at this year’s Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards. Among the winners is Neil Ieremia, internationally renowned choreographer ... More >>
Venice Biennale: New Zealand’s artist and curator announced
Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 4:30 pm | Creative New Zealand
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa has approved and is pleased to announce Lisa Reihana as New Zealand’s artist for the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017. More >>
2015 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement
Monday, 19 October 2015, 11:57 am | Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2015 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. They are social anthropologist Dame Joan Metge, playwright Roger Hall and poet Bernadette Hall. More >>
New Zealand literature boosted by new contract
Monday, 12 October 2015, 11:33 am | Creative New Zealand
The international profile and sales of New Zealand literature and the development of the national publishing sector will be boosted over the next three financial years by a new contract awarded by Creative New Zealand. More >>
Simon Denny to show at London’s famous Serpentine Gallery
Friday, 9 October 2015, 4:10 pm | Creative New Zealand
Simon Denny to show at London’s famous Serpentine Gallery New Zealand artist, Simon Denny, has been invited to mount a solo exhibition at London’s prestigious Serpentine Gallery, following his highly successful Secret Power exhibition for the ... More >>
Creative new content to entertain viewers
Friday, 2 October 2015, 10:12 am | Creative New Zealand
Creative new content to entertain viewers across different screens NZ On Air has been inundated with creative, innovative stories for audiences on multiple screens and devices. With the latest funding decisions, viewers are being given even greater ... More >>
Foundation North doubles funding for arts projects
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 10:58 am | Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand is pleased to announce Foundation North as a partner in its new arts funding initiative that responds to the Auckland Region’s culturally diverse population. More >>
CNZ announces delegation to to Festival of Pacific Arts 2016
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 2:52 pm | Creative New Zealand
Around 100 Māori and New Zealand-based Pasifika artists will represent Aotearoa alongside 26 other Pacific nations at the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts in Guam next May and June. More >>
Visiting Cook Islands artists to share their knowledge
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 11:09 am | Creative New Zealand
Six senior artists from the Cook Islands specialising in heritage artforms will visit Aotearoa New Zealand next week as part of an annual Creative New Zealand cultural exchange programme with the Pacific Islands. The visit coincides with this year’s ... More >>
New arts fund and research to support Auckland diversity
Monday, 3 August 2015, 3:00 pm | Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand will invest $600,000 over the next three years in a new initiative that responds to the Auckland Region’s culturally diverse population. More >>
Award-winning Māori artists head to Canada’s Banff Centre
Friday, 31 July 2015, 2:47 pm | Creative New Zealand
Award-winning Māori artists head to Canada’s The Banff Centre for cultural exchange More >>
Creative New Zealand announces 2015 investment funding
Friday, 31 July 2015, 11:35 am | Creative New Zealand
The Arts Council has committed a further $10.5 million to 26 arts organisations in its latest multi-year investment funding round. More >>
New Commissioner announced for 2017 Venice Biennale
Friday, 24 July 2015, 10:26 am | Creative New Zealand
Former Arts Council Chair Alastair Carruthers CNZM will be the Commissioner for New Zealand’s 2017 presentation at the Venice Biennale. More >>
Visual artist Siliga Setoga awarded
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 11:37 am | Creative New Zealand
Samoan artist Siliga Setoga will undertake a three-month artist residency exploring cultural identity at the National University of Samoa from August to October this year. More >>
Acclaimed Pacific poet Dr Mila awarded writing residency
Monday, 29 June 2015, 10:19 am | Creative New Zealand
Award-winning poet Dr Karlo Mila will spend September to November in Hawai‘i developing two writing projects as the recipient of the 2015 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency. More >>
Secret Power exhibition attracts international attention
Monday, 22 June 2015, 4:06 pm | Creative New Zealand
New Zealand’s pavilion for the 2015 Venice Biennale has been picked in high profile publications as a “must see” for visitors to the most famous art event in the world, staged in Venice every two years. More >>
