Creative New Zealand - Latest News [Page 7]
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 >>
Six NZ Arts Pracititioners to attend Edinburgh Festival
Monday, 22 June 2015, 12:07 pm | Creative New Zealand
New Zealand arts practitioners head to the world’s leading festival city Creative New Zealand and the British Council are supporting six New Zealand arts practitioners to attend the Edinburgh Festivals’ international delegate programme, Momentum, ... More >>
Hinemoana Baker to take up Berlin Writer’s Residency
Saturday, 20 June 2015, 12:05 pm | Creative New Zealand
The 2015-16 Creative New Zealand Berlin Writer’s Residency has been awarded to Wellington-based writer, Hinemoana Baker (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa). More >>
Acclaimed author to receive $100,000 Michael King Fellowship
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 11:49 am | Creative New Zealand
This year’s $100,000 Michael King Writer’s Fellowship has been awarded to non-fiction master, Dr Martin Edmond, winner of the 2013 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Non-Fiction and author of some 30 publications and screenplays. More >>
Ross McCormack to receive $100,000 Choreographic Fellowship
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 11:14 am | Creative New Zealand
The 2015 Creative New Zealand Choreographic Fellowship has been awarded to experimental dancer and choreographer, Ross McCormack. More >>
‘The arts make my life better’: New Zealanders
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 8:45 am | Creative New Zealand
New Zealanders are creative people who believe being involved in the arts makes their lives better and their communities stronger. More >>