Culture – Creative Henderson-Massey

July 8, 2024 In Craft, Culture, Dance, FIlm, Music, Photography, Visual Art

Creative Community Scheme open for grant application

Emerging Auckland artists and creatives can now apply for Creative Communities Scheme grants (CCS), delivered by Auckland Council in partnership with Creative New Zealand.

The fund is capable of both supporting traditional culture and heritage expertise as well as helping to establish new, exciting initiatives.

Once applications close, experienced local committees will assess and allocate grants. The average CCS grant in Auckland is $5000.

Key dates:

Applications will be accepted from 1 June to 25 August 2024 for projects to be delivered within the next 12 months.
This is the second and final funding round for 2024.
The first 2025 opportunity to apply for a CCS grant will open 1 December 2024.

Find out more info and apply via the Auckland Council website here.

January 26, 2024 In Culture

This Room is an Island

This Room is an Island is a fully interactive, inhabitable world retold by a displaced daughter in another home.

Through dance and digital innovation, Yin-Chi Lee and collaborators create a multimedia experience: a space-within-space built by two generations’ memories of belonging and not belonging to the same world(s). The audience are guided through by performers to become an integral part of the narrative and the visual world.

Born amidst the threats of war, This Room is an Island is a living memory held together by both fear and love. It is the enduring mistakes of the past that echo into our future. It’s an invitation to reflect on our own histories and to re-discover our places in the ever-evolving landscape of human experience.

This piece involves audience interaction and participation. You can purchase tickets to observe as a seated audience member with no interaction, or choose to experience the work from within. Should you require assistance during the performance, our safety staff are present to discreetly guide you out and back in at your convenience.

2-4 Feb

Te Pou Theatre

Get your tickets here.

March 2, 2023 In Culture

Y2K: Poetry

Adorn yourself in butterfly clips, Kajol’s Mono-brow, Sailor Moon’s charms. Write a poem or three. Or just come vibe with us!!

Poetry workshop held across four Sundays in March, from 5 March, 12 March, 19 March, 26 March. We will delve into topics around Y2K including your favourite snacks you used to take to school, your first celebrity crush, movies that gave birth to your stunning personality, music that got you through those awkward teen years, and those sizzling, sneaky messages on My Space, and Dolly Magazines.

BYO Y2K memorabilia. And come dressed up in your favourite Y2K pop culture moment.

Please Note: this workshop is only open to those who identify as women of colour and non-binary people of colour.

Please try and attend all four weekends if you can.

No writing experience required, just a desire to connect.

Date and time
Sun., 12 March 2023, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm NZDT

Location
Ranui Library 431 Swanson Road Auckland, Auckland 0612

This workshop is supported by Creative Henderson-Massey

July 6, 2022 In Craft, Culture, Dance, FIlm, Music, Photography, Visual Art

Call for proposals

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Creative Henderson-Massey are looking for people and organisations to submit ideas for creative community projects which could involve:

Send us your creative ideas!

Creative Henderson-Massey are looking for people and organisations to submit ideas for creative community projects which could involve music, performance, dance, film, craft, visual arts and more – and could happen anywhere from the street to theatres, shopping centres or marae.

Creative Henderson-Massey may be able to assist by providing funding assistance and partnering opportunities.

If you are interested in submitting an idea, please visit our our apply for funding page.

Proposals due by 1st August 2022.

October 5, 2021 In Craft, Culture, Dance, FIlm, Music, Photography, Visual Art

Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund

Manatū Taonga (Ministry for Culture and Heritage) has announced the Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund is now open.

This $5 million fund of last resort, supports cultural organisations, including sole traders, at clear risk of no longer operating viably. Manatū Taonga has created this fund because there are parts of the sector that are not eligible for support from other agencies.

This Fund is open to cultural sector organisations, including businesses and charities who have current legal status in New Zealand, and also to sole traders who have a New Zealand Business Number.

What could organisations who are eligible for the cultural sector emergency relief fund receive?

subject to eligibility requirements and the availability of funds, the amount of funding would be the difference between the organisation’s revenue and expenses over the six-week period following their application.

subject to the availability of funds and again meeting eligibility requirements, organisations could apply for an additional round of support at the end of six weeks.

Organisations will be able to receive up to $100,000 from the Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund, sole traders up to $30,000, in total across all application rounds.

What can the funds from the cultural sector emergency fund be used for?

Organisations can use the funding for essential business expenditure, such as staff salaries, fixed operational costs for the duration of the funding period, business debt repayments and for ongoing costs for projects, and/or activity that is essential to continued operations. Funding received from the Cultural Sector Emergency Fund cannot be used to rebuild cash reserves, future planning costs (e.g. risk assessments), or capital expenditure. Organisations submitting subsequent applications for additional support will need to demonstrate that the previous funding was appropriately used and will need to again meet eligibility criteria.

Apply now

For full applications details and to apply, visit the ministries website.

http://ow.ly/llRf50GjQIc

September 28, 2021 In Culture, Music

Koanga Festival

Te Pou has been holding a Kōanga Festival since 2016 to celebrate spring, and to bring together local and regional audiences to enjoy a fortnight of free events. Kōanga is an important event at Te Pou providing events which appeal to an age range from tamariki to kaumātua.

Online events

23 September – 9 October 2021

For more info and to register

https://www.tepoutheatre.nz

September 28, 2021 In Culture

Take up Space

Presented by Creative Creatures

TAKE UP SPACE

for women and rainbow communities of colour.

Spoken word workshops for women of colour, which will be free to attend, on a weekly basis. Culminating in a spoken word performance event where participants showcase the poems they have developed to friends, family and the community. These workshops aim to offer a safe space for women of colour to unpack the racialised and gendered barriers which impact their everyday lives.

There will be 4 workshops in total held over 4 consecutive Saturdays, and a showcase spoken word event held on another consecutive Saturday.

SPOKEN WORD POETRY WORKSHOP
Saturdays from 2 October – 23 October at 4pm
Performing Showcase 30 October
Taking place on Zoom

Register online at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lhzbKAbS_0eYn2sNpY5Uc1xasALBLGbWAsXtRQNY4D8/edit

March 11, 2021 In Culture, Music

CRESCENDO RADIO

You can host your own radio show!

Crescendo Radio is a place you can host your own show on any genre, style or any topic.

It’s also a great place to record your own podcast.

Based in Avondale, they are a multi genre radio station that aims to play 50 per cent NZ Music. If you want to do a show and commit to the same day/time each week we can give you the training you need to be able to host your own show or a show with a group.

Keen to get involved in radio?

Contact Crescendo Radio via riccardo.ball@ctoa.co.nz or via their facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/CrescendoStudioNZ

Tune in, in West Auckland on 87.8FM

March 5, 2021 In Culture

FRINGE SATELLITE – WEST

FRINGE SATELLITES

Auckland Fringe Festival are branching further afield with a brand new initiative this year, bringing the spirit of the infamous visual and performing arts festival to regional spaces, beginning with Fringe West in Henderson.

SHOW DATE: Saturday 20 March

TIME: 11am – 3pm

TIME: Corban Estate Arts Centre, 2 Mt Lebanon Lane, Henderson

Audiences can expect a day of photography from the open Artist Studios, music, poetry, roving street performers, a sneak peak at Mixit’s new show – and if you fancy staying till the evening, the the newly refurbished Te Pou Theatre and their rangatahi company will be opening the space with E Hui E!

What is a Fringe festival? Technically, a Fringe Festival is a ‘Fringe of another Festival.’ It is an open platform when it comes to the ideas and content shared, with a focus on testing new ways of creating theatrical or sensory work, and pushing the boundaries of what we consider to be ‘live performance.’ It is an unofficial, often unconventional arts festival. Fringe Festival is an event showcasing a selection of shows from small companies, that can range from stand-up comics, improvisation, comedies, farces, musicals, sculpture, painting, mime, poetry, storytelling – just about anything else that you can perform, given a place to do it. They tend to be cutting edge, at times controversial, eclectic, low budget, and easily accessible by the public.

Join us for a Fringey celebration out West.

More information via facebook

January 11, 2021 In Culture, Photography

ICON 2021 by SAME SAME BUT BLACK

A Celebration of Black History Month and the Auckland Pride Festival February 2021

ICON 2021 is an exhibition celebrating the black pioneers of the rainbow community.

Dates: 1 February 2021 – 28 February 2021

Part exhibition, part education, part conversation, part celebration, part agitation; ICON 2021 is an online photography exhibition, podcast series, social media outreach and live stream pop up Event.

For each day of February, a different ICON will be celebrated and showcased in an online exhibition of portraits and stories on www.samesamebutblack.co.nz

On Friday 19th of February Same Same but Black will host a panel discussion (via facebook live) exploring the images and stories curated for this exhibition. The digital exhibition will also feature interviews with photographers Lola Flash and Robert Taylor, who will discuss their careers and the people they photographed over the past fifty years.

Supported by Ethnic Communities Fun, Creative Henderson Massey, Where it Matters, Pride and Spark Empowerment Initiative.

Same Same But Black is a collective working for black, Indigenous and people of colour within the LGBTTQIA+ community in Aotearoa.