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.

 

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:

 MUSIC | PERFORMANCE | DANCE | FILM | CRAFT | VISUAL ARTS + MORE

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. 

 

 
 
 
March 6, 2022 In Craft, Photography, Visual Art

Sunday Girl Exhibition

 


SUNDAY GIRL POP-UP EXHIBITION

This all female group show is a platform for expressing and sharing a woman’s worldview as we operate our multi-tasking layered lives as daughters, sisters, mothers, partners, thinkers, givers, workers, and creatives.

25 diverse artists will be celebrated – it is a spotlight on the female artist and a challenge to the bias that exists in the commercial art world.

Curated by Leela Bhai, this annual exhibition will consist of established, experimental and unexpected artists, all encouraged to exhibit under a pseudonym. Artist names vary from poignant symbolism, personal anecdote or just plain silliness, with the tales of their origin often shared on opening night. Each piece may represent a past self, vision of a future self or a particular thought pattern from half an hour ago and the wide range of mediums reflect the diverse range of women participating in the show.

Opening Night
Friday 8 April 2022
6pm

 

Exhibition
9 April -10 April
11:00AM –  6:00PM

 

Get all the details here.

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

Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund

 

 


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

 
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.

 

 

August 24, 2020 In Craft, Culture, Dance, FIlm, Music, Photography, Visual Art

Shaping the Future of the Arts, Culture and Creative Sector

Interested in how arts policy will shape the future of Aotearoa for the next three years?

Join a Livestream pre-election conversation on arts policies with:

Hon Carmel Sepuloni (Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister)
Jonathan Young MP (Arts, Culture and Heritage Spokesperson, National Party)
Chlöe Swarbrick MP (Arts, Culture and Heritage Spokesperson, Green Party)
Jenny Marcroft MP (Arts, Culture and Heritage Spokesperson, NZ First)

This forum will be facilitated by broadcaster Miriama Kamo.

Delivered via: Facebook Live

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020

Time: 6.30pm – 8.00pm

Hosted by Arts Regional Trust, Auckland Live


July 21, 2020 In Craft, Culture, Dance, FIlm, Music, Photography, Visual Art

Young Creatives Art Course

Young Creatives Art Course

Join a 5 week course for children aged 5-10 years to learn basic artistic skills, all materials provided.

Date: Friday 31 July—28 August 2020

Venue: Te Manawa Communty Hub
Creative Space Level
111 Kohuhu Lane, Westgate

Two sessions available:

5—7 year olds 3.45pm—4.30pm
8—10 year olds 4.45pm—5.30pm

Register now via Eventbrite

For more information on the course please email temananwa@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

June 15, 2020 In Craft, Culture, Dance, FIlm, Music, Photography, Visual Art

Make a stand for the arts!

Have your say on Auckland Council’s Emergency Budget

Until 19 June, Aucklanders are being offered the chance to provide feedback on the Auckland Council Emergency Budget 2020/2021. In Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland Council adopts its Emergency Budget for the current financial year. It has direct ramifications on how arts and culture will be presented, performed and experienced.

Cuts to the arts include; 

  • Fewer and smaller events, including regional events and festivals such as Matariki Festival, Waitangi Ki Manukau, Movies in Parks, Music in Parks, Heritage Festival
  • Council facilities reducing opening hours
  • Scaled back programmes in community centres, arts facilities like galleries and libraries and scaled back regional arts and culture programmes 
  • Fewer arts, culture and events grants due to a reduction in activity, including reduced contestable grants
  • Public art spending would be reduced by 70 per cent.

You can see all the info about potential cuts to ‘The Arts’ at this article by The Big Idea – Make a Stand for the arts

Even with the knowledge that there would have to be impacted in these tough times, it’s a bitter pill to swallow. HOWEVER, There is still a window of opportunity for those who live in the region to be heard. 

Support the arts and make your opinions known before the 19th June.

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April 21, 2020 In Craft, Culture, Dance, FIlm, Music, Photography, Visual Art

UNESCO Minor Grants

MINOR GRANTS AVAILABLE – UP TO $5,000

Given the current situation with COVID-19, the National Commission for UNESCO would like to support creative thinking that will build social inclusion – albeit at a physical distance. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The Commision represents New Zealand to UNESCO, and takes the best of the UNESCO collective resources, networks, programmes and connections for application in a way that benefits New Zealand. Auckland City of Music is one of the commissions projects.⠀

Link to all the information and application pack can be found at 

https://unesco.org.nz/awards-and-gra…/minor-grants/