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.

Have your say here
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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/

April 21, 2020 In Music

Mātātuhi Foundation 2020 Literary Funding Grants

Request for Expressions of Interest

The Mātātuhi Foundation wants to help increase NZ writers’ reach and engagement with NZ readers by supporting innovative projects with seed funding of up to $5,000. 

Our next funding round closes on 31 May 2020.

Submit your expression of interest online at www.matatuhifoundation.co.nz

The Foundation will seed fund projects that:

  • Relate to New Zealand literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry)
  • Demonstrate innovation
  • Deliver broad community benefit outcomes
  • Use innovative and cost-effective platforms including digital
  • Are new or business expansion projects rather than business-as-usual projects
  • Represent well-considered, robust propositions with identified, achievable and measurable deliverables

The Foundation will generally NOT fund: 

  • Business-as-usual activities or costs such as ongoing operational or staff overheads
  • Ancillary project costs including catering expenses or international travel
  • Projects that can access full funding elsewhere
  • The writing or publishing of individual titles unless there is deemed to be a significant community benefit

Links & contact details: 
Mātātuhi Foundation
email: info@mātātuhifoundation.co.nz

How to apply

  • The Foundation will only consider Expressions of Interest submitted via the online EOI form on or before 31 May 2020. 
  • The online form is available here.  All submissions must be accompanied by a project budget and any other appropriate supporting documents.
  • For more information see: 

www.matatuhifoundation.co.nz. 

 

April 20, 2020 In Music

Aotearoa Music Industry Hui – The Sequel

YOU’RE INVITED

The collective music organisations are hosting a second online hui Thursday 23 April at 11am on Facebook, for a further update on the various actions and initiatives we’re working on, and connect with our music whanau.

It will be an opportunity to address questions that may have been missed in the first hui, ask new ones and share ideas. Everyone is welcome, and if you’re not able to join in live, the video will be available to watch afterwards.

WHEN: Thursday April 23, 11am
WHERE: MMF NZ Facebook and YouTube Live
WHAT: Updates and Q&A from the collective music industry organisations

https://www.facebook.com/MMFNewZealand

April 20, 2020 In Craft, Visual Art

Online Hui – Connecting the Creative Community

Inviting the creative sector to come together

PANNZ (Performing Arts Network of New Zealand), in partnership with Auckland Live, invites the creative sector from across Aotearoa to come together through a series of weekly online hui, at the beginning of each week, while in lockdown.

These regular hui offer an opportunity for us to gather remotely, connect, and get up to date as a community.

Each week a panel will be livestreamed via youtube

All the details can be found on the PANNZ Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/pannz.org.nz/

April 20, 2020 In Music

Music Helps COVID-19 Emergency Grant

MusicHelps has opened applications!

MusicHelps has opened applications for its COVID-19 Emergency Grant for music workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The MusicHelps COVID-19 Emergency Grant is a $500 grant to music workers living in NZ who have lost income as result of the pandemic.

Demand is expected to be high for the grant and MusicHelps will be accepting applications in batches in order to to enable prompt processing and responses to applicants. If the grant form is unavailable, keep checking back and watch MusicHelps social media for updates.

All the details can be found on the link below.

https://musichelps.org.nz/covid-19-grant 

April 19, 2020 In Craft, Visual Art

weR culture – Call for videos

#weRculture supported by UNESCO Creative Cities Network

weRculture is a new initiative undertaken by the network of UNESCO Creative Cities around the world, which Auckland is proudly part of.

It calls on the public all over the world to behave responsibly and respectfully in this difficult situation via video messages from creatives.

Here’s how it works:
1. Create a short video (up to 6- seconds) and explain why culture is so important. This can be non-verbal.
2. Finish your video with the words: “Stay home now, so we can meet again sooner. Think Respectfully. Act responsibly. We are culture.”
3. Once your video is ready, please share with the hashtags: #flattenthecurve #stayathome #weRculture. Please also tag @weRculture2020 and @aucklandcityofmusic in your post.

All the details can be found on the link below.

citiesofmusic.net

April 19, 2020 In Craft, Visual Art

Creative Communities Scheme Grants now open!

CREATIVE COMMUNITIES SCHEME GRANTS | ROUND 1, 2020

The CCS is a nation-wide programme funded by Creative NZ and delivered in partnership with Auckland Council.

The scheme enables communities to bring art (music, dancing, film-making, weaving, singing, poetry and theatre) into the everyday lives of Aucklanders across the region on beaches, in parks, community halls, theatres, streets and galleries.

Every year there are three rounds of funding. Round One for 2020 is now open.

A guide is available on how to apply for a grant and you’ll need to check that you’re eligible for the arts funding, see link below.

The Arts Broker, Renee Tanner is happy to help with your application. Please get in contact with Renee if you’d like to apply.

Applications are open from 01 April 2020 to 07 June 2020

www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz