Creative Grants February–May 2009 A rts Grants contestable funding round

This is a complete list of project grants offered in the February-May 2009 Arts Grants contestable funding round. Applications to this round closed on 27 February 2009 and grants were announced in mid May. Grants are listed within artforms under Creative New Zealand boards. In this round, 133 grants totalling $3,007,718 were offered to support projects by New Zealand artists, practitioners and arts organisations. Over $8.5 million was requested from 347 applications. Arts Board Inter-arts fees and travel for New Zealand Book Month 2009 YMB Limited: towards the development and Craft/Object Art $20,000 workshopping of a new work ‘Electric’ Galia Amsel: towards research and development $28,900 New Zealand Library Association Inc LIANZA: of new work towards design and promotional aspects of $25,000 Literature Library Week 2009 John Edgar: towards freight costs and a Canterbury University Press: towards $14,658 publishing an illustrated biography of Elsie catalogue for a solo exhibition of stone New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN New Locke sculptures in Scotland Zealand Inc.): towards the 2009 “Writers on $33,134 $5,000 Mondays” lunchtime series in City Jeannette Scharing: towards travel costs for a Cape Catley Ltd: towards publishing a literary $3,094 group textile exhibition in Sweden biography of C.K. Stead by Judith Dell Panny : towards writing a novel $12,800 $3,000 $36,000 Anne Scott: towards an exhibition and Gecko Press Ltd: towards publishing “There Ant Sang: towards creating a graphic novel accompanying catalogue of New Zealand quilts was a Crooked Man”, illustrated by Gavin $21,000 in France Bishop $17,334 $3,000 Steele Roberts Publishers: towards publishing “Men Alone - Men Together” by Mark Beehre Mirek Smisek and Pamella Annsouth: towards Paula Green: towards co-writing a book on $3,000 freight costs for an exhibition in Prague reading New Zealand poetry $6,321 $36,968 Steele Roberts Publishers: towards publishing a book of poetry by Jan Fitzgerald Weeds: towards a publication for a group Charlotte Grimshaw: towards writing a novel $1,900 jewellery exhibition in Munich $18,000 $19,400 University of Canterbury: towards the 2010 International Institute of Modern Letters: Ursula Bethell/Creative New Zealand Dance towards the Victoria University/Creative New Residency in Creative Writing Zealand Writer in Residence 2010 $27,902 Dance and Physical Theatre Trust: towards the $26,500 creation and presentation of a programme of University of Waikato: towards the 2010 International Institute of Modern Letters: three short works for the 2009 Body Festival University of Waikato/Creative New Zealand $64,150 towards the web-based publication “Best New Writer in Residence Zealand Poems 2009” $22,500 Raewyn Hill: towards supporting a residency at $5,950 the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris Bridget van der Zijpp: towards completing a $20,000 Andrew Johnston: towards completing a critical novel monograph on New Zealand poetry $24,000 IndependANCE: towards a programme of $18,000 ongoing professional classes and workshops for Vancouver International Writers Festival: the Auckland independent dance sector Michael King Writers’ Centre Trust: towards towards ’s appearance at the $17,587 two short residencies in 2010 at the Michael Vancouver International Writers’ Festival 2009 King Writers’ Centre in Auckland New Zealand Dance Festival Trust: towards the $5,000 $16,750 2009 Tempo Festival of Dance Waitakere City Council: towards speaker $65,000 Michael King Writers’ Centre Trust: towards fees and costs for the “Wordsmiths” schools the 2009 /Creative New Okareka Dance Company: towards touring programme and “Literary Weekend” at the Zealand Writer-in-Residence at the Michael “Tama Ma” to Auckland, Hamilton, 2009 Going West Books and Writers Festival King Writers’ Centre in Auckland Wellington and Christchurch $28,000 $15,750 $53,789 Multidisiplinary Olsson and Zigliani Consultants Ltd: towards Alice Miller: for the Louis Johnson Writers’ developing the new work “let me sing you Bursary towards writing a collection of poetry Auckland Festival Trust: towards the “Watch $4,000 gentle songs” through The Edge’s “Double this Space” new work development programme 2009/10 Shot” programme New Zealand Book Month: towards writers’ $19,550 $30,000 Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust: towards the 2010 taonga puoro and piano trio Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki: towards Dunedin Fringe Festival $28,500 New Zealand artists’ participation in the 4th $25,000 Auckland Triennial NZTrio: towards recording an album $26,200 Fringe Arts Trust: towards the Kakano funding $15,730 scheme 2010 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki: towards a Opera Factory Trust: towards an annual $55,000 collaborative conservation research project programme of activity $21,640 Lake Taupo Arts Festival Trust: towards a new $24,090 multi media work ‘Underland Domain’ Auckland University Press: towards a Southern Strings Charitable Trust: towards $29,525 publication on Marti Friedlander tutor fees for the Queenstown Violin Summer $10,000 Nelson Arts Festival: towards New Zealand School work in the 2009 festival $10,000 Mladen Bizumic: towards creating a new body $35,000 of work Tama-o-Rangi Waipara: towards a national tour $14,320 Splore Dynamics Ltd: towards Splore Festival $15,000 2010 Kirstin Carlin: towards postgraduate study at Theatre $20,000 the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland Armstrong Creative Ltd: towards a $12,000 Music development process for a new show Christchurch Art Gallery: towards a publication 175 East: towards an annual programme in “Buckwhips Live on Stage” $9,500 on Andrew Drummond Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch $20,000 $16,000 Barbarian Productions: towards the premiere City Gallery Wellington: towards Delgirl Band: towards recording an album presentation of “Good Night - The End” in $16,000 commissioning of a new work by Regan Gentry Wellington and Auckland $12,000 $62,938 Chris Gendall: for the Edwin Carr Scholarship Julian Hooper: towards researching and to undertake a residency at the Banff Centre Chameleon Productions Ltd: towards developing a new body of work and attend new music festivals and composer rehearsing and presenting a new play by Paul $14,500 conferences Rothwell “The Blackening” $23,785 $32,317 Hyde Park Art Centre Chicago: towards participation of New Zealand artists in the George and Queen: towards recording an Conditional Productions: towards a season of Close Encounters exhibition, USA album Arthur Meek’s “Collapsing Creation” $30,600 $17,260 $23,800 Institute of Modern Art Brisbane: towards Amalia Hall: for the Butlands Music Scholarship Hackman Limited: towards presenting an Peter Madden’s residency, exhibition and towards post graduate study in violin at the Auckland season of “Apollo 13: Mission publication Curtis Institute of Music Control” $13,000 $15,000 $43,000 Blair Jackson: towards attending the Getty Ross Harris and Vincent O’Sullivan: towards Indian Ink Theatre Company: towards the Leadership Institute, Los Angeles developing the score and libretto of the creation and presentation of a new solo work $7,340 chamber opera Brass Poppies “Punchkin” $36,000 $62,770 Michael Lett Gallery: towards a publication on Simon Denny Kiwi Pro-Am Country Music Organisation Inc: Massive Company: towards a North Island tour $10,000 towards the National Country Music Awards of Albert Belz’s “Whero’s New Net” $10,000 $65,000 New Zealand Film Festival Trust: towards hosting international filmmakers during the Little Bushman Ltd: towards recording a live Red Leap Theatre Company: towards touring New Zealand Film Festival album featuring Little Bushman and orchestra “The Arrival” $15,000 $18,820 $49,342 Queensland Art Gallery: towards four New Nelson Composers Workshop: towards the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Zealand artists’ participation in the 6th Asia 2009 Nelson Composers Workshop Trust and Sylvia Rands: towards costs for $8,000 Pacific Triennial International Artistic Fellows, Sylvia Rands $40,000 and Paolo Rotondo to attend masterclasses at New Zealand Choral Federation Inc: towards Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London Bruce Russell: towards a critical theory Sing Aotearoa $20,000 $15,900 publication on improvised sound art $12,790 Stage Left Limited: towards the development New Zealand School of Music: towards and preview presentation of “North:South” at Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts: towards a commission fees for three composers $17,150 the 2009 Going West Festival publication on Bruce Barber $35,357 $17,780 New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir: Visual Arts Mark Williams: towards undertaking an towards the 2009 New Zealand Secondary internship at Lux, London Students Choir Art & Industry Biennial Trust: towards the first $9,525 $19,200 stage of development of SCAPE 2010 $15,980 Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art: NZTrio: towards commissioning a work for towards the Billy Apple exhibition monograph University of Canterbury: towards the Pacific Theatre $35,041 Artists in Residence Program 2010 Tawata Productions: towards return airfares for $15,000 He Reo Aroha to Toronto in 2009 Pacific Arts Committee $24,484 Dance Te Waka Toi Te Rakau Hua o Te Wao Tapu Trust: to tour Inter-arts Iosefa Enari: towards costs of Pacific dance the show Battalion to Vanuatu in June 2009 $42,000 workshops in Manukau, Auckland Mika Haka Foundation: towards a three day $35,995 programme of events Visual Arts $30,000 Ulamila Kama: towards cost of dance costumes Billy-James Ewen: towards the development of $4,450 Toi Whenua: to promote and market the 2009 a Mäori arts strategy for the Far North Matariki Festival in Auckland $12,970 Inter-arts $50,000 Style Pasifika Drum Productions Ltd: towards Darryn George: towards the design and Literature Pacific artists’ fees for Style Pasifika 2009 production costs of a catalogue $19,000 $20,000 Nigel Borell: towards the publishing of a catalogue for the Hawaiiki exhibition Grace Hoet and Chanz Mikaere: towards a Literature $10,000 Matariki festival in Te Arawa Karen Stevenson: towards a mini symposium in $50,000 Bridget Williams Books and Aroha Harris: Auckland, July 2009 $3,713 towards the research and writing of Tangata Kaihanga Uku: to stage a national ceramics Whenua exhibition Multidisiplinary $40,000 $27,754

Vasu – Pacific Women of Power and Luisa David Geary: towards the research and writing Lisa Reihana: to participate in the Ethnografika Tora: towards travel costs for New Zealand of a new collection of short stories Exhibition in London 2009 based artists to Fiji $30,000 $10,624 $9,220 Huia Publishers: to publish a collection of Neil Pardington: towards material costs for an Music poems by Robert Sullivan exhibition and a catalogue $7,500 $50,000 New Zealand School of Music: towards travel cost to China Huia Publishers: to publish “The History of Ross T Smith: towards creating a new body of $12,800 Mäori Language” work $10,000 $9,055 Three Houses Down Limited: towards travel for a tour of “Kanikapila” to the USA in 2009 Brian Potiki: towards writing a book about Takirirangi Smith: to participate in an annual $15,000 “Maranga Mai” waka event in the North West of America $13,800 $12,000 Youth Performance Trust: towards the costs of three regional workshops as part of Smokefree Moving Image Runanga O Ngati Porou: towards a digital Pasifika Beats 2009 media showcase Kehua Films Ltd: to premiere the film “Kehua” $11,700 $17,000 $11,313 Oral Arts Te Tai Tokerau Tarai Waka Inc: towards the Music completion of Ngahiraka Mai Waka Hourua : towards travel cost to participate Black Media Ltd.: towards creating a CD, DVD $50,000 at 3 international events in London and and book of the songs and music of Dr Hirini Germany Whanau A Rongomaiaia Trust: towards a series Melbourne $5,652 of wananga whakairo for the restoration of Te $50,000 Heru o Rangi Marae Theatre Taisha Teriaki: towards an album of waiata $9,000 Kila Kokonut Krew: towards travel and freight $10,000 costs for touring a show to Samoa Waiata Mäori Awards Charitable Trust: towards $3,200 waiata Mäori music awards We Should Practice: towards workshopping $50,000 “Providence” Wellington Tenths Development Trust: $9,380 towards a CD of waiata $6,052 Visual Arts

Shigeyuki Kihara: towards travel and Youth Performance Trust: towards the venue participation cost at Ethnografika Exhibition in and technical production costs of Smokefree London Pacifika Beats 2009 $9,799 $20,000

Andy Leleisi’uao: towards creating new work for solo exhibition in New York City $8,620 Other funding information Te Huki Marae Raupunga: towards wananga and material costs for kowhaiwhai, tukutuku and whakairo of Raupunga Marae Arts Board $26,000 The Arts Board approved the following special opportunities through its 2008/2009 budget: Scholarships and Bursaries The 2009-2010 Craft/Object Art Fellowship ($65,000), the 2009-2010 Choreographic Creative New Zealand acknowledges the Fellowship ($65,000) and the 2009-2010 generous support of the Jack McGill, Butland Berlin Writers’ Residency ($40,000). and Louis Johnson estates and the Edwin Carr Foundation. The Arts Grants & Investments Panel also approved two applications to the Arts Amalia Hall was awarded the 2009 Butland Investments Pathway: Music Scholarship, worth $15,000, towards postgraduate study in violin at the Curtis Theatre Stampede/Nightsong Productions: Institute of Music. The Butland Music towards the premiere season of “360 degrees” Foundation contributed $2,500 towards $95,000 this Scholarship and Creative New Zealand $12,500. The Edge: towards the premiere presentation of Kirk Torrance’s “Flintlock Musket” Jennifer Lee was awarded the 2009 Jack McGill $80,000 Music Scholarship, worth $20,000 towards The following grants, funded by a one off postgraduate studies in performance piano. donation from the B G Reed Charitable Trust, were approved by the Arts Board: Alice Miller was awarded the 2009 Louis Johnson Writers’ Bursary, worth $4,000, Diversityworks Charitable Trust: towards towards writing a collection of poetry. The attendance of Rodney Bell and Caitlan Smith at Louis Johnson Estate contributed $3,000 and Momentum 2009 Creative New Zealand, $1,000. $9,976 Chris Gendall was awarded the 2009 Edwin Queenstown Violin Summer School: towards Carr Foundation Scholarship of $23,785 to the 2009 Summer School $10,000 undertake a residency at the Banff Centre and attend new music festivals and composer conferences. The Edwin Carr Foundation Te Waka Toi contributed $21,000 and Creative New Te Waka Toi Board approved the following Zealand $2,785. awards through its 2008/2009 budget: International Nga Tohu a Ta Kingi Ihaka Award The following artists and arts organisations had $25,000 funding approved to perform, exhibit and/or Te Tohu Tiketike a Te Waka Toi market their work overseas: $20,000 Moana and the Tribe: towards airfares and Nga Karahipi a Te Waka Toi $ 8,000 freight to help stage performances at the Tong Tong, Rainforests and Dreaming festivals, St Te Tohu Toi Ke a Te Waka Toi Mark’s Square – Venice and at the Tanks Art $ 5,000 Centre $49,384 Te Tohu Aroha mo Ngoi Kumeroa $ 5,000 Pacific Curls: to produce a promotional package The following grants were approved through to market to international presenters $4,000 the Toi Ake initiative: Te Warihi Hetaraka: towards the restoration of Red Leap Theatre Company: towards airfares to Te Wairoa waka Melbourne and promotional material $40,000 $4,000

Ngatiwai O Aotea Kawa Marae Trust: towards Taki Rua Productions: towards staging an arts strategy plan for Ngatiwai ki Aotea Kawa “Strange Resting Places” in Singapore Marae $19,927 $4,670 Tawata Productions: towards market Te Aroha Marae: towards a arts strategy plan development for touring for Te Aroha Marae $3,637 $5,000