Creative New Zealand Grants February to May funding round 2007/2008
This is a complete list of project grants in the second funding round for the 2007—2008 financial year. Applications to this round closed on 29 February 2008 and grants were announced in late May. Grants are listed within artforms under Creative New Zealand funding programmes.
In this round, 240 grants totalling more than $4.6 million were offered to artists and arts organisations. Over $14.3 million was requested from 724 applications.
Arts Board: Creative & Simon Denny: towards study at the Michael King Writers’ Centre Trust: towards Stadelschule, Germany supporting two short Writers’ Residencies Professional Development $10,000 $9,000 Craft/Object Art Ingrid Ford: towards attending an international Peppercorn Press: towards the quarterly Lynn Kelly: towards research for new jewellery painting conservation course publication of “New Zealand Books” for 2008 development $1,750 $7,000 $7,139 Ikon Gallery: towards Tyler Cann participating University of Waikato: towards supporting the Paul Maseyk: towards completing an in a Len Lye public programme 2009 Writer in Residence Programme international residency and freight costs $5,295 $22,500 $7,800 Angela Main: towards attending and presenting Museums Aotearoa: towards an international moving image at ISEA 2008 scholarship to be offered in 2009 New Zealand Film Festival Trust: towards travel $15,000 $2,620 and per diems for overseas film makers Margaret Porter: towards attending and McCahon House Trust: towards supporting $15,000 participating in GAS Conference 2008 two artists’ residencies
$3,739 $18,000 Music
Damian Skinner: towards presenting lectures in Dane Mitchell: towards a 12 week residency at Adam International Cello Festival & Europe and New Zealand, and writing a book Gasworks, London Competition Trust: towards masterclasses at the on New Zealand jewellery $18,565 Adam International Cello Festival $37,470 $9,800 Kate Small: towards attending a printmaking workshop in Australia Simon Brew: towards postgraduate study in Dance $3,865 saxophone Daniel Belton and Good Company: towards a $6,200 three week creative development workshop Raewyn Turner: towards attending and $35,200 presenting work at ISEA 2008 Caprice Arts Trust – Charitable Trust: towards $5,475 workshops by Lucas Vis Sarah Foster: towards a four week creative $7,000 development workshop Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki: $19,770 towards an international residency and Luke Di Somma: towards composition study at symposium the Tisch School of the Arts in New York The Playground New Zealand Ltd: towards a $20,000 $10,000 three week creative development workshop for “Sleep/Wake” Andrew Wood: towards a research and Alexandra Hay: towards attending Nuovi Spazi $26,970 professional development trip to Europe Musicali $9,535 $3,840 Fine Arts International Summer School for Choral Literature Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki: towards Conducting: towards an international summer research and development of the 4th Auckland Bravado Magazine Incorporated: towards issues school in choral leadership Triennial 13–15 of “Bravado” $10,500 $10,000 $7,000 Rachael Morgan: towards composition study Lynn Campbell: towards attending an JAAM Publishing Collective: towards in the UK and Europe (recipient of the 2008 international cultural conservation congress publishing “JAAM 26” Edwin Carr Scholarship) $3,000 $2,000 $23,500 Richard Nunns: towards professional Thomas Sainsbury: towards writing a first draft Claire O’Neil and Hans Van den Broeck: development opportunities in the UK and of a play towards the creation and presention of Germany “Settlement” $1,600 $3,700 $11,400 Rima Te Wiata and Kristian Lavercombe: New Zealand School of Music: towards towards a theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Raewyn Hill and Dancers: towards the composer residency in 2009–2010 sonnets set to the music of Gareth Farr. creation and presentation of a new work “Finders Keepers” $25,000 $9,726 $79,350 New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir: The Conch: towards the development of a new towards New Zealand Secondary Students work “Masi” Choir programme of activities. Fine Arts $55,000 $30,000 Martin Basher: towards creating a new body of Makerita Urale and Nancy Brunning: towards work John Rosser: towards attending the 8th World Choral Symposium travel costs to attend New Indigenous Voices $10,150 $7,900 2008 in New York, USA Mary-Louise Browne: towards developing text Michael Taylor: towards a Masters degree in $10,740 art in a new medium jazz performance Trygve Wakenshow: towards travel costs to $84,00 $10,000 attend L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Paris 2008-09 Darren Glass: towards an artist’s book Hao Chen: towards postgraduate piano $13,000 documenting 20 years of pinhole cameras study at the Royal College of Music. This includes $3,000 from the 2008 Butland Music Wild Theatre: towards travel costs to $28,500 Scholarship. collaborate with Kadek Budi Setiawan and Litmus School of Fine Arts Massey University: attend International Wayang Festival in Bali $10,000 towards a nation-wide series of temporary $4,904 Angela Tsai: towards attending the place-based artworks and audience development International Education Symposium $79,025 Arts Board: New Work $600 Judy Millar: towards creating a new body of Craft/Object Art Vitamin S: towards three residencies work $8,000 Sandra Bushby: towards creating a new body $30,000 Paul Winstanley: towards a residency at of work $10, 700 Kate Newby: towards a new body of site specific Nameless Sound in Houston and sculpture works $4,500 Joe Sheehan: towards creating a body of new $8,370 Holly Leslie: towards postgraduate double work for Sao Paolo Biennale Richard Orjis: towards creating a new body bass studies (recipeint of the 2008 Jack McGill $20,000 Music Scholarship) of works including painting, ceramics and photography $15,500 Dance $9,075 Atamira Dance Collective Charitable Trust: Theatre towards the creation and presentation of a new Literature Armstrong Creative Ltd: towards development short works season “Nga Waewae Tapu” and pre-production costs for a new theatre Johanna Aitchison: towards writing a collection $45,500 work, Dave Armstrong’s “Le Sud” of poetry $15,000 $55,950 Sean Curham: towards the creation and presentation of a new work “Swagger” Michele Amas: towards writing a collection of Michelanne Forster: towards a writer’s fee to write a new script, working title “Don’t $50,600 poetry Mention Casablanca” $15,000 Maria Dabrowska: towards the creation $10,440 and presentation of “Carnival Hound”. Ken Catran: towards a young adults novel This includes $5,000 from the Tup Lang Massive Company: towards commissioning and $15,000 workshopping a new theatre script Choreographic Award Eleanor Catton: towards writing a novel. $28,050 $41,980 This includes $4,200 from the Louis Johnson Nightsong Productions Ltd and Theatre Main Reactor Ltd and Michael Parmenter: Writers’ Bursary Stampede Charitable Trust: towards costs for a towards the creation and presentation of a new $13,200 work “Tent” development process for a new devised work, Martin Edmond: towards writing a work of “360 Degrees” $172,000 creative non-fiction $38,910 $24,000 2 Brian Falkner: towards completing a young Nick Bollinger: towards a book featuring The SEEYD Theatre Company: towards a adults novel significant New Zealand pop albums programme of works 2008-2009 $13,500 $9,900 $31,420
Siobhan Harvey: towards the creation of a work Christchurch Arts Festival Trust and Young & Hungry Arts Trust: towards the costs of literary criticism Canterbury Museum: towards a piano quintet for the Festival of New Works 2008 commission by Gao Ping for the 2009 Festival $35,000 $15,000 $22,000 International Institute of Modern Letters: towards the 2009 Victoria University/Creative Stephanie Croft: towards recording an album Arts Board: Presentation, New Zealand Writer in Residence $10,500 Promotion & Audience $26,500 Development Dylan Lardelli: towards commissioning two Cilla McQueen: towards writing a collection of works for chamber ensemble Craft/Object Art poetry $12,800 Australian Centre for Craft & Design: towards $30,000 Little Bushman Ltd and Warren Maxwell: New Zealand content in Object magazine Carl Nixon: towards writing a novel towards orchestral arrangements for a live $14,000 performance $36,000 Richard Fahey: towards a publication on $15,800 Bruce Potter: towards illustrating a children’s contemporary ceramic production in New picture book Geoffrey Maddock: towards recording an album Zealand of original compositions $20,500 $16,000 $15,000 Sport: towards the publication of “Sport 36” Hawkes Bay Museum & Art Gallery: towards a New Zealand Trio: to commission Wayan publication and symposium based around New $5,000 Yudane to write a piano trio Zealand ceramics and craft/object art University of Canterbury: towards supporting $6,000 $24,630 the Ursula Bethell Residency in 2009 John Psathas: towards composing a Marimba $27,080 Dance Concerto University of Otago College of Education: Auckland Dance Festival Trust: towards $40,000 towards supporting the 2009 University of marketing and audience development initiatives Otago Children’s Writer in Residence Dean Roberts: to record a solo album of for Tempo 2008 $10,000 original material $75,620 $7,000 Andrew Wood: towards writing a biography The Human Garden: towards travel and freight to attend the 2008 Era New Horizons Festival $18,000 Te Kapa Haka o Whangara Mai Tawhiti Trust: towards commissioning works for kapa haka in Poland and orchestra Multidisciplinary $8,630 $55,000 Fringe Arts Trust: towards Kakano funding in Fine Arts the 2009 NZ Fringe Festival The Mamaku Project: towards recording a $55,000 second album Adam Art Gallery: towards the production of a $15,000 catalogue to accompany a Vivian Lynn survey Wellington Museums Trust: towards exhibition commissioning new work for the 2009 Capital Trio Scintillatum: towards composing a work $23,000 E National Arts Festival for piano trio $30,000 $3,700 Aoteaoa Digital Arts and Zita Joyce: towards an exhibition of New Zealand digital arts at ISEA, University of Auckland: towards commissioning Music Singapore 2008 two works for chamber ensemble 175 East: towards commissioning a new work $59,920 $12,000 for chamber ensemble Auckland University Press: towards the $6,000 Village of the Idiots: towards recording an publication of a Milan Mrkusich monograph album of original music Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra: towards $9,000 $10,000 commissioning an orchestral work Liyen Chong: towards creating an artist book Theatre $5,650 $3,015 Co Theatre Physical Ltd: towards final Mary Ayre: towards composing a work for four development and presentation costs for “Cirque Ikon Gallery: towards a Darcy Lange solo pianists de Mama et Papa” exhibition $7,000 $57,490 $21,175
3 3 Anne Noble: towards a photographic book towards marketing and promotion for Library L’Estro Armonico Strings: to present a series of $14,465 Week 2008 concerts in the South Island $22,050 $12,800 rm103: towards 11 months of exhibitions and projects in 08/09 Steele Roberts Ltd: towards publishing a Nelson Music Festival Trust: towards a $65,495 collection of New Zealand folk music Chamber Music Festival in Nelson $2,500 $15,000 Mark Stocker: towards the publication costs of one NZ Art History Journal Vancouver International Writers Festival: New Zealand Trio: Towards a national tour $5,000 towards supporting Elizabeth Knox’s $28,700 appearance at the Vancouver International Stray Cinema: towards an interactive Writers’ Festival Rattle Records Ltd: towards manufacturing and multidisciplinary screening event promoting costs of Kartsigar album $5,000 $8,200 $12,700 Waitakere City Council: towards supporting the The Suter: to present the 5th Goodman Suter 2008 Going West Books and Writers’ Festival Rattle Records Ltd: towards a DVD featuring Contemporary Art Project Michael Houstoun $23,000 $19,000 $9,700 Moving Image The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: Rockquest Promotions Ltd: towards the costs towards presenting Michael Stevenson’s work DOCNZ Festival Trust: towards an of artists’ fees for a retrospective anniversary in exhibition international documentary film festival and concert $8,925 master classes $10,000 $16,000 The Audio Foundation: towards production Literature Multidisciplinary cost of a compilation CD Book Publishers Association of NZ: towards Auckland Festival Trust: towards NZ work in $18,960 supporting a stand receptionist at the Frankfurt the 2009 festival Book Fair The Graduate Choir NZ Inc: towards a concert $280,000 and workshop series in Christchurch $5,000 Nelson Arts Festival: towards the 2008 Nelson $9,500 Cape Catley Ltd: towards publishing a Arts Festival biography Theatre $30,000 $5,000 Sara Brodie: towards re-rehearsal and re- Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust: towards the Cape Catley Ltd: towards publishing a mounting costs for “The Kreutzer” 2009 Festival of Colour collection of poetry $80,448 $70,000 $2,000 Conditional Productions Ltd: towards a WOMAD New Zealand: towards New Zealand Carcanet Press: towards publishing an national tour of “On the Conditions ...” performers at the WOMAD Festival 2009 anthology of contemporary New Zealand $10,380 poetry in the UK $30,000 Indian Ink Theatre Company: towards $5,000 presentation costs of “The Dentist’s Chair” at Music Sky City Theatre, Auckland Christchurch Book Festival Trust: towards the 175 East: towards a national series of concerts 2008 Christchurch Writers’ Festival $33,000 in 2009 $26,000 Nelson School of Music: towards presentation $19,400 costs of Toro Pikopiko children’s puppet International Institute of Modern Letters: Cairo Knife Fight: towards promotion of a theatre piece “Matariki” at Nelson School of towards publishing the 2008 online edition of debut album Music’s Winter Festival 2008 Best New Zealand Poems $4,200 $2,000 $5,950 Anna Coddington: towards a national tour The Conch: to tour “Vula” to Australia Mallinson Rendel Publishers Ltd: towards publishing a children’s picture book $15,000 $40,000
$3,000 Delgirl Band: towards a national tour Wow! Productions Charitable Trust: to mount a production of “The Cape” at the Otago New Zealand Book Month: towards 2008 New $10,800 Festival of the Arts in 2008 Zealand Book Month Gregory Aim Opera Trust: towards a vocal $16,000 $20,000 recital
New Zealand Library Association Inc LIANZA: $4,000 4 Pacific Arts Committee: Ned Ngatae: towards a new album recording Theatre Pacific Arts Development $8000 Uli Vao Collective: towards touring Uli Vao to Niue Fine Arts Theatre $12,000
Li’l Mama’s Art Klub: towards costs to attend Dianna Fuemana: towards the costs of and stage an art exhibition in Rarotonga rehearsing the one woman show “Falemalama” Pacific Arts Committee: $5,000 $7,500 Pacific Heritage Arts
Sean Mallon: towards the cost of learning the Massive Company: towards production costs of Dance art of Pacific tattooing “The Girls Show” Canterbury Fiji Social Services Trust: towards $5,900 $10,000 the cost of the Canterbury Fijian Heritage Night Cerisse Palalagi and Natalie Couch: towards a Victor Rodger: towards the costs of completing collaborative print exhibition “Red Thread” a new play “Black Faggot” $8,500 $4,643 $10,000 Dance Victor Rodger: towards travelling to Samoa and University of Canterbury and Karen Nero: New Zealand Rotuman Fellowship Inc: towards a Pacific Artists in Residence research for a new play “Village People” towards the cost of running “Reinforcing our Programme 2009 $15,000 Rotumanness” cultural workshops $15,000 Tusi Tamasese: towards production of a new $5,000 Fletcher Vaughan: towards production of a new play “Leone” Literature work “Stratospheric” $3,500 $13,573 Zora Feilo-Makapa: towards the publishing of a Pacific Arts Committee: book on Niuean myths and legends Glenda Vilisoni: towards the costs of an art $16,050 residency in Niue Pacific Arts Promotion $7,660 Dance Screen Innovation Tau Fuata Niue Dance Group: towards travel Production Fund Literature costs to Hakodate, Japan The Screen Innovation Production Fund is a Huia Publishers: towards the costs of $15,000 partnership between Creative New Zealand and publishing a book titled “Frangipani is Dead” the New Zealand Film Commission. $5,000 Fine Arts Creative New Zealand’s contribution is funded through the Arts Board. Philip Siataga: towards the cost of completing a Andy Leleisi’uao: towards production of a Moving Image novel manuscript catalogue for Le Onoeva Exhibition $7,780 $10,000 Daniel Borgman and Katja Adomeit: towards a short drama Moving Image Multidisciplinary $25,000
Iosefa Enari: towards production costs of a Youth Performance Trust: towards the cost of Alex Dron: towards an animated comedy Samoan dance film Smokefree Pasifika Beats Part 2 $14,805 $16,000 $5,000 Natalie Glubb and Andie Spargo: towards the Paul Watkins: towards developing a script for a production of a short film Music film called “Aiga” $15,000 Spacifix and Tau Manukia: towards travel to the $4,434 Netherlands Simon Good: towards production and post production of a short film Multidisciplinary $20,000 $20,000 Blazon Trust: towards the costs of a Pacific Oral Arts Multicultural Festival in 2008 Simone Horrocks: towards a documentary Pacific Theatre Incorporated Society: towards $6,000 $12,910 staging a new theatre show called “The Stadium” Jill Kennedy: towards a short experimental Music animation $13,858 New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir: $9,185 towards the cost of travel to South America $15,000
5 5 Hye Rim Lee: towards an animation Literature Te Waka Toi: Heritage $25,000 Judith Holloway: to rewrite a script for a play Arts Lone Pine Film and TV Productions Ltd: $14,000 towards a dramatic short film Fine Arts Huia Publishers: to publish a book entitled “An $15,000 Atiawa ki Whakarongotai Trust: to restore Illustrated History of the NZ Mäori Rugby interior side panels of Whakarongotai Marae Adam Luxton: towards post production for a Team” $32,000 short film $5,000 $10,430 Maungapohatu Marae: towards the carving of a Ta Kupu Ltd: to commission illustrations for a pouwhenua Nova Paul: towards a 16 mm experimental film children’s book $10,000 $22,330 $25,000 Tawata Press: to publish “Have Car Will Maungapohatu Marae: towards the carving of Playhouse Pictures: towards a stop motion Travel” a waharoa horror short film $4,000 $22,330 $14,395 Te Toka Ahuru Charitable Trust: towards the Motatau Marae Trustees: to adorn the new Susan Potter: towards research costs for a preserving and recording of taoka wharekai documentary $30,000 $30,000 $6,595 Papakainga Marae Committee: to restore the Tara Riddell: towards the production of a short MÄori Performing Arts tipuna whare Kourakino film Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc: towards a Takitimu $30,000 $23,950 festival $26,000 The Human Garden: towards post production Te Waka Toi: Indigenous of a short film Tauranga Moana Tauranga Tangata Trust: Links $1,655 towards a festival celebrating Mäori arts in the Tauranga area Dance Peter Wareing: towards post production of a $22,500 Atamira Dance Collective Charitable Trust: documentary towards touring costs to perform at the Tjibaou $18,210 Tihi Limited: towards Matariki a programme of Center in September 2008 Mäori music and performance 2008 Gabriel White: towards post production of a $30,000 $30,000 series of videos MÄori Performing Arts $3,100 WOMAD New Zealand: towards supporting Te Paepae programme at WOMAD 2009 Pakirikiri Marae: towards Mäori arts wananga Jack Woon: towards a short musical film $10,000 and travel costs for 30 Rarotongan to Aotearoa $14,970 $33,000 Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones: towards a Multidisciplinary Te Ihi Connections Ltd: to participate at feature length documentary Auckland City Council: towards a Matariki $23,485 the Molokai Polynesian Festival and Ni Ihau Festival in Auckland in 2008 research $23,880 Te Waka Toi: Experiencing $30,000 Te Runanga O Ngati Porou: towards a festival Mäori Arts celebrating digital media artforms within Ngati Music Fine Arts Porou Concious Collaborations and Te Anau Tuiono: $17,000 towards a compilation album of indigenous hip Sonia Snowden: towards the touring of a hop and reggae weaving exhibition and the printing of a $10,000 Music catalogue and posters $30,000 Youth Performance Trust: towards Smokefree Pasifica Beats part 1 Te Waka Toi: New Work Tairawhiti Museum: towards a retrospective $11,000 Dance exhibition and catalogue of the art of John Hovell Peter Takapuna: to create and develop Theatre workshops for Manakitanga a physical theatre $16,020 Public Dreams Trust: to present Te Kaunoti at work the Matariki celebrations in Kahungunu $30,000 $7,000
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David Hakaraia and Tai Maki: to create and exhibit art pieces that express contemporary Mäori lifestyle $30,000
Karl Leonard: to create a series of piupiu, poi taniko and kahu muka and a catalogue $26,000
Nga Kaiwhakaahua Collective and Rochelle Huia Smith: towards the photographing of 21 marae over a 6 -8 month period by seven Mäori photographers $25,935
Debbi Thyne: towards a wall installation of abstract indigenous flower motifs $25,15
Literature
Nathan Gray: towards the costs of completing a book on race relations $14,000
Music
Royala Wilson and Carl Newman: towards recording an album $10,000
Te Waka Toi: Te Reo
Oral Arts
Te Ataarangi ki Roto o Tainui: towards a six day wananga reo $9,990
Te Ataarangi ki Tokomaru Incorporated Society: towards wananga reo $10,000
Te Ataarangi Trust: towards hosting an international conference showcasing te reo Mäori $30,000
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ARTS BOARD Scholarships and Bursaries International
The following grants were approved through Creative New Zealand acknowledges the The following artists and arts organisations had the Arts Board’s out-of-time mechanism: generous support of the Jack McGill, Butland funding approved to perform, exhibit and/or and Louis Johnson estates and the Edwin Carr market their work overseas: Helen Jamieson: to attend the Magdalena Foundation. Sin Fronteras Festival and participate in a Indian Ink Theatre Company: To perform collaborative performance “Women with Big Hao Chen was awarded the 2008 Butland Candlestickmaker at Theaterformen Eyes” Music Scholarship, worth $10,000, towards $15,562 $5,129 postgraduate piano study at the Royal College Taki Rua Productions: To perform at the Renee Bevan: to attend the international of Music. The Butland Music Foundation Festival of Dreaming jewellery exhibition “Schmuck” in Germany in contributed $3,000 towards this Scholarship $10,000 2008 and Creative New Zealand $7,000. Whirimako Black: To perform at the Festival of $3,960 Dreaming Holly Leslie was awarded the 2008 Jack McGill Kirsten Haydon: towards participation at $2,178 Music Scholarship, worth $15,500 towards Schmuck International Jewellery Exhibition postgraduate double bass studies. Scape: To launch Scape at the Biennale of $2,880 Sydney $12,500 Miranda Harcourt: towards travel costs to UK Eleanor Catton was awarded the 2008 Louis to be mentored by Jane Campion Johnson Writers’ Bursary, worth $13,200, Stephen Bain/ Winning Productions: To tour $4,000 towards writing a novel. The Louis Johnson Singapore. Belgium, Holland, Brisbane Estate contributed $4,200 and Creative New $11,000 Vivienne Plumb: towards attendance at the Zealand, $9,000. Cuirt International Festival of Literature in Bowen St Gallery: To participate at the Galway, Ireland Melbourne Arts Fair Rachael Morgan was awarded the 2008 Edwin $2,985 $7,000 Carr Foundation Scholarship of $23,500 Paul Douglas: towards airfares to perform in towards composition study in the UK and Gow Langsford Gallery: To participate at the Paris at the 2008 Quartz Electronic Music Europe. Melbourne Arts Fair $10,000 Showcase event $1,445 Maria Dabrowska was awarded $41,980 Liverpool Biennale: To exhibit three New towards the creation and presentation of a Zealand artists Te Waka Toi new work “Carnival Hound” with the support $25,197 of the 2007/2008 Tup Lang Choreographic The following grant was approved through Te Starkwhite: towards the presentation of Dane Award worth $5,000 and an Arts Board grant Waka Toi’s out-of-time mechanism: Mitchell and et al at Art 39 Basel of $36,980. $ 90,000
Nathan Pohio: towards the costs for land travel Stella Brennan: To attend the Liverpool and food while studying at the James Ormond Biennial Wallace Trust Residence in Paris $4,000
$700 Terrence Handscomb: To attend the Liverpool Te Waka Toi also approved the following grants Biennial $4,000 through its Toi Ake initiative: Lisa Reihana: To attend the Liverpool Biennial Toi Ake - Priority Project Fund: $4,000 Te Kotahitanga Board of Trustee ($25,000), 10 Days on the Island: To present four New Waipatu Marae Committee: towards the Zealand arts projects and companies at 10 Days adornment of artworks ($25,000), Nga Kaitiaki on the Island Festival O Ngati Kauwhata ($24,800), $40,000 Rangitane o Wairarapa Inc ($25,000) Toi Ake - Strategy Plan: Whitianga Marae Committee ($4,800)
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