CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND
Arts Pasifika Awards 2011
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
GUIDELINES AND NOMINATION FORM
Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations for the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika
Awards 2011. The prestigious Awards have been offered annually since 1996 with categories
for established and emerging New Zealand based Pacific artists. The prestigious Awards have
been offered annually since 1996 and recipients have included some the country’s most well
known and pioneering artists.
The Awards support both emerging and senior artists across all artforms, acknowledge the
late Iosefa Enari’s outstanding contribution to opera, and recognise the importance of
innovation and excellence in Pacific arts.
The Arts Pasifika Awards 2011 offer awards in five categories. Each category has specific
criteria that nominators must consider.
1. Senior Pacific Artists’ Award ($10,000)
Recognises the contribution of a senior established Pacific artist in maintaining or
developing his or her art form in New Zealand.
2. Pacific Heritage Arts Award ($5000)
Recognises an artist or cultural group who has made a major contribution to
maintaining, reviving or promoting a Pacific heritage artform in New Zealand. This
includes language, dance, traditional music, weaving and tatau.
3. Pacific Contemporary Arts Award ($5000)
Recognises an artist or group who has demonstrated innovation within their art form.
The artist or group must have a track record and have achieved in their chosen field.
Recognition will be given to those who work in a unique artform, or those who
continually push the boundaries of their practice.
4. Iosefa Enari Memorial Award ($4000)
Recognises the contribution of the late Iosefa Enari to the arts and, in particular, his
pioneering role in Pacific opera. This study/travel award supports the career
development of individual Pacific singers across all classical vocal genres and career
stages.
5. Emerging Pacific Artists’ Award ($4000)
Recognises an emerging artist or group showing promise and potential in their chosen
art form. The purpose of this award is to recognize achievement at this developmental
stage, ensuring that the artist/group will develop their career further in their chosen
field.
Criteria
All nominations will be assessed by the Pacific Arts Committee under the following criteria;
(i)
The people: the artist or group’s track record and future potential, and their
contribution to the Pacific arts and/or their specific contribution to an artform’s
development in New Zealand.
(ii)
Kaupapa Pasifika: how the artist or group’s practice reflects Kaupapa Pasifika.*
(iii) Specific criteria: related to the individual awards:
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Senior Pacific Artists’ Award – Commitment to their practice and ‘mana’
within the community.
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Pacific Heritage Arts Award – Maintaining, reviving and promotion
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Pacific Contemporary Arts Award –Innovation*
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Iosefa Enari Memorial Award – Professional development opportunity
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Emerging Pacific Artists’ Award – Potential
* Refer to page 7 for the definitions of “Emerging artist”, “Established artist”, “Kaupapa
Pasifika and “Innovation”.
Nominees cannot be:
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Previous recipients of the same award category
Employees of Creative New Zealand, or
Members of the Arts Board, Te Waka Toi or the Pacific Arts Committee
Nominees must be:
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New Zealand citizens or be a permanent resident
Support material
Nominations should include support material.
Support material includes letters of recommendation from two relevant referees, articles,
reviews and examples of the nominee’s previous work.
We prefer links to relevant online support material, however if this is not possible you may
include CDs, DVDs, books, photos and colour copies. Please include one copy of any
supporting material which cannot be photocopied in black and white.
Copies of visual material (not originals) should be provided. Please make sure that the images
are clearly numbered and marked with a name, title of work and an arrow indicating the
correct way to view them, accompanied by a list giving the date of the work, the medium and
dimensions.
NB: Creative New Zealand is not able to return support material.
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Nomination process:
Nominations close 5pm on Friday 24th June, 2011.
A Nomination form is attached or download from www.creativenz.govt.nz/pasifikaawards
For further information please contact:
Makerita Urale, Senior Programme Adviser - Pacific Arts
email: makerita.urale@creativenz.govt.nz
tel: (04) 498 0729
mob: 027 285 7303
Nominations must be received in Creative New Zealand’s Wellington office in hard copy by
5pm on the closing date, clearly labeled:
Arts Pasifika Awards 2011
Creative New Zealand
PO Box 3806
Wellington 6011
NB: Creative New Zealand is not able to accept late nominations.
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Arts Pasifika Awards 2011
NOMINATION FORM
CONTACT DETAILS
NOMINATOR INFORMATION
Name of person making nomination:
Your mailing address:
Your phone number:
NOMINEE INFORMATION
Name of person you are nominating:
Their mailing address:
Their phone number:
Their email address:
Island Group:
Male/Female:
Which Arts Pasifika Award is your nomination for?
(please refer to page 1 of the guideline for list of awards).
Please address the following three questions clearly and concisely. If required please
attach additional information to this form.
1.
Why do you think the person you have nominated should receive this award?
(please provide a CV and supporting material with the nomination).
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2.
3.
Kaupapa Pasifika: Please give examples of how this nominee has incorporated
Kaupapa Pasifika in his or her work (refer to page 7 of the guidelines for definition of
Kaupapa Pasifika).
Individual Awards criteria: Please explain or provide examples of how this
nominee meets the criteria. Choose the appropriate award listed below:
a. Senior Pacific Artists Award – Commitment to their practice and ‘mana’ within
the community
b. Pacific Heritage Arts Award – Maintaining, reviving and promotion
c. Pacific Contemporary Arts Award – Innovation
d. Iosefa Enari Memorial Award – Professional development opportunity
e. Emerging Pacific Artists’ Award - Potential
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Nomination Checklist:
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Contact Details
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Nomination Form
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Support Material
Please list the support material provided, e.g. nominee’s CV and visual support
material.
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Signed (Nominator)
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Date
GLOSARY OF TERMS / DEFINITIONS
Emerging artist
an artist who:
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has specialised training or practical experience in their area of arts practice (training
need not have been at an academic institution), and
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is recognised by peers or experts in the artist’s area of arts practice, which can include
kaumatua or kuia, or other people of standing within the artist’s community, and
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has received recognition for the public presentation of at least one work in the area of
arts practice for which they’re applying for Contestable Funding.
Established artist
an artist who:
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has recently achieved the successful public presentation of at least three high-quality
artworks, events or programmes in an area of arts practice and who has endorsement
and support for their work from at least two peers or experts in their area of arts
practice.
Heritage arts
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Artistic expressions and forms reflecting a particular cultural tradition or traditions
that continue to be celebrated and practiced by New Zealand artists and practitioners,
and that are appreciated and supported by New Zealand communities.
Kaupapa Pasifika
When the Pacific Arts Committee assesses applications it considers the extent to which
Kaupapa Pasifika is evident in the practice and results of the proposed project. “Kaupapa
Pasifika” refers to a foundation of understanding and knowledge created by Pasifika people
and expressing Pasifika aspirations, values and principles. It’s based on these two concepts:
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Kaupapa – awareness of the unique cultural perspectives of a distinct group of New
Zealanders
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Pasifika – the unique cultural perspectives and beliefs embodied in the values,
customs, rituals, dance, song, language and cultural expressions of the individual
Pasifika nations.
The combination of the two attributes seeks to reflect the unique context of Aotearoa-based
Pasifika communities and to help these communities express a set of deeper cultural values
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and worldviews that are specific to their own experiences as Pasifika peoples living in New
Zealand.
When the Pacific Arts Committee is assessing a culturally-specific heritage arts application, it
will replace the concept of Kaupapa Pasifika with, for example, Kaupapa Samoa, Kaupapa
Fiji, Kaupapa Tonga, and so on, for the specific Island group. This is equivalent to the
commonly used terms “Fa’a Samoa”, “Vaka Viti” or “Faka Tonga”, meaning “the Samoan
way”, “the Fijian way”, or “the Tongan way”, and so on.
Innovation
Innovation involves the creation of value out of new ideas, new products, new arts
experiences, new services, or new ways of doing things. An “innovative” arts practitioner will
have a good understanding of the skills and techniques required by their area of arts practice,
but will not be relying on established ideas, forms or ways of working.
They will be actively investigating new ways of working and will be taking artistic Actual
innovation will depend on context (when and where the project is to happen). It may exist in
the form of the work, the process of creating the work, the way the work is presented, the
ways the work engages with its audience, or the way in which skills and techniques are passed
on.
Track record
an individual or organisation must have some experience and must have achieved recognition
and success in the area of arts practice for which they’re applying for support. The actual
levels of experience, recognition and success that Creative New Zealand requires vary
according to the type of grant or investment applied for (a Quick Response Grant, an Arts
Grant, an Arts Investment or a Sector Investment). For Quick Response Grants and Arts
Grants, artists or practitioners must:
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have specialised training or practical experience in arts practice (training need not
have been at an academic institution)
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have recognition from peers or experts in their area of arts practice, which can include
kaumatua or kuia, or other people of standing within the applicant’s community, and
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have achieved success in their area of arts practice.
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