October-December 2010 Quick Response contestable funding round
This is a complete list of project grants offered in the October-December 2010 Quick Response
contestable funding round. Applications to this round closed on 29 October 2010 and grants were
announced at the beginning of December. Grants are listed within artforms under Creative New
Zealand funding groups. In this round, 82 grants totalling $461,922 were offered to support projects
by New Zealand artists, practitioners and arts organisations. More than $1.5 million was requested
from 252 applications.
Arts Board
Craft/Object Art
 Warren Feeney: towards publishing a book on the history of the Canterbury Society of Arts
$6,000.00

Ben Pearce: towards a new body of work
$5,475.00

Damian Skinner: towards travel between COLLECT and SOFA in 2011
$4,910.00

Lauren Winstone: to undertake the Guldagergaard Ceramics Residency in Denmark
$5,850.00
Craft/Object Art Total
$22,235.00
Dance

Java Dance Company: towards a creative development workshop process for a new work
$7,091.00

Mia Mason: the Tup Lang Scholarship towards a creative development workshop process for
a new work
$7,400.00

MAU: towards redevelopment of the MAU website
$5,000.00

Ross McCormack and Adam Hayward: towards leading a six day choreographic workshop
with Elie Tass
$7,450.00

Strut Dance Inc: towards the costs of per diems and accommodation to enable Carol Brown,
Dorita Hannah and Russell Scoones to participate in an international collaboration 'Tongues
of Stone'
$7,500.00

Venture Southland: towards presenting 'The Back of the Bus' at Southland Festival of the
Arts 2011
$7,275.00
Dance Total
$41,716.00
Inter-arts
 Auckland Council: towards two collaborative projects as part "Living Rooms 2011"
$6,000.00

The Playground NZ Ltd and Sam Trubridge: towards the presentation of 'The Performance
Arcade'
$6,820.00
Inter-arts Total
$12,820.00
Literature
 Auckland University Press: towards publishing a non-fiction book by Martin Edmond
$3,500.00

Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Charitable Trust: towards the development of an
iPhone Application containing the festival programme downloadable at no charge
$3,300.00

Awa Press Ltd: to publish an illustrated book 'How to Look at Twenty Paintings' by Justin
Paton
$7,500.00

Cape Catley Ltd: towards publishing the first collection of poems by Jo Emeney
$2,500.00

Fifi Colston: towards illustrating a picture book by David Hill
$7,500.00

David Ling Publishing Ltd: to attend the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2011
$7,500.00

Tracy Duncan: towards writing and illustrating three children's books
$6,000.00

International Institute of Modern Letters: towards adding an audio component to 'Best New
Zealand Poems'
$3,570.00

New Zealand Poetry Society Inc: towards the production of 6 issues of bi-monthly Magazine,
'A Fine Line'
$5,270.00

Steele Roberts Publishers: to publish a collection of poems by Sue Wootton
$1,300.00

Steele Roberts Publishers: to publish a collection of poems by Nicholas Reid
$1,300.00

Writers in Wineries: towards the Hastings Festival of Writers 2011
$7,500.00
Literature Total
$56,740.00
Music

Paul Amlehn: towards creating a new sound art work entitled 'Aotearoa/Europa'
$7,000.00

Atoll Ltd: towards recording the New Zealand performances of 'O Cambodia' in 2011
$6,400.00

Brigid Bisley: towards receiving conducting mentorship in Australia
$3,807.00

Sara Brodie: towards a research trip to develop the opera 'The Jade Bird'
$6,000.00

Sophie Burbery: towards a nationwide tour to support the release of a new album
$5,000.00

Composers Association of NZ Inc CANZ: towards travel to attend the ISCM General Assembly
2011 in Croatia
$6,000.00

Diva Productions Ltd: towards a 6 month stipend for Don McGlashan to create new work
$7,500.00

Hermione Johnson: towards travel expenses to perform at the NowNow Festival in Sydney
2011
$1,000.00

Natalia Mann: towards an album inspired by Istanbul to be released on the Rattle label
$7,500.00

Manukau Orchestral Society Inc: to premiere Robin Toan's Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet
and basoon with orchestra
$4,000.00

Mundi: to tour and promote Mundi's second album 'In the Blink of an Eye'
$5,679.00

Philip Norman: to compose an orchestral prelude with narration
$7,500.00

Royal School of Church Music NZ: towards fees, airfare, accommodation and meals for the
course director
$5,405.00

Bruce Russell: towards a producing a multi-media project titled 'No more Driver call me:
selected works 1935-2010'
$7,441.00

SMP Ensemble: to present a concert of New Zealand and International music with 3 guest
performers
$7,040.00

Lauren Thompson and Tami Neilson: to perform 'Chanteuses and Shotguns' at 21 different
venues throughout New Zealand
$6,365.00

Anthonie Tonnon: to produce a full length album
$7,500.00

Alex van den Broek: towards presenting a composition for the 'Modart 11' Festival in Sydney
$1,730.00
Music Total
$102,867.00
Pan-artform festivals
 Jambalaya Education Charitable Trust: towards a mentoring project for festival management
in 2011
$5,000.00
Pan-artform festivals Total
$5,000.00
Theatre
 Creeping Charlie Productions Ltd: towards the presentation of Wilson Dixon at the Dunedin
Fringe Festival 2011
$5,000.00

Emerging Artists Trust - EAT Wellington: towards the theatre component of the 2011
Mentoring Programme
$3,900.00

Kumarani Productions: towards the presentation of the John Bolton Directing Course in 2011
$4,450.00

Toby Leach and Jonny Moffatt: to present a theatrical documentary about the life and times
of the Chatham Islands
$7,467.00

Musical Theatre New Zealand Inc: towards the Musical Theatre New Zealand Directors'
School
$4,500.00

Strata Creative Ltd: towards attendance at the International Society of Performing Arts
Congress in New York
$2,414.00
Theatre Total$27,731.00
Visual Arts
 Aotearoa Urban Arts Trust: to develop a web resource for the 'Oi You!' 2011 urban art
project
$5,000.00

Auckland Festival of Photography Trust: towards commissioning an emerging artist to create
new work for the 2011 Festival
$6,500.00

Fiona Connor: towards post graduate studies at the California Institute of Arts
$7,500.00

Richard Frater: towards creating new works and exhibiting at TCB Gallery, Melbourne
$7,150.00

Simon Glaister: to create a new work
$7,500.00

Simon Lawrence and Leon Tan: towards an exhibition of 16 New Zealand artists at
Sugercube, Stockholm
$6,580.00

Louise Menzies: towards international professional development and research
$2,785.00

Reuben Moss: towards an internship with Santiago Sierra
$7,500.00

National Heritage Board Singapore Art Museum: towards presenting Dane Mitchell's work at
the Singapore Biennale 2011
$5,000.00

NZ Federation of Film Societies Inc: towards the screening of 'Fontainhas Trilogy' by Pedro
Costa as part of the 2011 NZFFS season
$3,750.00

The Documentary NZ Trust: towards the 2011 DOCNZ Lab
$7,500.00

Deborah White: to support an exhibition as part of the 2011 City of London Festival
$7,500.00
Visual Arts Total
$74,265.00
Grand Total
$337,312
Te Waka Toi
Literature
 Client: Decision Text

Auckland University Press: towards a publication of 'He Kupu Whakataki: An Introduction to
Nga Moteatea' in te reo Maori and English
$7,000.00

Estate of Hone Tuwhare: to translate 43 poems written by Hone Tuwhare into te reo Maori
$4,215.00
Literature Total
$11,215.00
Maori PA
 Arts Rotorua Charitable Trust: to stage 'Legends of Rotorua' and 'He Reo Aroha' at the
Rotorua Arts Festival in 2011
$7,500.00

Whanau A Rongomaiaia Charitable Trust: towards three wananga around waka hourua
$7,500.00
Maori PA Total
$15,000.00
Moving Image
 Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa Inc: towards the Wairoa Film Festival 2011
$7,100.00
Moving Image Total
$7,100.00
Music
 Maisey Rika Music Ltd and Maisey Rika-Hill: towards airfare costs to perform in Hawaii
$7,500.00

Waahuu Creations: to develop and present 'Whiti - Acoustic'
$7,500.00
Music Total$15,000.00
Theatre
 Annette Campbell and Carly Tawhiao: towards script development for 'Cross Fire'
$7,500.00

E Tu Productions: towards the presentation of 'Maui Magic' at the Hamilton Gardens Festival
$7,500.00

SmackBang Theatre Company: to present the Auckland Te Reo season of 'Te Awarua'
$7,500.00
Theatre Total
$22,500.00
Visual Arts
 Nga Kaihanga Uku: to host a 10 day wananga to advance clay practice skills, led by Baye
Riddell
$6,246.00

Kelcy Taratoa: towards creating eight new works
$7,500.00
Visual Arts Total
$13,746.00
Grand Total
$337,312
Pacific Arts Committee
Craft/Object Art
 Paul Wolffram: towards the production of DVD about Tokelau weaving and the launch event
in Naenae
$3,997.00
Craft/Object Art Total
$3,997.00
Inter-arts
 Lima Productions: towards presenting 'Take That' at three venues in Auckland$3,000.00
Inter-arts Total
$3,000.00
Multidis
 'Okusitino Mahina: towards participation in 2 symposia in Honolulu, Hawai'i
$5,000.00

Niue Language Trust Inc: towards a series of workshop for youth and young parents
$2,000.00
Multidis Total
$7,000.00
Music

Pacific Curls: towards the development of new work by Kim Halliday
$3,000.00

Tomorrow People: towards the mixing and mastering of their debut album 'One More Time'
$5,000.00
Music Total
$8,000.00
Visual Arts
 Tanu Gago: towards new work for the exhibition 'Mana Takatapui: Taera Tane' at City
Gallery Wellington
$4,700.00

Visesio Siasau: to create a series of six bronze sculptures
$4,485.00

Sheyne Tuffery: towards participation in the Pacific Artisans' 'Maketi Ples' in Sydney
$2,805.00
Visual Arts Total
$11,990.00
Grand Total
$337,312