March-May 2010 Arts Grants funding round
This is a complete list of project grants offered in the March-May 2010 Arts Grants contestable
funding round. Applications to this round closed on 5 March 2010 and grants were announced at the
end of May. Grants are listed within artforms under Creative New Zealand funding groups. In this
round, 82 grants totalling $2,050,156 were offered to support projects by New Zealand artists,
practitioners and arts organisations. Over $8.5 million was requested from 303 applications.
Funding from the Arts Board includes the Edwin Carr Scholarship of $10,000 which has been
awarded to Simon Eastward. This comprises $6,400 from the Edwin Carr Foundation and $3,600
from Creative New Zealand. Also the Louis Johnson New Writers Bursary of $18,000 awarded to
Tracey Slaughter, comprising $1,400 from the Louis Johnson Estate and $16,600 from Creative New
Zealand.
This list also includes applications for Te Waka Toi’s Toi Ake initiative. Two projects totalling $34,000
were offered support.
Te Waka Toi also offered two applicants funding totalling $150,000 through the Maori Arts
Presenters Fund. The Fund has been set up to support touring of quality Maori art works within New
Zealand and to build the audiences for Maori arts in identified areas.
Creative New Zealand also congratulates John-Paul Muir and Brigitte Heuser who each received a
Jack McGill Scholarship of $10,000. The Jack McGill Scholarship is administered by the Public Trust
on behalf of the Jack Wynnegate McGill Estate. The Scholarships are awarded on recommendation
from Creative New Zealand.
arts board
Craft/Object Art
 Octavia Cook: to create new work and produce a catalogue
$30,000

Philip Cuttance: to research and create new work
$16,230

Richard Parker: to create a body of new work
$30,000

Sarjeant Gallery: towards a catalogue on Ann Verdcourt
$8,950

Lisa Walker: to create new work and produce a catalogue
$18,000
Craft/Object Art Total
$103,180
Dance

Atamira Dance Collective Charitable Trust: towards a four centre tour of 'Taonga'
$64,979

Dance and Physical Theatre Trust: towards the creation and presentation of a programme of
three short works
$64,750

Spinning Sun Ltd: towards a three month research and creative development process
$45,000

Touch Compass Dance Trust: towards design elements for the 2010 Triple Bill season
$26,245
Dance Total
$200,974
Literature
 Bernard Beckett: towards writing the third novel in a series
$36,000

Stevan Eldred-Grigg: towards writing a novel

$18,000

Bernadette Hall: towards a series of short stories
$24,000

International Institute of Modern Letters: towards publishing a digital poetry anthology
$5950

International Institute of Modern Letters: towards the National Schools Writing Festival and
Poetry Award 2011
$29,500

Michael King Writers Studio Trust: towards 2 x 8 week writers residencies in 2011
$16,000

NZ Library Association Inc LIANZA: towards National Library Week 2010
$10,000

Phantom Billstickers Ltd: towards a New Zealand poems on posters project
$25,309

Tracey Slaughter: for the 2010 Louis Johnson New Writer's bursary towards the
development of a full length novel from a short story
$18,000

Paul Thomas: towards writing a novel
$26,000

University of Canterbury: towards a Creative Writing Residency, 2011
$28,740

University of Waikato: towards the Waikato Writers Residency, 2010
$22,500

Waitakere City Council: towards the Going West Books and Writers Festival, 2010
$28,000
Literature Total
$287,999
Music

Auckland University Press: towards the publication 'Blue Smoke'
$10,000

Jack Body and Gillian Whitehead: towards the commissioning of works in collaboration with
Cambodian musicians
$24,400

Cygnus Ensemble: towards a commission by Dylan Lardelli for Cygnus Ensemble
$15,000

Simon Eastwood: for the Edwin Carr Scholarship towards postgraduate study in composition
at the Royal Academy of Music
$10,000

Ross Harris: towards 'Symphony No. IV'
$15,000

Caroline Lynn-Bayne: towards recording and producing 'Mother Tongue' CD
$24,811

Lindon McCormack: towards recording and producing 'Vaseline on the Lens' CD
$13,456

Nelson Music Festival Trust: towards the 11th Adam Chamber Music Festival in 2011
$15,000

NZ Secondary Students' Choir: towards 2010 rehearsals and choir auditions
$15,370

NZ Singing School Trust - Te Wananga Toi Waiata: towards the 2011 New Zealand Singing
School
$23,000

Opera Factory Trust: towards the opera development programme
$25,000

Rockquest Promotions Ltd: towards 'Smokefree' 2010 Rockquest
$30,000

Southern Strings Charitable Trust: towards the 2011 Queenstown Violin Summer School
$10,000

Te Vaka: towards a tour to North America in 2010
$50,000

Henry Wong Doe: towards recording the complete piano music of Gareth Farr
$6,752
Music Total
$287,789
Pan-artform festivals
 Fringe Arts Trust: towards Kakano (new work) fund 2011
$55,000
Pan-artform festivals Total
$55,000
Theatre
 Flat Out Productions: towards fees for professional practitioners for a premiere season of
Graeme Tetley's 'A Grateful Nation'
$21,880

Hackman Ltd: towards a three-week creative development workshop for 'The Great Escape'
$23,929

Indian Ink Theatre Company: towards a tour of 'The Guru of Chai' to Nelson, Wellington,
Napier and Hamilton
$34,032

Massive Company: towards the premiere season of 'Havoc in the Garden' by Lennie James
$65,000

Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt: towards an eight centre tour of 'Biography of My
Skin'
$50,000

Red Leap Theatre Ltd: towards the creation and premiere presentation of 'Lumina'
$65,000

Talking House Trust: towards a ten centre tour of verbatim theatre work 'Hush'
$45,507

The Edge: towards the development and presentation of Michelanne Forster's 'The Secret of
Tung Ting Lake'
$50,000
Theatre Total
$355,348
Visual Arts
 Art & Industry Biennial Trust: towards a two volume publication and integrated critical
writing workshop to accompany SCAPE 2010
$38,615

Busan Biennale Organizing Committee: towards Dane Mitchell's participation at the 6th
Busan Biennale 2010, Korea
$2,650

GAK Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst: towards an exhibition by Kate Newby at the GAK
Bremen, Germany
$20,540

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery: towards the reconstruction of three Jim Allen works for the
"Jim Allen, Len Lye and Helio Oiticica"exhibition
$24,535

Eugene Hansen: towards participating in the 15th International Environment Art
Symposium, Asia
$5,850

Ikon Gallery: towards the exhibition "Len Lye. The Body Electric" at Ikon Gallery, UK
$40,000

Intercreate Trust: towards SCANZ 2011; Eco sapiens
$22,725

Luke Munn: towards commissioning six online interactive projects
$14,000

Real Art Charitable Trust: towards the national "Open to the Public" tour
$20,625

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu: towards the catalogue accompanying the "Sleight
of Hand: The Port Nelson Suter Biennale"
$13,305

Wellington Independent Arts Trust: towards curating and commissioning four public art
works as part of "Letting Space" project
$38,050

Wellington Institute of Technology: towards the 2010 Rita Angus Artist residency
$9,810
Visual Arts Total
$250,705
Total awarded by Arts Board
$1,540,995
Pacific Arts Committee
Dance

Aboriginal Arts - The Banff Centre: towards supporting two emerging dancers to attend an
indigenous dance residency
$5,000

Pacific Dance Project: towards the Pacific dance fono 2010 project in Auckland
$20,000
Dance Total
$25,000
Literature
 Little Island Press Ltd: towards design and publishing costs for a Pacific Arts publication
featuring Johnny Penisula
$10,000

Little Island Press Ltd: towards printing costs for a major publication on Cook Islands tattoo
$10,000
Literature Total
$20,000
Moving Image
 Janet Lilo: towards the creation of new media art works
$10,700
Moving Image Total
$10,700
Multidisciplinary
 Pasifika Pride Educators: towards Pacific Cultural Festival 2010
$8,690
Multidisciplinary Total
$8,690
Music

Youth Performance Trust: towards a mentoring progamme in 'Smokefree Pasifika Beats
2010'
$15,000
Music Total
$15,000
Oral Arts
 Kula-'Uli Publishing NZ: towards attendance and presentation at the Xth PAA Symposium,
Cook Islands
$4,500
Oral Arts Total
$4,500
Theatre
 New Pacific Underground Society: towards touring costs for a theatre show 'Rangi & Mau's
Amazing Race'
$14,000
Theatre Total
$14,000
Total awarded by Pacific Arts Committee $97,890
Te Waka Toi
Craft/Object Art
 Billy-James Ewen: towards an arts symposium in the Far North
$20,000
Craft/Object Total
$20,000
Dance

Atamira Dance Collective Charitable Trust: towards a new work called Te Wai o Te Hau
$25,755

Kowhiti Productions: towards a contemporary Maori dance programme for Matariki 2010
$50,000
Dance Total
$75,755
Literature
 Auckland University Press: towards the publishing of 'Whaikorero: The World of Maori
Oratory'
$7,500

Huia Publishers: to publish a revised edition of 'King Potatau'
$7,000

Kaitiaki o Kapiti Trust: towards a writer's residency on Kapiti Island in 2010
$18,260

Apirana Taylor: towards researching and writing stories regarding Kaitiaki
$27,000
Literature Total
$59,760
Moving Image
 Te Runanga O Ngati Porou: towards Te Rangitawaea Festival, 2010
$19,000
Moving Image Total $19,000
Music

Leon Wharekura: towards the research of two music CDs
$12,500

Youth Performance Trust: towards Pasifica Beats 2010
$15,000
Music Total
$27,500
Visual Arts
 Robert Jahnke: towards a solo exhibition called 'Maori made' and a catalogue
$25,400

Te Rongo Kirkwood: towards the development of a new body of work
$33,856

Te Awhe Marae: towards the restoration of carvings, kowhaiwhai and pou haki for Te Awhe
Marae
$50,000

Tutereinga Marae Committee: towards the carving of poupou for Tutereinga Marae
$50,000

Waikato Museum: towards an exhibition
$50,000
Visual Arts Total
$209,256
Toi Ake
Multidisciplinary
 Whitianga Marae Committee: towards creating a web base database for Ngati Paeakau
Artists
$15,000
Multidisciplinary Total
$15,000
Visual Arts
 Whakaraupo Carving Centre Trust: towards the carving of two pou
$19,000
Visual Arts Total
$19,000
Maori Arts Presenter Fund - Sector Investments
 Grace Hoet: to present and tour Maori works within Waikato, Tauranga, Rotorua areas
$70,000

Tihi Limited: towards purchasing and presenting tours of Maori art works to marae in the
Taranaki, Blenheim, Picton and Nelson areas
$80,000
Maori Arts Presenter Fund Total $150,000
Total awarded by Te Waka Toi $595,271