Grants boost for grassroots arts

Local creative projects have been given a boost with the awarding of Creative Communities Scheme funding grants.

Ka¯ piti Coast District Council has awarded $23,000 to 13 diverse creative projects from across the district.

Successful projects included a jazz music festival, a Ma¯ ori arts and cultural programme collaboration for Matariki, classical music concerts and workshops, pottery and arts and crafts courses, and a fashion catwalk presentation in dance.

Councillor and chairwoman of the grants allocation committee Jackie Elliott said it was great to see new projects on the horizon.

“The projects funded in this round will provide opportunities for many in the community, whether as participants in learning opportunities or as audiences.

“We have a lot of talent in Ka¯ piti.”

The recipients in the funding round were: Ka¯ piti Coast Photographic Society for their photographic exhibition Through the Photographer’s Eye, Music Festivals and Events NZ Board for Jazz in the Gardens, Island Custom for their Tongan Ngatu Learning Space workshop, Te Ara Korowai for The Art Room arts and crafts workshop programme, Ka¯ piti Concert

Orchestra for their classical concert performance, Otaki Pottery Club for their workshops, Young people’s clay workshops and Creating with Clay, Kapiti Women’s Health Collective for their ‘Have a go’arts programme, Crow’s Feet Dance Collective for Fashionistas dance performance, Mahara Gallery Trust for their Toi Whakaraakai, Ngaa Aho o te Whenua Matariki programme, Ka¯ piti Youth Orchestra for their KYO-WYS Combined Workshop 2020, Mukume Taiko Drummers for their Mukume Drummers workshop, Mulled Wine Concerts for their Mulled Wine Concerts June 21 and July 26.