Creative events get $20,500 in funding About the scheme
Fourteen creative Ka¯ piti groups and individuals will benefit from the first of this year’s Creative Communities Scheme funding grants through Creative NZ.
Just over $20,500 has been awarded by Ka¯ piti Coast District Council’s Grants Allocation Committee on the recommendations of council’s Creative Communities Committee, which includes community, iwi and youth representatives.
Councillor Mark Benton, acting chairman of the Grants Allocation Committee, said the Creative New Zealand funds are population-based, with a small council top-up.
There will be a second grant process later in 2018 with applications closing on July 11. Creative New Zealand set the criteria, and provide the standard application form and guide.
The three main funding criteria are:
— the project will create opportunities for our local communities to engage with and participate in arts activities.
— the project will support the diverse arts and cultural traditions of our local communities, enriching and promoting their uniqueness and cultural diversity.
— the project will enable and encourage young people (under 18 years) to engage with and actively participate in the arts.
More information on the grant criteria and how to apply is on the council’s website.
The successful grant applicants and their projects for this round of the 2017/2018 financial year are:
Fernando Figueroa Pereira for a music and cultural educational campaign for preschool and junior classes, Connected Media Charitable Trust for a one-day filmmaking workshop for young people, Otaki ¯ Pottery Club for clay workshops for 8 to 18-year-olds, Jazz Shed Music Programme for people of all ages, Hohepa Quentin Te Aroha Thompson for Nga¯ Tangata to create a collection of art murals (including whakatauki) in
O¯ taki, Mahara Gallery Trust for a mid-winter Matariki celebration, workshops led by local artists for Kapanui school children for Matariki textile collages, Toro Pikopiko Puppets for rock-art puppet show and rock-art puppetry workshops, Ka¯ piti Music Festival 2018 — Jazz in the Gardens, House of Sound Music Academy Bright Lights music competition for 8 to 18-year-olds, Mary Catherine Gow for the Mulled Wine classical music concerts in Paeka¯ ka¯ riki, Ka¯ piti Youth Orchestra workshop weekend at Ka¯ piti College, Ka¯ piti Coast Photographic Society for the Photographer’s Eye two-yearly exhibition, Katrina Louise Burney for The Bird People documentary about local guardians of Ka¯ piti Coast’s birds, Ann Chapman and Penny Gaylor for Heroines, Hussies and High High Flyers Theatrical Event — a new play by Rene´ e celebrating 125 years of Women’s Suffrage.