Christmas comes early for arts and culture in Wellington   21 Nov 2014

Wellington City Council

News Release
21 November, 2014

Christmas comes early for arts and culture in Wellington

This week the Wellington City Council granted $109,000 to 26 organisations from the arts and culture community in the Capital – with community festivals, WW100 commemorative projects, and theatre and dance groups all benefitting from grants.

The 26 grants were approved by the Council’s Economic Growth and Arts Committee, recipients include the Royal NZ Ballet project commemorating WWI in schools, the Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre, the Measina Festival will show works by emerging Maori and Pacifica practitioners, and Tawata will be producing their Putahi festival of Maori theatre.

Councillor Ray Ahipene-Mercer, leader of the Arts and Culture Portfolio, says these grants will make Wellington’s already vibrant and creative community really shine bright.

“The fund is designed to support projects that make a positive contribution to the city, and is focused on four main areas: a hothouse for talent; to reinforce Wellington as a region of confident identities; to support active and engaged people; and to encourage our creative future through technology.

“As ever we have a lot of demand for these grants which is a testament to our thriving creative sector,” says Cr Ahipene-Mercer.

The next round of funding for local arts projects in Wellington are 28 February 2015 for the Creative Communities Funding Scheme, and 22 March 2015 for the Arts and Culture fund. The recipients for the October 2014 round of Arts and Culture fund are:

Asian Events TrustWellington Chinese New Year Festival 2015$6,000.00
Te Wharewaka o Poneke Charitable TrustWaitangi Day 2015$2,000.00
Alliance Française WellingtonWWI commemorative choral concert$700.00
Barbarian Productions LimitedCompany Infrastructure Building- support to deliver community theatre project in Wellington suburbs$3,440.00
With Lime7 Generations – a three act Butoh performance$2,000.00
Allan GiddySonic Wells – WWI commemorative public art project$6,000.00
Royal New Zealand BalletSalute schools' dave and performance workshops$7,000.00
New Zealand Cricket MuseumWWI XI – exhibition of NZ cricketers who were in WWI, around the Basin Reserve$6,000.00
Java Dance Company Ltd.The Wine Project dance performance series$3,000.00
Jandals IncMeasina Festival 2015$3,000.00
Aro Valley Community Council IncAro Valley Fun Lab – creativity workshops in Aro Valley$1,800.00
The Kupe Charitable TrustTe Ra o Kupe – Community Maori festival.$4,000.00
Young and Hungry Arts TrustFor the Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre$12,000.00
New Zealand Book CouncilWriters in schools$4,000.00
Pirate and Queen LtdNumber One Field Punishment: A multimedia art presentation focussing on New Zealand conscientious objectors during World War One.$5,000.00
Youthdance Education TrustWellington International Dance Day event$2,000.00
A Slightly Isolated Dog LimitedPerfectly Wasted – project with Long Cloud Youth Theatre$5,000.00
Wellington Russian ClubRussian Christmas Festival for Children 2014$1,500.00
Wellington After-Care Association Inc.Oamaru Stone Workshop$800.00
The Wellington Boys' and Girls' InstituteWorking with emerging street artists as part of the CubaDupa festival$3,000.00
Everybody Cool Lives Here Trust Board‘Wake Up Tomorrow’ production in Circa One$4,000.00
Circa TheatreCirca Theatre Accessibility Programme 2015$4,946.00
Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Trust‘University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival’ and ‘Primarily Playing with Shakespeare’$9,000.00
Capital Performing Arts Incorporated10 monthly concerts at the Pines in Island Bay$2,000.00
Tawata ProductionsPutahi Festival 2015 - Maori theatre festival$8,000.00
Footnote Dance Trust BoardChoreolab 2015 dance workshops$3,000.00

For more information visit wellington.govt.nz

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