Archive for April, 2007

Tonight is the official launch of the a new search tool that will help cultural groups and artists find funding for their cultural projects.

NZLive’s cultural funding guide is free to use and specifically tailored to the needs of the cultural sector. You can search by category, region and type of fund.

The guide brings together information on all the current sources of funding for the arts, heritage and culture. Sports funding can be found on SPARC’s sports funding directory.

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Creative New Zealand, Te Papa National Services Te Paerangi and the Funding Information Service jointly developed the guide.

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A big thanks to organisations who came along to the NZLive.com consultation workshops in March and who kindly contributed their ideas.

I’ve emailed a short report on the outcomes of the meetings – the good, the bad, and the photos! - to members in our organisations directory.

In summary, the clear message from workshop participants is that NZLive.com’s role is to market and promote the activities and services of the cultural sector. We agree. Our development plans and marketing efforts will focus on our key audience: the public and international visitors.

NZLive.com is a national service that brings together information about New Zealand culture in one place. NZLive.com supplements existing cultural sector websites by providing a nationally focused and highly visible channel aimed at building audiences at cultural activities. Comprehensive events information is needed on the website to provide a useful search tool for users. Links to organisations’ websites are prominent on the events pages.

The events guide is at the heart of NZLive but, as New Zealand’s cultural portal, we’ll evolve to include other features that effectively promote and sustain New Zealand culture. The new cultural funding guide is an example. So is this blog, where you can find information on professional development, marketing, technology and such.

 With your help, we’ll keep working on the vision and development plans for NZLive.com. If you’re a cultural organisation and you’d like a copy of the report, email me.

Entries are open for 16th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2007, run by the The James Wallace Arts Trust. Entries close 5pm on 9 August 2007.

• Paramount Award: $35,000 for an overseas residency and a bronze trophy by Terry Stringer. (Possible sponsored airfare being negotiated.)
• Development Award: $15,000 for a three-month residency with the Vermont Studio Center USA. (Possible sponsored airfare being negotiated.)
• Runners Up Awards: $3,000 (Two awards of $1,500 each.)
• Jury Award: Non-monetary, which may be given at the discretion of the Jury.
• People’s Choice Award: $500 voted by the public attending the exhibition.

How to Enter: Conditions of entry and entry forms are available online and at the Trust office, 305 Queen Street, Auckland City (tel 9 302 5271).

Judges: Richard Fahey, Peter Gibson-Smith, Warwick Brown, Rohan Wealleans & Linda Tyler.

Image: 2006 award winner, Rohan Wealleans, Tingler.

We’ve just heard about this - deadline for registrations is this Friday, 20 April.

National Services Te Paerangi, with the Department of Conservation, is running two-day workshops on Thematic Interpretation, presented by Professor Sam H Ham of the University of Idaho.

Whangarei:  17th–18th May 2007
Hamilton:  19th–20th May 2007
Wellington:  23rd–24th May 2007
Christchurch:  6th–7th June 2007
Dunedin:  8th–9th June 2007
Invercargill:  11th – 12th June 2007

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The New Zealand government is interested in ratifying an international treaty designed to protect important national treasures in times of war. A new discussion paper seeks your input on which cultural treasures in New Zealand should be protected during armed conflict.

Cultural property protected by the treaty gets this groovy logo attached to it. Perhaps I’m biased, but I’ve love to slap one on the NZLive.com server (just kidding …).

The paper has a list of indicative cultural property earmarked for protection, and the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark is encouraging museums, libraries, iwi, archives and heritage organisations, amongst others, to participate in forming this list.

See the press release and also the consultation paper and questionnaire on the website of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Best get your submission in on what you think makes the cut. Submissions close mid June.