Archive for the ‘NZLive.com’ Category

News you can use from the world of funding … Entries are open for the Sponsorship of the Arts Awards 2007. The awards acknowledge partnerships between business and the arts that demonstrate a creativity, commitment and vision, as well as business benefits. Companies who have sponsored an arts event or organisation in the year to June 2007 have until 7 June to enter.

ASB Community Trust, which grants $45m to community groups in Auckland and Northland regions each year, has decided to set annual closing dates for when it will accept grant applications.

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May is NZ Music Month. To celebrate, we’ve pulled out all the stops. We’ll feature over 400 music gigs on NZLive this month alone. Click here for the gig guide or type ‘gig’ into the ‘what’ search box on www.nzlive.com (try adding your town into the ‘where’ box to get a local listing).

We’ll be keeping it up, too, with gigs for June, July, August and on. If you promote gigs, email us and we’ll add your events.

And of course, get out there and enjoy some of New Zealand’s hottest acts!

It’s hard to believe that NZ Music Month turns seven this year. It’s done so much to showcase local acts and boost the visibility and success of New Zealand music.

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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.

We love seeing New Zealand’s culture online, so we’ve added some nifty functionality to NZLive. Now you can list events that are virtual - online exhibitions, events and collections. Check out these great examples …

Master of the Burin - the romantic and sensuous engravings by book illustrator John Buckland Wright - see the event listing on NZLive.com.

ALCIVE 2006 - an international website featuring an exhibition of Maori art curated by Te Puni Kokiri and Toi Maori - ceramics, textiles, paintings, sculptures and handicrafts - see the event.

Best New Zealand Poems 2006 - New Zealand’s best and often quirky, selected and published online by VUW’s Institute of Modern Letters - see the event listing.

The image with this post is from the good ol’ Edmonds Cookery Book of course - check out the digitised version of the third edition - see the event listing.

If you’ve got a digitised collection, an online exhibition or virtual event that you want to promote, get it listed on NZLive.com.