Deadline: 30-Apr-23
The Kapiti Coast District Council is seeking applications for its Arts Sustainability Fund to support initiatives that run over a number of years, or as seed-funding grants to artists, arts organisations or cultural groups.
The fund focuses on supporting new initiatives, and ones not previously supported by Council, that show potential to grow and become self-sustainable over the next three years.
It will provide funds (for a maximum of three years) to multi-year initiatives, or seed-funding grants to artists, arts organisations, or cultural groups supporting:
- cultural and social well-being – contributing to a vibrant and sustainable arts presence on the Kāpiti Coast
- economic well-being – helping raise the Kāpiti Coast’s profile as an arts destination regionally and nationally
- environmental well-being – promoting the arts to help raise environmental awareness and profiling heritage stories in Kāpiti.
Funding Information
- The Arts Sustainability Fund will have $36,000 available annually to support new arts initiatives contributing to the cultural vibrancy of the Kāpiti Coast.
Eligibility Criteria
- The fund is open to:
- artists, arts organisations, or individuals who are based or resident in Kāpiti
- not-for-profit organisations wanting to develop arts activities or programmes to reach certain audiences
- Iwi organisations or other groups focusing on development of Ngā Toi Māori
- educational institutions (for schools, this must be for programmes or activities outside the curriculum).
Criteria
- Initiatives, activities, and programmes must:
- be in the Kāpiti Coast District
- be new initiatives or activities that haven’t received Council funding before
- run for three years or more (Council funding will not extend beyond three years)
- showcase the Kāpiti arts scene to a local, regional, or national audience
- be aligned with Council’s strategic priorities for the arts in Kāpiti
- have potential to build to a major ongoing initiative or activity.
- Proposed initiatives may include online activities that benefit the Kāpiti Coast’s arts sector.
For more information, visit Arts Sustainability Fund.
