Create Programme: An Arts, Heritage & Culture Fund for Individuals in New Zealand

Deadline: 31-Mar-23

The Community Trust South is pleased to announce the applications for Create – An Arts, Heritage & Culture Fund for Individuals.

Create programme is for emerging and established artists, ngā toi Māori (Māori arts), heritage and cultural activators and practitioners across all art forms, heritage fields and cultures.

Create is designed to support a range of activities and opportunities that:

• Encourage and support emerging artists, ngā toi Māori (Māori arts), heritage and cultural activators, and practitioners to develop and grow their skills and practice
• Support established artists, ngā toi Māori (Māori arts), heritage and cultural activators and practitioners to further their practice, to reinvigorate and to further their contribution to the art, heritage, or culture sector
• Strengthen engagement and participation in arts, heritage, and culture
• Increase the visibility of the arts, heritage, and culture

Categories 

• Funding is available to individuals under three categories:
  • Recognition & Achievement
  • Creative, Heritage & Cultural Skill Development
  • Presentation, Production, Exhibition & Touring.

What they Fund

• Recognition & Achievement
  • Purpose: Recognising outstanding achievement and artistic excellence.
  • Outcomes
    • Artists and practitioners supported to reach their potential
    • Artists, the arts, heritage and culture help to promote the region as vibrant and a great place to live, work and create
  • Types of Activities Supported: Artists, heritage or cultural activators or practitioners selected to attend, present, or showcase in a premier event or activity.
  • Amount Of Award
    • NZ, Trans Tasman, Oceania & Southeast Asia – up to $1,000
    • Asia, Europe & Americas – up to $1,500
• Creative, Heritage and Cultural Skill Development
  • Purpose
    • Learning new or improving creative, cultural or heritage skills in a practical hands-on environment
    • Development of art, heritage, and culture practice
    • Upskilling in traditional cultural or heritage skills or crafts and sharing with community
    • Activities that meet a traditional cultural or heritage skills deficit
  • Outcomes
    • Artists, heritage and cultural activators and practitioners increase skills and knowledge
    • Artists, heritage or cultural activators and practitioners supported to reach their potential
  • Types of Activities Supported
    • Mentorships and internships with established or professional artists.
    • Specialised programmes, courses, workshops or other activities.
  • Amount of Award
    • Up to $1,500 for e.g. mentorships and internships
    • For specialised programmes, courses or workshops:
      • Regional – up to $300
      • South Island – up to $500
      • North Island – up to $750
• Promotion, Production, Presentation, Exhibition & Touring
  • Purpose
    • Supporting professional development and raising the profile of local artists and practitioners
    • Raising the profile of and access to the arts, heritage and culture in the community
    • Sharing traditional arts, heritage, or cultural skills with the community
  • Outcomes
    • Artists, heritage or cultural activators and practitioners  and practitioners supported to reach their potential
    • Increase awareness of, access to and engagement in art, heritage and culture in the community
  • Types of Activities Supported
    • Public exhibition, production, published book, produced play
    • A hui, wananga or workshop open to the public and/or communities of interest
    • Touring (activity in at least three communities)
  • Amount of Award
    • 30% of budgeted costs up to a maximum of $5,000.

Funding Information

• Total fund: $50,000 per annum.

Eligibility Criteria

• You can apply to the Create Fund once in a 12 month period and applications are accepted from people who are:
  • At least 15 years of age
  • An emerging or established artist, heritage or cultural activator or practitioner
  • Undertaking their artistic, heritage or cultural activities in the Trust area
  • New Zealand citizens or a permanent resident
  • Currently living in their area (includes Southland, Queenstown, Glenorchy, Arrowtown, Tapanui and Heriot areas) and have done so for three years or more
  • Able to provide evidence of and/or demonstrate a track record of involvement in their art form, heritage field or their culture
  • In addition, your project must be time limited with a definite start and end date.

For more information, visit Create – An Arts, Heritage & Culture Fund.