Deadline: 1-Apr-25
Ashburton District Council is seeking applications for the Creative Communities Scheme to provide funding for a wide range of artistic ventures, from music and dance to visual arts and community workshops.
Funding Information
- There is no limit to how much you can apply for, but most CCS grants are under $2,000.
Project Eligibility Criteria
- To get funding through CCS your arts project must do at least one of the following:
- Participation – Create opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in local arts activities, for example:
- Performances by community choirs, hip-hop groups, theatre companies, musicians or poets
- Workshops on printmaking, writing or dancing
- Creation of new tukutuku, whakairo or kowhaiwhai for a local marae
- Exhibitions by local craft groups promoting weaving, pottery and carving
- Festivals featuring local artists
- Creation of a community film or a public artwork by a community
- Artist residencies involving local artists or communities
- Seminars for local artist development
- Diversity – Support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities, for example:
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions in Māori or Pasifika heritage or contemporary art forms
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions by local migrant communities
- Arts projects bringing together groups from a range of different communities
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions by groups with experience of disability or mental illness
- Young people – Enable young people (under 18 years) to engage with, and participate in the arts, for example:
- A group of young people working with an artist to create a mural or street art
- A group of young people creating a film about an issue that is important to them
- Printing a collection of writing by young people
- Music workshops for young people
- An exhibition of visual art work by young people
- Your project must also:
- Take place within the Ashburton District
- Be completed within 12 months of funding being approved
- Benefit local communities
- Not have started or finished before CCS funding is approved
- Not have already been funded through Creative New Zealand’s other arts funding programmes
- Participation – Create opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in local arts activities, for example:
What types of projects can’t get CCS funding?
- Fundraising activities
- Developing galleries, marae, theatres or other venues or facilities
- Local council projects
- Projects which are mainly focused around other areas e.g. health, education or the environment and that only have a very small arts component
- Arts projects in schools or other education institutions that are the core business of that institution or that are normally funded through curriculum or operating budgets
Who can apply?
- You can be an individual or a group. Individuals must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
For more information, visit Ashburton District Council.