Deadline: 10 June 2024
Applications are now open for the Arts Project Fund that supports New Zealand professional arts companies, events and organisations to deliver projects that will grow New Zealanders’ awareness and knowledge of Asian arts.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request up to $20,000 from this fund.
- The total amount provided will be influenced by the impact and reach the project has with a general New Zealander audience.
Eligible Projects
- the presentation of contemporary professional work from Asia that is aimed at attracting a general New Zealand audience.
- the presentation of new, contemporary works by New Zealand-based artists that strongly reflect a contemporary Asian perspective.
- presentation of professional artists or arts commentators from Asia in discussions or conversations in a conference or festival context.
- workshop/education projects that use senior international art form experts from an Asian background and allow for widespread participation.
Ineligible Projects
- community events that are largely social in nature or have a limited audience, or that primarily benefit the applicant community.
- New Zealand work being shown off-shore.
- projects related to film or book production or research.
- promotional or speaking engagements offshore.
- projects run by diplomatic posts or business groups where the artists or art work is used primarily for promotional purposes.
- projects that have already been completed or where ongoing assistance is requested for the same project.
Who can apply?
- Established arts organisations with a track record of professional presentation e.g. galleries, festivals, performing arts venues etc.
- Independent event organisers of high-profile professional arts events, including festival directors, curators or producers.
- Professional event organisers from an organisation whose primary business is not arts but where the event is primarily focused on the delivery of professional arts experiences to a wide audience e.g. local/regional councils, council-controlled entities.
Who can not apply?
- Organisers without a professional track record or organisations that are not primarily arts organisations e.g. schools, clubs, student groups, religious groups etc.
- Organisations not resident in New Zealand.
For more information, visit Asia New Zealand Foundation.
