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The Lowdown
In a United State Against Racism
Shoutouts to artists, the government on their arts package and those supporting Black Lives Matter - Mark Amery has your weekly arts new bulletin.
Covid-19
How Artists Can Care for Themselves After the Pandemic
Expert advice on how artists can look at mastering their anxiety rather than letting it control them, harvesting delight from uncertainty.
Feature
Ready to Rise Again
When it comes to adversity, no arts community has done it tougher than Christchurch over the last decade. Find out how NZ's resilience capital is responding to COVID-19.
Feature
Oscar Winning Advice
Weta Workshop visionary Sir Richard Taylor gives The Big Idea tips for the next wave of NZ creatives and why he never stops learning.
Arts Insiders
Be Street Smart - or You'll Go Up in Flames
A straight shooter and a force to be reckoned with on screen, on stage and behind the scenes - Tanea Heke's career is an extraordinary one, Kirsten Matthew writes.
Feature
Budget 2020: The Mini-Series
With more twists than a scripted drama, we look back at two weeks that had the arts sector gripped. Now the dust has settled we tune into reaction.
Feature
Creative Artists of Aotearoa Honoured
Check out which members of NZ's creative community have been singled out for their incredible contribution in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.
House Visits
Culture Without Borders
Fusing French flair with a passion for Japanese culture, one of the best eyes for detail in Aotearoa shows us inside his inner sanctum.
Feature
Find Your Next Favourite NZ Music Act
A story with its own soundtrack - listen along while you discover artists who deserve your attention.
The Lowdown
What Level Two Means to You (and the News isn't Getting Better)
Fears of funding cuts, the trickiness of restrictions for venues and why we’re still waiting on the government’s emergency arts package - Mark Amery has your weekly arts new bulletin.
Feature
When Your Whakapapa Doesn't Define You
Can you choose your own roots? One New Zealand artist on his passion for Māori toi despite a family revelation.
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How to be Award Winning Before Publishing
To win a literary award of any kind is a special achievement. To win one that enhances a piece of work: that has a significance all of its own.
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Leave No One Behind
Experience Creative New Zealand's cancelled Annual conference for yourself - its message of resilience is more timely now than ever.
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Making Your Culture Count
Treating your arts practice like a business may not come naturally to Pasifika creatives - expert advise and tips to change the conversation.
Who Got The Gig?
Curating the Future
The opportunity of a life time has given one young Aucklander the chance stamp her mark for a change in attitude.
House Visits
A Rose by any Other Name
Our look behind creative closed doors shows the benefit of contemplation and recalibration.
Feature
Hauora: Now More Than Ever
Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho’s skillset has never been more important to the arts than it is right now.
Soapbox
Making the Most of a Crisis
A New Zealander living abroad gives his take on how Aotearoa can take the lead on a global scale.
Arts Insiders
Visionary of Visual
How Lisa Reihana created a worldwide following and what inspires her masterful creations.
Arts Smarts
Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media for Artists
Need to up your social media game? We point out the pitfalls to avoid - and better ways to connect with your audience online.
The Lowdown
Arts Need to Lead Change
Has the arts value in recovery - both in school and in society -been recognised by the government? What is and isn’t reopening at Level 2? Mark Amery with our biggest arts news bulletin yet.
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Making Art Accessible
The arts are for everyone, so how do you make sure everyone can participate in your art? Meet one of the NZers leading the way.
The Lowdown
The Lowdown Directory 2020
The quintessential guide to supporting and discovering NZ's arts media. So you know what to read, where to find it and who to approach.
Arts Smarts
When Planning is Hard, Plan We Must
Your guide on how to navigate the current and post-COVID climate - six points to consider when deciding what matters when tough choices need to be made.
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Dawn of Change
One of the most respected creatives in Māoridom is using his skills to help usher in the Post COVID-19 era in invigorating fashion.

Jobs

opportunity

Radio New Zealand

Associate Board Director

Provide strategic Governance for RNZ that involves setting and reviewing RNZ's purpose, strategic goals and financial performance.

Region:

National

Closes:

20 Jun 2020

opportunity

The Wellington Sculpture Trust

4 Plinths Sculpture Award - Submissions Now Open

The Wellington Sculpture Trust commissions temporary sculptures at two yearly intervals for siting on the four concrete ‘plinths’ on the harbour-side boundary of the forecourt of Te Papa Tongarewa.

Region:

National

Closes:

31 Jul 2020

opportunity

Theatre in Health Education Trust (THETA)

Planning and Operations Manager

Are you inspired by the power of the arts to promote wellbeing, equity, and strengthen communities?

Region:

Otago

Closes:

5 Jun 2020

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Events

Event

Until Sunday 7 June 2020

Tākiri: An Unfurling

Seven contemporary artists explore early Māori and European encounters through new work inspired by museum taonga.

Venue:

Maritime Museum & Online

Overseas, National, Northland

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Associate Board Director

Provide strategic Governance for RNZ that involves setting and reviewing RNZ's purpose, strategic goals and financial performance.

National

06/20/2020

Someday Workshops Coordinator

Help to promote and coordinate our nationwide sustainability film-making workshop programme which will be implemented online over June, July and August 2020.

National, Auckland

06/07/2020

Max Gimblett, ‘Ascension’, 2011/12/18/19, ink, pencil and various metal leaves on Arches 300lb watercolour paper, 580mm x 765mm

05/30/2020 to 06/20/2020

Max Gimblett: Leaves of Grass

Page Galleries is delighted to present works on paper from Max Gimblett's archive

Opportunity / Massey University

In a United State Against Racism

How Artists Can Care for Themselves After the Pandemic

Ready to Rise Again

Oscar Winning Advice

Be Street Smart - or You'll Go Up in Flames

Budget 2020: The Mini-Series

Creative Artists of Aotearoa Honoured

Culture Without Borders

Find Your Next Favourite NZ Music Act

What Level Two Means to You (and the News isn't Getting Better)

When Your Whakapapa Doesn't Define You

How to be Award Winning Before Publishing

Leave No One Behind

Making Your Culture Count

Curating the Future

A Rose by any Other Name

Hauora: Now More Than Ever

Making the Most of a Crisis

Visionary of Visual

Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media for Artists

Arts Need to Lead Change

Making Art Accessible

The Lowdown Directory 2020

When Planning is Hard, Plan We Must

Dawn of Change

Associate Board Director

Someday Workshops Coordinator

Max Gimblett: Leaves of Grass

Visiting Artist

Call for submissions – Personal Stories of Depression and Healing

Call for Proposals - Fluid Borders 2020 RATatouille

Programme Administrator/ Kaihāpai Hōtaka

Beginners Knitting - Simple Series

LIGHT SKIN DARK SKIN - by Abhi Chinniah

Māpura Masks

Oracles

Our Partners

In a United State Against Racism

How Artists Can Care for Themselves After the Pandemic

Ready to Rise Again

Oscar Winning Advice

Be Street Smart - or You'll Go Up in Flames

Budget 2020: The Mini-Series

Creative Artists of Aotearoa Honoured

Culture Without Borders

Find Your Next Favourite NZ Music Act

What Level Two Means to You (and the News isn't Getting Better)

When Your Whakapapa Doesn't Define You

How to be Award Winning Before Publishing

Leave No One Behind

Making Your Culture Count

Curating the Future

A Rose by any Other Name

Hauora: Now More Than Ever

Making the Most of a Crisis

Visionary of Visual

Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media for Artists

Arts Need to Lead Change

Making Art Accessible

The Lowdown Directory 2020

When Planning is Hard, Plan We Must

Dawn of Change

Jobs

Events

Associate Board Director

Someday Workshops Coordinator

Max Gimblett: Leaves of Grass

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