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New Zealand Pacific Studio

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NZ Pacific Studio is a programme that provides creative practitioners with space to work intensively on a project of their design.   

We have hosted nearly 500 residents since 2001. 

The focus is on creative production and in enabling connections with the community.

We offer residential spaces located throughout the Wairarapa and Tararua, ranging from self-contained cottages or within family homes - some are quite rural, others are nearer to town.

We also facilitate linkages with the nearby creative  - the region has rich resources for arts, culture and history. 

We welcome applicants from New Zealand and abroad, working in any discipline - writers, visual artists, etc.

Residencies are a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of three months.

Residencies are self-funded and self-catered.

Sponsored fellowships are also offered, conditional on funding (when available, information is posted on the "News" section of the NZPS website: www.artistresidency.org.nz and on the our Facebook page).  A registered charity, NZ Pacific Studio welcomes sponsorships, volunteers, donations and memberships. 

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please e-mail a short biography, a short description of what you will work on during the residency, CV/resume with 2 references, and a representative sample of your creative/academic work. Please keep your file to about 1mb. We normally reply within one week. 

Our contact email: info @ artistresidency.org.nz

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NZ Pacific in the news:

November 2019 feature story on NZ Pacific Studio.

Listen to these Radio New Zealand interviews with recent residents:

Jonas Forssell, Composer (Sweden)

Lauren Sinner, Fabric artist and Comedian (USA)

Sian Bi Mhuiri, Theatre Artist (Ireland) and Makyla Curtis, Poet (NZ)

 

 

 

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Board Members at August 2021 Meeting
Community Announcement

New Board Members Announced

NZ Pacific Studio turns 20 years old and announces new Board

RAK Mason 'Half-length portrait of R. A. K. Mason looking up, holding a cigarette, 1947' by Clifton Firth. Image sourced from the Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 34-M663-2.
Community Announcement

2020 RAK Mason Fellowship

3-week Fellowship for NZ-based fiction writers or poets - Application deadline 1 August 2020

Carterton map
Community Announcement

Music Fellowship 2020

Open to NZ-based musicians only. Application deadline: 1 August 2020. Includes a performance opportunity at Carterton Events Centre.

ANZAC Memorial Bridge at Kaiaparoro
Community Announcement

NZ Pacific Studio – Art about Horses and other Opportunities

NZ Pacific Studio offers at least five Fellowships in 2020. The application deadline for the first Fellowship is 22 January 2020, so be quick.

Community Announcement

International Exhibition of 100 Artists in Masterton

NZ Pacific Studio, the international yet rural artists' residency centre, mounts the international exhibition ART IS A LIVING THING.

Community Announcement

Five Sponsorships In The Wairarapa

New Zealand Pacific Studio in Mount Bruce, Wairarapa, announces the recipients of five fellowships.

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