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Viral Art: Are We There Yet?
Week three of our COVID-19 Instagram Art of the Week series finds joy in the mundane and warmth when needed most in the lockdown era.
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Back When We Still Gathered: A Festival in Review
Mark Amery reflects on why remembering our gatherings is important, with an A to Z review in words and images of New Zealand Festival 2020
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Live Stream Your Performance: A Beginner's Guide
Live stream is taking the Coronavirus struck world by storm. Keen to give it a go but don't know where to start? Check out these tips.
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Arts Online: Is There Any Money In It?
Mark Amery in The Lowdown surveys the arts in lockdown and brings us up to date with arts news, stories of ingenuity and key links.
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How to Help a Kiwi Creative Win $15K
The top 10 have been found in the inaugural Hnry Awards, now you get to support a creative New Zealander by voting for the winner.
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Arts: Healing Balms for a Sick World
Professor Peter O'Connor has forged a career in understanding the difference art can make in times of distress. His thoughts are more important than ever.
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What You Need to Know: PANNZ Online Hui
Is isolation helping bring us closer together? The Big Idea looks at the key themes and information to come out of the new PANNZ online hui.
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Learning From the Masters
Masters of Design may sound like a perfect name for a group of superheroes or a band - but it’s offering the chance to learn from the rock stars of one of New Zealand’s growth industries.
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Resetting NZ's Arts Future?
The Arts community is finding its collective voice - we talk to some of the leaders of the new social media movement about fellowship, funding and the future
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Viral Art: Good for the Soul
Four walls can't contain creativity - check out this week's best COVID-19 Instagram art.
Arts Insiders
'Normal Rules Don't Apply' - Creative NZ Explains Funding
Emergency funding support - or lack of it - has been the arts' hottest topic. Creative New Zealand fronts up to The Big Idea.
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All Alone Together
Welcome to the lockdown. What does self-isolation life hold for you? We have insights from a man who got a headstart on it.
Arts Smarts
How to Keep the Lights On: Continuity Planning for Freelancers
Being good at what you do might not be enough any more. Business advisors give us key tips to make freelancing sustainable in COVID-19 era.
The Lowdown
Incubation: Making an Art out of Isolation
As we step into country-wide lockdown, Mark Amery brings us up to date with arts news, key information and commentary to help you see your world in a new light.
Arts Insiders
Arts Leaders: COVID-19's Deep Impact
The start of The Big Idea series into hearing the words and opinions of the men and women in leadership positions in the arts.
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How to Cope with COVID-19 Mental Health Issues
Are you paying attention to your mental health? We get art industry and psychologist insight into the most challenging time of many careers.
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Viral Art: Creativity Amid Chaos
It's the COVID-19 Art of the Week, as artists around the world take motivation from the biggest issue on the planet.
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Unchartered Territory: The COVID-19 Effect
The shock is dissipating, now reality is setting in. We speak to a trio of arts industry talent about the unprecedented challenges they face in the Coronavirus era.
Arts Smarts
Managing Your Arts Practice Through a Pandemic
The Big Idea speaks to Creative New Zealand about their timeline for COVID-19 support - with a checklist of what to do next and where to find the info.
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Fat Freddy's Dropped Tour
A veteran of the much-loved NZ band on bailing from their European tour, what COVID-19 crisis looks like overseas, self isolation and his hopeful forecast for artists.
Arts Smarts
How to make working remotely work for you (From the Archives)
Working from home your new norm? In the face of COVID-19, here's Sam Grover's smart advice on how to be productive and look after your well-being as a remote worker.
The Lowdown
Where is the Emergency Arts Industry Package?
This COVID-19 Special sees Mark Amery stand up for the arts community and dedicate the weekly arts news bulletin to what you need to know.
The Lowdown
Going Viral Despite the Virus
In this week’s arts media news bulletin, Mark Amery writes about how the arts are responding creatively to the coronavirus.
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The Truth Will Guide the Way
Passionately traditional and unapologetically confronting - like the stars that inspire her mahi, Nikau Hindin is shining a light on a controversial topic.
The Lowdown
Class, Cowardice and Coronavirus
From the newly minted NZer of the year’s perfect response to an awkward situation, to the day of reckoning for an industry predator, the Lowdown's Kate Powell has a big week covered.

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