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Silence the ‘Shoulds’ in Your Head
Top tips and advice on how to shake off the mental constraints that can hold your creativity hostage from an artist who refuses to be defined.
The Lowdown
'Death By 1000 Cuts?': Arts Organisations Under Fire
Some dramas won't fade into the background. The Lowdown looks at the creative conflicts that refuse to go away plus the freshest artistic awards news.
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Creative and Connected: Auckland Museum's New Direction
It's not the museum you remember from childhood - meet some of the minds rewriting the rules with new interactive exhibits that will prove a hit these holidays.
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Artful Anthropology
Have camera, will travel. A man who's travelled the globe in search of stories worth telling talks about how broadening your horizons pays off.
The Lowdown
‘The System is Broken’: Gaping Hole in Arts Diversity
They are so often described as the future of the creative community - The Lowdown looks at the state of youth arts in this week's news bulletin.
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Nothing Typical about Mara TK
He's got followers the world over, but talented Māori musician Mara TK prefers to keep it low-key - and explains why weird works for him.
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Creatives & Teachers on the Same Page
A look into the rewards of feeding the future of creativity by going straight to the source - Aotearoa's youth.
Soapbox
‘We Can Do Something Monumental’: How to be One in a Billion
The woman who turned a simple creative concept into an international phenomenon explains the inspiring message behind her work - and how you can be part of it.
The Lowdown
Wide Reaching Repercussions for Arts Funding
A case of failed Creative NZ funding has the potential to impact more than just the defendant - The Lowdown takes a look at advocacy and leadership in your arts news bulletin.
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Arts Voices: What Does Matariki Mean to You?
The arts community has embraced Matariki with a passion. We speak to Māori creatives about performing during this special time of year.
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Rhinestones and Rebellion
Art is all about expression - Verity Johnson gives us a first-hand account of burlesque as an exploration of female sexuality and taking back control of your story.
Arts Smarts
The Power of Visibility: Beating the Mid-Career Blahs
Even introverts can shine in their own ways. Challenge your fears and put yourself out there with these mentality-shifting ideas.
The Lowdown
Taking Creative NZ to Court
A ground-breaking court case, the impact of the latest COVID Alert Level rise on the arts and another cultural sector governance departure - all the biggest sector news in the Lowdown.
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Travelling Through Art
How a project that started as a truck in Aotearoa has become a vehicle to promote NZ artists both at home and on the other side of the world.
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Modern Take on Matariki
A collection of Māori creatives have put together an exhibition that gives culture prominence among the commercial. Dina Jezdic went to check it out.
The Lowdown
The People Have Spoken: Fund the Arts
The numbers don't lie - The Lowdown highlights a finding that could lead to a significant change in funding the arts in a loaded arts news bulletin.
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Value of Validation
With entry open for this year’s $25,000 Writers’ Award, a previous recipient explains the difference the support and encouragement make in completing an overwhelming assignment.
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Revealed: How NZers Feel about the Arts
A look at Creative NZ’s just-released triennial survey, giving an in-depth insight into how Aotearoa views the arts.
Arts Smarts
How to Beat the Computer when Applying for Jobs
Automated CV scanners use very blunt tools to cull applicants. Here are some tips to get yours seen by human eyes in the selection process.
The Lowdown
City Gallery Saga: One in, One Out?
The final structure is out - the Lowdown looks at what it means for City Gallery Wellington - plus controversies, curating comebacks and creative arts news coverage.
Art off the Beaten Track
Perfect Pointers for Provincial Pensioners
How the Horowhenua arts centre overcame the sketchy times of COVID to thrive and bring the community together again.
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The World According to Chelsea Winstanley
"The World is genuinely interested in our point of difference." Leading filmmaker gives her take on what makes Aotearoa stand out on the international stage after her latest accolade.
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Rule Breaker & Landscape Painter Top Creatives in Queen’s Birthday Honours
25 members of the creative and arts community have been included in the latest bout of recognitions - see who has made the list.
The Lowdown
Lowdown on Clash of Culture
Drama for NZ Opera - and it's not on the stage. Your arts news bulletin looks behind the bust-up, hears from the latest award winners and new creative offerings.
Soapbox
'The Line Must be Drawn Here!'
The City Gallery Wellington saga may be reaching a final outcome - but it's a long way from over. Respected arts commentator Andrew Wood takes aim at Experience Wellington.

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Irish writer captures Kiwi readers’ hearts and minds

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TAPAC Acknowledges Former Executive Director Sally-Anne Kerr

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The Auckland Performing Arts Centre