The Lowdown

Mark Adams Chalfont Crescent, Mangere, South Auckland. Jim Taofinu’u. Tufuga tatatau: Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo II, 30 June 1985. Courtesy the artist © Mark Adams
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The Lowdown #21: The arts are starving, but we’re feeding Hollywood

Tertiary arts resources are closing down everywhere while the government extends hefty subsidies to foreign blockbusters. James Littlewood tucks in for the Lowdown #21.
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James Littlewood
Jessie McCall and Rose Philpott: HEALR, photo courtesy the artists and Tempo Dance Festival
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The Lowdown #20: Co-design triumphs in rebuild centrepiece.

Community ownership, co-living, and Peter McLeavey: publisher and writer Emma Johnson taps the wires for the art news and weather from Aotearoa.
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Emma Johnson
Painter Greg (‘Chiaroni’) McDonald opens Chiaroni Gallery in Invercargill
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Lowdown #19: Chorus of discontent as touring shows pass over local artists

Calls are mounting for a fair go in the creative sector. Mark Amery conducts the media flashpoints in the Lowdown #19.
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Mark Amery
Madame and the Bastard with their minions at the CoCA 50th anniversary dinner. Image: Romy Willing
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Lowdown #18: Sparks fly in funding fireworks

Crash and burn or fire in the sky? Mark Amery lights up in The Lowdown #18.
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Mark Amery
Still frame: Toa`ipuapuagā (Strength in Suffering) by Vea Mafile`o. Photo supplied.
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Lowdown #17

Wallace Arts Awards, mental health, stigmata and race - here goes Mark Amery with The Lowdown #17: arts news and weather from Aotearoa.
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Mark Amery
Scottish poet Hollie McNish will be at Word Christchurch. Photo by Helmi Okbara.
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Lowdown #16: Guest Editor!

NZ wins on Edinburgh's stage; words and images in Christchurch; Oceania in Britannia: guest editor Emma Johnson brings us the arts news and weather from Aotearoa.
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Emma Johnson
Rebecca Patrick’s Caravan-Stay at Oriental Bay earlier this year. Photo supplied.
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Lowdown #15: live at home at work.

Rebecca Patrick, Te Manawa, Tru Paraha, Roger Hall, Robert Burns Fellowship, East in Hawke's Bay, Brian Brake, JK Baxter, and Walters shortlisters: here's Mark Amery with the arts news and weather.
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Mark Amery
Basement Tapes Director Jane Yonge shaking it up with a First in Fringe at Edinburgh.
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The Lowdown #14

Mark Amery brings us the art news and weather from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Mark Amery
Dane Mitchell: photo supplied
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The Lowdown #13

Mark Amery brings us the art news and weather from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Mark Amery
Cushla Donaldson, 501s. Video (still frame excerpt). Courtesy the artist.
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Mark Amery's Lowdown #12

NZ detainees in Australia; gallery concerns in Manawatu; conversations with the male member; Christchurch ditches meagre fund. Mark Amery and the Lowdown #12: arts news and weather in Aotearoa
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Mark Amery