Artists' talk marks ten years of Wellington residency
This year, the Wellington Asia Residency Exchange (WARE) celebrates a decade of bringing artists from Asia to the capital and providing Wellington artists the opportunity to take their practice to Asi
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Artist molds memories in clay on Tokyo residency
New Zealand Artist Richard Maloy recently returned from a two-month Foundation residency at the prestigious Youkobo Artspace in Tokyo. In this interview he describes his time at Youkobo and the work h
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Traditional Indian dance to grace 2017 Diwali festivals
One of India’s most exciting folk dance traditions will grace the stage at the 2017 Diwali Festival of Lights.
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Foundation announces
2017 arts grants recipients
An independent performing arts centre, a contemporary gallery in West Auckland and an award-winning theatre director are among this year’s recipients of the Asia New Zealand Foundation arts grants.
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Taiwan collaboration for Moana
New Zealand singer/song writer Moana Maniapoto recently travelled to Taiwan in search of an indigenous Taiwanese musician to collaborate with on her latest album, ONO. While in Taiwan, Maniapoto also
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Singapore a "pocket of creativity" for choreographer
Choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproull describes her time developing a new dance work as choreographer in residence at Singapore's The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company. Sarah, who travelled to Singa
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2018 Youkobo Art Space artist in residence announced
The Asia New Zealand Foundation and Creative New Zealand have selected artist Kalisolaite Uhila for the Youkobo Art Space residency in Japan next year.
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Dunedin cemeteries inspire Shanghai artist
The musings of two two-hundred-year-old ghosts pondering life and death in a cemetery on the Otago Peninsula is the basis of a short film Chinese video artist Chen Zhou shot during his time as artist-
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NZ - China collaboration on cutting-edge show
Writer Rachel Davies travelled to Shanghai late last year with the help of an Asia New Zealand Foundation grant to attend the opening of Duality, the show she helped create with the team from creative
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Looking for shadows in Bangkok
Artist Paul McLachlan describes his time as an artist in residence at Surface Arts residency in Bangkok.
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Curators tour South Korea and China's "thriving" arts scenes
Curator Balamohan Shingade says he discovered that studios were his “happy place” during the Asia New Zealand Foundation/Creative New Zealand’s recent Curators Tour to South Korea and China.
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WARE artist explores Wellington's coastline paradox
Artist Josette Chiang came to Wellington looking for a stretch of coastline to measure as part of an ongoing mapping project examining the indeterminacy of measurement.