Our Strategic Arts Partnership Fund is to build long-term partnerships with organisations for arts projects, events or festivals that increase New Zealanders' confidence in engaging with Asia.
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About our arts programme
Our arts programme aims to bring Asia into the mainstream of New Zealand arts by inspiring New Zealand arts professionals to grow their connections and knowledge of Asia. It also supports the presenta
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Foundation farewells festival 'godmother'
After 23 years with the Foundation, Jennifer King, our culture director, retired this year - leaving behind an incredible legacy of bringing Asian arts and culture to the New Zealand public.
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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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Arts Practitioners Fund
Our Arts Practitioners Fund supports arts practitioners undertake opportunities that deepen artistic and professional connections such as residencies, work placements, research tours and exchanges.
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Artist shares Samoan dance and culture in Malaysia
Dancer Ufitia (Tia) Sagapolutele describes her time at Rimbun Dahan residency in Malaysia, where she shared Samoan dance forms and learned about indigenous practices.
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Arts Project Fund
The Arts Project Fund supports New Zealand professional arts companies, events and organisations to deliver projects that will grow New Zealanders' awareness and knowledge of Asian arts.
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The artist's heart - Shayne Carter at Bangkok 1899
Musician Shayne Carter writes about his time as the inaugural artist in residence at creative hub Bangkok 1899 where he immersed himself in local culture and composed and performed with Thai artists.
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Creative insomnia in Singapore
Choreographer Natalie Clark says she experienced 'creative insomnia' born of a flood of ideas while on a four-week Foundation/Creative New Zealand residency with T.H.E Dance Company in Singapore.
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Artist experiences close-knit Jogja art world
Bridget Reweti, who spent three months as an artist-in-residence in Indonesia, says the Jogja art scene is like nothing she’s experienced before.
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Artist inspired by
Japanese consumer culture
The artist residency Ella Knapton undertook in a small, seaside city in southern Japan not only provided her the opportunity to develop a series of works but also to learn about Japanese culture.
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Home again,
the perspective of distance
Back in New Zealand after a three-month Foundation residency in Varanasi, India, artist Elliot Collins reflects on how the city, the Ganges and the people have influenced him.
