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Council partners with Creative NZ to support local arts
Council partners with Creative New Zealand to support local community arts
Twice a year Wellington City Council and Creative New Zealand come together to support local arts activities through the Creative Communities Scheme. In this funding round the scheme supported 26 community arts projects.
The Wellington Youth Orchestra (WYO) received funding for their up and coming concert at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on Hill Street, 10 May. The WYO was established in 1959 to provide symphonic experience for young players under 25 including secondary school students. For this performance the 50 member orchestra will be conducted by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist, Andrew Joyce.
MS doesn’t stop me Singing will be held in the Mezzanine Room in Wellington Central Library, 25 May. People with Multiple Sclerosis, their families, friends and carers along with members of local community choirs will celebrate World MS Day with song.
Strathmore youth will get the chance to learn photography and journalism skills through funding ZEAL Education has received for Strathmore Portraits project. Young people will take portraits and quotes from members of their community to highlight the diversity of the suburb. The project will culminate in an exhibition in Strathmore late 2016.
The next Creative Communities funding round for Wellington will close at the end of August. Anyone with an idea for a community arts project should email Council's funding team on funding@wcc.govt.nz
| February 2016 | ||
| Organisation name | Support for | Amount granted |
| Aro Valley Community Council Inc | Mural Bunker Project to commission an artist to paint a permanent mural on the bunker at the Aro Valley community centre. | $4,000 |
| Chetan Ranchhod | HYDE - an original stage adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde | $1,300 |
| Christine Richardson | Sing for MS 2016, a community sing-along for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and their support community to celebrate World MS Day 2016 | $288 |
| Community Music Junction LTD | To run ten weeks of ‘Drumming up Support’ sessions including activities such as rhythm games, learning and practicing drumming skills. | $1,500 |
| Connected Media Charitable Trust | The Outlook for Someday Free One-day Film-making Workshop in Wellington | $2,912 |
| DANSS 2008 Inc | DANSS Same Sex Dance Competition 2016 | $1,000 |
| Doubleudoubleu | WEiRdO - original musical theatre show during the Kia Mau Festival running through Matariki 2016. The allocation is a contribution towards Promotion expenses. | $550 |
| He Whanau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten association Incorporated | Place based mural involving the community - Tūranga waewae tātou, ko wai tātou | $1,000 |
| IHC New Zealand Incorporated | Circus Performing Skills Workshops for people with learning disabilities. | $4,470 |
| Kahurangi Friends Inc | Strathmore Park Summer Events 2017 to produce two family-friendly free events at the Kahurangi School Amphitheatre. | $2,500 |
| Lokal Stories | Lokal Stories, displaying art work using projections onto vacant shop windows throughout the city at night. | $4,000 |
| MIA Mujeres In Aotearoa Incorporated | Danza MIA - workshops, rehearsals & performances to enable Latin American women to learn and perform traditional Latin American dances | $2,737 |
| Mutter | Tapes a mixed-media site specific performance in central Wellington. | $3,800 |
| New Zealand Improvisation Trust | New Zealand Improv Festival 2016 a five-day, not-for-profit improvisational festival | $4,000 |
| Old Hall Gigs | Old Hall Gigs - a series of multi-artform gigs in 'unusual' venues in Wellington. | $2,100 |
| Pablos Art Studios Incorporated | Block Course of 10 workshops focusing on exploring colour and Exhibition | $2,000 |
| Rob Whelan | Robs Open Mic Lounge a safe and comfortable environment for the Wellington musical community to come and perform in with a focus on female artists. | $1,485 |
| The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Nga Taonga Whitiahua Me Nga Taonga Korero | Siapo Cinema 2016, a week-long festival showcasing moving images about, for and by Pasifika peoples. | $3,000 |
| The Sound and Light Exploration Society | Pyramid Club Improvised Music Series, a series of community-based performances of improvised music. | $2,160 |
| Upstream - Friends of Central Park | Upstream Art Trail Schools Project, giving local school children the opportunity to work together to plan and develop their own art work to be shown in Central Park in March 2017.artists. | $5,100 |
| Vincents' Art Workshop Inc | Production of the Vincents Annual Group Exhibition 2016 | $2,500 |
| Wellington Durgotsav Committee | Durgapuja Festival 2016 - cultural festival of Bengali people. The allocation is a contribution towards the venue hire and lighting expenses | $1,900 |
| Wellington Filipino Sports Organization Inc. | Philippine Festival in Wellington 2016 (Pistang Pilipino 2016 sa Wellington). The allocation is a contribution towards the Cultural Events expenses | $4,445 |
| Wellington Musical Electronics Library | A series of five ‘UPSKILL’ workshops, aimed at giving beginners an introduction to making musical electronics. | $1,700 |
| Wellington Youth Orchestras Inc | Wellington Youth Orchestra Community Concert - providing orchestral training for young people leading to a public concert on 10 May 2016 | $2,500 |
| Zeal Education Trust | Strathmore Portraits Project - engaging young people and teaching them photography and some basic journalism techniques with an exhibition. | $2,000 |
| Total: | $64,947 |
The Creative Communities NZ Wellington Local Funding Scheme is a partnership between Wellington City Council and Creative New Zealand. Every year Creative New Zealand provides money to councils to support local arts activities. To apply for funding or to find out more go to wellington.govt.nz/funding
Image caption: Jem King, part of 99 Portraits project, exhibited in Auckland last year
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