Poetic route through chemotherapy
Courtesy of NZ Listener by Steve Braunias Only a few months ago, Peter Bland wrote a poem that he believes will probably be his last. It's called News from the Marginlands, and is included in…
The Kaipara Project
The Kaipara Foundation plans to build a centre on the Kaipara Harbour where leaders in different creative disciplines from New Zealand and around the world will be invited to reside for a period in a…
Landfall 206 -
This spring's Landfall features conjuror's tricks, uncanny scenes and practical magic from some of New Zealand's best artists and writers. Poets James Norcliffe, Shannon Welch and Janet Charman focus…
The Return of the Penguins
Fresh from delighting more than 13,000 children all over New Zealand, penguin puppet show Penguin - life on the edge returns to Wellington for the holidays.
Pacific art at Whitespace
Deborah White writes: "Contemporary Pacific art has been my interest for 20 years, during the last 8 years I have specialised in curating and developing projects in the context of the Pacific…
GamePLAY exhibition opens at Te Manawa
GamePLAY the travelling exhibition aims to communicate the dramatic impact that computer games have on our lives and our culture. With a focus on the emerging game development industry in New…
Viggo Mortensen - mightier pen and photographs
Coinciding with the world premiere of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Viggo Mortensen's photography will be the subject of two exhibitions in Wellington this summer entitled Mo Te…
Cultural well-being now in law
The explicit inclusion of cultural well-being as one of the 'quadruple bottom-line' purposes in the Local Government Act 2002 represents an exciting opportunity for local authorities, Associate Arts,…
Award-winning artist blurs boundaries of race and gender
Courtesy of NZ Herald By EMILY WATT When I first call artist Shigeyuki Kihara, she is in a fabric shop choosing cloth to make an outfit for an awards ceremony. On Monday night, Kihara was…
New Theatre Initiative - Model Launch & AGM
Much has been happening over the last 18 months and we would love to update you on developments of the New Theatre Initiative. Monday 24 November at 5.30pm
Festival of Tibetan Arts & Culture - Calling All Artists
This is a preliminary invitation to all artists to participate in the upcoming Festival of Tibetan Arts & Culture - to be held in Auckland, Waiheke Island - culminating in Whangee - from Jan 17th to…
Call for Papers - Creative Clusters UK April 2004
Creative Clusters is interested in projects in the field of regeneration and enterprise development that get results in both cultural and economic terms. We are now looking for presenters for the …