Nelson Arts Festival 2012
Offering more than 70 diverse arts events including eight international acts from 12 – 28 October, this year’s Nelson Arts Festival is set to be a cracker.
Cultural treasures head to China
Two Te Papa exhibitions will be heading to the National Museum of China in November 2012.
We Can Create 2012
We Can Create, New Zealand’s alternative art and creative industries showcase, is on 27 October 2012 in Auckland.
Should I pitch for free?
Okay, so you’re new to freelancing and keen to impress. All of a sudden a client calls wanting you to help with a pitch. Time to think like a lawyer.
Funding Songs
Raising funds in the pursuit of musical excellence and presence across New Zealand is close to reaching a positive evolution, say Mike and Barney Chunn in their latest blog post.
Innovative new uses for flax fibre
Victoria University research on preventing deterioration of some of New Zealand’s oldest Maori cloaks has revealed potentially valuable anti-fungal properties in harakeke.
Beginners Guide to Fashion Week
Events are all run differently but whether its Fashion Week, or any other large scale media event, as the Boy Scouts say "Prior planning prevents poor performance".
Fresh Shorts funding 2012
The NZFC funding scheme Fresh Shorts has offered grants to 16 new short films.
The Sorta Unofficial NZ Film Awards
An offhand Facebook comment has given new life to the New Zealand Film Awards.
Miss Phlossy Roxx at #NZFW
It's a glamorous job, and we found the perfect person to do it! Miss Phlossy Roxx, a vibrant blogger fresh to NZ Fashion Week this year, shares her highlights.
CNZ awards $5.2m for arts development
A diverse and vibrant range of arts projects have gained more than $5 million in funding through Creative New Zealand’s Toi Uru Kahikatea (Arts Development Investment) programme.
A new way forward for cinema
Fiona Milburn from Transmedia NZ interviews American indie producer Ted Hope, keynote at the recent Big Screen Symposium, about transmedia and the changing nature of filmmaking.