Cash in on your creative talent
The Auckland City Council is inviting applications for the first round of funding for this year's Creative Communities scheme. Funding is available for projects that encourage active…
Cash in on your creative talent
The Auckland City Council is inviting applications for the first round of funding f
A Playwrights' Studio
Playwrights have been invited to apply for the Playmarket Playwrights' Studio 2008 in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch. Playwrights' Studio is an opportunity for writers to be…
A Playwrights' Studio
Playwrights have been invited to apply for the Playmarket Playwrights' Studio 2008
The power of the printed page
In an age where television and film remain controlled by ratings, is writing the last bastion of the unsayable? Do writers have an obligation to write the taboo? When is too far just enough? Are…
Kiwi artists to work in Seoul and Hong Kong
Two talented and accomplished New Zealand artists have been selected for Asia New Zealand Foundation artists' residencies in Hong Kong and South Korea later this year. Fiona Amundsen and Eve…
NZ doco wins Sundance editing award
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins has won an editing award at the Sundance Film Festival. The World Cinema Documentary Editing Award was won by Irena Dol at the Festival's closing Awards…
The enchanted world of Jum Nakao
To celebrate TheNewDowse's first birthday, and Paper Anniversary, the gallery is exhibiting the work of an artist whose creative genius can transform a humble sheet of paper into the most…
Fashion forecasting from afar
Financial Times fashion journalist Marion Hume has labelled New Zealand's Lise Strathdee and her Hokianga store, Outpost Hokianga, as a leading light in an emerging global fashion and lifestyle…
Fringe Fest off to a smashing start
The 2008 New Zealand Fringe Festival launched its programme at a gala event at Wellington's The Frontroom on Thursday but preparations went awry when a forklift fell through the floor. Luckily a…
Copywriting is still writing
Ben Myers explores the difference between copywriting and writing in his latest Guardian Unlimited blog. "When your only skill and experience is in writing, you'll use it any way you can. Recently…
Auckland Museum cancels Vatican exhibition
Auckland Museum has cancelled its upcoming exhibition about the Vatican after key artworks promised as part of the travelling exhibit were withdrawn. Dr Vanda Vitali said she was not satisfied…