Show Me Shorts Film Festival winners announced
Australian filmmaker Janine Barnes has been awarded the major prize of $5,000 at the inaugural Jameson Show Me Shorts Film Festival for her film Ray. "Australian shorts have taken out most of the…
Paul Amlehn exhibits at the IX Bienal Internacional de Cuenca
Writer, filmmaker, and video artist Paul Amlehn will exhibit his video art trilogy Loakal at the upcoming IX Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, in Ecuador.
Telecom Prospect exhibition returns for 2007
February next year will see City Gallery Wellington launch its flagship exhibition Telecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand. Showcasing the new and the familiar, the exhibition surveys the work by…
99 the magic number for Fringe 07
The numbers are in and the results are final: New Zealand's shifting left and heading for the fringes during February and March 2007.
Writers Honoured in Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
Three of New Zealand's leading writers - Patricia Grace, Vincent O'Sullivan and Judith Binney - have been honoured at the 2006 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement. Image: Poet, short…
Leading sonic thinker discusses sound in Auckland
Internationally renowned writer, musician and curator David Toop visits New Zealand for the first time for one public lecture and performance at the Kenneth Myers Centre in Auckland. Also appearing…
SEEyD presents windy Wellington theatre
The controversial issue of wind farming provides the backdrop for The SEEyD Theatre Company's latest play, Turbine, which opens at Bats Theatre in Wellington on November 30. "Power, speed,…
Bold Maori playwright wins our national theatre award
Auckland playwright Albert Belz is the winner of New Zealand's most significant national theatre award, the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award, New Zealand's playwrights' organisation Playmarket has…
Ricky Boyd and the Boomshack hear the call
After their successful residency at Bar Bodega last summer, Ricky Boyd and the Boomshack Band are back for more.
Tony Lane's paintings feature in two Wellington survey exhibitions
Metaphysical Bling by Mark Amery Courtesy of The Dominion Post 24/11/2006 Art provides us with devotional objects. As everything around you changes, a favourite work of art can be a touchstone.…
Encounter: New Zealand Design and Decorative Arts
Encounter, the new permanent New Zealand Design and Decorative Arts installation at Auckland Museum, celebrates nearly two centuries of decorative and design object-making in New Zealand. "...a…
Two awards for documentary 'Sand Dancer'
New Zealand film maker Valerie Reid's latest documentary, Sand Dancer, about the life of sand artist Peter Donnelly, has received two awards - The Audience Choice Award at the Golden Horse Film…