Funding for creative minds opens Friday
Local funding for artistic, musical or other creative pursuits in Waipā will be available this week, with the Creative Communities Scheme opening for community arts activities on Friday.
From Friday 1 October, Waipā District Council is opening the October round of the Creative Communities Scheme, a fund for community arts initiatives that help grow and promote local creativity.
Council’s Community Advisor Gina Scott said this round had received a significant amount from Creative NZ to distribute to suitable projects across Waipā.
“We have approximately $80,000 in funding ready to allocate to applications that meet the criteria – access and participation, diversity or young people and we can’t wait to see how our amazing creative minds interpret that for their projects.”
Funding is available for materials for arts activities or programmes, venue or equipment hire, personnel or administrative costs for short-term projects or promotion of arts activities that will run between 1 November 2021 and 31 May 2022.
Recipients from the last funding round included groups who created live music films, hosted kapa haka festivals, winter wellness workouts, Matariki holiday programmes, choir performance, painting workshops and more.
One of the funded projects – the Whetu Live Music Art Film created by IA Music - was broadcast by Radio New Zealand, Maori TV and Waiata Anthems Week, and has been viewed over 30,000 times.
Council will be holding a Creative Communities Scheme Information Workshop at 1pm, Wednesday 13 October, for applicants who are interested in applying for funding. The workshop will be co-hosted with Council and Creative Waikato, who also provide support to applicants for funding rounds across the rohe.
Applications to the October funding round close at 5pm, Friday 29 October. After closing, applications are assessed and funding grants are allocated by a committee, consisting of a panel of judges appointed for their knowledge of and experience in local arts.
Creative Communities Scheme funding round information, eligibility criteria, workshop details and application forms are available online at waipadc.govt.nz/creativecommunities. Application forms can also be collected from Council offices in Cambridge and Te Awamutu and completed forms can be emailed to info@waipadc.govt.nz or dropped off at Council offices.
