We’ve allocated $46,974 to 14 arts event and projects. The successful applicants are listed below.
Rachel Lenart: Swimming Lessons, $9,210
A new play about the joy and fear in facing neurodivergence and trauma (but in a fun way) by Lizzie Tollemache. Directed by Rachel Lenart with Lizzie Tollemache, Carrie Green, Eve Gordan, Bek Coogan and Kim Garrett.
Alliance Francaise Palmerston North Incorporated: Digital November - Machine à bulles, $5,000
"Machine à bulles" will showcase digital 24 pieces of comic art at the Square Edge Gallery. Visitors will be able to access and experience the artworks with a QR code, VR experiences, digital art & animation workshops, and an animation movie.
Legacy Centre: Community Dance Academy, $3,300
The Community Dance Academy will create opportunities for young people between 8-13 years of age to experience performing arts, specifically Hip-hop and Contemporary dance.
Taranaki Arts Trail: Artists Exchange Project, $2,600
The Manawatū Arts Trail will exchange two artists with the Taranaki Arts Trail for the local arts trail weekend. This will build relationships, contacts and showcase the talent from a neighbouring region.
Tall Poppies Performance Community Trust: Guardians of the Palace, $2,130
This production is based around the guardians of four different palaces who are called in to solve the mystery of who it might be attempting to overthrow the King and Queen of each palace. It involves eighty junior members of the Manawatū Community and will feature two nights at The Globe in late November.
Environment Network Manawatū: Environment linked mural for ENM office building, $5,000
A large mural will be painted on the ride of the Environment Network Manawatū Building to raise awareness of their kaupapa, focus, member groups, and to celebrate the unique environmental heritage of the Manawatū catchment.
Rose Bourke: Alleycat, $2,500
A window gallery space down the Broadway & King Street alleyway that showcases Manawatū artists.
KidzStuff Theatre For Children Incorporated: Mr Fungus, $2,500
The iconic Mr Fungus brings his upbeat physical comedy show to town.
Jane Ross: Film Talks at the Globe, $2,000
Film Talks with Derrick Sims, Phil Stebbing, Eli Hill and Jason Ellis.
Benjamin Tipene: Way to Write, $2,500
Group workshops to teach people the skills to write songs as a form of expression and mindfulness.
Te Aroha Noa Community Services: Making Highbury and Arts Suburb- Footpath Mural, $4,534
Te Aroha Noa has a dream of seeing Highbury transform into more of an 'Iconic Arts Suburb'. Their first project contributing to this dream is a community footpath mural that stretches the length of the Te Aroha Noa buildings.
Emma Maguire: Shift Your Paradigm, $2,224
Shift Your Paradigm is a satirical theatre show. It’s an hour-long, chaotic comedy created by Mitchell Botting and David Bowers-Mason for NZ Fringe 2022 and produced by Emma Maguire.
Ngā Wairua Toi - Creative Souls: Collective Story of the 12 Days of Christmas, $1,475
The project involves a group of new and amateur artists working together towards a collective project and 'walkthrough' exhibit in December. The exhibit will capture the12 days of Christmas through a series of static art pieces, open to the public during the Christmas lights Spectacular in December 2022.