/ FUNDING
Apply for Funding
We recommend contacting who it is you are applying to before putting in an application. This way you can talk to someone about what the criteria is and introduce yourself to the funding body.
Creative New Zealand is one of the main funding bodies in Aotearoa. You can contact their funding services team on 0800 273 284 or email funding@creativenz.govt.nz
*Creative New Zealand offers funding for a wide range of art forms. For a visual artist, success means at least one public exhibition of a body of work that achieved a degree of critical or sales success. This can be a solo show or as part of a group exhibition, but not as part of a course of study. CNZ’s criteria of success is different for each type of art form that it supports.
- Through CNZ you can apply for an Arts Grant between $5000 and $75,000 if you have success* and a proven track record in your artististic field.
- CNZ has two funding schemes for artists and arts organisations working rurally or away from the major cities in Aotearoa. These are The Creative Communities Scheme and Ngā toi ā Rohe, Arts in the Regions.
- CNZ funds a diverse range of projects and artforms, such as Community Arts, Craft / Art Object, Dance, Interarts, Literature, Music, Multidisciplinary Arts, Ngā Toi Māori, Pacific Arts, Theatre, and Visual Arts.
*Creative New Zealand offers funding for a wide range of art forms. For a visual artist, success means at least one public exhibition of a body of work that achieved a degree of critical or sales success. This can be a solo show or as part of a group exhibition, but not as part of a course of study. CNZ’s criteria of success is different for each type of art form that it supports.
Guidelines for
Funding Applications
There are criteria for all types of funding.
Make sure to read over each criteria carefully when making an application. With Creative New Zealand, for example, you only need to achieve one of their strategic outcomes.
CNZ’S STRATEGIC OUTCOMES ARE:
01 /
High quality
High quality
NZ art is
developed
02 /
NZ’ers
NZ’ers
participate
in the arts
03 /
NZ’ers
NZ’ers
experience
quality arts
04 /
NZ arts gain
NZ arts gain
international
success
05 /
NZ’s arts
sector is
resilient
These guidelines are the same whether you are applying for funding as an individual, group, or an organisation.
You can find out more about these here: