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A Regional hui is being coordinated by Creative NZ to inform a new Maori Arts Strategy. Read More
Talented Queensland game developers can apply for support from the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland’s Game Development and Marketing Investment, announced Screen Queensland Chair Catherine O’Sullivan. Read more
The video games industry could be New Zealand’s next creative industry boom, but a lack of government support is holding it back. Baz Macdonald reports. Read More
A report released on the economic contribution of New Zealand book publishing shows that the industry has rebounded from difficult trading conditions in 2013 and 2014 to a position of growth in sales of both physical books and eBooks in 2015.
The work of authors and publishers contributed $397 million to the economy with sales from book stores accounting for nearly 60% (with an impact of $234 million) and eBook sales at 7% (with an impact of $29 million.)
Check out the full report here: Book Publishing Report
The Arts Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2016 New Zealand Arts Awards. This year’s Awards feature eleven incredible New Zealand artists with major international influence.
From an extraordinary talent pool, eleven artists, two philanthropists and four arts organisations have been chosen as the 2016 recipients of the coveted Laureate and New Generation awards, Harriet Friedlander New York Residency, the Award for Patronage and the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship.
The Arts Awards enable us to recognise some of New Zealand’s most extraordinary creators in front of their families, peers and country, says the Arts Foundation’s Executive Director, Simon Bowden.
“The national and international achievements of the 2016 recipients are extraordinary. This is why it is important for New Zealanders to celebrate and recognise these artists.”
As a reflection of the Arts Foundation’s commitment to arts in New Zealand, a total sum of $480,000 will be awarded to the recipients at the New Zealand Arts Awards event night on Wednesday 23 November. With the majority of the funds awarded on the evening being generated by private donations, the Awards are also a celebration of philanthropic support for the arts.
It is always exciting notifying the recipients. They are not aware that a panel of experts is even considering them for an award, so the news comes as a complete surprise, says Bowden.
“The awards are no-strings-attached, leaving artists free to use the funds exactly how they please. Some artists have credited the award for enabling the creation of their most celebrated work, others are thankful for the award coming at a time when their washing machine needs replacing.”
The awards are the highest value, multi-discipline arts awards in New Zealand, and since the inaugural Laureates received their awards in 2000, the Arts Foundation has awarded life-changing monetary and honorary awards to over 190 of New Zealand’s finest artists. By the end of this year, the Arts Foundation will have awarded New Zealand artists $5.2million.
2016 Laureate Award Recipients
Each Laureate Award includes a cash award of $50,000:
Eleanor Catton – Writer
Lyell Cresswell – Composer
Dylan Horrocks – Cartoonist/Graphic Novelist/Writer
Peter Robinson – Visual Artist
Taika Waititi – Film Maker
About the Laureate Award:
The Laureate Award is an investment in excellence across a range of art forms for an artist with prominence and outstanding potential for future growth. Their work is rich but their richest work still lies ahead of them. The award should recognise a moment in the artist’s career that will allow them to have their next great success.
2016 New Generation Award Recipients
Each New Generation Award includes a cash award of $25,000:
Parris Goebel – Choreographer
André Hemer – Visual Artist
Alex Taylor – Composer
About the Award:
New Generation artists are the hot shots, the ones to watch, and the ones who have an X-factor that sets them apart from their peers. They have assured potential. Their work is exciting. They are independent, individual and show outstanding promise. They also display a depth of thinking and consistency that gives their work strength.
Harriet Friedlander New York Residency
The residency enables an artist(s) to live in New York for as long as $80,000 lasts them:
Chris Pryor and Miriam Smith – Film Makers
About the Residency
Michael and Jason Friedlander asked the Arts Foundation to assist with the selection and promotion of an artist to receive up to $80,000 to have a New York experience every two years. The Residency is being made possible by a legacy gifted by Harriet Friedlander, who was a dedicated supporter of the arts. She also loved New York. She believed that any young artist exposed to the city would learn and grow in unimaginable ways.
2016 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow
Kate Camp – Poet/Writer
About the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
For the past forty-six years, the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship has enabled a selected New Zealand writer to live for up to six months in Menton, France. There, they have access to the writing room in Villa Isola Bella where one of New Zealand’s most famous writers, Katherine Mansfield, once lived.
Award for Patronage Recipients
John and Jo Gow – Philanthropists
The Award for Patronage Recipients are given $20,000 to distribute to artists or arts organisations of their choice to celebrate the occasion of the award. All recipients to date have chosen to donate $20,000 of their own so they can give away $40,000 to artists, organisations or projects of their choice:
John and Jo’s chosen donation recipients are:
• The Big Idea
• Tautai
• Q Theatre
• Sculpture On The Gulf
PwC report: Music industry contributed $484 million to New Zealand GDP in 2015
2015 PwC report highlights:
– The music industry contributed $484 million to NZ’s economy
– The music industry in NZ supported employment of 4,508 full-time equivalent workers (FTEs)
The report was commissioned by Recorded Music NZ, APRA AMCOS and The NZ Music Commission with the support of NZ On Air, Te Mangai Paho, Creative NZ, Independent Music NZ and The Music Managers Forum, and was conducted by PwC.
It reveals the New Zealand music industry in NZ contributed $484 million and 4,508 full time equivalent jobs (FTEs) in 2015. It was a year of total growth and four out of five market segments grew.
The two largest contributors were music radio broadcasting and live music performance. Music radio broadcasting contributed $214.5 million and live music performance (primarily driven by a number of international heritage acts touring NZ in 2015) contributed $157.8 million, which collectively amounts to 77 per cent of the music industry’s 2015 total GDP contribution.
Music retailing – the physical and digital sales of music, including traditional and store-based retailing, online stores and payments for online music streaming services – generated a total economic impact of $78.9 million and the equivalent of 407 full-time jobs.
This is an increase from 2014’s $71.2 million, boosted by the growing popularity of streaming services nationwide. The gross output from online streaming almost doubled between 2014 ($18.6 million) and 2015 ($36.8 million), indicating consumers have moved towards an on-demand consumption preference – especially as the popularity of services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Pandora continue to grow.
Communication and public performance contributed $28.9 million to the economy and the equivalent of 352 full-time jobs. The subsector includes royalties derived from music played on radio, television and the internet as well as music played in public such as at retailers, hospitality outlets, education facilities and gyms.
Synchronisation, referring to the royalties earned from licensing music for use in advertisements, games, films and television programmes, contributed $4.1 million and the equivalent of 50 full-time jobs to the economy.
Notes: The report analysed the direct economic impacts of the music industry, the impacts of music spending which occur when the music industry purchases goods and services from other industries, and the induced impacts which are generated when wages or salaries earnt in the industry are spent on other goods and services. The total economic impact of the industry includes all of these effects.
Another story of successful growth within New Zealand’s creative sector.
New Zealand’s game development industry grew 13% last year to earn $88.9m in the year ending 31 March 2016 according to an independent survey of New Zealand Game Developers Association studios. Almost all of that revenue (92%) came from exports of interactive software and online services.
Check out the NZGDA link above for the full report.