R&V Club Gisborne Package, check it out

The RnV team want to encourage local groups, organisations, clubs and businesses to gather themselves together to enjoy the party happening in our own backyard. The R&V Club Gisborne package is a discounted R&V Tour package especially for local groups.

For more information please contact Sarah Pinkham at sarah@rhythmandvines.co.nz.

Apply now for the Ministry of Education's 2008 Artists in Schools programme

The Ministry of Education's Artists in Schools programme creates the opportunity for practising professional artists in the fields of dance, drama, music, and visual arts to work with young people in New Zealand primary and secondary schools.

It involves schools and communities in creative projects while providing students, teachers and artists with diverse and challenging learning experiences. The programme generates innovative ways to engage students from Year 1 to year 13 across the arts disciplines within the curriculum.

The Artists in Schools programme provides funding of $800 a week, up to a maximum of $8,000, for an artist to work with students and teachers for a period of up to 10 weeks. Schools will be given a grant of $250 a week, up to a maximum of $2,500 for the full 10 week period. The grant to schools will cover resources such as materials, costumes, or instrument hire needed for a project.

The Ministry of Education welcomes applications from New Zealand primary and secondary state and integrated schools.

Applications from schools seeking funding for projects in 2008 are to be submitted electronically by 28 February 2008. All applicants will be notified of decisions in March 2008.

Interested artists and schools should go to the website to download expressions of interest and application forms: http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/artistsinschools/

Opportunity for young filmmakers ID360 short film competition

If you're a filmmaker between the ages of 12 and 24, here's an opportunity to tell the rest of the country and our central and local government decision-makers what it means to be a young person in New Zealand today, through film.

Organised by the Ministry of Youth Development, the ID360 Short Film Competition is open to all New Zealanders aged 12-24, as individuals or in teams, with entries closing on 29 February 2008. There are a range of prizes up for grabs, including a people's choice award and prizes over each of three age categories 12-15 years, 16-18 years and 19-24 years, including a grand overall prize. Entry is free.

The winners will be announced by the Minister of Youth Affairs at an awards ceremony at the New Zealand Film Archive on 21 April 2008.

For more information about ID360, including competition rules, a toolkit, tips and ideas on how to make a short film, visit the ID360 website, http://id360.govt.nz/

Art & Craft Symposium Extravaganza 5th and 6th January

Waipare Homestead
890 Anaura Bay Road, Anaura Bay East Coast

SATURDAY 5TH JANUARY 2008
ALCOHOL AND SMOKEFREE EVENT

Babes of the Bay Beauty Contest
Hunter-Gatherere or Mr Pune Contest
Little Missy and Cool Dude with Attitude contest
Baby Dig, Treasure Hunt, Big Dig Activities

Lots of great Giveaways and prizes, live entertainment, food and beverages

Evening entertainment, Deep in Vogue Fashion Show 8.15pm start, Gates open 7.30pm

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SUNDAY 6TH JANUARY 2008
ALCOHOL AND SMOKEFREE EVENT

10am Gates Open
11am Moko Idol Competition under 7's
12.30 Anaura Associates Retro Fashion Show Auction

Live Entertainment, activities, giveaways and more

Evening Entertainment
8pm Public Screening of THE WAIWAI EXPRESS, By Shane Loader and Dean Cronin, Actual Vision Films

For more info call Louia Blakeney 06 8626404

Annual Gisborne Art & Crafts Guild Fair, December 31 & January 1

The Annual Gisborne Art & Crafts Guild Fair is on at the Lawson Field Theatre, December 31 and January 1 from 10am to 4pm. You’ll find all sorts of arts and crafts items, all locally hand made, including batik bead and crystal jewelry, clay work, educational games, glass work, hand knitting, Maori craftworks, mosaic tiling and beading, soy candles and burners, tamari, and mobiles.

The Table Plays project - script ideas wanted

Producers are looking for a new writer from the Tairawhiti who wants to create a half hour tv drama for Maori TV, set in the rohe. The close off date is Feb 1st 2008. This is a great opportunity for someone to develop their tv/ film career.

Please contact the Creative Tairawhiti Office for more information (word document available) or further enquiries should be made to Carey Carter by email: sixblankets@ihug.co.nz

or check out their website: www.tableplays.org.nz

Alixene Curtis Solo Exhibition, The Pencil Gallery 7 Dec

Ka Tu Au Ka Korikori / I Stand & I Tremble
Alixene Curtis
Opening Preview: 5pm Friday 7 December
Main Room Exhibition: 7 December - 30 December 2007

(New paintings and weavings will be available from the gallery on Friday 7 December.)

www.thepencilgallery.co.nz

Documentary Proposal Development Workshop, Feb 20th, Gisborne

Jess Feast, Documentary Proposal Development Workshop, Feb 20th, Gisborne.

If you are interested in learning how to write a great funding proposal for your
documentary projects, a one day workshop will be held in Gisborne on Wed 20th Feb.
The workshop will also cover developing your idea and case studies will be used.

Jess Feast is an experienced documentary maker and developer, director of Cowboys and Communists, has over eight years freelance experience working on a range of arts and youth programmes, and social documentaries. Directing credits include two series of the award-winning Cokesmokefree Rockquest, prime time documentary Favourite Body Parts, a segment for arts programme The Living Room, Gather Round and most recently Flight of the Conchords - A Texan Odyssey.

If you would are working in the industry or are an emerging film/tv
creative and would like to confirm your interest please email Jasmine Kaa

kaaja@tpk.govt.nz

Maori boys and girls aged 8-12 years wanted for film…

Whenua Films are casting for their new feature film. The Volcano. It is written &
Directed by Taika Waititi and produced by Ainsley Gardiner and Cliff Curtis, the
film makers of Eagle vs Shark and Two Cars, One Night.

The film is scheduled to shoot during Spring 2008 in the East Coast area.

They are looking for strong Maori faces.
Maori boys and girls
Aged 8 to 12yrs
Maori men and women aged 25 to 50
Maori women aged 60 to 80yrs of good health.

VENUE:

Ilminster Intermediate
De Lautour Rd, Gisborne
Sunday 9th December
10 - 2pm

If you are unable to attend please send a photo/video and your details to

Tina Cleary & Loren Horsley
The Casting Company
Whenua Films
studio@thecastingcompany.co.nz

Kahukura Gallery, Grand Opening Sat 22nd December

34 ORMOND ROAD, GISBORNE
5.00 PM on 22nd December 2007

Featuring work by

Tui Eaves
Rhoda Vitasovich
Te Mauri Tini

Te Maruaroa o te Raumati, Summer Solstice

Kahukura Gallery Invites all who wish to celebrate the opening of our gallery and the return of summer. As we reflect on the past year and welcome the New Year with hope and inspiration. We reconnect once more to our families and our place in Aotearoa to the Earth Sea and Sky. The opening exhibition has a strong pacific flavor and reflects our cultural diversities and our Oceanic Art Traditions.

Ko Ranginui e tu iho nei, ko Papatuanuku e takoto nei
NAU MAI HAERE MAI