Tairawhiti Arts - Creative Tairawhiti

funding resources

Under $500 Small Grants Scheme

Creative Communities sub-contracts Creative Tairawhiti each year by enabling the organisation with an amount to distribute under this scheme. The Creative Tairawhiti Executive meets every second Wednesday of the month to decide on all grant applications. Artists and organisations in the Gisborne District that have a project which could do with a helping hand and require up to $500,

the under $500 small grants scheme could be for you…

Download the criteria and application form pdf

Download the accountability form pdf or word file here.

Comprehensive Local Funding Information

This is the guide to local funders for the arts. This document contains useful tips, important dates, contact details and much more.

Download here…

Performance Resources

venues register

This useful pdf document contains information about visual arts and performing arts venues locally.

Download here…

Creative Tairawhiti : Working the Arts Resources

artists and the web

This resource is an overview of the course Creative Tairawhiti delivered earlier this year in partnership with Scott Casley (Tairawhiti Polytechnic), Turanga Ararau and NZTE. It contains tips and hints on how to get the most out of freely available web tools.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddccvm95_39csrhrm

Artists and Intellectual Property

Specialist Arts Lawyer David McLaughlin of McLaughlin Law, Auckland delivered a highly engaging workshop on Intellectual Property in February 2008. Recommended by Artists Alliance Incorporated, nationally funded advocates for the visual arts, David is committed to practicing in this area of law. With real examples of how artists might consider protecting their rights, and practical advice, this was a very worthwhile workshop for those who attended. David suggested anyone wanting more information about IP in relation to the arts should visit the following websites…

www.copyright.org.nz

www.creativepeoplescentre.co.nz

www.artistsalliance.org.nz

And to contact David…

www.mclaughinlaw.co.nz

Creative New Zealand also has a wonderful resource on their site entitled "protecting creativity". This link will take you to the resources page on the Creative New Zealand website. Do download this resource if you want to know more about your rights as an artist when it comes to intellectual property.