Motueka Arts Council
The Council's aim, in partnership with kindred organisations, is to:
- advance the knowledge in and appreciation of the Arts (including crafts and hobbies) through community based educational activities such as workshops and symposia in a wide variety of subjects.
- foster interest and participation in the Arts by sponsoring performances/exhibitions, most especially by local people, within the Motueka District.
- encourage a wider participation in the Arts by offering grants to assist local non-profit arts groups and clubs to develop their skills and productions.
- act as an advocate for the Arts with local and national organisations.
The Council is a non-profit organisation with charitable status through its grants to other non-profit bodies engaged in the Arts.
What we do to fulfil our objects above.
1. Every year we run a series of arts-related workshops during the winter months. Click here to download, view and print the full 2011 programme.
2. During the year we may run other workshops or events such as promotion of local authors (in conjunction with the Library) or musicians etc. Extra workshops often develop from the winter series and we do help to set up small groups which continue from the workshops, such as the creative writing group and the Banjo group.
Funding
We work for Creative Communities, Tasman, (administered by the TDC) in accepting applications for small grants to help local people with events/workshops and some equipment. These grants of up to $500 were awarded monthly. Unfortunately this scheme is coming to an end this month (June 2010) and local people will have to apply to the main Creative Communities, Tasman fund, with applications only 4 times a year on 10 August, 10 November, 10 February, and 10 May. There is opportunity for much larger grants from this fund.
(More details of this scheme will be given at our AGM and a new possibility outlined.)
Membership:
Membership of the Arts Council is open to anybody who is interested in these aims and objects. The Management Committee meets monthly and is always looking for new members with enthusiasm to continue the work.
Currently the Council is endeavouring to collect names of groups and artists to develop a database for use in the community. Please contact Pam Marchant, the secretary (526 8515) or president Shirley Frater (528 7104) for more information.
Past work
The Arts Council was instrumental in developing the Motueka Streetscape as a Millennium Project, in partnership with the Tasman District Council and grants from TDC and Lotto Millennium Fund. The Council still keeps a watching brief over the street furniture, which was commissioned by the Arts Council and created by local artists and craftspeople.
From this developed the booklet, Motueka Arts Walk, which has encouraged visitors and locals to appreciate some of our public art. We are currently on our 3rd edition of this brochure.
Annual General Meeting 2010
This was held on Tuesday September 14th.
An account of the main outcomes is published in the News section, here »
Annual General Meeting 2011
This was held on Tuesday August 11th.
An account of the main outcomes is published in the News section, here »
Other news stories
Contact us
Please contact Pam Marchant, the secretary (526 8515) or president Shirley Frater (528 7104) for more information.
