In July 2019 you submitted a wide range of ambitious and exciting community embedded creative arts projects. The total amount requested was $149,900, three times the available funding. The 12 projects funded for the upcoming year (July 2019 – June 2020) celebrate the Whau’s creative edge, amplify the diverse voices of the whau through the arts and ensure our tamariki and rangatahi have access to the arts.

Going West Poetry Slam – Going West Trust
A poetry slam competition at The Hollywood as part of the annual Going West Festival.

Walking About – Te Uru
A 12 month creative walking project across West and Central Auckland

Art Skills and Film Nights – Whau the People
A programme of activity at All Goods.

Community arts workshops with Lipika Sen
Workshops exploring diversity with artist Lipika Sen

Rainbow Safe Sticker – Fresh One and the Creative Souls Project
A development and design project for LGTBIQ visibility and safety

Intergenerational Music Tour – Beijing Opera Society
Equipment support for a tour of schools and rest homes by the Beijing Opera Society

New Lynn Primary School Diversity Mural – Layla Rudneva Mackay and Kiri Gillispie
a mural project with the students of the New Lynn Primary

Whau Food Stories – Green Bay Writers
A story sharing and telling process led by the Green Bay Writers

Miranda Street Community Project – Glenavon Hub
A creative placemaking project through the arts

Welcome to Avondale – HoopLa
Localised community arts project focusing on aspects of the ecological, social history, cultural landscape and heritage in and around Avondale

Word Circus – Media Arts Projects
Children’s poetry and animation workshops at the New Lynn Library

Whose in the Neighbourhood – Social, the Kelston Youth Project
A youth creative arts drop in space and development project