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  • We’re invited to the Jazz Educational Network Conference 2024

    I’m delighted to be able to tell you the Rodger Fox Big Band has been invited to represent New Zealand at the 2024 Jazz Educational Network (JEN) Conference in New Orleans.   The JEN Conference runs over four days 3-6 January 2024. JEN brings together thousands of people from around the globe, all jazz types from beginners to pro...

  • Energy, power and strength as jazz meets hip-hop

    Two concerts are completed in Queenstown and Invercargill and the crowd get the jazz - hip-hop vibe with shouting and singing smiling faces all in for a good time. It's all there - the energy King Kapisi brings to the concert is something to see... energy and joy for the music, bringing the Rodger Fox Big Band to life. Our band is known for...

  • Power of collective arts advocacy

    Arts Access Aotearoa reflects on the impact of collective advocacy, recent sector wānanga, and the call for a national strategy for arts, creativity and culture.

  • Painting a picture of hope

    In a world where the pressures of modern life often overshadow our need for creative expression and self-discovery, organisations like Toi Ora Live Art Trust provide beacons of hope.

  • Investing in access to the arts pays dividends

    The election campaign is in full swing with announcements about what parties will do if they are leading or part of the next government. The economy, security and health are the big issues: there’s no mention of the arts and their value or benefits to the economy, security or health.

  • Looking to the future of Arts in Corrections

    Prison sites across the country are opening up again to visitors, volunteers, art programmes and artist tutors after they faced necessary safety restrictions due to COVID-19.

  • Applying the Fries Test in Aotearoa

    Years ago the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel made a joke in a comic strip. Two women enter a cinema with simple criteria for the kind of film they want to see: one with a scene in which two women speak about something other than men. They exit almost immediately, disappointed, unable to find anything to watch.

  • Investing in resources to increase access to the arts

    When the Government invests in the arts it’s important that everyone benefits. To this end, Manatū Taonga’s Regeneration Fund is supporting Arts Access Aotearoa to deliver four projects – all aimed at increasing inclusion by providing accessible resources, and training for artists, organisations and advocates.

  • Farewell words from Chris Ulutupu

    As the Arts in Corrections Advisor, I’ve been closely following the progress of Arts in Corrections programmes in New Zealand from 2019 – 2023. During that period, arts programmes and initiatives have continued to expand and evolve.

  • Chairing the Arts Access Aotearoa board

    Words can be such an amazing tool to inspire positive change and I’m reminded of this when I read the words of Justice Joe Williams encapsulating the importance of the arts in shaping our future.

  • Inspired by the natural world, a passion for jewellery has been reignited

    Nelson jewellery artist Stacey Whale Stacey Whale is an accomplished and multi-award winning contemporary jeweller renowned for her unique designs, has captivated the art scene in the UK and New Zealand. After a break to focus on raising her children, Stacey's passion for jewellery has been reignited, and she eagerly immerses herself in the...

  • Expanding access to the arts

    Investing in the arts for everyone in Aotearoa is the theme of the Chair and Executive Director’s report on 2022, summarising the achievements of the people we work with and of Arts Access Aotearoa.

  • We remember Dame Rosie Horton’s kindness and encouragement

    Arts Access Aotearoa is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dame Rosie Horton over the weekend. Dame Rosie was the Patron of the Arts Access Accolade, the organisation’s highest honour for a person whose recent work “has advanced accessibility in the arts in ways we could not have achieved without them”.

  • Artist pushing the properties and combinations of materials

    I’m a Christchurch based mixed media artist interested in experimentation and pushing the properties and combinations of materials. Intuitive and process-driven, I play with a diverse range of materials from wood and metal to discarded train brake pads, lace, ash, bitumen, wax, pvc, sand, glitter and embroidery thread, not much is off limit....

  • Evolution of me, as an artist, through arts awards and exhibitions

    I am an interdisciplinary artist, my medium is sterling silver and my jewellery studio is in Devonport. In 2021, I have been finalist in various major Art Awards in New Zealand and overseas. I wanted to give a more contemporary and conceptual approach to my work as a jewellery artist and “Lines” ring was selected for the Parkin Drawing Prize.

 
 
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