Previous Recipients

The Creative Communities Scheme involves a partnership between Creative New Zealand and city and district councils to foster an environment that supports the development of New Zealand arts and artists.

Previous Recipients of Creative Communities Funding

August 2023

  • Belinda Topp - Market In the Park
  • Linda Dunbar/All Together Kaiapoi - Kaiapoi's Waitangi Day festival
  • Linda Dunbar/All Together Kaiapoi - Spring Shop Window Treasure Hunt 2023
  • Bruce McLaren - Life Story of Barry Tull
  • Julie Hassall - Landform Workshop - Rangiora Art Society
  • Julie Hassall - Rangiora Art Society - spring exhibition
  • Kath Adams - Kaiapoi Community Garden - open day
  • Margot Kohornen - Braided
  • Katie Hallam - Pop up art residency
  • School For Young Writers - Write On Masterclasses in Waimakariri 2024
  • Rachael Allan - CanBead Rangiora
  • Judith Hoult - Mainpower Stadium sculpture
  • Tash Beckingsale - Shine Night 2023
  • Jackie Watson - Cure Boating club mural
  • Alice Pilbrow - Artisan market & cultural festival
  • Louise Hamilton - Oral history for the Ohoka cricket club
  • Rangiora Players - Latest production
  • Mandy Palmer - Arts Canterbury Open Studios
  • Ben Eldridge - Goon Fest

March 2023

  • Emma Rutherford - Ghost Town music video
  • Theresa Smith - Kaiapoi Art Expo
  • Pam Cleeve - Children's Craft Class
  • Write on School for Young Writers - Write On Masterclasses in Waimakariri
  • Verity Holland - Marking Marks 2: Observational Drawing, Developing a thematic picture
  • Charette van Eekelen - Being All Powerful
  • Isabella M Bell - The Acoustic South Series - Celtic connections
  • Margaret Maw - Northern outpost annual recital
  • Nigel William Cook - A French festival
  • Nigel William Cook - The Chair - Kaiapoi
  • Andrew Blackwell - Fire & Ice festival 2023
  • Catherine Batchelor - Waimakariri Community Arts Council music programme
  • Naomi Harmer - Canterbury Cellists - 2023 commission
  • Amy Michaels - Pottery Classes For Kids On The Spectrum
  • Jason Clements - Fuego - World Congress of Poets Literary Journal
  • Louise Johns - Chamber Gallery, Waimakariri Public Art Trust Website
  • Lauren Lincoln - Eats & Beats 2024
  • Katie Hallam - Tūhura: Discover, a resource kit for learning
  • Alexandra Watson - NCAM 40th Anniversary Orchestral Weekend
  • David Buckley - Rangiora Players stage production 2023

August 2022

  • Alan Gillard – Power of photography workshops
  • Cheryl Muirson & Cathy Price – Fine Art Photography & post production
  • Everybody Is a Treasure Trust – Visual Poetry Jam Workshop
  • Magic Carpet Trust – BLOOM string quartet presents
  • Verity Holland - Making Marks : Observational Drawing classes
  • Nigel Cook – Down By the River summer concert series
  • Shirley Farrell - Oxford Main Street Toilet mural
  • Rachael Allan – Can Bead workshops Rangiora
  • Julie Hassall – Rangiora Art Society
  • Rangiora Players – Stiff
  • The Barden Party – Much Ado About Nothing

March 2022

  • Down By The River – Winter Music Festival
  • Woodend Spring Flower Show
  • Ashgrove School – Broadway Bound : A Blockbuster Musical
  • Rangiora photographic society exhibition 2022
  • Kaiapoi Garden Club 100th Anniversary – grand dinner
  • Oxford Gallery – Ceramics classes for adults
  • Oxford Gallery – Life drawing Classes
  • Hope Community Trust – restoration and painting workshops
  • North Canterbury Musical Society – Annie
  • Rachel Malloch – group exhibition
  • Louise Johns – Schmuck exhibition
  • Mandy & Daniel Palmer – Miscellaneous 3.0 – Yet Another Art Show
  • Mandy Palmer – Arts Canterbury Guide 2022/23
  • Blackwell’s Fire & ice Festival
  • All together Kaiapoi – Spring Shop Window Treasure Hunt
  • Margaret Maw – Northern Outpost Annual recital
  • Rangiora Pottery Group – Exploration featuring Pieces of Us
  • Kaiapoi Art Expo
  • Sandra Cook and Sukh Parmar – Hope : a short film

August 2021

  • Comedy Boot Camp
  • Can Bead Workshops
  • 2021 BrickMill Juried exhibition
  • Miller-Bell Music Presents – The Acoustic South Series
  • Drinking With Li Bai
  • Kaiapoi Garden Club 100th Anniversary – Art Deco Garden Party

March 2021

  • Waimakariri Arts Trust
  • Margaret Maw
  • Waimakariri Community Arts Council
  • Oxford Community Trust
  • Woodend Spring Flower Show
  • Our Studio
  • All Together Kaiapoi
  • Write On School for Young Writers
  • St Josephs School Rangiora
  • Canterbury Cellists
  • Rangiora Players
  • Cheryl Muirson
  • Swannanoa School
  • Oxford Arts Trust
  • Miscellaneous Art Show
  • The Hope Community Trust
  • Agape Dance Academy
  • Waimakariri Youth Council
  • Arts Canterbury Inc.
  • Julia Holcroft
  • Rangiora Promotions Association

September 2020

  • Rangiora Pottery Group
  • Kaiapoi Borough School
  • Fernside Community Pool
  • Southbrook School Board of Trustees
  • NEST Arts Collective
  • Kidsfirst Kindergarten Vickery Street
  • St Patricks School PTA
  • Arts Canterbury Inc.

March 2020

  • Andrew Blackwell
  • Laura Hewetson
  • Annette Guise
  • Margaret Maw
  • Write On School for Yong Writers
  • Isabella Miller-Bell
  • Arts Canterbury Inc.
  • Cheryl Muirson
  • Nigel Cook
  • Agape Dance Academy
  • Kaiapoi Community Playgroup
  • Tē Kōhaka o Tūhaitara Trust
  • The Hope Community Trust Inc.

August 2019

  • Julia Holcroft
  • Anglican Parish Kaiapoi
  • CAC Music
  • Waimakariri Arts Council
  • North Canterbury Musical Society
  • TimeBank Waimakariri
  • Shelley Topp & Susanne Gebhardt
  • Kaiapoi Community Garden
  • Miscellaneous Art Show
  • Oxford Arts Trust (3 grants)

March 2019

  • Woodend Spring Flower Show Children’s Craft and Floral Art
  • Our Studio Our Studio Exhibition
  • Peter Lawrence Savage Old Coaching Days – Canterbury & Westland (book)
  • Oxford Promotions Action Committee Inc. Oxford Winter Lights Festival – Poi Performer & Poi Making
  • Julia Ann Holcroft Pianoforte Masterclass
  • Agape Dance Academy Tutu by Two
  • Amy Louise Michaels Creative Ceramics for Youth
  • Waimakariri Arts Trust Kaiapoi Art Expo 2019
  • St Josephs’ School Whole School Production – Beauty & the Beast
  • West Eyreton School Gifted and Talented Arts Programme
  • Waimakariri Migrants & Newcomers Group The Suitcase Exhibition
  • The Hope Community Trust Inc. HCT Restoration and Painting Workshops
  • Kaiapoi Returned & Services Association Inc. Larsen Plaque
  • Laura Hewetson Stage and Film Makeup Workshop
  • The School for Young Writers Waimakariri Writers
  • Oxford Promotions Action Committee Inc. Oxford Winter Lights Festival – Winter Wonderland
  • Margaret Jean Maw Northern Outpost Annual Recital
  • Rangiora Photographic Society Rangiora Photographic Society Exhibition 2019
Last reviewed date: 25 Sep 2023