Nominations for Arts Pasifika Awards 2010 close next week.
Nominations for Creative New Zealand’s Arts Pasifika Awards 2010 celebrating excellence in Pacific arts in New Zealand will close next week on Friday 25 June.
The five awards range in value from $4000 to $10,000 and public are being asked to nominate both established and emerging Pasifika artists who characterise the richness and diversity of Pacific culture.
The Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards 2010 are as follows:
• Senior Pacific Artists’ Award ($10,000) recognises the contribution of a senior established Pacific artist in maintaining or developing his or her art form in New Zealand.
• Pacific Heritage Arts Award ($5000) recognises an artist or cultural group who has made a major contribution to maintaining, reviving or promoting a Pacific heritage artform in New Zealand. This will include language, dance, traditional music, weaving, and tatau.
• Pacific Contemporary Arts Award ($5000) recognises an artist or group who has demonstrated innovation within their art form. Artists must have a track record and have achieved in their chosen field. Recognition will be given to those who work in a unique art form, or those who continually push the boundaries of their practice.
• Iosefa Enari Memorial Award ($4000) recognises the contribution of the late Iosefa Enari to the arts and in particular his pioneering role in Pacific opera. This study/travel award supports the career development of individual Pacific singers across all classical vocal genres and career stages.
• Emerging Pacific Artists’ Award ($4000) recognises an emerging artist or group showing promise and potential in their chosen art form. The purpose of this award is to recognise achievement at this developmental stage ensuring that the artist/group will develop their career further in their chosen field
Nomination forms can be downloaded from the Creative New Zealand website at www.creativenz.govt.nz/pasifikaawards or obtained by contacting Anton Carter, Senior Programme Adviser-Pacific Arts, Creative New Zealand, 04 498 0729 or anton.carter@creativenz.govt.nz. Nominees must be New Zealand citizens or hold a valid New Zealand residency permit.
Recipients of the Arts Pasifika Awards 2010 will be announced at a special ceremony in Wellington on 8 November.
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