“From funny to heart breaking, the stories of people with cerebral palsy and those who advocate for them are told in a new verbatim play called Squeaky Wheel.” - RNZ, April 4th 2021 Listen to the full RNZ interview here. In 2013 I was in the NICU with my brand new 25-week old premature baby and received the news she had suffered a... Keep Reading
The Government’s $70 million Te Tahua Whakahaumaru Creative Arts Recovery and Employment (CARE) Fund announced in 2021 represents the (we think the first) bespoke arts and wellbeing funding targeted at communities. The scheme has two priorities; participation in the cultural sector by communities who traditionally have less access to... Keep Reading
Mixit: keeping creativity and laughter alive during lockdown Mixit is a project that uses creativity to inspire young people. It is a multicultural platform for young people from refugee, migrant and local backgrounds. The heart of Mixit is their Saturday afternoon sessions, bringing together a diverse group of young people to mix,... Keep Reading
The Centre for Arts and Social Transformation is hosting a free public lecture, Te Rito Toi: The Twice Born Seed on the role and place of the arts in education. The lecture will be held at the University of Auckland on November 4th from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm. The lecture will open with the findings of a 3 year study... Keep Reading
At the start of 2020, The Drama Workshop and Hawkes Bay Youth Theatre, a performing arts school for children and young people, was working on several local projects. Rehearsals were underway for three plays with the junior groups and three plays with the seniors. Keep Reading
Over the past few weeks during an unprecedented global pandemic the arts have made a profound contribution to our wellbeing. In our homes, garden sheds, workplaces and neighbourhoods, they have helped us to laugh, cry, make sense of our experience, cope with isolation and anxiety, and mobilise vital community support networks. A good deal... Keep Reading
Māpura Studios is a creative space, offering visual arts, art therapy, music, movement, poetry, dance therapy, performance art and cartooning programmes for people living with disabilities, impairment, or other social and personal need. We provide a professional... Keep Reading
Home Ground is a multi-disciplinary community arts initiative, for women in the Justice system. In the first half of this year, the Home Ground collective was running workshops in Arohata Women’s Prison, and had just finished a two month community based project in... Keep Reading
It is time to shine a light on the community sector’s collective contribution to community wellbeing, to take stock of what is needed, and to shape our future. You are invited to fill out a nationwide survey on how COVID-19 has impacted the community and voluntary sector. Responses due 5:00 pm Friday, 12 June. Keep Reading
Contingencies for a global pandemic are rarely in the planning of an event; so, when Covid-19 caused a nationwide lockdown a great deal of flexible thinking was needed to reframe a three-day Youth Week event by Circus Arts Charity Circability. Luckily flexibility is in the very nature of... Keep Reading
The visual arts offer us all the opportunity to exercise for a creative life. Taking inspiration from the thinking and making skills of artists, interacting with the visual arts enables us to tap into skills important to us all. But what are the skills to focus on when we look at and make art? How are they transferable to other aspects of our... Keep Reading
From 11-13 July 2020 The University of Auckland will host the Disability Studies Conference 2020. The conference is for all people interested in disability and disability issues. The conference will provide space for activists, advocates, allies, educators and researchers to present and discuss innovations, issues, concerns, challenges and... Keep Reading
The Banksia Initiative is an informal cross disciplinary alliance of researchers, educators and artists providing information, strategies and resources to support classroom teachers and communities in recovery from the bushfires. Keep Reading
A trial programme, grounded in kaupapa Māori values and using creativity, storytelling and digital skills, has been described by one Otago Corrections Facility staff member as “a massive opportunity to engage our Māori learners, particularly the young men... Keep Reading
There is a substantial and growing body of evidence for the ways in which participation in the arts can contribute to the wellbeing of young people. Fortunately, Tāmaki Makaurau|Auckland is home to diverse, innovative and creatively rich arts and wellbeing practices specifically for youth. Keep Reading
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