Last night it was great to hear NZ artists who travelled to Edinburgh as part of the Creative New Zealand / British Council NZ and the Pacific delegation share their festival experiences with the local arts sector.

We're changing the way we support artists and arts organisations, moving from funding projects to investing in people.

Find out more about the new programmes coming in 2024: ow.ly/vJQy50Q7FU5

📢 We’re excited to announce the 2023 Arts Pasifika Award recipients! This year we're celebrating eight extraordinary winners across the seven categories, with female artists making up the majority of award winners.

See who won: ow.ly/iei650PVnIj

'The requirements of the job shouldn’t really force us to work 24 hours a day, there has to be a better way.' - Sarah Foster-Sproull speaks to @thespinofftv about maintaining work-life balance in the latest edition of Art Work.

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'Without art, we do not have creativity. Without creativity, we do not have innovation. Without innovation, we do not have solutions.'

Nina Oberg Humphries speaks to @thespinofftv in the latest edition of Art Work.
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'You have to surround yourself with your peeps that you know are going to be there for you.'

The creators of Wharenui Harikoa - a large-scale crocheted wharenui - Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole speak to The Spinoff about what goes into their mahi.

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Hear about the magic #EdinburghEffect on Kiwi artists as TVNZ+'s TVNZ Breakfast interviews Sacha Copland – who is at Edinburgh Festivals in a 17-strong delegation of diverse Kiwi artists - and 'surreal sketch circus' show Laser Kiwi, a break-out success at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

'I could easily find a job that sits in an office, and in the long run, that might pay and buy you material things but it will never feed my soul in the way creativity does.' - Rodney Bell

Check out this week's Art Work from The Spinoff.

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Introducing our Tuakana cohort who are returning to Edinburgh Festivals this month through our partnership with
British Council.

Find out more about the group who'll be representing Aotearoa here: ow.ly/VuJI50Ppy3C

Meet the artists flying the flag for Aotearoa at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August through our partnership with British Council.

These are our Teina recipients and you can find out more about them here: ow.ly/Niit50PpxZS

Looking forward to welcoming all our friends from #newzealand to #EDINBURGH - and great to have the support of British Council and Creative New Zealand. Kia ora to one and all.

Multi-disciplinary artist Emiko Sheehan (Waikato, Tūwharetoa, Raukawa, Ngāti Tahu–Ngāti Whaoa) has plenty on her plate. So how does she balance it all?

Find out in the latest edition of Art Work, our series with @thespinofftv.

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Hear from FAFSWAG co-founder Pati Tyrell on what goes on behind the scenes of running the internationally-renowned art collective.

This is the latest instalment of the Art Work series with The Spinoff, taking a look behind the curtain at the working lives of artists.

Hear from poet laureate Chris Tse in the second instalment of ArtWork!

ArtWork is our new series with The Spinoff and Stuff, which pulls back the curtain of what artists' work lives look like.
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Nominations for the 2023 Te Waka Toi awards close next week (12 June), if you would like to nominate your friends and whānau you still have time! ow.ly/g78850Ozacq

📸: Ngāmako Rota, winner of ngā toi Ngā Manu Pīrere Award at Te Waka Toi Awards 2022.

How does Ana Scotney get it done? Find out in our new series, ART WORK. We’re profiling 8 artists from around Aotearoa to show what goes into making the art we love! ow.ly/HRfQ50OBnYo

Nominations for the 2023 Te Waka Toi awards are still open here:
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📸: 2022 Te Waka Toi award winner Rob Ruha | Recognising outstanding work to strengthen Te Reo Rangatira. Photo by Norm Heke.

Today we launch ART WORK – a series exploring the work life of artists in Aotearoa. Art is work, and this content series shows people behind the art we know and love. Read more: ow.ly/WhCH50OAfYJ

Our Profile of a Creative Professional research shows the downsides of being part of the gig economy. 71% of creative professionals identify as working in the gig economy. It’s hard to plan and feel secure financially.
More here: ow.ly/nMlM50Oz7R5

We’re supporting New Zealand Music T-Shirt Day today as part of NZ Music Month and all in support of charity MusicHelps. #nzmusictshirtday

Throw on that NZ Music T-Shirt and donate by visiting nzmusictshirtday.org.nz or by texting MUSIC to 2448 to donate $3.