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Nuke-Clear Impact On Next Generation
11 months ago

Nuke-Clear Impact On Next Generation

The Nukes on ukes - and how creating and teaching your craft at the same time can offer a satisfying career path.

Author:  Liz Skinner
State Of FLOX - Hayley King’s Tips For Taking On The World
11 months ago

State Of FLOX - Hayley King’s Tips For Taking On The World

One of Aotearoa’s most active visual artists shares insights on collaboration, using technology to your advantage and staying true to yourself.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
Infinite Horizons: Gender Equality Through 1001 Spheres
1 year ago

Infinite Horizons: Gender Equality Through 1001 Spheres

Dina Jezdic speaks to the creator of a public artwork that honours a huge milestone in Aotearoa's history - and challenges the next ones to come.

Author:  Dina Jezdic
Auckland Museum's New Multi-Year Council Funding Explained
1 year ago

Auckland Museum's New Multi-Year Council Funding Explained

The Big Idea speaks with Deputy Mayor and arts advocate Desley Simpson about how funding some of Auckland's key cultural institutions is changing.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
VIDEO: Making A Career Out Of Children’s Music
1 year ago

VIDEO: Making A Career Out Of Children’s Music

WATCH: It's one of NZ's most unsung success stories - but Aotearoa's children's music scene is the envy of many countries. See why it's so important our stories are shared in song to the next generation. 

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
Gretchen La Roche: What I've Learned At Creative NZ
1 year ago

Gretchen La Roche: What I've Learned At Creative NZ

An in-depth exit interview with the popular senior arts official - why she's leaving, her time at CNZ, what type of leaders the organisation needs, funding realities and her new challenge. 

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
Culture Crisis – Can NZ’s Museums Be Saved?
1 year ago

Culture Crisis – Can NZ’s Museums Be Saved?

Surfacing reports on the dire future for Aotearoa's cultural institutions only scratch the surface - Andrew Wood digs deeper to find the crux of the issue and questions where the solutions are.

Author:  Andrew Paul Wood
Bouncing Back From Funding Loss
1 year ago

Bouncing Back From Funding Loss

After losing its place on the Creative NZ funding ladder, the McCahon House Trust explains how it recovered and opened new doors overseas for NZ artists.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
VIDEO: Transcending Oceans And Generations
1 year ago

VIDEO: Transcending Oceans And Generations

WATCH: An extraordinary piece of ngā toi Māori isn't just inspiring awe and reflection from New Zealanders, it's proving a connecting kaupapa for indigenous people from across the globe.

Author:  Jack Gray
Embrace The Change - Creatives Bust Down Menopause Stigma
1 year ago

Embrace The Change - Creatives Bust Down Menopause Stigma

Creatives know change is a good thing - and as the world celebrates International Women's Day, menopausal creatives explain how they've found strength in an often-maligned stage of life.

Author:  Angela Barnett
Government Censorship - Should NZ Creatives Be Worried?
1 year ago

Government Censorship - Should NZ Creatives Be Worried?

Interference and inference from the highest offices in the land are once again starting to blight the arts internationally - Andrew Wood looks at whether this is on the cards in Aotearoa.

Author:  Andrew Paul Wood
"Your Point Of Difference Is Your Superpower"
1 year ago

"Your Point Of Difference Is Your Superpower"

As a groundbreaking creative project comes to life, Unitec alumni Alex de Vries explains how being allowed to fail helped him find his voice.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor