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Choir shares music with prisoners
29 June 2009 The gymnasium at Arohata Women’s Prison was cold at first but it soon warmed up when 30 members of the Wellington Community Choir started singing to prisoners and Corrections staff. View Choir shares music with prisoners...
Funding crisis hits creative spaces
17 June 2009 Organisations providing artistic opportunities for people with disabilities are struggling as a result of recent government cuts to their funding and the downturn in grants available through philanthropic thrusts. View Funding crisis hits creative spaces...
Judges for IHC Telecom Art Awards 2009
15 June 2009 The judges of this year’s IHC Telecom Art Awards, the major showcase of work by artists with intellectual disabilities, are designer Denise L’Estrange-Corbet; artists Dick Frizzell and Karl Maughan; and director of Wellington’s City Gallery Paula Savage. Entries close on 3 July. View Judges for IHC Telecom Art Awards 2009...
Cirque du Soleil gifts tickets to Dargaville circus
29 May 2009 World-renowned Cirque du Soleil is gifting 100 tickets to a matinee performance of its show in Auckland on Sunday 26 July to help a Dargaville community circus raise funds for its youth-at-risk programme. View Cirque du Soleil gifts tickets to Dargaville circus...
Young refugees tell their stories
28 May 2009 A collection of short stories, written by young refugees living in Wellington, has been praised by writer Dame Fiona Kidman as “well-written, accessible stories set in a contemporary world”. View Young refugees tell their stories...