CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND PRESS RELEASEThe Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is pleased to announce interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara as READ MORE >

Congratulations to Tautai director Courtney Sina Meredith on the release of her new book ‘The Adventures of Tupaia’Read More

 MEDIA RELEASEMonday 26 August 2019For immediate releaseTautai is excited to announce New York based, Tongan artist Vaimoana Niumeitolu has been READ MORE >

Tautai and Blak Dot Gallery are calling for proposals for an upcoming group exhibition of artists from Aotearoa and Australia READ MORE >

We are thrilled to announce that celebrated author, critic, independent curator and proud mother Lana Lopesi has joined the Tautai team as our new Projects Manager.Read More

Position descriptionNaku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi.Creative New Zealand is looking to grow and diversify READ MORE >

   Offstage is Tautai Contemporary Pacific Art Trust’s annual moving image and live performance event. In its 9th iteration for 2019, READ MORE >

Tautai are very excited to announce a new partnership with renowned First Nations Artist Run Space Blak Dot Gallery in READ MORE >

 WHAT?First Fridays (FF) is a niu initiative that will bring the Oceanic arts community together regularly on the First Friday READ MORE >

The Dunedin School of Art, Artist in Residence, is a great opportunity for a Pacific Artist to take time to READ MORE >

Tautai is thrilled to open applications for the sixth year of the Pasifika Internship Programme. The Programme is funded by READ MORE >

 Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust is delighted to be able to offer the opportunity for an international artist to take READ MORE >

 Courtney Sina Meredith has been appointed as Director of Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust.With extensive experience in building partnerships and READ MORE >

Date of Meeting:   Saturday 8 September 2018  Place of Meeting: Tautai Office, Level 1, 300 Karangahape Road, Auckland Time of Meeting: 3 pm  Tautai members READ MORE >

Are you looking for a leadership position in an innovative and visionary arts organisation that is making a real difference READ MORE >

 Emerging Artists Trust in Wellington is now opening applications for projects or project components that start after 13th July 2018. Grants are READ MORE >

 The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship was established by the University of Otago Council in 1962 to aid and encourage painters, sculptors and READ MORE >

 The Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award is for an outstanding mid-career or senior New Zealand visual artist to undertake a ten week READ MORE >

 The Artists Alliance Internship Programme 2018 is now calling for applications from recent graduates for a fixed term, paid internship READ MORE >

 Emerging artists are invited to express their interest in creating temporary works commissioned to mark the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage READ MORE >

 Changing Lanes is a collaborative project between Artweek Auckland, Auckland Council and Heart of the City. Auckland Council and Heart of the City READ MORE >

 Chris Parkin and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts invite all artists in New Zealand to submit drawings in READ MORE >

 The Estuary Art and Ecology Prize is the only contemporary art prize in Aotearoa New Zealand with ecology at its READ MORE >

 The Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Art Award is a year long residency in Christchurch. The recipient receives a stipend of READ MORE >

 This bi-annual event and exhibition is an opportunity for artists residing in the Bay of Plenty to submit their most READ MORE >

 The Luxembourg Art Prize aims to reveal and promote talented artists who have yet to establish a profile on the READ MORE >

 VOU is Fijis Premiere Contemporary Dance company specialising in the exploration of contemporarising traditional Fijian knowledge through movement and performance.  VOU READ MORE >

 ManatÅ« Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is running an open architectural design competition to find a winning design for READ MORE >

 The McCahon House Trust is calling for applications from outstanding emerging and mid-career professional visual artists for the McCahon House READ MORE >

 Toi Pōneke is calling for proposals from visual artists for their 2018 Visual Arts Residency. They are looking for applications from Wellington-based READ MORE >

 Applications are now open for the 6th annual Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition. Open to all domestic and international artists at READ MORE >

 Proposals are now open for Wellington-based artists to participate in this year’s exchange programme at CEAC in Xiamen from September READ MORE >

 Applications are now invited for Foundation North’s new Funding Hub, which went live in March. The Hub can be accessed online and READ MORE >

 The Aomori Contemporary Art Centre began in December 2001 as a facility centered around the Artist in Residence (AIR) Program, READ MORE >

 FREE SPEECH is DEMO’s first show for 2018, and is a selected exhibition open to the public from the April 6-8, 2018. Demo are READ MORE >

 MEANWHILE is pleased to announce their open call for proposals for the second half of their 2018 exhibition programme. MEANWHILE welcomes READ MORE >

 Join Us For Our Fono: Teaching past the Frangipani addresses the current framing, resourcing and delivery of Pasifika arts and stories READ MORE >

 Tautai is thrilled to open applications for the second round of the 2018 Pasifika Internship Program. This is the first time READ MORE >

 A major part of our annual exhibition program is our partnership with the Papakura Art Gallery. We are now inviting curatorial applications for READ MORE >

  Held annually around the Fieldays event, the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award celebrates innovation by challenging artists to create READ MORE >

 This opportunity will enable an early/mid-career New Zealand artist to undertake a fully-funded residency at Gasworks in London from October 1 to READ MORE >

  Upstairs Gallery’s 10th Emerging Artist Award exhibition is now open to emerging artists in all media Auckland wide. Ten finalists will READ MORE >

 Radio New Zealand’s The Wireless is now accepting proposals for a third season of Wireless Docs and will be commissioning six new READ MORE >

 The 2018 Clelia Burton Fellowship provides a female visual artist resident in New Zealand with the time needed to develop her work.  READ MORE >

 Doc Pitch is a significant opportunity for filmmakers to pitch their documentary proposals to industry experts, to find new partnerships, receive feedback READ MORE >

 Gow Langsford is a commercial art space committed to fostering and promoting the best contemporary art from New Zealand and READ MORE >

 Tautai invites tertiary students studying within a creative discipline, who are of Pacific heritage to participate in its national tertiary READ MORE >

  It is with a heavy heart that Tautai announces manager Christina Jeffery will be retiring this year. In making this announcement, the READ MORE >

 We are seeking an outgoing person with Pacific heritage, who is both approachable and confident, to join our team as READ MORE >

 Toi Pōneke Arts Centre is inviting artists and designers to submit a design for a public artwork on the East READ MORE >

 Entries are now open for this year’s National Contemporary Art Award managed by Waikato Museum.The overall winner will receive $20,000 READ MORE >

 Tautai are currently inviting curatorial applications for an upcoming group show to be held at Toi Pōneke Gallery Wellington, which will READ MORE >

 Established in partnership with the National University of Samoa. Creative New Zealand is offering three months in Apia, Samoa for a mid-career or READ MORE >

 The Moana Community Grants support and develop Pacific heritage arts (artistic expressions and forms reflecting a particular Pasifika cultural tradition) READ MORE >

 Pacific artists from throughout New Zealand will gather in Wellington to help shape their future at the Creative New Zealand READ MORE >

 The Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency is for a mid-career or senior New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to READ MORE >

 Auckland Council are inviting creatives of Pacific heritage to submit ideas as part of a new Pacific arts programme to be launched READ MORE >

 Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists is a celebration of mana wāhine, indigenous identities, and the role this collective has played over the past READ MORE >

 Artists are the focus of Tautai. We deliver an extensive program that provides arts practitioners (from secondary school age through to READ MORE >

 The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is seeking an Intern to join their Exhibitions and Collections team for 40 hours a week for READ MORE >

 Luisa Tora has shared a moving tribute, honouring her close friend and mentor Dr. Teresia Teaiwa, who sadly passed away READ MORE >

 Blue Oyster Art Project Space and Enjoy Public Art Gallery are calling for applications to Extended Conversations, a new programme for emerging art writers READ MORE >

 Wellington City Council’s City Arts & Events team and Public Art Panel are calling for temporary public art proposals from READ MORE >

Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust is recognised as a major contributor to the support and development of the Pacific arts community. We are seeking an outgoing person with Pacific heritage, who is both approachable and confident, to join our team as the Auckland Tautai Tertiary Liaison for 2018.Read More

Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust is recognised as a major contributor to the support and development of the Pacific arts community. We are seeking a special person to join our team and take responsibility for the delivery of our digital media services.Read More

Pacific Sisters, Lisa Walker, Tiffany Singh feature in Te Papa’s new art gallery – opens March 2018.Read More

Friday 13 October 2017, 10am – 5pm

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We are now inviting applications from suitably qualified, hard-working, enthusiastic and determined people who are serious about forging a career in the arts. Six internships will be available for 2018. Read More

 Tautai are delighted to announce the curator for the 2018 Tautai Tertiary exhibition will be Rosanna Raymond. Rosanna is an READ MORE >

The Pacific Chapter of the Pacific Arts Association announces a CALL FOR PARTICIPATION for its 2017 conference to be held on the National University of SamoaRead More

Congratulations to Tiffany Singh and Hawke’s Bay artist Jo Blogg, whose exhibition at the MTG Hawke’s Bay Tai Ahuriri, Indra’s Bow and A Glimpse Of India, has made the prestigious Best Awards finals in the category of “Exhibitions and Temporary Structures”.Read More

The judges have been announced for the 2018 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 3D, which will be presented by the Whakatane Museum and Arts.Read More

Te Tuhi have announced Christina Pataialii as the 2017 Iris Fisher Scholarship Recipient
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Auckland Festival of Photography is pleased to announce our Annual Commission 2017 exhibition by Janet Lilo is being presented at the Pingyao International Photo Festival, China, 19 – 25 Sept 2017.Read More

Julia Mage’au Gray – Shifting the Maiden  Write-up by Aaron Taouma (Originaly published on Pacific Dance NZ).  Imaginings of the Dusky Maiden, you READ MORE >

Situated in the ÅŒtara Town Centre, Fresh Gallery ÅŒtara provides an opportunity for artists to connect with and engage local READ MORE >

Accomplished poet, editor, art critic and journalist David Eggleton has been awarded the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency.Read More

Auckland Libraries are going through an exciting time.  They are focusing on developing closer relationships between libraries, customers and communities. READ MORE >

Media International Australia (Sage Publishing) is Inviting proposals for contributions towards a special issue that addresses the broad themes of READ MORE >

The Franklin Arts Festival is an annual celebration of visual arts held in Pukekohe, showcasing the work of talented artists READ MORE >

Time to start finding subjects and painting faces. Entries for the 2018 Adam Portraiture Award are now open. The New Zealand Portrait Gallery runs the award and are now encouraging artists to prepare for next year’s significant competition.Read More

The Parkin Prize is valued at $20,000 and is Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier award for drawing. Deadline for applications June 16, 2017 4pm The Parkin Drawing Prize is Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier award for drawing. The Parkin Prize promotes drawing in all its forms – as discovery, a testing of ideas, and decision making.Read More

The current issue of Art New Zealand is out now. Features includes a four page review of Yuki Kihara’s A Study of a Samoan Savage (2015) series written by Artspace curator Misal Adnan Yildiz. Also a six page review of Emily Mafile’o’s Ko Tonga Mo’unga ki he Loto: Tonga’s strength-hold is its heart (2017) exhibition at Māngere Arts Centre Ngā Tohu o Uenuku written by Ane Tonga. Plus much more. Read More

The McCahon House Trust is calling for applications from outstanding emerging and mid-career professional visual artists for the McCahon House READ MORE >

Asia New Zealand Foundation and Creative New Zealand are calling for applications for an artist in residence programme in Tokyo, Japan, for visual artists. The successful candidate will live and work in Tokyo at Youkobo Art Space for three months in Sept – Nov 2018.Read More

Author Gina Cole’s new book Black Ice Matter has won the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction in the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards held at the Aotea Centre in Auckland last night.Read More

Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust is recognised as a major contributor to the support and development of the Pacific arts community. We are seeking someone to join our team in a new part-time role providing accounting support in the Tautai office.Read More

We are currently looking for applications for our Karangahape rd office foyer gallery space. We provide a simple hanging system along READ MORE >

The National Museum of World Cultures is honoured to welcome Yuki Kihara – one of New Zealand’s leading interdisciplinary artists READ MORE >

“The festival is New Zealand’s only contemporary Pacific dance festival of its type and showcases some of the country’s most exciting contemporary Pacific dance choreographers,” says festival director Iosefa Enari. “It is also a wonderful opportunity for audiences to familiarise themselves with the incredible diversity of performance out there.”Read More

Call for Volunteers | Tautai foyer spaceRead More

The recipients of 2017’s Pasifika internships are textile designer Sonya Elspeth Withers, captions producer Sarah Maiava, and artist Sara Riordan.Read More

“Juliana is looking forward to meeting and spending time with the wide range of Pacific artists that live in Auckland during her residency,” Christina Jeffery says. “We have no doubt that she will find her time here stimulating and thought provoking.”Read More

As a leading contemporary art organisation, it is Artspace’s mission to produce and communicate challenging and inspiring art experiences. This involves continually adapting to new and diverse audiences and trying to engage ever growing and developing groups in the appreciation of the visual arts in a meaningful and sustainable way.Read More

Tautai congratulates philanthropists Jo and John Gow who were last night recognised for their contribution to the arts with the Award for Patronage at the New Zealand Arts Awards.Read More

In March 2017, FONUA, a new show about the effects of Climate Change on the Pacific will open at Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku as part of the Auckland Arts Festival’s Whānui programme.Read More

We invite proposals from performance artists, researchers and scholars, curators and artists to engage with and challenge this broad theme.Read More

Tautai will host a series of events for Auckland Council’s 2016 Urbanesia Festival called TAUTAI | CELEBRATE.Read More

UPDATE: Tautai have extended the open call for applications from curators/artists to curate a group show that will be presented at the Studio One Toi TÅ«, Auckland in RM 10 (upstairs gallery) and the sidewalk Gallery, for four weeksn in March 2017.Read More

Tautai is delighted to open applications for the fourth year of the Pasifika Internship Program. Read More

Three new solo exhibitions open on 8 September at Corban Estate Arts Centre by celebrated Coromandel-based sculptor Chris Charteris, and contemporary Auckland-based artists Benjamin Work and Kenneth Merrick. On display until 23 October, this set of exhibitions features paintings and sculptures that explore traditional Polynesian art forms, historic expeditions to the Pacific and hybridity in popular culture.Read More

Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust is delighted to be able to offer the opportunity for an artist to take up a residency in Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand. This is a five week residency which is available to a contemporary Pacific artist during February/March 2017.Read More

Ata Te Tangata features works by a ‘who’s who’ of contemporary Maori and Pacific photographers based here, including Siliga David Setoga, Terry Koloamatangi Klavenes, Tanu Gago, Ane Tonga, Grant Apiata, Linda T, Raymond Sagapolutele, Russ Flatt, Lisa Reihana, Emily Mafile’o, Pati Solomona Tyrell and Natalie Robertson.Read More

In a collaborative venture with the four major Central Auckland art institutions, this Eden Arts initiative presents the very best student works from each of Elam, Unitec, AUT and Whitecliffe in a single exhibition, awarding a cash prize to the overall winner.Read More

TOGETHER/MOVING FORWARD will be held at TAPAC in Auckland on 21-22 November 2016. It will bring together a variety of READ MORE >

Award-winning poet and playwright, Courtney Sina Meredith, launches first collection of short stories, Tail of the Taniwha. A collection of short stories READ MORE >

The Pacific Dance Artist in Residence has been selected for 2016 and for the first time is an international recipient. The READ MORE >

Tautai is pleased and proud to be able to support Pacific artists in a number of ways. We are now READ MORE >

Pacific Dance NZ announces that the Pacific Dance Choreographic Lab 2016 is now open to Expressions of Interest from Pacific READ MORE >

FRIENDS of PÄ€TAKA was established to celebrate and support the Gallery. FRIENDS are provided with a range of special opportunities while at the same time supporting and heralding the work of the Gallery. The FRIENDS group provides a background for the enjoyment and understanding of the range of exhibitions and activities that PÄ€TAKA presents.Read More

The Karangahape Road Business Association (KBA) presents an opportunity to respond to the three sculptural light poles…Read More

The 20-week internships involve placing recipients with organisations…Read More

Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery have an opportunity for all community groups in Auckland city…Read More

Very sad to hear the passing of Cook Islands artist Eruera Te Whiti NiaRead More

We would like to congratulate Lana on her appointment to ST PAUL St and AUT…Read More

The SaVAge Klub presents Matariki Ki Tua…Read More

Fresh Gallery Otara are seeking a Gallery Coordinator to assist…Read More

The festival is New Zealand’s first contemporary Pacific dance festival of its type…Read More

A 100-strong delegation from Aotearoa will shortly be saying “HÃ¥fa Adai” (hello) to Guam for the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts…Read More

Ioane Ioane has been appointed Artist in Residence for the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Canterbury…Read More

I believe in making art that is simple, playful, accessible and dynamic… Read More

THE HIVE HUMS WITH MANY MINDS, PART TWO is a Te Tuhi Offsite exhibition…Read More

Join Siapo Cinema 2016 in Wellington, for a festival of moving images by, for and about Pasifika people and communities here and abroadRead More

The Way of Matter includes work from Jasmine Te Hira and Nofoagaoalii Me.Read More

This issue cover article Conserve for Tomorrow by Dr. Caroline Vercoe talks with Fatu Feu’u…Read More

Artist, curator and writer Ane Tonga to curate next Tautai Tertiary Exhibition.
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Petrina Togi-Sa’ena as our Program Leader.
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Filipe Tohi Journey to the Present, Makahoko me Lotokafa by Karen Stevenson is now available for purchase through Tautai.
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Tina Pihema as our new Administrator.
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To celebrate 30 years of Contemporary Pacific Art we will be hosting an exhibition called TAUTAI NAVIGATE.
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This 32 page hardcover book designed by Neil Pardington of Base Two, compliments Lonnie Hutchinson’s exhibition Black Bird and is just about to arrive from the printers.
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Tautai is pleased to announce our 2015 Pasifika interns with Creative New Zealand.
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The Pacific Branch of the Pacific Arts Association is calling for interest in its 2015 conference, to be held at the Fa’onelua Conference Centre in Nuku’alofa, Tonga from 30 September to 4 October, 2015.
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Tautai is very pleased to announce Léuli Eshraghi as the 2015 Tautai Artist in Residence.
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Artspace and Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust are very pleased to announce Louisa Afoa as the recipient of the 2015 Education Internship.
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Last night the winners were presented their awards for the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards 2014.
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Big congratulations to actor director duo Vela Manusaute and Anapela Polataivao for winning the 2014 New Generation award!
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Tautai took Fresh Horizons to the Hawke’s Bay. 29 students worked with artist’s Amiria Puia-Taylor, Chris Charteris and Matthew Salapu.
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A big congratulations to Luke Willis Thompson who won the coveted 2014 Walters Prize over the weekend.
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