Past Public Art Fund grant allocations

2024/2025

Artist / Curator / Organisation	Support for	Amount granted
Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha	Courtenay Place Light boxes exhibition 2026	$19,000
Moniek Schrijer	Courtenay Place Light boxes exhibition 2026	$19,000
Wellington Writers' Walk	Wellington Writers' Walk: te reo Māori sculpture	$40,000
Aotearoa Public Art Heritage Trust	Adding 30 Wellington works to the NZ Public Art Heritage Register: publicart.nz	$15,920
Ngāti Pōneke Māori Association	Matariki Mural: Celebrating 30 years of the festival of Matariki	$35,000
Tonya Sweet	Gut Punch - Cobblestone light boxes exhibition	$1,000
Antony Nevin	Fluid Futures - waterfront installation	$28,000
Nadine Hura and Anahera Gildea	Absolutely pOsiTivEly Colonial! - Multi-disciplinary walking tour	$40,000
Shannon Te Ranighaeata Clamp	Matariki 2025 light box exhibition	$21,000
Sara Cowdell Murray	Albarkas - waterfront performance	$10,000
Shannon Te Ao	Tēnei te otinga tū - Matariki 2024 light box exhibition	$25,000
Gabby O'Connor	Daylighting - Light box exhibition	$19,000
Wesley John Fourie	HYPERBALLAD - Light box exhibition	$19,000
Circuit Artist Moving Image	Masons Screen – grant to support programme of artist moving image (23/24)	$10,900
Wellington Sculpture Trust	Annual grant to support public sculpture in Wellington (23/24)	$35,000
Circuit Artist Moving Image	Masons Screen – grant to support programme of artist moving image (24/25)	$10,900

Artist / Curator / Organisation	Support for	Amount granted
Aotearoa Public Art Heritage Trust (APAHT)	Adding Wellington works to the NZ Public Art Heritage Register	$15,000
Shannon Ningfei Xiao	Dialogue Before Sunset waterfront performance	$4,000
Daniel Beban, Ruby Solly, Alistair Fraser	Matapihi ki ngā Orooro sound installation	$5,000
Shannon Te Ao	Kura Huna - Matariki 2023 Light Box exhibition	$22,500
Louie Zalk-Neale	Light box exhibition	$20,000
Turumeke Harrington	Light box exhibition	$18,000
Ruth Robertson-Taylor, Manju Tomar	Habitat for Life	$4,000
Wellington Sculpture Trust	Annual grant to support public sculpture in Wellington	$35,000
Sara Cowdell Murray	Performance Art Week Aotearoa 2023	$16,392

Artist / Curator / Organisation	Support for	Amount granted
David Cook	Courtenay Place Park light box project: Ko Te Reo ō Ngā Tāngata/The People’s Voice	$18,000
Wellington Sculpture Trust	Annual grant to support public sculpture in Wellington	$35,000
Circuit Artist Moving Image Aotearoa	Masons Screen – grant to support programme of artist moving image (22/23)	$10,900
Performance Arcade Trust	Performance Arcade – grant to support artist projects (22/23)	$25,000
Tyler Jackson	Sentinel	$16,857
Jane Wilcox	Māhina	$15,000
Tanya Ruka	Courtenay Place Park light box project: Whakapapa Te Po Te Ao	$15,000
Harry Culy	Courtenay Place Park light box project: Hello to Everybody – Sallie Culy	$15,000
Asian Events Trust	Lunar New Year Flags	$6,874
Louie Zalk-Neale	Mana Tipua Tuku Iho	$25,850
Mango Collective	Here & Out Public Art Programme	$15,000
Sara Cowdell	Performance Art Week Aotearoa 2021	$10,820
Debbie Fish	Whai Repo	$17,578
Ruth Robertson Taylor & Manju Tomar	Habitat for Life	$13,746
Adam Art Gallery	Kate Newby Temporary Public Artwork	$8,000
Deanna Dowling	Courtenay Place Park light box project: Standing still, still standing	$15,000
Keri-Mei Zagrobelna	Courtenay Place Park light box project: Whakahoki	$15,000
Asian Events Trust	Courtenay Place Park light box project: Ho Sun Nian	$15,000
Asian Events Trust	Chinese Zodiac Arts Trail	$10,000