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Creative New Zealand is currently accepting applications for its Creative Fellowship Fund 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Creative Fellowship Fund is designed to provide financial support to artists and practitioners, allowing them to dedicate time to develop new ideas, work, and approaches in their artistic practice. The fund encourages creative risks and experimentation, focusing on the growth and development of the artist rather than the presentation of finished work.
You can apply for either:
You can use the grant towards living costs, materials, and resources needed to develop new work.
You can receive a maximum of $50,000 from the Creative Fellowship Fund within a 12-month period.
Artists and practitioners who are New Zealand citizens or Permanent Residents.
You can apply as:
Who cannot apply
Arts organisations and groups can not apply to this fund.
