Stuff
As more meds are prescribed and waitlists for counsellors get longer, a Christchurch community is tackling mental distress in a different way.
All of the art was part of this year's IHC Art Awards, which has been providing a creative outlet for artists with intellectual disabilities for the past 20 years.
NZ Herald
Programme supports people facing social isolation in Coromandel Town.
Many young Kiwis with disabilities experience a worse quality of life, the research revealed.
RNZ
For Bookmarks this week we meet Alison Talmage, she's a music therapist, doctoral student and co-founder of a very special choir - the CeleBRation Choir.
thebigidea.nz
After one of the most intense arts grants rounds ever - there have been tears of joy and of frustration as those who got their applications in learned their fate.
RNZ
A new report says the arts and culture get just half of the space in our media that's devoted to sport. Mediawatch asks a leading local culture critic if the arts are just a 'nice to have' for our media now - and why he's warned cultural criticism could disappear with the older Pākehā blokes like him.
RNZ
A new report says the arts and culture get just half of the space in our media that's devoted to sport. Mediawatch asks a leading local culture critic if the arts are just a 'nice to have' for our media now - and why he's warned cultural criticism could disappear with the older Pākehā blokes like him.
thebigidea.nz
17 organisations have claimed the remaining funding - find out who's been given the green light.
Stuff
A Nelson drop-in art centre works its magic on people experiencing mental distress.
Stuff
There's growing evidence of how transformative the arts can be for older people. But still, access and affordability barriers remain.
Stuff
An $18m injection into creative spaces is overdue and a good starting point to making art accessible to vulnerable communities, advocates say.
Stuff
Glen McDonald can still remember street kids dragging her into Vincents Art Workshop three decades ago.
