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Article: New Zealand arts develop new approaches to funding.
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- Fund Raising Management
- Article date:
- November 1, 1994
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New Zealand may be a long way from New York, but an American arts administrator would still feel right at home. Although there are fewer arts activities, as befits a country of only 3 million, many of them are top quality cultural events, including some unusual and surprising offerings. Both the Festival of Romance, held annually at the bustling Arts Centre of Christchurch and the Wearable Art Awards in Nelson, a yearly weekend pageant bursting with colorful art inspired by fashion, have attracted international recognition and the attention of major sponsors. The biennial New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington has drawn some of the world's top artists, ...