Big A Awards 2010
Arts Access Aotearoa is seeking nominations for the Big ‘A’ Awards 2010 to celebrate individuals and organisations working to enhance the lives of people with limited opportunities to access the arts.
The Big ‘A’ Awards 2010 have four categories. These are:
• Big ‘A’ Creative Space Award, celebrating the outstanding contribution and impact of a creative space providing access to the arts for people with limited access opportunities
• Big ‘A’ Community Partnership Award, recognising a mutually beneficial partnership between two or more organisations/formal structures actively engaged in a community arts project
• Big ‘A’ Prison Arts Leadership Award, recognising the outstanding contribution of art tutors, prison staff, contractors or volunteers in the rehabilitation of prisoners through the arts
• Big ‘A’ Winton and Margaret Bear Young Artist Award, recognising and supporting the development of a talented young artist (21 years or under on 30 June 2010) in the Great Wellington region, who faces barriers in pursuing his/her artistic potential.
Arts Access Aotearoa is a national organisation that strives for a society where all people are able to participate in the arts, whatever their circumstances. Its key stakeholders are disabled people, disconnected youth, senior citizens, mental health service users, disadvantaged migrants and refugees. It is also the key organisation in New Zealand advocating for the arts as a tool for change in prisons.
Marianne Taylor, Co-Executive Director of Arts Access Aotearoa, paid tribute to those who worked to provide access to the arts in communities throughout New Zealand.
“Everyone has the right to participate in the arts and express themselves creatively,” she said. “These awards are a way of acknowledging the people and organisations that help make this possible.”
Each award has a nomination form. You are able to nominate yourself or others. For more information and nomination forms, please visit our website (www.artsaccess.org.nz) or contact Laura (T: 04 802 4356 E: community@artsaccess.org.nz). Nominations close at 5pm on Friday 26 March 2010.
