The Government's Budget for 2010 was announced on Thursday May 20, 2010. Here is a summary of relevant announcements so far, with more to come. Please use the comment box to add your feedback on the budget.

In the Arms of Sleep at Pixel Ink Gallery is an exhibition of new paintings by Rosalind Clark which explores the different stages between being conscious and falling asleep.

To celebrate New Zealand Music Month, KINA Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition of paint, film and music by artist Jordan Barnes.  

The Drawing Rooms’ inaugural exhibition, ‘Who said being an artist is glamorous?’ is designed to provide an insight into working with glass – documenting the process of two local artists as they work.

NZ composers Marshall Smith & Tom Fox of The Sound Room have just had one of their compositions 'Hope Springs Eternal' performed and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.

What do you get when a Kiwi artist collaborates with an autistic child? An art exhibition like no other – one that will showcase truly unique art for auction and raise money to build New Zealand’s first centre for autism.

The Northland Community Circus Network are set to Light Up Northland this Matariki with fire shows in four Northland centres starting at the Twilight Festival in Whangarei in two weeks.

Auckland City Council is increasing funding for Film Auckland. The council is also close to finalising a Film Protocol which aims to create a more film friendly city.

As 2010 NZ Music Month draws to a close,  the Centre for New Zealand Music (SOUNZ) will present a concert of five world-premieres in Wellington.

Rhys Mathewson, aged 19, has become the youngest comic to ever be bestowed the Billy T Award.

Northland is set to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing with two exhibitions at Whangarei Art Museum.

The New Zealand Youth Choir will perform a free concert at the Auckland Town Hall prior to its tour to Asia and Australia.

Youth creativity goes on display this May with the Youthline National Art Exhibition at Artstation.

To write a fictitious play about two much loved and only recently departed New Zealand writers was brave and I was unsure about how well it would work. I need not have been concerned, Ken Duncum’s Horseplay is a hilarious and satisfying night’s entertainment.

Eva Polak uses the skills and techniques of impressionist photography to show the subtle moods and hidden emotions of a place where land, meets sea, meets sky.

Nga Manurere explores the ordinary experience of being a solo mum, friend and son - in an extraordinary way. The 2010 season is at TAPAC until May 22, under the new direction of Rachel House.

Like wine and cheese, the creation of good things takes time.  So it’s been with the design and manufacture of a new public artwork about to be installed on Auckland’s Karangahape Road later this month.

Official figures released recently highlight significant growth in the Wellington region’s screen production industry, says Film Wellington.

To celebrate International Museums Day, Whangarei Art Museum is delighted to announce an important new gift from London to the Art Museum Taonga collection.

Roger Shepherd, the founder of Flying Nun, returns to his old stomping ground to join the ‘Music – Present, Past and Future’ panel discussion with Graeme Downes from The Verlaines and Bruce Russell from the Dead C at CHARTFEST 2010.