Opportunities

Calling all performers, entertainers and musicians! Expressions of interest are open to be part of the 2026/27 summer TSB Festival of Lights entertainment programme.

Artsenta, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is inviting expressions of interest for presentations at its symposium exploring the role of creativity in supporting and enhancing wellbeing.

This New Zealand-based art residency provides time to enable artists to develop new work and advance their career. It enriches Southland by fostering creativity and community engagement.

Since 2011 ActionActors has sourced temp work for performing artists to generate income between gigs. It is now time for a new owner(s) to take the agency into the next period of strategic growth.

Applications are now open for the 2028 Collin Post 4 Plinths Project, with the successful artist receiving $100,000 to realise new works for the four concrete plinths outside Te Papa Tongarewa.

Call for entries: 20th Estuary Art and Ecology Awards, Aotearoa's contemporary art award exploring ecology through the Tāmaki Estuary.

Calling painters ready to put their work on an international stage— Be a part of an exciting global painting prize established by E.SUN Bank in Taiwan, with a total prizepool of over $130,000 USD!

Call for Papers 2026 New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust Symposium Theme: The Cost of Art Crime 19 September 2026 To be held at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Ephemeral gallery in a repurposed office space. Open for use for workshops, performances and exhibitions. Our goal is 4 exhibitions and openings, we need volunteer support and exhibitors

Call for Entries Lysaght Watt Gallery is pleased to announce entries are now open for the 2026 Lysaght Watt Trust Art Award. Visit www.lysaghtwattgallery.co.nz for entry form and information.

We are inviting Māori artists to submit an expression of interest for art installations to be part of this year's celebration along Karanga-a-Hape Road, taking place on Thursday 9 July.

We have six paid internship opportunities at Te Pou Theatre. This is a 15 week structured internship focussing on either producing, stage & production management or in the tech realm of theatre.