The Thames-Coromandel District Council has been allocated extra funding for the Creative Communities Scheme as part of the Regional Arts Pilot.

The extra Arts Council New Zealand Toi Aotearoa funding will be awarded specifically to artists and arts organisations who've taken part in the regional capability-building programme ARTillery.

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Creative Waikato will deliver the programme to the Coromandel district to provide tools to artists and organisations to succeed in their chosen field, explains a council spokesperson.

'The programme consists of eight free, interactive and practical workshops which have been designed so that participants work on their own project during the workshop which they can immediately apply in the real world.”

The ARTillery workshops will cover how to promote creative work, project planning for arts activities, creating a great vision, mission and strategic plan for groups, as well as what makes great structures and governance for groups.

Also covered in the workshops will be funding and fundraising for the arts, how to develop audiences, plus how to both organise tours of creative works and bringing touring works to your town.

The first of the RAP funding will be distributed during the next Creative Communities Scheme funding round in October.

ARTILLERY 2016 WORKSHOP DATES FOR THAMES:

• Developing Audiences
  Tuesday, September 6, 9.30am – 4pm
  Thames Civic Centre 200 Mary St, Thames
  
  
• Touring for Creatives
  Tuesday, September 6, 9.30am – 4pm
  Thames Civic Centre 200 Mary St, Thames
  
  
• Raising funds for your creative work
  Friday, December 2, 9.30am – 4pm
  Thames Civic Centre 200 Mary St, Thames

ARTILLERY 2017 WORKSHOP DATES FOR THAMES

• How to promote your creative work
  Tuesday, March 21, 9.30am – 4pm
  Thames Civic Centre 200 Mary St, Thames
• Project planning for arts activities
  Tuesday, May 2, 9.30am – 4pm
  Thames Civic Centre 200 Mary St, Thames
  
  
• Creating your vision, purpose and strategic plan
  Thursday, July 27, 9.30am – 4pm
  Thames Civic Centre 200 Mary St, Thames
  
  
• Great governance and structures for your group
  Thursday, September 28, 9.30am – 4pm
  Thames Civic Centre 200 Mary St, Thames

Registrations for the workshops will be essential as numbers are limited.

For more information or to register call 0508 427 892 or email [email protected]