Help accelerate and secure the ongoing development of the vibrant arts scene and vital cultural life of the Waikato-Coromandel region.

People need places to go, things to see and events to enjoy – all cultural behaviours that make life fulfilling and meaningful.

Creative and artistic activity facilitates personal health and wellbeing, thriving and cohesive communities, stronger identification with place, greater inter-cultural understanding, intellectual inquiry, and economic activity that builds prosperity.

Local culture is what makes cities, towns and neighbourhoods unique and special places to be and belong, which can be seen in the quality of life available across the Waikato.

Ultimately though, art is worthy of support for its own sake, whether it is happening at the community or the professional level.

The Arts, Culture and Creativity Fund therefore exists:

• to provide creative and cultural practitioners and communities, visual and performance, with access to funding to showcase their talent,

• to support emerging talent in their chosen artistic pathway,

• to support artistic or cultural events that bring life into the Waikato-Coromandel region,

• to support educational institutions with school theatre, music and cultural programmes.

As with all of Momentum Waikato’s endowments, a donation or a gift in a Will to the Fund will grow its capital, therefore increasing its investment income and, in turn, the funding it can distribute.

Momentum Waikato’s ‘Special Focus Funds’, such as the Arts, Culture and Creativity Fund, provide people of any income level with the opportunity to support the relevant activity in a way that ensures their donations and bequests have a perpetual and growing impact.  

The Arts, Culture and Creativity Fund was initiated with founding donations from two Waikato arts supporters who, independent of each other, wanted to celebrate and amplify Momentum Waikato’s role as the initiator and primary fundraiser for the Waikato Regional Theatre, through setting up a fund that supports the local creative community.

"Creative Waikato is very pleased to support the Momentum Waikato Arts, Culture and Creativity Fund.

This Fund will work towards a Waikato region that thrives through diverse and transformative creativity, which directly aligns with our vision.

Local artistic and cultural activities need support and investment, and this will be a useful mechanism for enabling such creativity to happen in our communities.

We look forward to seeing the Arts, Culture and Creativity Fund growing and helping local artistic activity to flourish, because we know that creativity lives in Waikato." Dr. Jeremy Mayall, CEO, Creative Waikato.

Are you, or your business or organisation, keen to support arts, culture and creativity in the Waikato?

If you are, please donate to the Arts, Culture and Creativity Fund at the top right.

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