What do we do?
We’re dedicated to providing a safe environment for young people to express themselves creatively – through activities like music, art, dance and fashion – and encouraging the community to support young talent.
We’re here to help promote fresh, creative and – most importantly – youthful ideas.
We do this by:
- Providing a youth perspective on art issues
- Acting as the first point of contact for organisations or council staff wanting to talk with youth about the arts
- Maintaining relationships with art and design institutions
- Planning and running events, projects and programmes that promote youth art
Our portfolios
We’re responsible for:
Performing arts
- Dance, music, literature and performance
- Encouraging performing arts by young people
Design arts
- Graphics, computer, fashion, media and art
- Encouraging design arts by young people
Youth arts
- Arts associated with youth culture, such as hip hop, graffiti and anime
- Providing ways for these arts to be expressed and understood by the community
Who do we work with?
We maintain close relationships with these agencies and organisations:
Our local network
- Taita Learning Connection
- Hutt City Council
- Dowse Museum
- Open Polytechnic
- School art, music, IT and media departments
Our national network
- Victoria University
- Massey University
- UCOL
- NATCOL
Our international network
- Film festivals
- Hip hop competitions
- Art conventions
Who are we?
Our team consists of:
Team leader
Kaida Iosua
Team members
PJ Campbell
Iman Holden
Chevron Hasset
Sam Trimmer
Sione Puloka
Kyle King