Golden Bay Community
ARTS COUNCIL

" To Develop and Strengthen Community through the Creative Arts and Ngā Toi "

OUR MISSION:

The Golden Bay Community Arts Council is committed to supporting arts and culture in Golden Bay, by:

Organising, supporting and/or promoting a diverse range of local arts and cultural events, activities and workshops.
Helping to promote arts and cultural events/activities/workshops organised by others, taking place within Golden Bay or the wider Nelson-Tasman region.
Assisting local artists, artisans, creative practitioners and arts-related groups to prepare funding applications to Creative Communities or other local, regional and national funders.
Providing access to resources, equipment, professional development and exhibition opportunities that support professional artists and other creative practitioners in Golden Bay.
Providing opportunities for the local arts community to network and share information, ideas and resources.
Working with other local organisations to increase the local community’s awareness of, respect for and participation in the arts, and to promote Golden Bay as an ‘arts destination’.

OUR VALUES:

Broad-based leadership - to champion arts and culture, to support the development of local arts and artists, and to provide positive, effective leadership and advocacy for the arts and artists in Golden Bay.

Integrity - individually and collectively, we aim to be fair, respectful, open and consistent in our interactions with others, both inside and outside the organisation, and manage the resources entrusted to us diligently and prudently.

Cooperation – we welcome the opportunity to work in partnership with other individuals, groups and organisations to strengthen the arts, support artists, and to increase the range, quality and accessibility of arts-related opportunities in Golden Bay. We view different perspectives as strength rather than a weakness, and strive to utilise our combined skills and ideas to best advantage.

Excellence - to deliver high-quality events, projects, activities and support through a commitment to ongoing evaluation of our activities and processes, welcoming constructive feedback from inside and outside the organisation.

Advocacy and Promotion - of local arts and artists.

THE COUNCIL:

Marg Braggins - Council Chairperson (Golden Bay Promotion Association (GBPA) Representative)
Marg loves the concept of art in the community - people who create the art as well as people who watch it, listen to it, read it, hear it and enjoy it. Marg has a background in teaching and publishing - founding the Geraldine News in 1992 with her partner Neil Wilson, then together purchasing the Golden Bay Weekly in 2002 where they made significant changes till they sold it to the current owners in 2017. Marg owns the Pohutukawa Gallery Takaka and is the current chairperson of the GBPA.

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Sheridan Gray – Council Member

Sheridan is committed to the Performing Arts, with a particular interest in children and young people’s experience with the creative arts. She studied Composition and Musicology and has had a lifelong love of music. She also enjoys reading and writing fiction and has been slowly working on a novel.

Robert Hewison - Council Treasurer (TDC Golden Bay Community Board Representative)
Robert is a charted accountant running his own business. He has a commitment to the Not For Profit sector providing professional support with financial reporting, strategic planning and constitutions to a number of organisations in the region. Born to deaf parents and profoundly deaf himself, Robert was on the National Board of Deaf Aotearoa Incorporated (past President) and continues to be involved with Nelson Deaf Community Incorporated. Robert has been living in the region since 2012 moving here from West Auckland and is married with four children.

Holly Parker - council member

Holly has lived in Mohua for 15 years raising her two children. She loves living in a vibrant, artistic community and learning how to support local artists in this area to thrive. She is currently studying to be a Creative art's therapist through Whitecliffe.

THE ARTS WORKER:

Rosa Silverfinch - Arts Worker

Rosa Silverfinch is a ceramic artist in Golden Bay, nestled with her family in the Anatoki Valley on the edge of the Kahurangi National Park. With a life long love of art, Rosa has worked as a photographer, Earth Builder, educator and sculptor, with a passion for environmental art and the wilds. She has project management and business experience, and strong networks among the community in Mohua. Rosa has a vision toward growing Mohua as an artistic hub; for show casing and celebrating artists and art events, and for creating learning and collaborating possibilities for the whole community.

In her professional work, Rosa creates a range of sculpture, domestic wear, wall hangings and her distinctive carved plant pots, sold in a number of galleries around Aotearoa. Her ceramics are hugely inspired by the colours and shapes of 'Place' - the wilds and richness of the Kahurangi National Park, the crystal clear Anatoki River and the black marble and limestone rock formations of Takaka hill.

HISTORY AND LEGALITIES:

The Golden Bay Community Arts Council (GBCAC) is an incorporated society and registered charity established to promote and support arts and culture in the wider Golden Bay area. It has operated as a voluntary, not-for-profit advocacy group since 1984, and was formally incorporated on 7 January 2000.

The structure, conduct and purpose of the organisation is set out in and governed by the GBCAC constitution

GBCAC keeps formal financial accounts.

An AGM is held once a year to elect the organisation’s board of trustees and select a Chairperson and Treasurer.

Incorporated Society registration number: CRY100968S

Charitable status registration number: CC21408 (registered 28 February 2008)

Golden Bay Community Arts Council is the main arts and culture-related umbrella body in the Golden Bay region.

The Arts Council has a duty to provide a representative for the Golden Bay region to the Creative Communities Scheme Funding Panel.