CIVIC Festival 2026: Open Studio
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CIVIC Festival: Open Studio 🏠
Shifting Centre proudly presents CIVIC Festival 2026. This year we're opening our fale for all artists to activate the space, whether through rehearsals, sessions, cypher, talanoa and more!
The space is open for you to use as you please - each artist is welcome to a 1 hour slot in the studio space FREE of charge. You will also have access to a sound system.
CLAIM YOUR SPOT BY REGISTERING BELOW - PLEASE ONLY TAKE ONE SPOT TO ALLOW OTHERS AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE STUDIO. ONLY 5 SPOTS AVAILABLE!
CIVIC Festival is proudly supported by Wellington City Council, Footnote New Zealand Dance and Audio Avenue
Shifting Centre are a Tangata Whenua & Tangata Moana artist collective and we acknowledge that we stand, live, create and exist on unceded lands of Indigenous Māori. We also acknowledge Te Ati Awa & Ngāti Toa as Mana Whenua of Pōneke.
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