About

Dunedin Fringe envisions a city ignited by creativity, where all people embrace art, culture and creativity into their daily lives.

We have a mission to provide platforms for creative expression that help nurture communities. We have a special focus on supporting emerging artists, and the development of new and experimental work.

Celebrating creativity:  we believe that everyone is creative and has the right to express themselves creatively.  We strive to facilitate opportunities for people to discover, explore and nurture their own creativity and share their unique artistic voice, and to experience new things.  We are committed to advocating for the value creativity brings to communities, and for the secure and sustainable resources artists and arts organisations need to do their work.

Critical voice: we celebrate the creative spirit of mana and tangata whenua as the kaitiaki of the whenua upon which we live and work. Although Dunedin Fringe acknowledges our organisation has evolved out of dominant culture perspectives, we embrace an expansive view of art and resist narrowly defined, Westernised and commercialised definitions of art and its value in society.  We are committed to creating and implementing decolonisation, anti-racist and anti-oppression policies and practices that contribute to uplifting the voices of historically excluded individuals and communities; and to creating a space where these communities can help evolve the organisation’s future. 

Generous and generative: through our multidisciplinary, genre-bending platforms we strive to support creative experimentation, a spirit of collaboration, curiosity and connection with others.  We are dedicated to generously sharing our knowledge, expertise and resources so others can foster their own ideas and opportunities.  We strive to honour the connections we make and to build genuine, reciprocal relationships with our collaborators.

Courage: we know it takes artists real courage to create and share their work.  We are dedicated to celebrating and inspiring courage and vulnerability in ourselves and others, and having the courage to speak truth to power.  We encourage ourselves and others to learn from mistakes.

Transparency: we are working towards a culture of openness, honesty and reciprocity, recognising communication and learning is a two way process that creates clarity and possibility.