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Websites for arts and education organisations

From festivals and venues to schools and outdoor education providers, we build sites that promote your programmes and make life easier for your team.

Avoca's Arts and Education work.

We know arts and education organisations from the inside

We know this world

This isn't just a niche we chose from a list. Brendyn has a Masters in Traditional Irish Music Performance, has toured internationally, won a New Zealand music award, and spent years in live sound and stage management for festivals. He and Jan both worked in adult education.

We understand the realities: tight budgets, small teams juggling multiple roles, seasonal programmes that need updating quickly, and the pressure to fill seats, attract students, and keep supporters engaged.

Arts and education projects we've delivered

Our work

We've helped festivals, venues, schools, and education providers build websites that work for their teams and their audiences.

  • Theatre Royal Nelson, Avoca web design client
  • Whenua Iti outdoors, Avoca web design client
  • Nelson Fringe Festival, Avoca web design client
  • Nelson College, Avoca web design client
  • Nelson Arts Festival, Avoca web design client
  • Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, Avoca web design client
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Michael Mackinnon
Committee Member - Ceol Aneas Irish Music Festival

Avoca have just rebuilt our website. We couldn’t be happier. The colours and layout captured me instantly. It’s easy for visitors to navigate, to get the information they need, then register and pay. Due to the understanding Avoca has of our needs and processes, the back end, where I spent a fair bit of time updating the variables for our events, is easy to work through.

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Annie Pokel
Head of Creative & Communications, Nelson Arts Festival

“We feel in the best of hands with Brendyn and the Avoca team - not only are they great supporters of the arts and understand what our mahi is all about, but they offer us a great mix of full back-end support and efficient systems”

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Janice Marthen
Former Manager - Theatre Royal Nelson

Working with Brendyn and Jan on the development of our website was a pleasure and they recognised the importance of promoting our shows, the venue and our team

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Kim McCormack
Deputy Director - Nelson Centre of Musical Arts

It is always a pleasure working with you both, and it feels as though you're part of the NCMA family, and not just another external business that we deal with. The whole process was surprisingly smooth from our end, and your advice and guidance throughout made it all that much doable as we climbed the mountain.

Built for arts and education organisations

How we help

Your team is busy enough. We make sure your website helps rather than gets in the way.

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Promote your events, courses, and programmes

Manage event listings, display festival programmes, link to ticketing systems, and promote courses. Whether it's a season of shows or a term of classes, your audience can find what they need and take action.

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Grow your support and funding

Boost online donations, grow your subscriber base, and retain supporters. Our websites have helped organisations collectively raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. We can integrate with online donation platforms like Raisely and Keela.

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Tell your story to multiple audiences

Your website needs to work for your audience, your funders, your volunteers, and your staff. We structure your site so each group can find what's relevant to them.

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Manage your own content with confidence

We build sites your team can update without waiting on us. Add events, update programmes, publish news. We provide training and ongoing support so you're never stuck.

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Get found by the right people

We'll make sure your site is set up for search engines so more people discover your events, courses, and programmes

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Connect your tools and systems

Integrate with ticketing platforms, donor databases, email marketing, and other tools your organisation already uses. Automate where you can so your team can focus on the work that matters.