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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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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.

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Whenua Iti Newsletter June 2018
Whenua Iti Outdoors

Avoca Design manage our webpage and offered to help us design a database so we could manage the growth and complexity needed in such a system and the result has been amazing. The new database is still a work in progress but so far we are delighted with progress we have made by collaborating with Avoca. It's a fantastic tool that will help us build all sorts of other relationships too.

Nikki Hurst.
Nikki Hurst
Kaiwhakahaere - Executive Officer, NZCCSS

Just the hugest thank you for our shiny new website. I am so very, very pleased and grateful. You've managed to weave in all of our "wants" and crazy dreams and it just looks amazing!!!

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Robyn Sheeves
Past Communications Manager - NCMA

The brilliant thing about our ongoing relationship is that we can tap in to Avoca's knowledge and expertise to ensure that we continue to get the most out of our website.

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.