Arts Foundation of New Zealand

A facilitator of private philanthropy, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand supports artistic excellence through its permanent Endowment fund. Legacies help grow the fund, with income generated enabling the foundation to run. Donations from Patrons of the Arts Foundation are awarded directly to artists at the annual New Zealand Arts Awards.

Arts Foundation of New Zealand
Formation2000
Legal statusCharity
PurposeFund-raising and providing grants for arts, culture and heritage
Location
Region served
New Zealand
Budget
NZD 1.12m (2010)
Staff
3
Volunteers
1
Websitewww.thearts.co.nz

The foundation produces award programmes that provide recognition and support to artists working in all art forms. By the end of 2015, the foundation will have honoured 178 artists and distributed over $5 million to artists.[1]

Description

Arts Foundation Awards celebrate achievement in an artists career and are presented on an annual or biannual basis.

New Zealand's most senior artists are honoured at the Icon Awards. These awards recognise a lifetime of achievement and are considered the foundation's highest honour. Established artists receiving the Arts Foundation Laureate Award receive $50,000NZD each in recognition of their achievements at the New Zealand Arts Awards.

Artists who are in the early stages of their career selected to receive a New Generation Award receive $25,000NZD each. In partnership, the foundation produces the Marti Friedlander Photographic Award, of $25,000NZD to assist the career of a photographer, and the Harriet Friedlander Residency, which is a residency in New York valued at $80,000NZD. The Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award was presented for the first time in 2011. The award is presented every two years to a children's book illustrator with published work of a high standard and includes a cash gift of $15,000.[2][3]

Supporters of the arts are also recognised. Every year an individual, couple or trust is honoured with the Award for Patronage and are gifted $20,000NZD by the foundation to distribute to artists or art projects of their choice. From time to time the foundation honours an individual or institution that has contributed to the arts through the Governors' Award.

Recipients of awards are selected without their knowing they are under consideration by independent panels of arts peers or curators.

Icon Award
The 2013 recipients of Arts Foundation Icon Awards, at a reception at Government House, Wellington. Left to right: Cliff Whiting, Jacqueline Fahey, Geoff Murphy, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Ian Athfield.

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand established the Icon Awards as a means to celebrate and acknowledge New Zealand art-makers who have achieved the highest standards of artistic expression.[4]

Limited to a living circle of 20, Icons are pioneers and leaders from all arts disciplines, living and working around the world. To date, 41 artists have been acknowledged as Icons. In 2003, eight artists were honoured, followed by one in 2004, seven in 2005, five in 2007, five in 2011, five in 2013, two in 2015, five in 2018, and three in 2020.[5]

Each Icon receives a medallion and pin designed by sculptor John Edgar. The recipient is gifted the pin in perpetuity, while the medallion is presented to a successor at a future Icon Award ceremony following the artist's death.

In 2008 the Arts Foundation began commissioning oral histories from Icons. In time, the foundation hopes that an oral history will be deposited with the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington covering the life of each Icon artist. This will ensure the artists' stories are on public record and available for future generations.

Living Icons
NamePortraitYear of awardAgeDiscipline
1Sir Miles Warren
ONZ KBE		200391Architect
2Maurice Gee200388Novelist
3Sir Donald McIntyre
CBE		200487Opera singer
4Russell Kerr
ONZM QSM		200589–90Choreographer
5Patricia Grace
DCNZM QSO		200582–83Writer
6Ans Westra
CNZM		200584Photographer
7Dame Gillian Weir
DBE		201179Organist
8Greer Twiss
ONZM		201182–83Sculptor
9Sir Peter Jackson
ONZ KNZM		201158Filmmaker
10Jacqueline Fahey
ONZM		201390–91Painter
11Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
ONZ CH DBE AC		201376Opera singer
12Jim Allen
MNZM		201597–98Visual artist
13Albert Wendt
ONZ CNZM		201880Writer
14Billy Apple
ONZM		201884Visual artist
15Fred Graham
ONZM		201891–92Carver and sculptor
16Bill Manhire
CNZM		201873Writer
17Dame Gillian Whitehead
DNZM		201879Composer
18Joy Cowley
ONZ DCNZM OBE		202084Writer
19Sam Neill
DCNZM OBE		202072Actor
20Sandy Adsett
MNZM		2020Visual artist

Deceased Icons
NamePortraitYear of awardDate of deathDiscipline
Hone Tuwhare200316 January 2008Poet
Diggeress Te Kanawa
CNZM QSO		200330 July 2009Weaver
Ralph Hotere
ONZ		200324 February 2013Painter
Janet Frame
ONZ CBE		200329 January 2004Writer
Milan Mrkusich
ONZM		200313 June 2018Visual artist
Len Castle
DCNZM CBE		200329 September 2011Potter
Peter Godfrey
CBE		200528 September 2017Musician
Alexander Grant
CBE		200530 September 2011Ballet dancer
Pakaariki Harrison
QSO		200529 December 2008Carver
Margaret Mahy
ONZ		200523 July 2012Writer
Donald Munro
MBE		200518 January 2012Opera singer
Don Selwyn
ONZM		200713 April 2007Actor
Don Peebles
ONZM		200727 March 2010Painter
Arnold Manaaki Wilson
MNZM QSM		20071 May 2012Sculptor
Raymond Boyce
MBE		20071 August 2019Theatre designer
Barbara Anderson201124 March 2013Writer
Marti Friedlander
CNZM		201114 November 2016Photographer
Sir Ian Athfield
KNZM		201316 January 2015Architect
Geoff Murphy
ONZM		20133 December 2018Filmmaker
Cliff Whiting
ONZ		20133 December 2018Artist and heritage advocate
Jack Body
ONZM		201510 May 2015Composer

Laureate Award

Five artists whose careers are in full flight are honoured annually at the New Zealand Arts Awards, and they a NZ$50,000 grant each and a commissioned sculpture by Terry Stringer. No awards were awarded in 2018. From 2019, there will be ten Laureate Awards given annually valued at NZ$25,000.[6]

Laureate Artists are New Zealanders practicing in any arts discipline, located anywhere in the world. Laureates are able to use their award in any way they choose, for example, in the creation of new works, or the freedom to concentrate time and resources into the development of their career.[7]

Recipients
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
  • Delaney Davidson – Music
  • Sara Brodie – Theatre / Dance
  • Wetini Mitai-Ngatai – Performance / Cultural Entrepreneurship
  • Daniel Belton – Music / Dance / Film
  • Lisa Walker – Visual Art
2016
2017
  • Niki Caro – Director, Filmmaker
  • Jemaine Clement – Actor, Writer, Comedian, Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Ross McCormack – Choreographer, Contemporary Dancer
  • Rob Ruha – Haka Soul Musician
  • Robin White – Painter, Print Maker
2019

New Generation Award

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Awards, celebrate artists’ early achievements through an investment in each recipient’s career. Biennially, five artists are awarded $25,000NZD each, and a sculpture designed by glass artist Christine Cathie. Although still at an early stage of their career, the artists will have already demonstrated excellence and innovation through their work.

Similar to other Arts Foundation Awards, the New Generation Award may be presented to an artist working in any arts discipline. Teacher, critic, theorist and organiser of contemporary creative practices, Jon Bywater (Auckland) curated the award in 2006, while writer, teacher, painter, curator Gregory O'Brien (Wellington) undertook the role in 2008 and arts radio journalist Lynn Freeman in 2010.[8]

Recipients
2007
2008
  • Jeff Henderson, Music
  • Alex Monteith, Visual Arts*
  • Madeleine Pierard, Music
  • Jo Randerson, Literature
  • Pippa Sanderson, Literature
2010
2011
2012
  • Pip Adam, Literature
  • Shigeyuki Kihara, Visual Arts
  • Cameron McMillan, Dance
2013
  • Kushana Bush, Visual Arts
  • Kip Chapman, Theatre
  • SJD (Sean James Donnelly), Music
2014
2015
2017

Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award

The inaugural Mallinson Rendel Illustrators award, worth $10,000, was presented to David Elliot in 2011. Gavin Bishop received the award in 2013, and Jenny Cooper won the award in 2015.[9][10] In 2017, the award, then worth $15,000, was given to illustrator and author Donovan Bixley.[11]

Award for Patronage

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage is made annually to a person, couple, or private trust for the outstanding private contributions they have made to the arts. The Award for Patronage is presented by Perpetual Trust.

As a community of artists and arts supporters, the Arts Foundation honours those who contribute significantly as patrons. Annually, a donation of $20,000NZD from the Arts Foundation is provided to the recipient of this award for them to distribute to artists, arts projects or arts organisations of their choice. Philanthropists Denis and Verna Adam (2006), Dame Jenny Gibbs (2007), Lady Gillian and Sir Roderick Deane (2008),[12] Adrienne, Lady Stewart (2009) and Gus & Irene Fisher (2010) have been recipients. All recipients have chosen to double the funds for distribution through a matching contribution of $20,000NZD, with Gus and Irene Fisher donating $30,000NZD of their own funds, meaning an annual distribution of up to $50,000NZD. Recipients have also chosen to distribute an amount of $10,000 each to artists and /or arts projects

Governors' Award

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Governors' Award recognises an individual or institution that has contributed in a significant way to the development of the arts and artists in New Zealand. The recipients are chosen by Arts Foundation Governors, with each recipient receiving a plaque designed by Auckland artist Jim Wheeler.

To date two awards have been made:

The inaugural recipient was the University of Otago in recognition of its contribution to the arts community through its Burns, Hodgkins and Mozart Fellowships. The three Fellowships were set up through the generosity of anonymous benefactors and have subsequently been funded by additional grants to maintain their value.

The second presentation was made to Concert FM (now Radio New Zealand Concert). The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Governors recognised the contribution that Concert FM has made in supporting New Zealand composers, musicians, writers and actors at a national level. The Arts Foundation also acknowledged Concert FM's contribution to the arts through its recording collaborations and the Douglas Lilburn Prize (a joint initiative between Concert FM and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra).

In 2009 a third presentation was made to the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. In making their selection, Arts Foundation Governors acknowledged the commitment by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery to the cause of contemporary art, particularly from Aotearoa New Zealand, over the last four decades.

Marti Friedlander Photographic Award

The Marti Friedlander Photographic Award, Supported by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand is presented every two years to an established photographer with a record of excellence and the potential to carry on producing work at high levels. The award includes a donation of $25,000NZD for the photographer to use as they please.

The inaugural recipient selected and announced by Marti Friedlander, was Edith Amituanai – a widely exhibited artist and a finalist in a number of awards, including the 2008 Walters Prize. Extended family and immediate community are primary subjects for Edith; she collaborates closely with her Christchurch and Auckland relatives as well as people she grew up with in West Auckland.[13]

John Miller (an independent social documentary photographer, renowned particularly for his protest images) and Mark Adams (a photographer working with subjects of cross-cultural significance) were joint recipients in 2009.

Harriet Friedlander Residency

On 26 June 2008, the Harriet Friedlander Scholarship Trust and the Arts Foundation launched a new international residency.[14] A supporter of the arts, Harriet Friedlander also loved the vibrant culture of New York. When Michael and Harriet Friedlander and their sons Jason and Daniel designed the residency, Harriet was clear that she did not want to place any expectations or responsibilities on the recipient. An artist was to be sent to New York to have an "experience", all expenses paid, so that they could immerse themselves in the culture and process it in their own way.

One of the most generous residencies offered to a New Zealand artist, up to $80,000NZD is made available every two years for their travel and living expenses. This opportunity is available to an artist aged 30 to 40, practicing in any discipline. The inaugural curator was Gregory O'Brien and the inaugural recipient is filmmaker Florian Habicht, He took up the residency in 2009. Visual artist Seung Yul Oh was selected in 2010 by arts journalist Lynn Freeman. Seung Yul will take up the residency in 2011.

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  9. "Gavin Bishop". The Arts Foundation. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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