'The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Te Tumu Toi is a New Zealand arts organisation that supports artistic excellence and facilitates private philanthropy through raising funds for the arts and allocating it to New Zealand artists. The concept of setting up an organisation to raise private funding for the arts was initiated by Creative New Zealand in 1997. Its chair Brian Stevenson approached Richard Cathie to chair a working party on the subject and Sir Ronald Scott was appointed consultant, with help from Gisella Carr. Early working party members and trustees included Lady Mary Hardie Boys, Lady Gillian Deane, Dame Jenny Gibbs, Sir Paul Reeves, Sir John Todd, Sir Miles Warren and Sir Eion Edgar. The foundation was incorporated as a charitable Trust in 1998 with Richard Cathie remaining as chair. Seed funding of $5m was secured from The Lottery Grants Board payable over 5 years and the foundation was launched in 2000. The foundation produces award programmes that provide recognition and money prizes to New Zealand artists working in across all art forms. This includes writers, fine artists, musicians, dancers, choreographers, theatre-makers and screen artists.

Background

In 2002 Simon Bowden was appointed Executive Director and in 2003 the organisation held its first awards. By 2008 the Arts Foundation had established an endowment fund of 6 million and donated $3 million to over 100 artists across arts disciplines. In 2012 the Arts Foundation launched Boosted a crowdsourced funding platform. The Arts Foundation Awards celebrate achievement in an artists career. Donations come from Patrons of the Arts Foundation and other sources and are awarded directly to artists at the annual New Zealand Arts Awards. Promotion of the arts is also part of the mandate of the Arts Foundation. In September 2019, the Arts Foundation launched the first New Zealand Arts Month. This campaign was supported by Creative NZ, Chartwell Trust, NZME, Phantom and Go Media.

Awards

There is no application for the awards. Artists are selected by an independent panel of arts peers or curators and recipients of awards are selected without their knowing they are under consideration. The Arts Foundation administers this process. The Icon Awards, Whakamana Hiranga recognise a lifetime of achievement. Artists considered to have prominence and outstanding potential receive The Laureate Award. Artists in the early stages of their career were selected to receive a New Generation Award, and now receive a Springboard Award and mentorship from a Laureate or Icon. In partnership, the foundation produces the

Marti Friedlander Martha Friedlander (; 19 February 1928 – 14 November 2016) was a British-New Zealand photographer. She emigrated to New Zealand in 1958, where she was known for photographing and documenting New Zealand's people, places and events, and was c ...

Photographic Award, of $25,000NZD to assist the career of a photographer, and the Harriet Friedlander Residency, which is a

residency Residency may refer to: * Domicile (law), the act of establishing or maintaining a residence in a given place ** Permanent residency, indefinite residence within a country despite not having citizenship * Residency (medicine), a stage of postgrad ...

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. The Arts Foundation also administers the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship awarding a residency to Menton in France for a writer.

Icon Award

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 Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what ...

. 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. Each Icon receives a

medallion A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

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 Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people wh ...

will be deposited with the

Alexander Turnbull Library The National Library of New Zealand ( mi, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (''Nat ...

in Wellington covering the life of each Icon artist. This will ensure the artists' stories are on public record and available for future generations. In October 2020, multiple allegations of historical sexual abuse were made against composer

Jack Body John Stanley Body (7 October 1944 – 10 May 2015) was a New Zealand composer, ethnomusicologist, photographer, teacher, and arts producer. As a composer, his work comprised concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and da ...

, who had received the award in 2015 shortly before his death, by a number of his former students. In November 2020, the allegations were described by Victoria University as "very credible", and the Arts Foundation announced that it had suspended Body's status as an Arts Icon while it "awaited further information". In January 2022, following a formal apology by the university to these students, the Arts Foundation confirmed that his award was no longer recognised by the organisation.

Living Icons

Deceased Icons

Laureate Award

Initially there were five artists honoured annually at the New Zealand Arts Awards ceremony receiving a Laureate Award of a NZ$50,000 grant each and a commissioned sculpture by Terry Stringer. No awards were awarded in 2018, and in 2019 the amount of the prize changed to NZ$25,000, new partnerships and awards were introduced and the Laureate Award will be given to up to ten practising artists.

Named awards

Established in 2019: * The Theresa Gattung Female Arts Practitioners Award (awarded every year) * The Burr/ Tatham Trust Award (awarded every second year) * Gaylene Preston Documentary Film Makers Award (NZ$30,000 awarded every second year) Established in 2020: * The Sir Roger Hall Theatre Award (NZ$25,000 awarded every second year, $5,000 awarded to more people the other year as Out of the Limelight awards) * The My Art Visual Arts Award (awarded every year) * Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Award Laureate Artists are New Zealanders practicing in any arts discipline, located anywhere in the world. The criteria has changed away from the terminology of 'best' which is subjective in the arts, instead focusing on the significance of work and the impact on New Zealand. The Arts Foundation website states:

Arts Foundation Laureate Awards celebrate and empower New Zealand’s most outstanding practising artists - artists whose practise also has an impact on New Zealand.

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.

Recipients

;2000 * Briar Grace-Smith, Theatre *

Elizabeth Knox Elizabeth Fiona Knox (born 15 February 1959) is a New Zealand writer. She has authored several novels for both adults and teenagers, autobiographical novellas, and a collection of essays. One of her best-known works is ''The Vintner's Luck'' ( ...

, Literature *

Peter Peryer Peter Chanel Peryer (2 November 1941 – 18 November 2018) was a New Zealand photographer. In 2000, he was one of the five inaugural laureates of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Career Born in Otahuhu, Auckland, on 2 November 1941, Peryer ...

, Visual Arts *

Gillian Whitehead Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 23 April 1941) is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing. Early life Whitehead was born in Hamilton in 1941. ...

, Music * Douglas Wright, Dance ;2001 * Phil Dadson, Visual Arts *

Kate De Goldi Kate De Goldi (born 1959) is a New Zealand novelist, children's writer and short story writer. Her early work was published under the pseudonym Kate Flannery. Early life De Goldi was born in Christchurch in 1959. She is of mixed Irish and Italia ...

, Literature * Michael Parekowhai, Visual Arts * Gaylene Preston, Film/Moving Image ;2002 * Warwick Freeman, Visual Arts *

Shona McCullagh Shona Margaret McCullagh is a New Zealand choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and artistic director. McCullagh was the founding director of the New Zealand Dance Company and was appointed artistic director of the Auckland Festival in 2019. Biog ...

, Dance *

Don McGlashan Donald McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for ci ...

, Music *

Helen Medlyn Helen Medlyn (born 1958) is a New Zealand mezzo-soprano opera singer, musical theatre actor, media producer and gardener. She is particularly known for her comic roles and for her cabaret performances. Early life and family Medlyn was born in ...

, Music *

Jacob Rajan Jacob Rajan is a Malaysian-born-New Zealand playwright and actor. His highly successful plays include the trilogy ''Krishnan's Dairy'', ''The Candlestick Maker'' and ''The Pickle King''. Another work was ''The Dentist's Chair''. In 2002, he r ...

, Theatre ;2003 * Jenny Bornholdt, Literature *

Neil Dawson Francis Neil Dawson (born 6 November 1948) is a New Zealand sculptor, best known for his large-scale civic pieces crafted from aluminium and stainless steel, often made using a lattice of natural forms which between them form a geometric whole. ...

, Visual Arts * Michael Hurst, Theatre *

Humphrey Ikin Humphrey John Ikin (born 7 May 1957) is a New Zealand furniture designer. Early life and family Born in Lower Hutt on 7 May 1957, Ikin was educated at King's College in Auckland, before going on to study at Massey University from 1975 to 1977, ...

, Visual Arts * John Psathas, Music ;2004 * Barry Barclay, Film/Moving Image *

, Music *

Derek Lardelli Sir Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli (born 1961) is a New Zealand tā moko artist, painter, carver, kapahaka performer, composer, graphic designer, researcher of whakapapa and oral histories and kaikōrero. He affiliates to the Ngāti Konohi hapū o ...

, Visual Arts *

John Pule John Puhiatau Pule (born 18 April 1962) is a Niuean artist, novelist and poet. The Queensland Art Gallery describes him as "one of the Pacific's most significant artists".

, Visual Arts * Ann Robinson, Visual Arts ;2005 *

Neil Ieremia Neil Ieremia is a choreographer and dancer in New Zealand. He is the founder and artistic director of Black Grace, a modern dance company formed in 1995. Black Grace has toured extensively in New Zealand and internationally including Australia, ...

, Dance * Bill Manhire, Literature * Julia Morison, Visual Arts *

Simon O'Neill Simon John O'Neill (born 1971) is a New Zealand-born operatic tenor. In 1998, his image appeared on the New Zealand one-dollar performing arts postage stamp. Biography O'Neill was born in Ashburton, New Zealand, and received his musical tra ...

, Music * Ronnie van Hout, Visual Arts ;2006 *

Alun Bollinger Alun Robert Bollinger (born 1948) is a New Zealand cinematographer, who has worked on several Peter Jackson films, and many other films in New Zealand. He has also been a Director of Photography, including the second unit for Peter Jackson's tril ...

, Film/Moving Image *

Alastair Galbraith Alastair Galbraith (born 1965) is a New Zealand musician and sound artist from Dunedin. Career Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two ...

, Music * Oscar Kightley, Theatre * John Reynolds, Visual Arts *

Ian Wedde Ian Curtis Wedde (born 17 October 1946) is a New Zealand poet, fiction writer, critic, and art curator. Biography Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Wedde lived in East Pakistan and England as a child before returning to New Zealand. He attended ...

, Literature ;2007 * Michael Houstoun, Music *

Sarah-Jayne Howard Sarah-Jayne Howard (born 3 July 1976) is a South African-born New Zealand dancer and choreographer. Biography Howard was born in South Africa and emigrated to New Zealand with her family when she was five years old. The family settled in Strat ...

, Dance * Colin McColl, Theatre *

Moana Maniapoto Moana Maree Maniapoto (born 22 June 1961) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and documentary maker. Widely considered one of New Zealand's most successful indigenous acts, her music is described as a fusion of traditional Māori haka, chants a ...

, Music *

Merilyn Wiseman Merilyn Wiseman (25 October 1941 – 13 June 2019) was a New Zealand potter. Education Wiseman graduated from Elam School of Art in Auckland with a Preliminary Diploma in 1959. In 1963 she graduated from Goldsmiths School of Art in London with a ...

, Visual Arts ;2008 *

Shane Cotton Shane William Cotton (born 3 October 1964) is a New Zealand painter whose work explores biculturalism, colonialism, cultural identity, Māori spirituality, and life and death. Life Cotton was born in Upper Hutt with Ngāpuhi iwi affiliations ...

, Visual Arts *

Ngila Dickson Ngila Beryl Dickson (born 1958) is a costume designer from New Zealand. Her most notable work is in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' and ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', both of which were filmed in New Ze ...

, Visual Arts *

George Henare George Winiata Henare (born 11 September 1945) is a New Zealand actor with a career spanning over 50 years. Early life Born in Gisborne on 11 September 1945, the third youngest in a family of ten children, Henare affiliates to the Māori trib ...

, Theatre *

Lloyd Jones Lloyd Jones or Lloyd-Jones may refer to: People Sports * Lloyd Jones (athlete) (1884–1971), American athlete in the 1908 Summer Olympics *Lloyd Jones (figure skater) (born 1988), Welsh ice dancer *Lloyd Jones (English footballer) (born 1995), En ...

, Literature * Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Music ;2009 *

Lyonel Grant Lyonel Grant (born 1957) is a New Zealand Māori master carver and sculptor. Born in Rotorua, he affiliates to Ngāti Pikiao and Te Arawa. Carving During the 1970s, Grant learnt under master carver Hone Taiapa at the New Zealand Māori Arts and ...

, Visual Arts *

Witi Ihimaera Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler (; born 7 February 1944) is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people were ignored or mischaracterised in literat ...

, Literature * Chris Knox, Music * Richard Nunns, Music *

Anne Noble Anne Lysbeth Noble (born 1954) is a New Zealand photographer and Distinguished Professor of Fine Art (Photography) at Massey University's College of Creative Arts. Her work includes series of photographs examining Antarctica, her own daughter's ...

, Visual Arts ;2010 *

Stuart Devenie Stuart Forbes Devenie is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, whose career spans three decades on stage and screen. He has performed in theatre productions nationally and internationally. In the 1980s, he was the artistic director of Cent ...

, Theatre *

Michael Parmenter Michael Earl Parmenter (born 1954) is a New Zealand choreographer, teacher and dancer of contemporary dance. Career Parmenter studied dance in the 1980s in New York and was influenced by both New York-based choreographer Erick Hawkins and Jap ...

, Dance * Leon Narbey, Film/Moving Image *

Gareth Farr Gareth Vincent Farr (born 29 February 1968) is a New Zealand composer and percussionist. He has released a number of classical CDs and composed a number of works performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) and Royal New Zealand Ball ...

, Music * John Parker, Visual Arts ;2011 *

Whirimako Black Whirimako Black (born ) is a New Zealand Māori recording artist and actress. Black sings mostly in the Māori language, uses traditional Māori musical forms and collaborates with traditional taonga pūoro instruments. Her musical achievement ...

, Music * Fiona Pardington, Visual Arts * Emily Perkins, Literature * Lemi Ponifasio, Dance *

Leanne Pooley Leanne Pooley ONZM is a Canadian filmmaker based in Auckland, New Zealand. Pooley was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, she immigrated to New Zealand in the mid-1980s and began working in the New Zealand television and film industry ...

, Film/Moving Image ;2012 * Ruia Aperahama, Music *

Tony de Lautour Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...

, Visual Arts * Rachel House, Theatre *

Gregory O'Brien Gregory Leo O’Brien (born 1961) is a New Zealand poet, painter and editor. Life Born in Matamata in 1961, O'Brien trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland. He graduated from the University of Auckl ...

, Literature *

Fiona Samuel Fiona Samuel (born 1961) is a New Zealand writer, actor and director who was born in Scotland. Samuel's award-winning career spans theatre, film, radio and television. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a ...

, Theatre ;2013 * Laurence Aberhart, Visual Arts * Jane Campion, Film/Moving Image *

Dean Parker Dean Leo Parker (20 August 1947 – 14 April 2020) was a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright, journalist and political commentator based in Auckland. Known for the screenplay of iconic film ''Came a Hot Friday'' which he co-wrote with Ian Mune, th ...

, Theatre *

Damien Wilkins Damien Lamont Wilkins (born January 11, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player and basketball executive who played in the National Basketball Association for ten seasons. He is the General Manager and Head of Basketball at Ov ...

, Literature *

Megan Wraight Megan Mary Wraight (12 December 1961 – 31 August 2020) was a New Zealand landscape architect who had considerable influence on the design of public spaces. She was the founding principal of Wraight + Associates Limited, which has completed ...

, landscape architect ;2014 * Cliff Curtis, Film *

Lisa Reihana Lisa Marie Reihana (born 1964) is a New Zealand artist. Her video work, ''In Pursuit of Venus nfected' (2015), which examines early encounters between Polynesians and European explorers, was featured at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Early life ...

, Visual Arts *

Geoff Cochrane Geoffrey O'Neill Cochrane (1951 – November 2022) was a New Zealand poet, novelist and short story writer. He published 19 collections of poetry, a novel and a collection of short fiction. Many of his works were set in or around his hometown o ...

, Literature * Ross Harris, Music *

Charles Koroneho Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, Dance ;2015 *

Delaney Davidson Delaney Davidson (born 15 December 1972) is a singer-songwriter from Lyttelton, New Zealand. He is known for his musical production, guitar work, and being a multi-instrumentalist. Besides his music, Davidson is also involved in graphics, vis ...

– Music *

Sara Brodie Sara Brodie (born 1970) is a New Zealand theatre director and choreographer. Biography Brodie was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She moved to London and spent seven years working there as an actress, dancer, casting director and behind the ...

– Theatre / Dance * Wetini Mitai-Ngatai – Performance / Cultural Entrepreneurship *

Daniel Belton Daniel Alexander Belton (born 1970) is a New Zealand dancer, choreographer and film-maker based in Dunedin. He is the co-founder and artistic director of Good Company Arts (GCA). He is an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate. His works hav ...

– Music / Dance / Film *

Lisa Walker Lisa Walker (born 1967) is a contemporary New Zealand jeweller. Education and training in New Zealand Born in Wellington in 1967, Walker graduated from Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, in 1988 with a Certificate in Craft Design. In Dunedin her tu ...

– Visual Art ;2016 * Eleanor Catton – writer *

Lyell Cresswell Lyell Richard Cresswell (13 October 1944 – 19 March 2022) was a New Zealand composer of contemporary classical music. He was the younger brother of philosopher Max Cresswell. Cresswell studied in Wellington, Toronto, Aberdeen and Utrecht and l ...

– composer * Dylan Horrocks – cartoonist, graphic novelist, writer *

Peter Robinson Peter Robinson may refer to: Entertainment * Peter Robinson (sideshow artist) (1873–1947), American actor and sideshow performer, known for his appearance in film ''Freaks'' (1932) * J. Peter Robinson (born 1945), British musician and film score ...

– visual artist * Taika Waititi – filmmaker ;2017 * Niki Caro – director, filmmaker * Jemaine Clement – actor, writer, comedian, multi-instrumentalist *

Ross McCormack Ross McCormack (born 18 August 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Aldershot Town. McCormack started his career with Scottish Premier League club Rangers in 2002, where he made few appearance ...

– choreographer, contemporary dancer * Rob Ruha – haka soul musician * Robin White – painter, printmaker ;2019 *

Sima Urale Sima Urale is a New Zealand filmmaker. Her films explore social and political issues and have been screened worldwide. She is one of the few Polynesian film directors in the world with more than 15 years in the industry. Her accolades include th ...

– filmmaker * Pietra Brettkelly – filmmaker *

Solomon Mortimer Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah ( Hebrew: , Modern: , Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yah"), was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and succe ...

– photographer *

Laurence Fearnley Laurence Fearnley (born 1963) is a New Zealand short-story writer, novelist and non-fiction writer. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or have won awards, both in New Zealand and overseas, including ''The Hut Builder'', which won the ...

– writer * Kris Sowersby – typographer *

Louise Potiki Bryant Louise Mary Potiki Bryant is a New Zealand choreographer, dancer and video artist. She has choreographed a number of award-winning performances, and is a founding member of Atamira Dance Company. She designs, produces and edits videos of perfor ...

– choreographer *

Ruth Paul Ruth Paul (born 1964) is a children's picture book author and illustrator from Wellington, New Zealand. Paul completed a Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University of Wellington, and a Diploma of Visual Communication Design at Wellington Polytec ...

– writer, illustrator *

Val Smith Valerie Christine Smith (born 29 July 1965) is an international bowls, lawn bowler from New Zealand. Bowls career World Championships Smith won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa before winning three ...

– performance artist *

Coco Solid Coco Solid (born Jessica Hansell in Auckland, New Zealand) is an emcee, writer, artist, director and producer. She is of Māori, Pacific and German heritage. Her musical style is a mixture of hip hop, disco and electronica. She created the a ...

– mixed-media artist * Yvonne Todd – photographer ;2020 *

Yuki Kihara Yuki Kihara (born 1975) is an interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Samoan descent. In 2008, her work was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; it was the first time a New Zealander and the first time ...

– interdisciplinary artist *

Ariana Tikao Ariana Rahera Tikao (born 1971) is a New Zealand singer, musician and author. Her works explore her identity as a Kāi Tahu woman and her music often utilises taonga pūoro (traditional Māori musical instruments). Notably, she co-composed the ...

– singer, composer, taonga puoro player *

Moss Te Ururangi Patterson Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta ('' sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and ...

– choreographer, artistic director *

Ahi Karunaharan Ahilan Karunaharan is writer, director, actor and producer of Sri Lankan descent from New Zealand. He is a recipient of the New Zealand Arts Laureate Award. Background and Education Ahi Karunaharan was born in the United Kingdom and raised i ...

– actor, writer, director, producer * FAFSWAG – interdisciplinary arts * Shayne Carter – musician, author * Tusiata Avia – poet, writer, performer ;2021 *

Nigel Borell Nigel John Floyd Borell (born 1973) is a New Zealand Māori artist, museum curator, and Māori art advocate. He curated the exhibition ''Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art'' at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in 2020, the largest e ...

– art curator *

Shane Bosher Shane may refer to: People * Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress * Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946) * iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer * Shane (name), a masculine given name and a sur ...

– actor, theatre director *

Harry Culy Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

– photographer * Brett Graham – sculptor *

Florian Habicht Florian Habicht is a New Zealand film director. Florian was born in Berlin, Germany and moved with his family to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, when he was eight. He went to high school in Kerikeri before attending the University of Auckland's ...

– film director *

Rangi Kipa Rangi Kipa (born 1966) is a New Zealand sculptor, carver, illustrator and tā moko (traditional Māori tattoo) artist. Education Kipa is a graduate of the Maraeroa Carving School in Porirua (1986), and completed a Bachelor of Social Sciences at ...

– carver, illustrator * Nina Nawalowalo – theatre director *

Maisey Rika Maisey Rika is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and composer, performing in both English and Māori language, Māori. Her five original albums have each reached the Top 40 in the Official New Zealand Music Chart. She was named an Arts Foundation ...

– musician * Vasanti Unka – writer, illustrator ;2022 *

Lindah Lepou Lindah Aaron Lepou is a New Zealand-Samoan fashion designer. Her work is included in the permanent collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Early life Lepou was born in Wellington and lived in Cannons Creek, Porirua until she wa ...

– fashion designer *

Tame Iti Tame may refer to: *Taming, the act of training wild animals *River Tame, Greater Manchester *River Tame, West Midlands and the Tame Valley *Tame, Arauca, a Colombian town and municipality * "Tame" (song), a song by the Pixies from their 1989 alb ...

– activist, artist, poet and actor *

Mata Aho Collective The Mata Aho Collective is a group of four Māori women artists, Erena Baker ( Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangātira), Sarah Hudson (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe), Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) and Terri Te Tau ( Rangit ...

– Māori women's art collective *

Maureen Lander Maureen Robin Lander (born 1942 in Rawene) is a New Zealand weaver, multimedia installation artist and academic. Lander is a well-respected and significant Māori artist who since 1986 has exhibited, photographed, written and taught Māori art ...

– multimedia installation artist * Areta Wilkinson – jeweller *

Hone Kouka Hone Vivian Kouka is a New Zealand playwright. He has written 13 plays, which have been staged in New Zealand and worldwide including Canada, South Africa, New Caledonia and Britain. Kouka's plays have won multiple awards at the Chapman Tripp T ...

– playwright *

Paula Morris Paula Jane Kiri Morris (born 18 August 1965) is a New Zealand novelist, short-story writer editor and literary academic. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland and founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature. Life Mor ...

– novelist, essayist and short story writer Out of the Limelight Award recipients for 2021 were: *

Elizabeth Whiting Elizabeth Whiting is a stage costume designer from New Zealand. Career Whiting trained under designer Eve Schlup at Auckland's Theatre Corporate. Her first costume designs were for Limbs Dance Company (late 1970s to mid-1980s) and she has cos ...

– costume designer * Marcus McShane – lighting designer and visual artist * Harold Moot – set designer * Eric Gardiner – stage manager *

Playmarket Playmarket is a not-for-profit organisation providing script advisory services, representation for playwrights in New Zealand and access to New Zealand plays. Playmarket was founded in 1973 to encourage the professional production of New Zealand p ...

– the playwrights’ agency and script development organisation

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 art Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including glas ...

ist 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

(Wellington) undertook the role in 2008 and arts radio journalist Lynn Freeman in 2010.

Recipients

;2007 *

Eve Armstrong Eve Armstrong (born 1978) is a New Zealand artist. She uses everyday found objects and arranges them into sculptural collages. Early life Eve Armstrong, an artist, (born 1978) was raised in Upper Hutt, Wellington. Armstrong worked as assista ...

, Visual artists *Warren Maxwell, Music *

Tze Ming Mok Tze Ming Mok (; born 1978) is a fiction writer and sociopolitical commentator, and has been a prominent New Zealand Asian community advocate. Biography Mok was born in Auckland, New Zealand, growing up in the suburb of Mount Roskill. Her parent ...

, Literature *

Joe Sheehan Joseph S. Sheehan was born in New York City on February 26, 1971, and attended Regis High School. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1994 with a degree in journalism. Sheehan lives in the New York City area. He is one of ...

, Visual arts * Taika Waititi, Film/moving image ;2008 *Jeff Henderson, Music *

Alex Monteith Alex Monteith (born 1977) is a new media artist and academic, born in Northern Ireland and resident in New Zealand. She is also a competitive surfer and has won national titles in the sport. Biography Monteith was born and grew up in Belfast, ...

, Visual arts* *Madeleine Pierard, Music *

Jo Randerson Joanna Ruth Randerson (born 1973) is a New Zealand writer, director and performer. She is the founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions, a Wellington-based theatre production company. Biography Randerson was born in Auckland, New Ze ...

, Literature *Pippa Sanderson, Literature ;2010 * Eleanor Catton, Literature *

Ngaahina Hohaia Ngaahina Hohaia (born 1975) is a visual artist and weaver of Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Moeahu, Ngāti Haupoto and Greek descent from Parihaka, New Zealand. Biography Hohaia has artistic influences from her grandmothers. Her Māori g ...

, Visual arts *

Anna Leese Anna Leese (born 7 March 1981) is a New Zealand born soprano opera singer. Early life Leese was born in Napier, New Zealand. She sang in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir. She attended the University of O ...

, Music *Kate Parker, Theatre/Puppetry* *

Mark Albiston Mark Albiston (born 19 March 1972) is a New Zealand film, television and advertising director. He graduated from University of Canterbury in Christchurch in 1992 with a degree in Fine Arts. Career In 2000, Albiston started the production comp ...

and

Louis Sutherland Louis Sutherland is a New Zealand film, television and advertising director and actor. He is of Samoan and Scottish descent, and based in Wellington. Sutherland studied at Toi Whakaari (The New Zealand Drama School, Wellington) where he wor ...

, Film/moving image (joint recipients) ;2011 *

Ben Cauchi Ben Cauchi (born 1974, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand fine art photographer, specialising in the use of early photographic techniques, most notably the wet collodion or ambrotype process. Cauchi was taught at Massey University from where ...

, Visual arts *Sam Hamilton, Music * Eli Kent, Theatre ;2012 * Pip Adam, Literature *

Shigeyuki Kihara Yuki Kihara (born 1975) is an interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Samoan descent. In 2008, her work was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; it was the first time a New Zealander and the first time ...

, Visual arts *Cameron McMillan, Dance ;2013 * Kushana Bush, Visual Arts *Kip Chapman, Theatre * SJD (Sean James Donnelly), Music ;2014 *

Dudley Benson Dudley Benson (born 1983) is a New Zealand musician and bar director from Christchurch, New Zealand. Benson released his debut album ''The Awakening'' in 2008, through his own independent label Golden Retriever Records, following this up with ' ...

, Music *

Star Gossage Star Gossage (born 1973) is a New Zealand painter. In addition to painting, her practice includes theatre, film-making, poetry, and sculpture. While referencing European movements such as expressionism, impressionism and surrealism, her work in ...

, Visual Arts * Vela Manusaute and Anapela Polataivao, Theatre (joint recipients) ;2015 *

Anna Smaill Anna Smaill (born April 1979) is a New Zealand poet and novelist, and a former violinist. Early life and education Smaill was born in Auckland in 1979. She started playing the violin aged seven. She studied musical performance at the University ...

, Literature * Simon Denny, Visual artist * Tusi Timothy Tamasese, Film ;2017 *

Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird (born 31 December 1987) is a New Zealand poet. Life and career Hera Lindsay Bird was born and raised in Thames in the North Island of New Zealand. She attended Victoria University of Wellington and then received her Master's d ...

– Poet *

Salina Fisher Salina Fisher (born 6 October 1993) is a New Zealand composer and violinist currently based in Wellington. Fisher attended Burnside High School in Christchurch. She graduated from the New Zealand School of Music and then studied for a Master o ...

– Contemporary classical composer, violinist *

Tiffany Singh Tiffany Singh (born 1978) is a New Zealand artist. Background Singh was born in 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand and is of Indian and Pacific descent. She graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008. Car ...

– Interdisciplinary site specific installation based artist

Springboard Award

From 2020 a Springboard award is given to up to ten emerging artists. This consists of NZ$15,000 and mentoring from one of the alumni of Arts Foundation Laureates, Icons, New Generation, residency or Fellowship recipients. Criteria relates to potential for a sustainable career.

Recipients

2021 * Cora-Allan Wickliffe *

Cian Parker In Irish mythology, Cian or Cían (), nicknamed Scal Balb, was the son of Dian Cecht, the physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and best known as the father of Lugh Lamhfada. Cían's brothers were Cu, Cethen, and Miach. Cían was slain by the Son ...

* Ta’alili – Aloalii Tapu *

Tori Manley-Tapu Tori may refer to: Places * Tori (Georgia), an historic province of the nation of Georgia * Tori Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia ** Tori, Estonia * Tori, Ghana, a village in the kingdom of Chumburung, Ghana * Tori, Järva County, Estonia * Tor ...

Reuben Jelleyman Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese ...

Maisie Chilton Maisie Ravier is a fictional character, the leading character of ten films (1939–1947) and the radio show ''The Adventures of Maisie'' (broadcast 1945–1947, 1949–1953). She was played by actress Ann Sothern (1909–2001). Eight of the ten ...

* Hōhua Ropate Kurene *

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2020 *Min-Young Her - performance art, sculpture *

Matasila Freshwater Matasila Freshwater is a New Zealand illustrator, director. She was awarded a 2020 Springboard Award, and a 2021 Sun & Moon Jury Prize. Life Matasila Freshwater is from the Solomon Islands. She studied anthropology, animation and illustration. ...

- writer, director *

Ayesha Green Ayesha Melody Green (born 1987) is a painter and artist from New Zealand. Her works are inspired by her Māori heritage and often use the kokowai pigment. Early life and education Green was born in 1987 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is of ...

- visual arts (painter) *Arjuna Oakes - musician *Moana Ete - writer, film maker, musician, curator *Bala Murali Shingade - film maker, writer, theatre maker

Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award

The inaugural Mallinson Rendel Illustrators award, initially worth $10,000 occurred in 2011. It has been awarded every two years up to 2017, and has increased in value.

Recipients

* David Elliot (2011) *

Gavin Bishop Gavin John Bishop (born 1946) is an author and illustrator, from Invercargill, New Zealand. He is known for illustrating books from prominent New Zealand authors, including Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy. Bishop's first published picture book was ...

(2013) * Jenny Cooper (2015) *

Donovan Bixley Donovan Paul Bixley (born 24 August 1971) is an author and illustrator from Taupō, New Zealand. He has created or co-created over 100 books, published in numerous countries and languages. In 2017, Bixley received the Mallinson Rendel Illustr ...

(2017)

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), 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 Burns may refer to: * Burn, an injury (plural) People: * Burns (surname), includes list of people and characters Business: * Burns London, a British guitar maker Places: ;In the United States * Burns, Colorado, unincorporated community in Eagle ...

, Hodgkins and

Mozart Fellowship The Mozart Fellowship is a composer residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago, one of the fivArts Fellowshipsat the university. It is the oldest full-time composition residency in New Zealand and is currently the only ...

s. The three Fellowships were set up through the generosity of anonymous

benefactor Benefactor may refer to: * ''Benefactor'' (album), a 1982 album by Romeo Void * Benefactor (law) for a person whose actions benefit another or a person that gives back to others * Benefication (metallurgy) In the mining Mining is the ext ...

s and have subsequently been funded by additional

grants Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County (disambiguation) Australia * Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia United Kingdom *Castle Grant United States * Grant, Alabama *Grant, Inyo County, C ...

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 The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council. Govett-Brewster is recognised internationally for contemporary art. H ...

, 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 The Walters Prize is New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize. Held biennially since 2002, the prize aims to 'make contemporary art a more widely recognised and debated feature of cultural life'. The prize is named in honour of New Zealand ab ...

. 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. John Miller (an independent social documentary photographer, renowned particularly for his protest images) and

Mark Adams Mark Adams may refer to: * Mark Adams (artist) (1925–2006), American artist * Mark Adams (photographer) (born 1949), New Zealand photographer * Mark Adams (designer) (born 1961), English car designer * Mark Adams (musician), funk band Slave bassi ...

(a photographer working with subjects of cross-cultural significance) were joint recipients in 2009.

Recipients

* Edith Amituanai (2007) * John Miller and Mark Adams (2009) *

Neil Pardington Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ...

(2011) *

Jono Rotman Jono may refer to: Places * Jōno Station (JR Kyushu), a railway station in Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan * Jōno Station (Kitakyushu Monorail), a Monorail station in Japan Fictional characters * Jono (''Star Trek'') * Jono (''Hollyoak ...

(2013) *

Rodney Charters Rodney may refer to: People * Rodney (name) * Rodney (wrestler), American professional wrestler Places ;Australia * Electoral district of Rodney, a former electoral district in Victoria * Rodney County, Queensland ;Canada * Rodney, Ontario, a v ...

(2015) *

Roberta Thornley Roberta Thornley (born 1985) is a New Zealand photographer. Her work is in the permanent collections of Christchurch Art Gallery and the Sarjeant Gallery The Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui at Pukenamu, Queen's Park Whanganui is cur ...

(2017)

Harriet Friedlander Residency

On 26 June 2008, the Harriet Friedlander Scholarship Trust and the Arts Foundation launched a new international residency. A supporter of the arts, Harriet Friedlander also loved the vibrant culture of New York. When

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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 was filmmaker

Recipients

* film maker

(2009) * multimedia visual artist

Seung Yul Oh The ''sueng'' ( th, ซึง, Burmese: ၄ကြိုးထပ်ပို (ဆီုင်), , also spelled ''seung'' or ''süng'') is a plucked fretted lute from the northern (Lanna) region of Thailand. The instrument is made from hardwood a ...

(2010) * playwright and actor

Arthur Meek Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Stanley Meek CMG (7 October 1883 – 14 August 1955) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer. Meek was born in Larne, Ireland, the son of a clergyman. He was educated at Bedford School and the Ro ...

(2012) * choreographer, dancer and video artist

(2014) * filmmaker/cinematographer

Christopher Pryor Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

(2016) * filmmaker/writer/director Miriam Smith (2016) * composer and saxophonist

Lucien Johnson Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. Lucien, Saint Lucien, or Saint-Lucien may also refer to: People Given name *Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint *Lucien, a band member ...

(2018) * dancer and choreographer

Lucy Marinkovich Lucy Marinkovich (born 1989) is a New Zealand dancer and choreographer. She is the artistic director and choreographer of Wellington-based performing arts group Borderline Arts Ensemble. Biography Marinkovich was born in Wellington and began ...

(2018) * performance artist Kalisolaite ‘Uhila (2021)

References

External links

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