F R O M T H E A R T S F O U N DA T I O N O F N E W Z E A L A N D
Issue #13
August | 2007
~ Don Peebles (Icon 2007), Circular Motif No. 2, Collection
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu; purchased 1988~
IN THIS ISSUE
Grand Celebration of Icons
Five new Icons were honoured at a ceremony
on Tuesday 8 August at Sky City Theatre,
Auckland, attended by over 600 guests.
Dr Raymond Boyce, Don Peebles, Don
Selwyn, Ans Westra and Arnold Manaaki
Wilson join previously awarded Icons
bringing the total honoured to 21.
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Awards Whakamana
Hiranga honour New Zealand’s finest artists for a lifetime
of significant achievement. Limited to a living circle of
twenty, the artists honoured are icons, each celebrated for
demonstrating the highest standard of artistic excellence.
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Icon Awards
•
Featured Icon – Milan Mrkusich
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Award for Patronage
•
New Generation Awards
Featured Artist – Taika Waititi
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Laureate Awards
Featured Laureate – Derek Lardelli
~ 2007 Icon Awards recipients Don Peebles, Arnold Manaaki Wilson,
Ans Westra and Dr Raymond Boyce. Photo by Ken Baker ~
Each Icon is presented with a specially commissioned
medallion and pounamu pin designed by stone sculptor John
Edgar. The pin is a gift, while the medallions are returned at
the end of the artist’s life, and presented to a successor.
As the medallions are passed down through generations
of our finest artists, the mana of the Award grows. For
instance, the Icon Award which was first presented to Janet
Frame in 2003 was this year passed to Ans Westra.
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Welcome Trustee Elizabeth Ellis
•
Congratulations Rodney Wilson
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Forsyth Barr – Dunedin Office
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Welcome Webb’s
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Patron Turns Sponsor
“The Icon Awards give New Zealanders the opportunity
to identify those artists who have excelled as contributors
to this country’s cultural identity. The Awards ceremony
enables us to thank the Icon artists for their contributions
and to celebrate their achievements with them,”
said Arts Foundation Chairman Ros Burdon.
The Icon Award ceremony opened with Margaret Mahy
reciting her well known poem, Down the Back of the Chair. The
fantastic tale of a magic chair that harbours secrets, dreams
and treasures provided an entertaining start to an evening of
celebration, honour and learning. As part of the ceremony each
Icon was interviewed about their life as an artist. The Awards
were broadcast live over the Internet and are available for view
via the Arts Foundation website – www.artsfoundation.org.nz.
~ Margaret Mahy (2005 Icon) reads her poem Down the Back of the Chair
at the 2007 Icon Award ceremony. Photo by Ken Baker ~
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Arts Foundation of New Zealand. It provides
news information on artists supported by
the Arts Foundation, announcements about
Awards and reports on other activities. If you
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FIVE NEW ICONS
DR RAYMOND BOYCE
DON PEEBLES
Theatre Designer
Painter
New Zealand’s most significant designer for theatre
and ballet, Raymond Boyce is also a puppeteer,
puppet designer and builder.
Born in 1928 in London, it was Raymond’s early study
in England, working for the John Wright Marionette
Theatre as a puppeteer and designing for the University
College Drama Society in London, which led to his career
in New Zealand. He came on the invitation of Richard
Campion, joining the New Zealand Players in Wellington
in 1953. Raymond worked with the newly formed Opera Company and Paul Gnatt’s
Ballet Company. He then formed a puppet company that toured New Zealand. Raymond
also designed and directed for the Australian Opera Company. He was appointed to
the Design Committee for Expo ‘70 in Japan and as design consultant to the architects
of the new Hannah Playhouse in Wellington, becoming resident designer there. In his
many years at Downstage, Raymond designed over 100 productions. He also designed
for the Wellington City Opera and for the New Zealand Ballet into the 1990s.
Raymond tutored and mentored at the New Zealand Theatre Federation Schools, Wellington
Polytechnic, Victoria University and Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. He was Executive
Designer for the Globe Hangings presented to the newly rebuilt Shakespeare’s Globe in London.
Raymond was made a Member of the Order the British Empire (MBE) in 1977 and awarded an
honorary Doctorate in Literature from Victoria University. Raymond Boyce lives in Wellington.
His classical training ensures that, whether he is working in opera or straight drama, he can design in
a vast range of styles from the baroque to the most spare and simple.
Phillip Mann, freelance theatre director and writer.
A key figure in the emergence and evolution of New
Zealand abstract art, Don Peebles is known as a
leading force in contemporary New Zealand painting
and is one of New Zealand’s most senior and
respected practitioners.
Don was born in 1922 in Taneatua near Whakatane. He studied
art in Florence briefly at the war’s end, before returning to
New Zealand to work for the Wellington Post Office and
to attend classes at the Wellington Technical College Art
School. He studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and travelled to London where
he met the Constructionist artist Victor Pasmore whose works, together with those of other
Constructionists, influenced Don to explore constructionist abstraction. He was the first New
Zealand artist to do so. He became known for painted relief constructions, usually framed in
shallow trays. In the 1970s he began to work with looser elements, in particular un-stretched,
unframed canvases. In the 1990s he returned to works on a smaller scale.
Don was appointed to the staff of the University of Canterbury - School of Fine Arts, becoming
Head of the Painting Department in 1980. Don retired in 1986 and returned to painting full
time. His work has been acquired by both public and private collecters in New Zealand and
internationally. He was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his services to
New Zealand art and given an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Canterbury.
Don Peebles lives in Christchurch.
The art world is always hungry for new things. And the tradition of modern painting that Don Peebles
is part of is often about the pleasurable shocks that new things can deliver. But it’s always struck me
as strange that we measure an artist’s newness not by what’s happening in their studio but the date
stamped on their birth certificate. Don is one of our veteran visual artists, but the artworks he has
made would be remarkable no matter what age their maker. This is a great moment to recognise an
artist who is now, as he has been for most of his six-decade career, one of the best new artists around.
Justin Paton, art critic, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Curator of Contemporary Art and Arts
Foundation Govenor
~Possible second witch, [Hansel & Gretel costume design, 1995]. Ink and
watercolour drawing on tracing paper.
Photo courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington~
~Relief Construction: Yellow and Black, 1966, painted wood on panel,
Photo courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki~
MY WORK IS ONLY REALISED IN A LIVE
PERFORMANCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE
FOR JUST TWO AND A HALF HOURS OR
SO. IT HAS TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO
REFLECT AUDIENCE REACTION AND THE
DEVELOPMENT BY THE PERFORMER.
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THERE IS AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT
INFORMATION CHALLENGING US
ALL THE TIME. MY JOB AS I SEE
IT AS AN ARTIST IS TO RECOGNISE
THOSE THINGS AND FIND THE
INNER HARMONY WITHIN THEM.
FIVE NEW ICONS
ANS WESTRA
ARNOLD MANAAKI WILSON,
Photographer
Ngāi Tuhoe and Te Arawa
One of New Zealand’s most esteemed
photographers, Ans Westra’s career spans
almost 50 years. She is known particularly
for her photographs of Māori, the 1970s
counterculture and protest action
in general.
Born in 1936 in Leiden, Holland, it was Ans’ stepfather’s
camera that sparked an early interest in photography,
while a visit to the international exhibition The Family of Man in Amsterdam, and a book
by Joan van der Keukens, Wij Zijn 17 (We Are Seventeen), inspired her first photographic
documentation. Ans travelled to New Zealand in 1957, joining the Wellington Camera Club
and working in various local photographic studios. Ans’ first international recognition came
in 1960 when she won a prize from the UK Photography magazine for her work entitled
Assignment No. 2. Her professional career as a fulltime freelance documentary photographer
began while working for the School Publications Branch of the Department of Education
and Te Ao Hou, a Māori magazine published by the Department of Internal Affairs.
Ans received a Certificate of Excellence from the New York World’s Fair The World and Its
People held in 1964-65. She has received several Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grants for
the practice and publication of her work focussing on New Zealand and its society. Ans’
book The New Zealanders was published in 1971, followed in 1972 by Notes on the Country I
Live In with essays by Tim Shadbolt and James K Baxter. She was the Pacific regional winner
of the Commonwealth Photography Award competition, has been artist-in-residence at
the Dowse Art Gallery and is a former president of PhotoForum. In the 1990s she taught
and tutored, had several exhibitions and residencies and travelled extensively. In 2004 the
exhibition Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs opened at the National Library and is on show
at the Christchurch Art Gallery until 4 November 2007. Another exhibition of her work on
reflection is currently showing at the Mc Namara Gallery, Wanganui, to 29 August 2007.
Sculptor
Arnold Manaaki Wilson has been a
major presence on the contemporary
Māori art scene for half a century.
Born in 1928, Arnold’s father was one of the renowned Ngāti
Tarawhai sculptors and carvers of Te Arawa, a tradition
passed down to Arnold Wilson. Arnold won a scholarship
to attend Wesley College in Paerata. He studied art at the
University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts graduating
in 1955, and was the first Māori to gain a Diploma in Fine
Arts, with first-class honours in sculpture. A long and successful career in art education
followed his time at Teachers Training College. Arnold led a cultural revival of Māori art in
schools and in the community. Along with other contemporary artists such as Ralph Hotere
(2005 Icon), Marilyn Webb and Sandy Adsett, he questioned orthodoxies and practices of
both Māori and Pākehā art traditions, drawing upon his bicultural background to produce
his work. As a sculptor he has experimented with many traditional and non-traditional
materials, working with metal, vivid paint and wood in various forms. He has been one of
the most important mentors of a Modernist Māori art movement within New Zealand.
Arnold has exhibited extensively in New Zealand and overseas. Since his retirement from
the position of Director of the Cross-Cultural Community Involvement Art Programme
in the Department of Education, he has continued his educational role as kaumatua and
advisor to a number of public art programmes. He worked for many years to establish
the Awataha urban marae complex in Auckland. Arnold Wilson lives in Auckland.
Ans was awarded the Companion of the Order of New Zealand Merit (CNZM)
for services to photography in 1998. Ans Westra lives in Wellington.
The given demand on the photographer is to be there (wherever ‘there’ may be). The
demand, less easy to define, is to see. Westra decided to be there and she saw. Her seeing
is inevitably a questioning, questioning on the part of both the photographer and resultant
audience. That demands engagement and concern, if not a healthy dose of persistence.
Luit Bieringa, Handboek Ans Westra Photographs 2004
~He Tangata, He Tangata, 1956, totara.
Photo courtesy of the Auckland Art Gallery~
~Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin 1971.
Photo courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki~
MY RECENT WORK HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH
THE LAND ITSELF, WITH THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE
FORMED THIS COUNTRY FOR THEIR OWN USE...
THERE IS ALSO A BODY OF WORK CELEBRATING
THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD AROUND US. THIS
IS WHERE I HAVE ARRIVED NOW. THE SHEER
PLEASURE OF SEEING.
I TRY TO WORK ROUND A
PIECE OF WOOD, FOR CARVING
WORKS ARE GOVERNED BY THE
CHARACTER OF THE WOOD - ITS
GRAIN, KNOTS AND SO ON.
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FIVE NEW ICONS
DON SELWYN, Ngāti Kuri and Te Aupouri
1936—2007
Actor/Director, stage and screen
It’s not about you, it’s about the kaupapa.
If you keep the kaupapa, the philosophical
position [of ] the value in front, then you will
never become more important than the value.
The philosophy, the kaupapa is in front of us
and we have to support it. We support the
philosophy that is going to uplift our people.
Don Selwyn, from The Don, Mercury Lane, Greenstone Pictures, 2001
Don’s family take this opportunity to formally
thank the Arts Foundation of New Zealand for
bestowing this honour on Don in recognition of
the body of work he created on film.
~Photo by APN/New Zealand Herald~
Don Selwyn was selected for an Icon Award in
February 2007. The Arts Foundation was grateful
that Foundation Governor Gaylene Preston, visited
Don Selwyn and his family at North Shore Hospital
a few weeks before his death with news that he
had been selected. Shirley Selwyn announced the
Award to Don and conveyed his acceptance to the
Foundation.
With a longstanding and distinguished career in the New
Zealand film, television and theatre industry as an actor,
producer and director, Don Selwyn was a champion of Māori
drama. He performed in both Māori and English, and was a
prime mover in establishing respect for Māori representations
and culture in mainstream New Zealand film and television.
Born in 1936, Don grew up in Taumarunui. Originally a
rugby-playing English teacher, his acting career was initiated
by a dare which led him to play Oberon in Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. He toured with the Nola Millar
Shakespeare Company and appeared in the musical Porgy and
Bess, the film Sleeping Dogs and in television series such as
The Governor and Pukemanu. Don was a founding member
of the New Zealand Māori Theatre Trust. He ran the film and
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television course He Taonga i Tawhiti, and with producer Ruth
Kaupua Panapa formed He Taonga Films. He produced and
directed Māori language dramas and several Māori dramas in
English. Don was Executive Producer of the 2000 New Zealand
Media Peace Award winning feature The Feathers of Peace, and
produced the first full length feature film to be made in Māori:
Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti, the Māori Merchant of Venice.
Don received the Companion of the Order of New Zealand
Merit (CNZM) as well as an honorary performing arts
degree from Unitec, and Te Tohu Tiketike a Te Waka Toi, an
award presented annually by Te Waka Toi for outstanding
contribution to the development of Māori arts.
[Don] devoted more than four decades to probing enquiries into
concepts of a shared vision of achieving excellence and creating a
critical mass of knowledge, relationships, experience and expertise
of a Māori …community inside theatre and film. As an actor,
director and filmmaker Selwyn sought to show and explain Māori
experiences in the world of theatre, drama, television and film.
Professor Taiarahia Black, Honorary Doctorate of Literature
from Massey University, citation (2002).
Our matua Don Selwyn is forever imprinted
upon the hearts of all who knew him. He is
emblazoned within the minds of many. He made
his creative spirit soar despite the demons that
come with understanding. He truly showed us
a vision of the way that the dramatic arts could
be: a proud amalgam of the very best of all
performance traditions and tikanga. He brought
nobility to his craft.
He carved a wide swathe through the bullshit
that conspires against those who aspire to
something greater than what is permitted. He
was the most humble of modern Māori warriors.
His triumphs before and behind the camera leave
us a legacy matched by no other.
He was the embodiment of the dreams of
forebears. He made real the essence of their
deepest teachings. We looked to him for
definition. He made sure we never forgot. Don
was both doer and nurturer. He scaled the
heights. He cared and he loved. He re-fashioned
and passed on our manifest destiny.
Kua hinga te totara nui o te wao tapu. Kua paku
noa tōna rongo, he rongo kino nei. Haere rā e
Don, e te whakaruruhau o te wā. Moe mai rā.
Tainui Stephens, freelance TV producer, director and
film director
~Don Selwyn (right) as Cray in Came a Hot Friday (1985). Frame enlargement.
~Don Selwyn a a Kaitaia policeman in Goodbye Pork Pie (1981), Frame enlargement.
Stills Collection, New Zealand Film Archive / Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua~
Stills Collection, New Zealand Film Archive/Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua~
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FEATURED ICON ARTIST
MILAN MRKUSICH
COLOUR, THAT’S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN ART,
TO USE THE FULL GAMUT
OF COLOUR. BECAUSE OF
THIS I USE IT ALWAYS
RIGHT FROM THE START.
~Photo by Dominion Post~
Milan Mrkusich was one of ten artists honoured
in 2003 as an inaugural Arts Foundation of New
Zealand Icon. Now 82, Milan is acknowledged
as one of the country’s leading Modernist
painters.
Of Dalmatian decent, Milan was born in Dargaville in 1925.
He took up an apprenticeship in Writing and Pictorial Arts
with Neuline Studios in 1942, while also attending night courses
at Seddon Technical and taking life drawing classes. Over this
period, Milan spent two years painting full time, laying the
groundwork of his geometric Expressionist painting style.
Milan became a partner in the architectural design firm
Brenner Associates in 1949, working as a colour consultant,
architectural designer and on exhibition and display designs.
After Brenners closed in 1958, he obtained various architectural
commissions, including many stained glass windows
and mosaics. Using geometric forms, and influenced by
developments in international abstract art, Milan’s paintings
in the early sixties were based partly on the squared circle
or mandala motif. In 1968 he embarked on the painting of
his first monochromes, which proliferated up to 1976.
In 1972 he was recognised with his first retrospective exhibition
at the Auckland Art Gallery, Milan Mrkusich Paintings 19461972. Following this, he continued to develop the idea of
monochromes which expanded into Zone and Area works
in the late 70s and into the 80s. This style continued in
1982 and 1983 by his own interpretation of Constructivism,
the Segmented Arcs. In 1982 Milan participated in the 48th
Carnegie International in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
There was a second retrospective show at Auckland Art
Gallery came in 1985, Milan Mrkusich – a decade further on
1974 – 1983. After this a new direction surfaced producing
the Journey paintings. Six further categories of new work
followed dealing primarily with different approaches
to the use of colour - colour as symbol and colour as a
material fact made un-material by the viewer. Milan made
the large plates of coloured glass on the street side of the
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington,
a commission he won in 1994 amidst fierce competition.
Since receiving his Icon Award Milan has had five shows of
new works with the Hamish McKay Gallery in Wellington
and Sue Crockford Gallery in Auckland, as well as major
works being included in significant shows in foremost public
galleries. The most recent exhibition of Milan’s work, with John
Nixon, opened at the Sue Crockford Gallery on 24 July 2007.
Milan was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of
Merit (ONZM) in 1997 for his services to painting.
For me Milan Mrkusich represents qualities of rigour that
have never wavered. His concentrated attention to detail and
the large vision that contains it I find immensely sustaining.
As a very young man I had a choice once of buying a work
by Milan or travelling. I chose to travel, but did so with a
sense that the work’s affirmation of integrity travelled with
me. It gave me a sense of something to live up to.
Ian Wedde (2006 Laureate, Poet and Writer)
Milan lives and works in Auckland in the house he designed
and built when at Brenner Associates in the early 1950s.
He has several projects currently under way including
exhibitions at Hamish McKay and Sue Crockford Galleries.
Milan Mrkusich’s contribution to the arts in New Zealand is
enormous. Initially in the 1940s and 1950s as a lone exponent and
representative of abstract art, and often at odds with the prevailing
and accepted practices of the time, he single-mindedly determined
to work within the principles and practices of international
abstraction. In this quest he worked both persistently and
consistently to establish the language of abstraction in New Zealand
as a significant form of expression. Throughout a long career
spanning over 60 years he remains faithful to this ideal and has
become instrumental in opening up the horizons for a large number
of younger artists who were tired of the restrictive or confining
conventions imposed upon them by critical and public expectations.
His work represents a challenge to the common assumption
that an abstract art is one that is without content or meaning,
an art with its “head in the clouds”. On the contrary all of his
work originates from a sense of social responsibility to ‘”affect”
or educate his audience to other levels of consciousness, and is
informed by a set of firmly held philosophical beliefs. For Mrkusich
art is a vehicle for revealing a “truth” and these truths can only
be successfully expressed through the language of abstraction.
The forthcoming monograph will provide a greater understanding
of his work in both a local and international context.
61-48, 1961, watercolour on paper, Milan Mrkusich, (2003
Icon) courtesy Hamish McKay Gallery. (Above)
Milan Mrkusich Paintings 2003-2004, 21 June – 16 July
2005, Sue Crockford Gallery installation view. (Below)
Alan Wright is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art
History at the University of Auckland, specialising in twentieth
century modernist painting. He is currently co-authoring
a monograph on Milan which will be available in 2008.
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AWARD FOR PATRONAGE
PRESENTED BY WEBB’S – FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
Congratulations to Jenny Gibbs, the 2007
recipient of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand
Award for Patronage, presented by Webb’s –
Fine Art Auctioneers. To demonstrate patronage
in action, the Arts Foundation gave Jenny
$20,000 to distribute to artists or arts projects
of her choice. With the same generosity as the
inaugural recipients Denis and Verna Adam,
Jenny chose to match this amount, so $40,000
could be distributed to the arts.
~Donald Trott (New Zealand Opera School), Gretchen Albrecht (visual
artist), Michael Moynahan (Auckland Writers and Readers Festival),
Jenny Gibbs (Award for Patronage 2007 recipient) and Brian Butler
(ARTSPACE). Photo by Scott Venning~
Without the financial generosity of a small
handful of patrons probably most creative
projects in New Zealand over the past 25 years
would have remained pie-in-the-sky dreams.
Jenny has always been in the forefront of that
handful of folk who continually put their hands
in their pockets to support various publications,
productions, exhibitions, performances...
the list is endless.
Gretchen Albrecht, 2007 Award for Patronage donation recipient
According to close friend Witi Ihimaera, Jenny is “definitely
a formidable force to be reckoned with in New Zealand’s
art world.” She has raised the profile of New Zealand art
nationally and internationally through her ambitious personal
undertaking such as the establishment of the New Gallery for
Auckland City Art Gallery and her support for New Zealand’s
exhibits at the Venice Biennale. Jenny is a Founding Patron and
significant donor to many arts organisations, including Founder
and Chair of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery and the
Auckland Contemporary Arts Trust, Founding Trustee of the
Arts Foundation of New Zealand, Foundation Donor and Board
Member of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
and long time member of the prestigious International Council
of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She is also a
generous patron of individual artists and is widely recognised
as one of this country’s most consummate private art collectors.
charitable causes, were recognised when Jenny received the
second Auckland City Distinguished Citizen Award.
Jenny Gibbs has set a brilliant
example to our captains of
industry of what can be achieved
for the community that is of
real and lasting value. Without
the foresight and generosity of
people like Jenny Gibbs, we as a
community would be very much
PRESENTED BY
the poorer.
Peter Webb, Director, Webb’s
WEBB’S – FINE AR
AUCTIONEERS
I am hugely honoured to accept
this Award. The Arts Foundation
has made a real difference to the
profiling of all art forms and I am
proud to be associated with them.
Jenny Gibbs, 2007 Award for Patronage recipient
In order to raise money for the arts, Jenny generously permits
the use of her home in Auckland for advocacy and social
functions. Her contributions to the region, which include many
Patronage in Action
To celebrate the Award for Patronage Jenny
distributed four amounts of $10,000 to
artist Gretchen Albrecht and to art
projects ARTSPACE, the Auckland
Writers and Readers Festival
and the New Zealand Opera
School.
As patrons make their own choice to support the arts,
Jenny’s selection of the four of us can be seen as a
vote of confidence, a belief in the value of what
we do. That is a gift in itself. Sometimes
patrons build enduring relationships
with the artists they support.
Sometimes they prefer to remain
anonymous or benignly passive.
But all support is an agent for
change and can give the patron
a sense of participation in “the
bringing into being” of the
project, or what I call “making
the invisible, visible”. The leap
of faith that is always required
from the artist when making art
is also necessary for the patron.
Gretchen Albrecht, 2007 Award for
Patronage donation recipient
Gretchen Albrecht, abstract artist, has been exhibiting in
New Zealand and internationally for more than forty years.
Albrecht’s work has evolved from the use of rectangular
stained canvases in the 1970s to a pair of signature formats,
the hemisphere (half circle) and the oval, shapes that she
associates with particular meanings and states of mind. The
resulting works resonant combinations of colour and geometry
create images with a clear poetic theme in which references
to landscape, family and the cosmos act are evoked.
~Gretchen Albrecht, StudyforFloe~
ARTSPACE is a key New Zealand contemporary art institution
with an innovative, world-class exhibition programme running
from Karangahape Road in Auckland. Over the years ARTSPACE
has helped launch and sustain the practice of many significant
New Zealand artists. It has been instrumental in creating global
dialogue and presenting significant figures from New Zealand in
the international art scene. It is involved in the cutting edge of
local contemporary art.
~Former Opera School attendees Derek Hill, tenor, and Morag Atchison,
soprano, entertain guests at the 2007 Award for Patronage~
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The New Zealand Opera School is the country’s only
dedicated residential summer school for aspiring young
opera singers. The opportunity to work closely with and
learn from top opera professionals encourages excellence
from New Zealand’s burgeoning opera talents. The School
offers a ten-day course of masterclasses, one-on-one
classes and workshops with top vocal tutors, coaches
and repetiteurs. Along with tuition on vocal technique,
repertoire, languages, movement and stagecraft, tutors
offer support and advice on developing performance and
on professional career opportunities. The school is held
annually in January at Wanganui Collegiate School.
The Auckland Writers and Readers Festival is now a highlight of
Auckland City’s cultural calendar. It brings together acclaimed
international and local writers, cultural commentators, and
thousands of readers for events on a variety of topics and
genres. The Festival has an increasingly high international
profile, which includes a collaborative relationship with the
Sydney Writers Festival and enjoys strong local support. Around
500 New Zealand writers and almost 100 international guests
have appeared in festival events since 1999.
NEW GENERATION AWARDS
PRESENTED BY FREEMASONS NEW ZEALAND
FEATURED ARTIST – TAIKA WAITITI – Te-Whānau-a-Apanui
The biggest challenge I had making
the film [Eagle vs Shark] was
making the film. The whole thing
was a challenge...
As told to Indiewire.com on the eve of Eagle Vs. Shark’s world
premiere at the Sundance Film Festival February 2007.
Taika Waititi/Cohen is a true hori/
jew/kiwi hybrid. I’m not calling
him a car... he’s a pop-culture
mutant-rebel artist. His genius is
capturing our home-grown human
nature on film, with humour and a
huge heart.
T
Cliff Curtis, Actor/Producer
New Generation Artists
~Taika Waititi at 2007 Sundance premiere of Eagle Vs Shark.
Photo by Fred Hayes, Courtesy Wireimage~
Following the release of his first feature film Eagle vs Shark Taika Waititi was named by the
influential United States entertainment magazine Variety as one of ten new international
talents to watch. Taika had already been recognised on the global stage in 2005 when his
short film Two Cars, One Night earned an Oscar nomination and Tama Tu, his second short
film, won recognition in festivals in Sweden and the United States.
Eagle vs Shark portrays the quirky romance of two misfits. It
premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, before winning
the prize for best screenplay at the 13th Annual US Comedy Arts
Festival. It opened in the US for general release on 1 June. The
film has also been selected for the Berlin and Rotterdam Film
Festivals, and had its New Zealand premiere at the 2007
Telecom International Film Festivals in July.
Taika was selected by Curator Jon Bywater as one of the five
recipients of the Inaugural New Generation Awards, presented
by Freemasons New Zealand in Wellington at the end of 2006.
Taika joined four other artists who are at an early stage in their
career, but also gaining attention both in New Zealand and
abroad for their artistic outputs.
Taika has been involved in the arts for several years as a visual
artist, actor, writer and director, and has been involved in some
of New Zealand’s most innovative and successful productions
as a performer and comedian. His strong background in
comedy writing and performing (with fellow comedian Jemaine
Clement), has seen Taika win New Zealand’s top comedy award,
the Billy T Award, and also the Spirit of the Fringe Award in
Edinburgh. He has regularly done stand-up gigs, launched a
solo production Taika’s Incredible Show in 2004, and has been
critically acclaimed for his dramatic abilities, including being
nominated for Best Actor at the 2000 Nokia Film Awards for his
role in the Sarkies Brothers’ film Scarfies.
Arrangement: Gush (detail) 2007, Cardboard, packing tape, plastic
bags, foam, furniture, carpet, lino, found objects, Eve Armstrong (New
Generation Artist 2006).
Photo courtesy the artist and Michael Lett, Auckland
Eve Armstrong will exhibit with Darryn George, Sarah Jane
Parton and Areta Wilkinson at the City Gallery Wellington, in
Contemporary Projects, 11 August – 4 November 2007. Presenting
new and recent work, the projects are not linked thematically, but
have been selected by curator Sarah Farrar to respond to, and
spark off, one another.
Warren Maxwell’s album The Onus of Sand, with band the Little
Bushman, became number two on the IMNZ Independent
Album Chart for March 2007. Warren wrote the song Little Fish,
dedicated to Toi Maori’s Waka Te ika a Maui (the Fish of Maui)
that appeared at the opening ceremony for the America’s Cup.
Tze Ming Mok was an invited speaker/reader at the Shanghai
International Literary Festival, in March. Tze Ming was selected
with Bill Manhire (Arts Foundation Laureate 2005) as recipients
of the International Writers’ Programme for 2007, designed
to assist New Zealand writers in attending high-profile literary
festivals
~Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) and Lily (Loren Horsley) in a scene from Eagle Vs Shark.
Photo by Matt Grace, Courtesy Whenua Films & NZ Film Commission~
Joe Sheehan features in an exhibition at the Govett-Brewster Art
Gallery, New Plymouth, until 2 September. New Nature shows the
work of twelve artists/collectives from the Pacific Rim. Joe has
recently launched his blog site www.greentones.blogspot.com
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LAUREATE AWARDS
PRESENTED BY FORSYTH BARR
Readers of Applause who receive the Arts Foundation’s email update
service will be well aware of the many activities taking place around
the country involving artists who have been acknowledged by the Arts
Foundation. If you would like to receive up-to-date information on the
artists the Arts Foundation has honoured, please provide your email
details to [email protected].
The Arts Foundation offers its congratulations to:
• Barry Barclary (Laureate 2004) who became a Member of the New Zealand Order of
Merit for his services to film, announced in the 2007 Queen’s birthday honours list
• Phil Dadson (Laureate 2001) who has been offered a Sanskriti Foundation Artist
Residency, (near to Delhi in India), starting 30 September for 3 months
• Shona McCullagh (Laureate 2002) who was awarded a Choreography Media
Honour by the Directors Guild of America for her short dance film break at a
ceremony in Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, in June
• Don McGlashan (Laureate 2002) and Douglas Wright (Laureate 2000) who have
both received Living Legend Awards from the Auckland City Council
Look out for
Briar Grace-Smith’s (Laureate 2000) Script The Strength of Water, has been adapted to
film and is due to be shot around the Hokianga starting in August. The film, about twin
children living on a Northland chicken farm, is due for completion midway through 2008.
Elizabeth Knox (Laureate 2000). Filming will begin on the movie of Elizabeth’s novel
The Vintner’s Luck, at the end of the year. The film will be directed by Niki Caro.
Simon O’Neill (Laureate 2005) and Helen Medlyn (Laureate 2002) join Dame Kiri te Kanawa
and Jonathan Lemalu early next year for a one-off performance at Nelson’s Sealord Opera in
the Park as part of the Nelson City Council’s Summer Festival.
Full details at: www.nelsonfestivals.co.nz
John Psathas (Laureate 2003) NZSO Commission for Timpani and Orchestra
Wellington, Friday, 19 October, 6.30pm (Michael Fowler Centre)
Napier, Thursday, 25 October, 8pm (Municipal Theatre – pre-concert talk 7.15pm)
Auckland, Friday, (Auckland Town Hall) 26 October, 6.30pm
Christchurch, Tuesday, 30 October 6.30pm (Town Hall – pre-concert talk 5.45pm)
Dunedin, Wednesday, 31 October 6.30pm (Town Hall – pre-concert talk 5.45pm)
• Ronnie van Hout (Laureate 2005) a recipient of this year’s Artists to Antarctica
programme. Ronnie will travel to Antarctica in October or November 2007
• Gillian Whitehead (Laureate 2000) who was awarded the CANZ (Composers
Association of New Zealand) Citation for Services to New Zealand Music in March.
Mrs Winter’s Jump, by Jenny Bornholdt
Jenny Bornholdt’s most recent book of poetry
Mrs Winter’s Jump was launched on 28 June.
The fifth publication in the series of poetry from
New Zealand’s Te Mata Estate Poet Laureates
(including work by 2005 Laureate Bill Manhire,
and 2003 Icon Hone Tuwhare), the launch of
Mrs Winter’s Jump coincided with the official
handing over of the Poet Laureate scheme from
Te Mata Estate to the National Library.
We’re coming out
from under
dismal. The sun is up
and so are the children,
mucking about
with skateboards.
He’s out the back
playing ‘Mrs. Winter’s
Jenny says “Mrs Winter’s Jump is the last poem in my new
book and comes at the end of a group of poems about
illness and recovery. The title is the name of a piece of music
written by 16th century English composer, John Downland”.
Publisher Nicola Legat says Jenny’s work is, “distinguished by
its delicacy, accessibility and engaging quality.”
Jump’. And jump
she does. She
gathers up
Mrs Winter’s Jump is published by Random House, in a limited
numbered edition, and is available for $36.99.
her rusty skirts
and crosses all the
crooked space
between us.
Have Laureates will travel
Planning is under way for another series of Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage events this year.
The events feature Laureates presenting elements of their work and then discussing life as an
artist. Forsyth Barr and the Arts Foundation intend to present Laureates On-Stage in various
locations around the country towards the end of 2007. After the success of the mini tour
the two nights following the Laureate Awards 2006, Forsyth Barr and the Foundation intend
to take the 2007 Laureates to Nelson and Queenstown in November. The 2007 Laureate
Awards, presented by Forsyth Barr, are pencil booked for Wellington on November 20th.
Nationally recognised as a key sponsor
of the arts, Forsyth Barr was the Overall
Winner of the NBR Awards for Sponsorship
of the Arts - 2006, for its sponsorship
of Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage
~Neil Dawson, 2003 Laureate, Satellite Globe 1990 ~
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FEATURED LAUREATE ARTIST
DEREK LARDELLI Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kanohi (Ngāi Te Riwai), Ngāti Kaipoho (Ngāi Te Aweawe)
The works of Derek Lardelli can be found from the heights of Mount
Hikurangi (where an installation of his six, ten metre high carvings stand)
to his home in the tiny coastal settlement of Whangara on the East Coast
of the North Island, to the airways and on the rugby fields of the world.
Derek Lardelli (2004 awarded Laureate) is one of this country’s finest tā moko artists. He is
widely celebrated for his role in the revival of this art-form. Tā Moko is only one of Derek’s many
skills. He is a visual artist, carver, kapa haka performer, composer, graphic designer, researcher
of whakapapa, keeper of tribal history, and kaikorero. Derek is well known in Māoridom but has
also come to national prominence with his millennium carvings, his designs used on the uniform
for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, creation of the Air New Zealand uniform and designs that
will be incorporated in the corporate branding and livery of the Air New Zealand fleet, and for the
composition of the new All Blacks haka.
Derek has a background in teaching, fine arts and classical Māori literature. He is principal tutor
of Toihoukura at Tairawhiti Polytechnic, Gisborne, Chairperson of Tā moko Arts CollectiveTe Uhi,
a Trustee of Toi Māori Aotearoa and he recently completed his Masters at Canterbury University
Ilam School of Fine Arts. His research topic was Tā Moko – Traditional Pathways Contemporary
Connections.
In his recent Masters degree work at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury… Derek
Lardelli undoubtedly set a new benchmark for creative excellence. His graduating exhibition and
presentation in March at the School of Fine Arts Gallery at the Arts Centre in Christchurch set a
standard of achievement that not only reflected his status as one of New Zealand’s leading artists, but
one which all post-graduate students should aspire to achieving.
Dr.Desmond Rochfort, Professor. Head of the School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.
In 2006, Creative New Zealand acknowledged Derek by naming him the first recipient of an artistin-residence programme, hosted by Canakkale University, based near the Gallipoli Peninsula in
Turkey. Derek took up this residency in August 2006 where he composed items, sketched and
wrote prose and poetry, based around his and his family’s experiences there. The horror of the
campaign and the lives wasted at Gallipoli greatly influenced Derek’s kapa haka compositions,
performed by Whangara Mai Tawhiti at the National Kapa Haka Festival 2007, where Derek’s
group won best action song and was named the supreme winner of the competition for the first
time. Derek said he found it particularly moivng to meet descendents of the Turkish troops and to
hear their histories and learn of their total commitment to their land. He is now reflecting back on
his time in Gallipoli, revisiting his ideas of the past ten years and incorporating some of these new
influences into future work.
~Derek Lardelli, Whangara-Mai-Tawhiti, Te Matatini 2007, winning group.
Photo by Aaron Smale~
Aotearoa is fortunate to have such an inspirational
person in its midst. A leader, and fast becoming
a scholar in his own right, Derek has a
deep knowledge of matauranga Māori me nga
tikanga. He is highly respected in Māoridom for his
skills and expertise, receiving his accolades with
humility and always paying tribute to his whanau,
hapu, iwi and Māori. He Rangatira tenei Tangata.
Waana Davis, Chairman, Toi Māori Aotearoa
I am grateful to the Arts Foundation
for their support, generosity and
dedication to the arts. They provide a
springboard for artists like me to
tell the stories of our land, our people,
our histories.
~Tā Moko detail, Derek Lardelli~
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Caps Off
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand welcomes
the 2007 budget announcement to remove
the tax rebate threshold for donations to
charity, which is supported by all the major
political parties. Effective from April 1, 2008,
the changes will align New Zealand tax relief
provisions for charitable donations with those
offered in other OECD countries such as
Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
“As an organisation that encourages private giving to the
arts, the Arts Foundation welcomes the reduction in the cost
of donating” said Ros Burdon, Chairman. “The Foundation
hopes that the removal of the rebate threshold will encourage
more New Zealanders to consider giving to the arts and that a
culture of giving will become more embedded in our society.”
The law changes allow a donor to claim 33.3% of their total
donations to charity as a tax rebate up to the level of their
annual income. So if a person earned $100,000 and gave half to
charity, they would get a rebate of $16,650 ($50,000 x 33.3%).
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage
celebrates the achievements of some of New Zealand’s
most generous patrons to inspire others to consider
giving to the arts, at any level. Inaugural recipients of the
Award, Denis and Verna Adam have been calling for more
favourable tax incentives for giving for many years.
I am confident that the removal of the “cap” will
be beneficial for all charities, and particularly for
charities in the field of fostering the arts.
specialising in wills. The booklet is also available from
Public Trust offices throughout New Zealand, from the
Foundation office and www.artsfoundation.org.nz.
In addition to the general information regarding legacies
that is available in the booklet, the Foundation has produced
a Guide for Solicitors, which is also available from the
Foundation website, or from the Foundation office. The
guide includes information about tax effective giving, and
details how donors can provide donations for specific
regions, arts forms or projects of their choosing. A small
advertising campaign is to be implemented over the next
few years positioning the Foundation alongside other
charitable causes as a regular recipient of legacies.
Denis Adam, Inaugural Award for Patronage Recipient.
Doners may also wish to consider leaving a legacy with
the Arts Foundation. A newly published legacy booklet
has recently been distributed to over 1,500 lawyers,
It Started in Dunedin
On March 22 this year the Arts Foundation
and Forsyth Barr presented their 43rd Forsyth
Barr Laureates On-Stage, back in Dunedin for
the fourth time. Arts Foundation Trustee Sir
Ronald Scott had the responsibility of chairing
the occasion. In his opening address, Sir Ronald
said that there were three reasons why the
Foundation was pleased to be back in Dunedin.
“Everyone accepts that Waitangi is New Zealand’s birth place.
Dunedin however was the cradle in which many of the dynamics
of a modern nation were nurtured. I refer to commerce,
education and the arts. They were and are Dunedin’s legacies to
our country”, he said.
He went on to say, “Second, it was in Dunedin that the Arts
Foundation and Forsyth Barr launched Forsyth Barr Laureates
On-Stage in 2002 and since then the unique road show has
been taken around the country”.
The final reason was that, “Dunedin is founding home of the
Foundation’s Principal Sponsor Forsyth Barr, which has made it
the envy of many arts organisation in the country. Forsyth Barr
have been superb and, now a nation-wide commercial entity,
has proved yet again Dunedin is a national nursery”.
~Phil Dadson, Kate De Goldi, Gillian Whitehead and Warwick Freeman
appear at the inaugural Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage held in Dunedin in November 2002.
Photo by Otago Daily Times~
From the very first event hosted by our office I was impressed
with the Arts Foundation’s respect for artists and audience.
Arts Foundation events have provided me with a unique
insight into the working minds of artists, something that has
inspired a deeper interest in and understanding of the arts.
The Dunedin office of Forsyth Barr has been a major supporter
of Arts Foundation events. In addition to hosting four Forsyth
Barr Laureates On-Stage, they contribute time and energy to
Foundation events through collating and sending invitations,
producing marketing material and providing strategic advice for
events.
John Gallaher, Dunedin Manager and Arts Foundation Patron.
New Trustee Appointment
Elizabeth Ellis CNZM, JP, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou
Elizabeth is no stranger to the arts. She was on the Council of
Creative New Zealand for 12 years, was Chair of Te Waka Toi, the
Māori Arts Board, for seven years and New Zealand representative
on the Pacifc Arts Council for 12 years. During her time with
Creative New Zealand, Te Waka Toi established significant annual
Māori arts awards; the Toi Ake programme (support for whanau,
hapu and iwi); Te Matakura (the Association of Māori Educators,
researchers, curators and historians); and Toi Iho, (the Māori
made trademark of authenticity and quality). She led the Aotearoa
New Zealand delegations of more than 100 Māori artists to Pacific
arts festivals in Samoa, New Caledonia and the Republic of Palau. Elizabeth is a visual artist
with a high profile in Māori arts, the education sector and the community. She is currently Area
Manager of The Education Review Office for Auckland and Te Tai Tokerau. Elizabeth is also on
the register of the Academic Audit Unit for the Universities of New Zealand, a member of the
Enterprise Board, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tāmaki and the Chair of Haerewa, The Māori Arts
Board of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
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Rodney Wilson (CNZM)
Congratulations to Dr Rodney Wilson (Arts Foundation Governor) for his appointment
as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to
museum and art gallery administration. Rodney is presently Director of the Auckland
Museum, a position he has held for the past 13 years. In this time he has steered
the Museum through two stages of its $113million refurbishment. Rodney and his
partner Hilly will be retiring to live in Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula, where he plans
writing a book on the life and work of architect Sir Miles Warren (2003 Icon).
From the Office
Rosie Hole completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Film Studies at Victoria University of
Wellington in 2006. Now gaining work experience at the Arts Foundation on a part-time basis, she
is maintaining our systems and working through copyright issues. She has also been tutoring first
year film students at Victoria University.
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Webb’s Celebrates Patronage
In April of this year, the Arts Foundation was proud to announce a
partnership with Webb’s - Fine Art Auctioneers. Webb’s became the
Presenting Sponsor of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for
Patronage. The 2007 recipient, Jenny Gibbs, was announced on 8 May.
As a company with an in-depth understanding of the quality of New Zealand art, the Arts Foundation
is proud to be associated with Webb’s. We are grateful for Webb’s generous support of the Arts
Foundation and their contribution to recognising our leading arts patrons.
Ros Burdon, Chairman, Arts Foundation of New Zealand
It probably came as no surprise when Webb’s accepted an invitation from the Art Foundation to
sponsor the Foundation’s 2007 Award for Patronage [the second to be awarded and the first to be
sponsored]. Webb’s is fully aware of the vital role the patron and donor plays in the world of the
arts, and this year’s recipient of the Award [ Jenny Gibbs] is one of New Zealand’s truly outstanding
Patrons.
Established in 1976 to bring to the New Zealand market a higher level of professionalism in
the selling of works of art in all categories by auction, Webb’s has grown to become a leader
of sales under the hammer. Webb’s works in the specialist fields of fine and decorative arts,
jewellery, estate, household effects and wine. Webb’s auctions are a great place to learn about
the markets for art, antiques and collectables. They conduct more than 150 sales annually from
their salerooms in Newmarket, Auckland, with sales attracting art, antique dealers and collectors
from all over New Zealand and abroad. Webb’s provide an open market for both sellers and
buyers. Forthcoming 2007 sales are: a collectable art auction, A2 (August 28), Decorative Arts
(30 August), Contemporary Art (16 October), and 20th Century Design (17 October). Further
information on Webb’s can be found on www.webbs.co.nz
Peter Webb, Director, Webb’s – Fine Art Auctioneers
Webb’s produce eight catalogues a year. These catalogues have become collectors’ items in their
own right, providing an historical review of the art market with artwork pricings and commentary
from art academics and other writers. Pine Without Singing (pictured below), an artwork by Icon
artist Ralph Hotere, is reproduced in Webb’s September 2006 catalogue. This artwork realised
$260,000 at auction. The same catalogue includes artworks for sale by Laureate artists John Pule,
Peter Peryer, Michael Parekowhai, Neil Dawson and Ann Robinson. You can register for Webb’s
catalogues on www.webbs.co.nz/about/catalogue.asp
~Ralph Hotere (Icon 2003), Pine Without Singing
Photo courtesy Webb’s ~
Patron Turns Sponsor
Henrietta Hall has recently joined the Arts Foundation as
a supporting sponsor, assisting at a strategic level with
information technology (IT) and management systems.
With a diverse background in large public and private
organisations, Henrietta has recently chosen to work with
smaller organisations to help them make the most of IT
within tight budgets. Already Arts Foundation management
has been effectively assisted by Henrietta with its strategic
planning, and she is now preparing a three year IT plan and
helping with an image management system.
The Arts Foundation appreciates Henrietta’s sponsorship as
well as support from her and her partner Kim Chamberlain,
as Bronze Patrons.
I have been impressed with the sense of purpose,
vision and commitment demonstrated by the Arts
Foundation and I look forward to helping them
achieve their goals.
~Peter Webb, with Ralph Hotere’s (Icon 2003), Towards Aramoana: Alumin
Politik, included in Webb’s July auction~
Team Foundation
Whilst there are three and a half people busily working in the Wellington
office of the Arts Foundation, the number of people involved with the
Foundation is many more. In addition to thousands of volunteer hours
from Trustees, Governors and Patrons, the Foundation also has the
benefit and skills of many individuals through sponsorship arrangements.
Forsyth Barr offices throughout New Zealand host Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage and their staff
are regular contributors to Foundation business. Freemason New Zealand staff work on events
and publications for the New Generation Artists and Webb’s provides advice for the Award for
Patronage.
The Foundation office is in regular contact with the team at Chrometoaster for all design work,
including AV displays and publications. All publications and invitations are printed by DSP Print.
When the computers go on the blink, Testroom is not far away and we now have the benefit of
strategic advice from Henrietta Hall. Getting the mix of red, white, brown and bubbly just right is
the subject of important conversations with Lion Nathan prior to any event and Ricoh make sure
everyone with a role gets a copy of the event plan. Ensuring people are in the know is Acumen
Group, providing strategic public relations advice and managing publicity.
So, who are all the people behind the Foundation? From the next issue of Applause there will be a
series introducing the hard working people that make up “Team Foundation”.
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DIRECTORY
Vice-Regal Patron
His Excellency The Hon Anand
Satyanand, PCNZM, GovernorGeneral of New Zealand
Pamela & Brian Stevenson
Dame Catherine Tizard
Caroline & Henry van Asch
Walker & Hall Trust
Haydn Wong
Trustees
Ros Burdon CNZM (Chair), Richard
Cathie MNZM, Leigh Davis, Eion
Edgar DCNZM, CNZM, Elizabeth
Ellis CNZM, Karyn Fenton-Ellis,
Fran Ricketts, Sir Ronald Scott, Brian
Stevenson and Sir Miles Warren ONZ,
KBE.
Silver Laureate Donors
Richard & Trish Barnes
John & Mary Marshall
Jolyon & Georgina Ralston
Faith Taylor
Colin Post & Brenda Young
Bronze Patrons
Honorary Vice Patrons
Sir Michael & Lady Hardie Boys
Governors
John McCormack (Chair), David
Carson-Parker, Dr Robin Congreve,
Briar Grace-Smith, Roger Hall QSO,
CNZM, Elizabeth Knox ONZM,
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Helen
Medlyn, Justin Paton, Gaylene Preston
ONZM, Hon Georgina te Heuheu
QSO, Marilynn Webb ONZM, Gillian
Whitehead MNZM, Lloyd Williams &
Rodney Wilson CNZM.
Founding Patrons
Roderick & Gillian Deane
Eion & Jan Edgar
Jenny Gibbs
Fran & Geoff Ricketts
John Todd
James H. Wallace
Platinum Lifetime Patrons
Nancy & Spencer Radford
Platinum Patron
Peter Tatham
Gold Lifetime Patrons
Ros & Philip Burdon
David Carson-Parker
Connells Bay Sculpture Trust
Lady Isaac
Peter & Joanna Masfen
Fay Pankhurst
Deborah Sellar
Gold Corporate Patron
National Business Review
Gold Patrons
Gus & Irene Fisher
Noel & Sue Robinson
Lady Tait
Sir Miles Warren
David Wilton
Anonymous (2)
Gold Laureate Donors
Donald & Susan Best
John & Rose Dunn
John & Merrill Holdsworth
Don & Jannie Hunn
Prue & Denver Olde
Dot Paykel
Lesley & Michael Shanahan
Jenny & Andrew Smith
Silver Patrons
Trish Clark
Wayne Boyd & Ann Clarke
Diana & Bob Fenwick
Laurie Greig
Margot Hutchison
Jillian & Dick Jardine
Constance Kirkcaldie
Ronald Sang & Margaret Parker
Ron & Margaret Saunders
Mary Smit
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Charlotte Anderson
Michael & Gaye Andrews
Arts Waikato
Graham Atkinson
John Barnett
Liz Bowen-Clewley & Greg Clewley
Bill Brien & Frances Russell
Chris & Lyn Brocket
Bill & Meg Busby
Julie & Robert Bryden
Diana Cable
Bruce & Margaret Carson
Brecon & Jessica Carter
Suzanne Carter
Andrew Cathie & Niki Pennington
Richard & Frances Cathie
Kim Chamberlain & Henrietta Hall
Helen Chambers
Rick & Lorraine Christie
Bruce & Jo Connor
Dinah & Robert Dobson
Rocky & Jeanie Douche
Robyn & Christopher Evans
Karyn Fenton-Ellis
Helen & Keith Ferguson
Charlotte & Robert Fisher
Marc & Cecilia Fitz-Gerald
Rie Fletcher
Mr & Mrs E M Friedlander
John & Marelda Gallaher
Jim Geddes
Sue Gifford & Simon Skinner
John & Trish Gribben
Helen & Don Hagan
Sir Michael & Lady Hardie Boys
Philip & Leone Harkness
Alister Harlow
John & Barbara Heslop
Willi Hill
Ken & Jennifer Horner
Joan Imrie
Chris & Sue Ineson
Hugo Judd & Sue Morgan
The Kauri Trust
Peter Keenan
Grant Kerr
Roger King & Liffy Roberts
Michael & Monica Laney
Hilary Langer
Annie K. H. Lee
Ken Lister & Barbara Bridger
Eugenie Loomans
Mary Lynskey
Sue & John Maasland
Janice Macleod
Eileen McGrath-Hadwen
Sir Roy McKenzie
Joy Mebus
Pauline Mitchell
Alexandra Morley-Hall
Barbara & Roger Moses
Douglas Myers
Robert & Freda Narev
Mike Nicolaidi
Rob & Jacqui Nicoll
Mervyn & Francoise Norrish
Trish & Roger Oakley
Neil & Phillipa Paviour-Smith
Sam Perry
Joe & Jackie Pope
AUGUST 2007
James & Rachel Porteous
Michael Prentice
Chris & Sue Prowse
Professor Hilary Radner
Don & Moira Rennie
Andrew Robertson & Niina
Suhonen
Lyn & Bruce Robertson
Rita Salmon
Greg & Rosie Schneiderman
Sir Ronald & Lady Scott
Lindsay Shelton
Max & Laraine Shepherd
Jan Spary
John & Robyn Spooner
Roger Steele
Ross Steele
Scott & Vicki St John
Kathleen Tipler & Michael Cole
Turnovsky Endowment Trust
Gerrit & Marianne van der Lingen
Philip van Dyk
Kerrin & Noel Vautier
The Waimarama Trust
Fredricka E. M. Walker-Murray
James L. D. & Eve Wallace
Margaret Wheeler
Helen & Geoff Whitcher
Gillian Whitehead
Edna Williams
Les & Marie Williams
John & Rosemary Worley
Helen Young
Peter T. Young
Anonymous (7)
THE ARTS FOUNDATION OF NEW ZEALAND OWES ITS
EXISTENCE AND PROJECT FUNDING TO A NUMBER
OF ORGANISATIONS WITH VISION AND A PASSION
FOR THE ARTS:
Forsyth Barr – Principal Sponsor
A New Zealand-owned company and Principal Sponsor of
the Arts Foundation, Forsyth Barr is proud to be investing in
New Zealand’s cultural heritage.
Presenting Sponsor – Laureate Awards Ceremony
Forsyth Barr enables the annual celebration and honouring
of five of New Zealand’s highest achieving artists.
Naming Sponsor – Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage
Forsyth Barr’s support provides a unique opportunity to
experience some of the finest, most exciting, working artists
in New Zealand.
Presenting Sponsor – Award for Patronage
Webb’s – Fine Arts Auctioneers, enable a
significant Patron to be honoured for their
contributions to the arts in New Zealand.
Presenting Sponsor –
New Generation Awards
As funder of both the awards and event,
Freemasons New Zealand is providing
significant support to artists in the early
stages of their careers.
Bronze Laureate Donors
Supporting providers
Margaret & Warren Austad
Dorothy Gentry
Ann Mallinson
Terence and Elizabeth O’Brien
Judy & Roscoe Turner
Lindsay & Kees Weststrate
Kirsty Wood & family
The following companies provide generous support through
the provision of high quality services.
Notified Legacies
Alistair Stuart Betts
Anne Coney
Jenny Gibbs
Lorraine Isaacs
Helen Lloyd
Pamela & Brian Stevenson
John Todd
Anonymous (7)
Marketing Advisors
Designers
Print Suppliers
Strategic ICT
and management-systems support
Many individuals and organisations have supported
the Arts Foundation through patronage donations,
gifts and bequests since our emergence in 1999. This
support is extremely important to the Foundation.
Patrons’ continued loyalty and contribution to
the cause is most gratefully acknowledged.
Special thanks to the following for their assistance
with the preparation of audio visual and images for
the 2007 Icon Awards: Alexander Turnbull Library,
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Jan & Luit Bieringa,
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Peter
Coates, Ruth Kaupua, He Taonga Films, Museum of
New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the New Zealand
Film Commission, Radio New Zealand, Television New
Zealand, The New Zealand Film Archive.
Office Equipment suppliers
Beverage Suppliers
IT suppliers
Donors
Philanthropic trusts provide valuable donations to support
infrastructure and events.
Photographers: Ken Baker, Matt Grace,
Neil MacKenzie and Scott Venning
Executive Director: Simon Bowden
Project Co-ordinator: Angela Busby
Administrator: Bryna O’Brien
Arts Foundation of New Zealand
PO Box 11-352, Manners Street, Wellington
Foundation Organisation
Tel: 04 382 9691, Fax: 04 382 9692
The New Zealand Lottery Grants
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.artsfoundation.org.nz
A R TS F OUNDAT I ON OF NEW Z EAL AND | PR INCIPAL SPO NSO R FO R SYTH B A R R
Board provided a capital base of
$5 million to establish the Arts
Foundation Endowment Fund.