F ro m T h e A rt s F o u n dat i o n Of N e w Z e a l a n d
Issue #12
December | 2006
~ Joe Sheehan — Russian Dolls ~
Photo by Nick Barr
IN THIS ISSUE
Arts Foundation Milestones
Since its emergence in 2000, the Arts Foundation
has honoured 53 artists as Icons, Laureates and
New Generation Artists and has distributed
$1.35 million to the support the arts.
Arts Foundation Milestones
Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage
Hone Tuwhare
Icon Artists
A flurry of new supporters have joined the Foundation as
Patrons or Laureate Donors, and there have been some recent
notices of legacies. In addition, discussions have begun to
form a number of trusts within the Foundation’s endowment
to support specific art forms, regions or other causes.
The current year has provided the Arts Foundation with
many opportunities to increase understanding of the role
the Foundation has: first and foremost as a patronage
organisation enabling private support for the arts.
John Psathas
Justin Paton
Karyn Fenton-Ellis
Laureate Artists
Laureate Awards
~ Patron Libby Sellar presents $50,000 Laureate Award cheque to 2006
recipient Alun Bollinger. ~
Legacies
New Generation Awards
Through its events programmes, Awards ceremonies,
Forsyth Barr Laureates on-Stage, and one off activities such
as Tribute, (an Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamati Tamaki
curated exhibition, featuring work by Icon and Laureate
object and visual artists) the Foundation has provided both
artists and audiences the opportunity to explore creative
processes through the exploration of artists’ ideas.
The Arts Foundation is reaching out and engaging with
audiences, thereby demonstrating the value of the arts and
the country’s artists. The Inaugural Award for Patronage and
the recent New Generation Award, with Presenting Sponsor,
Freemasons New Zealand, has enabled the Foundation
to interact, promote and support a wide range of artists,
whilst promoting philanthropic support for the arts.
With the support of a growing team of Patrons,
donors, sponsors and funders the Arts Foundation
is proud to be investing in artistic excellence.
Sir Hugh Kawharu
~ Rt. Hon Helen Clark launches the Inaugural New Generation Awards ~
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THE NEW GENERATION
~ Warren Maxwell, Tze Ming Mok, Joe Sheehan, Eve Armstrong and Taika Waititi. ~
The inaugural New Generation Awards were presented on Wednesday, 22 November, at the
Westpac St James Theatre in Wellington. This new Awards programme will distribute $125,000
biennially to up and coming New Zealand artists from any art form, and is a joint initiative
between the Arts Foundation of New Zealand and Freemasons New Zealand. With five donations
of $25,000 each, made to artists who have demonstrated excellence in the early stages of their
careers, this Award will allow the recipients to invest in the development of their careers, through
the creation of new work or other opportunities that will enrich their practice.
New Generation Artists ARE:
~ Backdrop, commissioned for SCAPE 2006. ~
Photo by Dean McKenzie
Eve Armstrong – a visual artist who prefers
to bring objects and ideas back into circulation
through the research, collection and reconstruction
of recycled materials. Objects and images of
material refuse are organised into sculptural stacks,
piles, collages and assemblages within layered
packaging tape landscapes. Eve will use her New
Generation Award to research and create new
work, and to sustain and further her art practice.
The initiative to support a young talented artist such
as Eve–especially at such a crucial point in her career
–is so encouraging. The opportunity to work closely with
Eve, and to help her to realise increasingly ambitious
projects is exciting.
Michael Lett
~ Photo by Pat Shepard ~
Warren Maxwell – Ngai Tuhoe, grew up in
Whangarei and is the driving force behind many
music-based projects. Warren is former frontman of
TrinityRoots, a saxophonist for Fat Freddy’s Drop and
leader of psychedelic blues quartet Little Bushman.
What musical marvels he’ll produce in the next few
decades is anyone’s guess, but I’ve no doubt they’ll be
powerful expressions of what it means to be living in this
country at this time.
Grant Smithies, Sunday Star Times
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~ Yellow Peril, the webblog of Tze Ming Mok ~
Photo courtesy of the artist
Tze Ming Mok – lists the following top six interests in
order of internet link entry frequency: politics, literature,
evil, language, tools, humanity, in her online bookmark
library “del.icio.us”. A first-generation New Zealandborn Chinese, holding an MA in Political Studies
from the University of Auckland, Tze Ming writes a
popular Public Address weblog Yellow Peril. She also
writes poetry, fiction, reviews, features and opinions.
Auckland glass artist Christine Cathie was
commissioned to create the artwork presented to
each of the New Generation Award recipients and
is to be congratulated for her beautiful works.
When Simon [Arts Foundation Executive Director] rang me, I thought he was going
to ask me to do a freaky, Maori, psychedelic, hippie, spiritual, jazz gig for some
corporate arts and PR evening. I am totally overwhelmed that somebody, who isn’t
a cousin or an aunty of mine, believes in ‘us’ enough to encourage and support the
new generation of New Zealand art in this way. As much as this is a koha of sorts, I
also see this as a wero [challenge] to keep going. So I accept. Thank you!
Wa r re n M a x w e l l ,
M u s i c i a n a n d i n a u g u r a l N ew G e n e r at i o n Awa r d
~ Everybodys Keys ~
Photo by Nick Barr
Joe Sheehan – is a stone-carver and jeweller who
has taken a contemporary look at the relevance and
position of greenstone carving in today’s world. His
recent work looks at the commercialisation of the
jade industry and the limitations it places on jade and
its potential as a medium for relevant art practice.
Along with more traditional forms of jewellery such
as a necklace made from several hundred precisioncut discs of Russian Nephrite, jade and pounamu
works include meticulously rendered ballpoint pens,
a working light bulb, a cassette tape that plays a
recording of a river, sunglasses, and AA batteries.
His skilful handling of hard stone combined with
some hard thinking makes these everyday objects
thoughtful commentaries on the way we see things.
Warwick Freeman, Jeweller, 2002 Laureate
recipient.
As with other Arts Foundation Awards, New
Generation recipients are selected without their
knowledge, meaning the Awards come as a surprise
to them and the nation. The selection process
for these Awards was facilitated by Jon Bywater.
Jon is a teacher, critic, theorist, and organiser of
contemporary creative practices, specialising in
visual art and music. He is currently the Programme
Leader for Critical Studies at Elam School of Fine
Arts at the University of Auckland. The selection
process involved Jon meeting with pre-eminent art
commentators and observers throughout the country.
~ Jarrod (Jermaine Clement) and Lily (Loren Horsley) in a scene
from Eagle vs Shark directed by Taika Waititi (2006) ~
Photo by Matt Grace
Taika Waititi – Te-Whanau-a-Apanui, is a visual
artist, actor, writer and director, from the Raukokore
region of the East Coast. Involved in some of New
Zealand’s most innovative and successful productions,
Taika writes and performs comedy and has won New
Zealand’s top comedy awards. Not only does he do
stand-up gigs, he has also been critically acclaimed
for his dramatic abilities, being nominated for Best
Actor at the 2000 Nokia Film Awards. His short film,
Two Cars, One Night, was nominated for an Academy
Award in 2005 and his following short, Tama Tu,
won a string of international awards, also becoming
eligible for Oscar nomination. His first feature,
Eagle vs. Shark, is due for release in early 2007.
The award is a thoughtful and very generous commitment
on the part of its sponsors. It will have a significant impact
on the careers it recognises, and will offer rewards for fans
of the arts too, of course, as we will all get to benefit from
the dedication and risk taking in the recipients’ practices it
will enable. As with the Arts Foundation’s other Awards,
the way that eligible artists don’t have to blow their own
trumpets to be considered, nor sing for their supper, so to
speak, is distinctively respectful, and a great complement
to the more overtly competitive grants and awards that
early career artists already have available to them.
Jon Bywater, Curator
New Generation Awards
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Five new talented
Laureate Artists announced
2006 Laureates are:
Alun Bollinger, a West Coaster, is one of New
Zealand’s most high profile and well-known
cinematographers. He has received worldwide acclaim
for his innovative and masterful work from behind the
camera on films such as Goodbye Pork Pie, The Piano,
Lord of the Rings and River Queen.
Receiving this Award was totally unexpected and has
brought to the fore, ideas that have been at the back of
my mind. I now reflect on the fact that I might have to do
more than reflect.
~ Photo by Geoff Short ~
Alastair Galbraith is an experimental musician
based in Dunedin who is much admired in the
underground music scene worldwide. His career began
in the early 1980s, as leader of The Rip, and he later
went on to play with Plagal Grind, before recording as a
solo artist.
~ Humphrey Ikin Chair – with Michael Hurst performing ~
A chair, designed by 2004 Laureate
Humphrey Ikin, played a pivotal role in the
2006 Laureate Awards, produced by the Arts
Foundation and Presenting Sponsor Forsyth
Barr in Auckland, on 31 October. With close to
700 people attending, these Awards are now
in their 7th year and remain New Zealand’s
largest cash arts prize pool to multi-discipline
artists, with each Laureate receiving $50, 000
to apply to the development of their careers.
Using the Ikin chair as a prop, previous Laureates
Michael Hurst performed the Ballad of Sam Hall,
Helen Medlyn sang a Roger Hall written comic
operatic song Pre-Madonna and Gaylene Preston
showed a clip from her film Perfect Strangers. They
were joined by previous Laureates Kate De Goldi
and Phil Dadson and all five then welcomed and
conducted a short interview with the five new
artists. This a allowed the audience a peek into
these new Laureates’ intriguing lives, raising an
expectation that more great works are to follow…
~ Photo by Diane Jones ~
Alastair now intends building a glass armonica, an
instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1762.
Alastair says his “might be such a different design, it
will require a new name”. Presently being built in the
States for over $30,000 Alastair “reckons” he could
build one through the collection of glasses and other
materials from second-hand shops and the dump for
under $1,000.
Oscar Kightley is a writer, director, actor, television
presenter, broadcaster and a familiar Samoan face of
television and theatre productions. Oscar starred in
the box office hit Sione’s Wedding and is a member of
the Naked Samoans, who write the award-winning TV3
series bro’Town.
“That guy from the television series ‘The Queer Eye for the
Straight Guy’ says that every guy has to own a nice pair
of shoes – a nice pair of brown shoes and a nice pair of
boots – so I will probably do that. The rest will go on bills
and time and freedom. Geez – the money is good! I will
probably give some of it to an excellent advisor at Forsyth
Barr!”
~ bro’ Town, Photo, Courtesy Firehouse Films & TV3 ~
John Reynolds is one of New Zealand’s foremost
painters and printmakers. John began his career in
1980, exhibiting large abstract colour-fields. He moved
into structural text-based imagery, garnering him a
slew of awards. He was a finalist in this year’s Walters
Prize and exhibitor in the 2006 Zones of Contact Sydney
Biennale.
Given the collegial aspect of the Award what I want to do
is work with a bunch of people. So I am going to wheel in a
very funky crew of writers and photographers and ne’er-dowells, and we are going to make something!
John Reynolds tell us how it all started....
~ Cloud 2006, Photo by Patrick Reynolds ~
Ian Wedde, poet, fiction writer, critic and art curator,
has a career spanning four decades. He has published
twelve collections of poems, four novels, a collection
of short stories and his many essays in art critical and
cultural studies have been collected in two volumes. His
most recent novel The Viewing Platform was launched in
September 2006.
The Award has given me a set of wheels, when otherwise I
would have been on something clumsy like a pogo stick.
~ Photo by Peter Black ~
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~ Oscar Kightley, John Reynolds, Ian Wedde, Alun Bollinger, Alastair Galbraith ~
The artists were chosen by a selection panel of distinguished peers
and arts experts. 2006 Laureate Selection Panel members were: Lynn
Freeman (Radio New Zealand Producer and Presenter), Justin Paton
(Curator of Contemporary Art, Dunedin Public Art Gallery), Prof.
Howard McNaughton (Head of the School of English at the University
of Canterbury), Ruth Harley (Chief Executive, New Zealand Film
Commission) and Jon Bywater (Lecturer at Elam School of Fine Arts,
University of Auckland).
I thoroughly enjoyed the Laureate Awards. I can
honestly say this was the best presented awards event
I have attended, mainly because the Foundation truly
honoured the artists.
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The Laureate Awards exist because of the generous support not only of the
selection panel but also to its long standing partnership with Presenting
Sponsor Forsyth Barr; a generous donation from the Nolan Charitable Trust,
which is administered and managed by Public Trust (as a contribution towards
the Award for an Auckland-based Laureate in 2006) and the support of the
2006 Laureate Donors.
Further detail on these artists is available through the
Arts Foundation’s website: www.artsfoundation.org.nz
Our five new Laureates join:
2000 –Briar Grace-Smith (Playwright), Elizabeth Knox (Writer), Peter Peryer (Photographer), Gillian Karawe Whitehead (Composer), Douglas Wright (Choreographer/Writer).
2001 – Phil Dadson (Intermedia Artist), Kate De Goldi (Writer), Michael Parekowhai (Visual Artist), Gaylene Preston (Film-maker).
2002 –Warwick Freeman (Jeweller), Shona McCullagh (Choreographer/
Dance Film-maker), Don McGlashan (Musician), Helen Medlyn (Singer), Jacob Rajan (Actor/Writer).
2003 – Jenny Bornholdt (Poet), Neil Dawson (Sculptor), Michael Hurst (Actor/Director), Humphrey Ikin (Furniture-maker),
John Psathas (Composer).
2004 –Barry Barclay (Film Director/Writer), Jack Body (Composer), Derek Lardelli (Ta Moko Artist), John Pule (Writer/Visual Artist), Ann Robinson (Glass Sculptor).
2005 –Neil Ieremia (Choreographer), Simon O’Neil (Opera Singer),
Bill Manhire (Poet), Julia Morison (Visual Artist), Ronnie van Hout
(Visual Artist).
~ Laureate Statuettes, by sculptor Terry Stringer ~
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FEATURED ARTIST – JOHN PSATHAS
~ John Psathas music score ~
~ Vagelis Karypis (percussion) and Manos Achalinotopoulos (clarinet) at the Wgtn Town Hall. Zeibekiko 2006
– Photo by Robert Catto ~
Growing up in Taumaranui and Napier, John
Psathas could little have imagined he would
become one of New Zealand’s most frequently
performed composers, nor that his work would
be heard by an audience of billions in 2004 at
the Athens Olympic Games. When selected
by the 2003 Laureate panel, John was keeping
secret the fact that he had been commissioned
to compose and arrange music for both the
opening and closing ceremonies of the Games,
commuting several times that year between
New Zealand and Greece to supervise the
rehearsal and recording processes.
Internationally, John first made his name in 1991 with
Matre’s Dance. A high energy duet for percussion and
piano, it was taken up and championed by worldfamous Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Since
then, John’s work has been performed regularly by
Glennie, 11 time Grammy winner Michael Brecker,
Joshua Redman, Federico Mondelci, Orchestre Sinfonia
Dell’Emilia-Romagna ‘Toscanini’, the Halle Orchestra,
the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, the New Juilliard Ensemble and many other
performers, ensembles and orchestras. His music is
heard worldwide and has been performed in venues
from Windsor Castle to Kalamazoo, Jakarta to Bermuda,
Japan to Alaska, and Hong Kong to Tel Aviv.
His CD Rhythm Spike won Best Classical Album at
the 2000 NZ Music Awards and Fragments received
the Best Classical Award at the 2004 Vodafone New
Zealand Music Awards. Zeibekiko, a major commission
from the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, was performed
~ Pedro Carneiro, Michael Houstoun and John Psathas - Photo by Keith Hill ~
throughout Holland and at the Bath Festival (UK) in
2004 and at the 2006 New Zealand International Arts
Festival. Also in 2004, John’s piano concerto Three
Psalms, commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra, was premiered at concerts throughout New
Zealand.
At the end of 2005 and early 2006, John instigated a
recording project that features soloists Pedro Carneiro,
Michael Houstoun and Joshua Redman, with the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by Marc
Tiddae, (available on Rattle-released CD View from
Olympus). This eagerly anticipated album comprises
three of John’s concertos: View from Olympus (a double
concerto for piano, percussion and orchestra), Omniflex
(Saxophone Concerto) and Three Psalms Piano Concerto
(commissioned by Michael Houstoun and premiered
during the Symphony Orchestra’s 2004 season). The
CD was launched by the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Helen
Clark on 22 September, and is the biggest orchestral
recording to take place in New Zealand to date. More
information is available on the CD through: www.
viewfromolympus.com, or www.rattle.co.nz. View from
Olympus has been at the top of the classical charts for
six consecutive weeks.
John Psathas’s Piano Concerto is, in my view, the first truly
great work for piano and orchestra to have been written
by a New Zealander. It is one of the most exciting pieces I
have ever learnt. Michael Houstoun
Look out for John’s Work for Timpani and Orchestra,
an overture-length work for timpani and orchestra,
commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra for their 2007 touring season. The New
Zealand Piano Trio has also commissioned a new 20minute work for piano for performance in their 2007
season.
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John was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand
Order of Merit (ONZM) in the 2005 New Zealand
Royal New Year Honours list, in recognition of his
services to music.
Reflecting on his creative career, John says:
Being a composer in New Zealand is being in a state
of flux. So much is happening for the first time that the
ground is constantly shifting. I consider myself fortunate
that somehow my triumvirate of family, composing and
teaching have achieved a functioning balance that enables
me to create with a clear head and a sense of time, place
and belonging. As time goes on my aim in music is more to
embody the essence of a thing, rather than merely represent
it. The questions never leave, but neither do the desire to
reach out and connect, inspire, and bind in the unique way
that music allows.
Visit John’s websites,www.johnpsathas.com
or www.promethean-editions.com
FEATURED ICON – HONE TUWHARE
~ Courtesy, Otago Daily Times ~
Hone Tuwhare (Nga Puhi) recently celebrated
his 84th birthday at his home in Kaka Point,
south of Dunedin, with over 150 guests.
Honoured in 2003 by the Arts Foundation
as one of ten artists at the inaugural Icon
Awards, Hone has since gone on to publish
a new book of poetry and has had his
achievements celebrated in a number of ways.
Born in Kaikohe in 1922, Hone began to write whilst
an apprentice at the Otahuhu Railway Workshops,
encouraged by fellow poet R. A. K. Mason. His first
collection, No Ordinary Sun (1964), was the first book
of poetry by a Maori writer in English. Now in its
tenth impression, it remains one of the most widely
read individual collections of poetry in New Zealand
literary history. Hone has fourteen books of his writings
published, with a fifteenth, Tuwhareana, due for release
in March 2007. He is recognised as bringing an exciting
new dimension to New Zealand poetry with a voice
that communicates a distinctly Maori perspective
marked by a lyrical response to the landscape.
Since 2003 Hone has been awarded one of the
inaugural $60,000 Prime Minister’s Awards for
Literary Achievement for poetry. Other winners of this
Award include Arts Foundation Icons Janet Frame
and Maurice Gee and recently Patricia Grace. He has
received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from
the University of Auckland, and an earlier Doctorate
from the University of Otago. Hone has been the
subject of several documentaries, including No Other
Lips (directed and co-produced by 2001 Laureate
Gaylene Preston) and, more recently, The Return
Home (2005). He has had a compilation album of his
poems set to music, featuring New Zealand musicians.
Tuwhare, was the basis for a special concert of top New
Zealand recording artists at the 2006 New Zealand
International Arts Festival and will also feature during
AK07, Auckland Arts Festival on Monday, 19 March
2007. www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/Events/Music.
Hone’s Icon medallion (designed by John Edgar)
is housed, along with his Te Mata Estate Poet
Laureate carved tokotoko, at the Southland Museum
and Art Gallery Niho o te Taniwha in Gore.
Icon Artists’ works continue to impress
Janet Frame’s novels Faces in the Water
(1961) and The Edge of the Alphabet (1962)
have been re-released by Random House in
one volume, as has her novel Living in the
Maniatoto, as part of The Janet Frame Collection.
Patricia Grace’s latest collection of short
stories Small Holes in the Silence, published by
Penguin, was released in September. Patricia
was a recent recipient of $60,000 at the Prime
Minister’s Awards for literary achievement.
Maurice Gee’s novel Blindsight won the Deutz
Medal for Fiction in this year’s Montana New
Zealand Book Awards. Blindsight is also on the long
list for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary
Award for 2007. The short list will be released on 4
April 2007 and the winner of the 100,000
Euros prize will be announced on 14 June 2007. Ralph Hotere and installation artist
Bill Culbert have created a work Void. This
is a new stand-alone work, which fills
Te Papa’s core or ihonui - a large space
nearly five storeys high between the main
foyer on level two and the ceiling.
On becoming an Icon (!)
Except for a couple absentee
Icons, together, we stand –
all ten of us comically sardonical;
sartorially
succeeding only in being
dark-suited –
bow-tied & white-shirted,
but secretly stretched
in bowel and
bladder control, as
the Governor-General,
Dame Silvia pins
a round, green-stoned cored badge, on our
pumped-up chests to a series
of comedically repressed “Ow-ouches”
and, discovering politically that
we are all “Lefties”
as the pin lances
a left nipple.
We become more phylosophically
dead in the face, as
our lips curl to a
comedically heroic, tight lipped silence of
painful acceptance,
laconically iconical!
From Oooooo…..!!! the latest collection of Hone
Tuwhare poems, Published by Steele Roberts Publishers
and written by Hone following the 2003 Icon Awards.
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Icon Awards – to be celebrated in 2007
Planning has begun for the 2007 Icon Awards,
which will recognise further pre-eminent
artists, working towards completing a living
circle of 20 to be honoured by this Award.
The Icon Awards provide New Zealanders
the opportunity to identify those artists
who have excelled as contributors to this
country’s cultural identity and represented
New Zealand on the world stage. The
Awards ceremony enables us to thank the
Icon Artists for their contributions and to
celebrate their achievements with them.
The Arts Foundation is now seeking nominations for
artists who fit the category of “Icon”. Recognised as
leaders in their fields, these artists may in some cases
be internationally renowned and often local pioneers in
their chosen art forms.
Previously honoured Icons include:
Len Castle
Janet Frame
Maurice Gee
Peter Godfrey
Patricia Grace
Alexander Grant
Dr Pakariki Harrison
Ralph Hotere
Russell Kerr
Margaret Mahy
Sir Donald McIntyre
Milan Mrkusich
Donald Munro
Diggeress Te Kanawa
Hone Tuwhare
Sir Miles Warren
Potter
Writer (1924 - 2004)
Writer
Musician
Writer
Ballet Dancer
Carver
Visual Artist
Choreographer
Writer
Opera Singer
Painter
Opera
Weaver
Poet
Architect
You can email your nomination to:
[email protected], fax to 04 382 9642
or mail to: Arts Foundation of New Zealand, PO Box
11-352, Manners Street, Wellington. No particular
nomination form is required; however, any background
material on your nomination would be appreciated,
including date of birth, artform, career highlights.
Legacies – a gift for excellence in the arts
~ Twisted Flax Pods by Ann Robinson, 2004 Laureate ~
The arts are an integral part of our society,
enriching lives and adding depth and
vitality to the human spirit. New Zealand
artists are renowned as world class. All
New Zealanders have an opportunity to
support the arts through a will adjustment
in favour of the Arts Foundation.
As a non-profit Charitable Trust, the Arts Foundation
of New Zealand recognises, supports and rewards
artistic excellence through its ever-growing
programme of projects and Awards. Trustees
and Governors work together with arts leaders
to deliver effective programmes to support New
Zealand arts now, and in future generations.
When David Carson-Parker decided to leave a legacy,
he said “an important feature of the Arts Foundation
is the way they have not only supported up-andcoming artists, but the way they have honoured
senior people, the Icons. They recognise these
people should be valued for the way they have
contributed to New Zealand’s identity and culture”.
As the Foundation’s support grows through donations
and bequests, more programmes will be implemented.
The Foundation is developing new projects to provide
effective support to the arts and works with the arts
community to identify needs in the arts area.
A gift through your will is a powerful way of assisting
the arts. Provision in your will does not affect your
income during your lifetime. It will, however, benefit
New Zealand through future investment in the arts
and culture, by building a permanent fund for the
arts. Donations are invested in perpetuity in the Arts
Foundation of New Zealand’s Endowment Fund, from
which all income generated is used to support the arts
Your gift can be a specific amount, part of your
estate, the residue of your estate following
distributions, or specific property such as real estate,
shares, securities and other realisable assets.
Your gift will be preserved as a capital sum to
generate annual income in perpetuity (unless
you specify otherwise). We recommend you
consult with your legal advisors and/or the
Arts foundation on the most appropriate
arrangement to meet your philanthropic aims.
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Donations benefit all art forms. The Arts Foundation has
supported artists from the far north of the country to the
deep south, in forms such as painting, choreography,
theatre, jewellery, literature, film and music.
The Arts Foundation thanks all readers who have
already promised legacies. The establishment of the
Arts Foundation was made possible through a certain
number of individuals who provided support through
promised legacies, by matching the initial seeding grant
provided by the Lottery Grants Board. This meant an
amount of $5million was made available to the Arts
Foundation to establish the Foundation’s Endowment
If you would like to leave a legacy to the arts,
please contact the Arts Foundation for a brochure,
or visit our website: www.artsfoundation.
Trustees
Being a Laureate and then a Governor of the Arts Foundation
brought me into contact with Sir Hugh. I only met him a few
times, but his gift for quiet observation of all that surrounded
him mixed with natural dignity, made a deep impression. His
steadfast and unstinting dedication to furthering deep
and truthful understanding between Maori and the wider
community will remain strong in the hearts of those who care
about building a truly bicultural Aotearoa New Zealand. Ka
hinga te totara o te wao nui a Tane. Haere ra. Te Rangatira.
G ay l e n e P r e s t o n
Featured Governors
~ Former Trustee Sir Hugh Kawharu with Arts Foundation Governor Georgina te Heuheu at the
inaugural Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage – May 2006. ~
Professor Sir Hugh Kawharu, ONZ, Chairman Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori
Trust Board, 1927-2006
Trustees reflect with great sadness upon the loss of fellow Trustee Sir Hugh Kawharu
in mid-September, acknowledging what a privilege it was to have worked with him. Ros
Burdon said “The Arts Foundation was fortunate to have had such a fine distinguished
man provide thoughtful insights into every aspect of the organisation. Trustees
would never forget the experience of attending their July meeting at Orakei Marae so
graciously hosted by Sir Hugh, shortly before his death.” Much loved by Management
and fellow Trustees, Sir Hugh spent considerable time with Executive Director Simon
Bowden, discussing Arts Foundation Awards and the importance of honouring “preeminence”. Sir Hugh guided the Foundation toward open dialogue on the merits of
Maori involvement in patronage and contributed enormously to the work and identity
of the Foundation.
Justin Paton joined the Arts Foundation’s College of Governors at the end of
2004. Justin is curator of contemporary art at Dunedin Public Art Gallery and is
widely published as an art critic. From 2000 until 2005 he was Editor of New
Zealand’s longest-running journal of Arts and Letters, Landfall. As a curator, his
recent exhibitions have included Reboot:The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection, World’s
Edge: Ten Horizons, and Tall Tales and History Lessons: Contemporary New Zealand Art
from the Nineteenth Century. He was Curator of a 2003 survey of the work of Arts
Foundation Laureate Ronnie van Hout, called I’ve Abandoned Me, and most recently
he co-curated the spectacular survey exhibition of another Laureate artist, Julia
Morison, and authored the recently released book of that exhibition, titled a loop
around a loop. His book about Australian sculptor Ricky Swallow was published by
Craftsman House/Thames and Hudson in 2004, and his essays have appeared in
publications on the artists Daniel van Sturmer (Dunedin Public Art Gallery) and Jude
Rae (Ouroborous Publishing). His acclaimed survey of the painter Jeffrey Harris was
published in 2005 and was a finalist in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Illustrative Section, and his book How to Look at a Painting was the winner in the
Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture Category of the same Awards. Justin has been a
valuable member of the Arts Foundation’s 2005 and 2006 Laureate selection panels.
Mary-Jane O’Reilly took up the position as Artistic Director of the tempo°
dance festival earlier in the year. The tempo° festival offers a wide range of dance
opportunities to all dancers, and for dance artists, the rare opportunity to mount
work with the support of festival resources. tempo° 06 featured all genres of
dance including hiphop to a guest ballet company from Argentina and also
works by both seasoned and younger choreographers. www.tempo.co.nz
Karyn Fenton-Ellis’s career has been diverse, ranging from broadcasting,
communications and politics to international and community leadership. She is
an accomplished debater and public speaker, winning the World Public Speaking
Competition in Britain in 1989. Since 1997, Karyn has been TOWER Limited’s
Group Sponsorship Manager. She was elected Junior Chamber International
(Jaycee) World President for 2000, chairing the Sapporo, Japan World Congress
with 10,000 delegates. Since 1992, Karyn has been a television presenter for
nationwide racing channel Trackside and currently hosts a Sunday morning
programme Retro and a programme on Radio Trackside. Karyn also MCs a large
number of industry and corporate events. Her passion for the arts is a foremost
interest. Karyn says that “Being a Trustee of the Arts Foundation is a privilege that I
am enormously excited about - the Foundation is changing the lives of artists of all
genres, and is making a fundamental difference to the society in which we live.”
Roger Hall had a new pantomime version of Aladdin premier at Circa Theatre midNovember; and Cinderella (also a pantomime) was performed at Fortune Theatre,
Dunedin, around the same time. Roger has written these two works, with Paul Jenden
(choreographer) and Michael Nicholas Willams (lyricist and composer), as part of
a drive to entice theatres to put on family shows to encourage future audiences.
Rodney Wilson is Director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum and has been
kept busy with continuous building and fundraising activities for the development
of the Museum. The Stage II Grand Atrium Project has just been completed and
comprises two basement levels, a ground floor, and four above ground levels.
Seven stories in all, crowned by a magnificent copper and glass dome, it increases
the Museum’s ability to showcase, interpret and celebrate the country’s history.
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FORSYTH BARR – Laureates On-Stage
In September, Forsyth Barr was announced as the Overall Winner of
the National Business Review 2006 Awards for Sponsorship for their
sponsorship of Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage.
The Awards acknowledge those partnerships between business and the arts that
demonstrate a high level of creativity, commitment and vision. One of 18 finalists, the
judges said the Forsyth Barr’s entry was the “stand out”. The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon.
Helen Clark, presented the Award to Forsyth Barr Chairman Eion Edgar and Marketing
Manager Trish Oakley.
Ros Burdon said “Forsyth Barr’s application to the Awards demonstrated exciting
business outcomes alongside substantial benefits for the arts. The Arts Foundation is
proud of the partnership that it has with Forsyth Barr and congratulates them on this
most deserved Award. Particular thanks have to go to Neil Paviour-Smith (Managing
Director), and Trish Oakley for their commitment to working with the Foundation in
a mutually beneficial manner, offering a genuine understanding and commitment
to the Arts Foundation and its charitable purposes. Forsyth Barr has welcomed
the opportunity to support New Zealand’s talented artists through investing in the
organisation and its programmes.”
Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage is a welcome
opportunity for me to get to know and understand
the creative work of fellow Laureates, some
of whom I meet for the first time, and also
to share my own experience with audiences
who are always so warm and responsive.
Ja ck B o dy
Forsyth Barr regional staff have also played an important role supporting New Zealand
art through the hosting of Forsyth Barr Laureate On-Stage events around the country.
In 2006 Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage events have taken place in Auckland,
Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Queenstown, Dunedin and
Invercargill, bringing the total number of events to 41.
These events introduce the Arts Foundation and the Laureate artists to an ever
widening and appreciative audience who are able to connect with the artists and their
artistic concepts and processes. For example, guests have heard how John Reynolds
picked up his talent for painting in the grounds of Porirua Hospital, with a patient and
a tennis court marking machine, and John Psathas wrote some of the music for the
opening ceremony of the Olympic Games while wearing his slippers in his studio at
home.
~ Oscar Kightley and Alun Bollinger with students. Laureates On-Stage, Christchurch ~
Provocative, in the best possible way, describes the
Forsyth Barr Laureates On-Stage event last night in
Napier. Thank you for your proactive approach to
bringing the craft of the artist to our community.
S h a w n a B u t l e r,
guest
Napier
~ Untitled Nicky Foreman
Presented to Forsyth Barr as overall winners ~
Vice-Regal Patron
Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright, PCNZM, DBE, Honorary Patron of the
Arts Foundation
Dame Silvia Cartwright became Honorary Patron of the Arts Foundation in mid-July
2002. During her term as Governor General, both she and her husband Peter actively
supported the Arts Foundation. The Cartwright’s made their home at Government
House available in both Wellington and Auckland, for the presentation of Awards at
two events. The Arts Foundation is grateful to Dame Silvia for hosting the launch
of the Arts Foundation’s partnership with Principle Sponsor Forsyth Barr and the
presentation of the Icon Award to Sir Donald McIntyre in Wellington, and for the
hosting of the inaugural Award for Patronage in Auckland during her term of office.
The Arts Foundation is also grateful to Dame Silvia for presenting the inaugural Icon
Awards in 2003. Dame Silvia’s presence added significantly to the mana of these
events.
The Arts Foundation warmly welcomes His Excellency the Honourable
Anand Satyanand, PCNZM, who has accepted the role of Vice-Regal
Patron of the Arts Foundation for his term as Governor General.
~ Dame Silyvia Cartwright presents Icon Award to Maurice Gee (2003) ~
Before becoming a Judge and later an Ombudsman, Anand Satyanand was a practising
barrister and solicitor, first employed by the Crown Solicitors Office and then for some
seven years a partner in a Queen Street law firm. He worked as a Judge in a number of
North Island settings and served on prison boards as well as on the National Parole
Board during that time. He was a government appointed board member of the Asia
2000 (now the Asia New Zealand) Foundation, and part of the standing committee
of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. As Ombudsman for ten years he
worked as a tutor for a Commonwealth Secretariat ombudsman training programme.
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Freemasons New Zealand - New Grand Master
November has been a very busy month
for Freemasons New Zealand with the
announcement of the New Generation
Awards, the conclusion of their Men’s Health
campaign, and the installation of a new Grand
Master at their biennial national conference.
Freemasons New Zealand is one of the world’s
oldest and largest fraternal organisations with a
history entrenched in the arts. Charity is the public
face of Freemasonry and the majority is directed at
non-Masonic causes including various community
projects. For the past month, Freemasons have
been holding Men’s Health seminars all around the
country to encourage Kiwi men to take an active role
in maintaining their health by seeking regular checkups. The campaign, entitled Men’s Health – Secrets
Revealed ran for a month from October 22 and
included specialist speakers who spoke to men and
their families about important issues such as blood
pressure, stress, diabetes, heart conditions and cancer.
After the success of the Men’s Health campaign,
the focus was on the arts. The recipients of the first
New Generation Awards, a joint initiative with the
Arts Foundation, were announced at an Awards
ceremony in Wellington on 22 November. Mozart,
Sebelius, Chagall, Hogarth, Voltaire and Kipling are
all artists who were Freemasons in their time.
~ Anne Mace represented Freemasons New Zealand in congratulating New Generation Award recipient Tze Ming Mok ~
Freemasons newly appointed Grand Master, Barry
McLaggan, is very pleased that Freemasons New
Zealand is sponsoring the Awards. The 67 year old
retired Waikato dairy farmer was elected to the most
senior office through votes cast on behalf of 11,000
Freemasons throughout New Zealand. He was formally
installed as Grand Master at the Freemasons national
conference on Friday 24 November. The ceremony,
rich in tradition, was open to family, friends and
the public, and over 800 people attended. A special
banquet was held the following evening to celebrate
the appointment, and other initiatives that Freemasons
New Zealand has been involved with including
sponsorship of Medical Fellowships, research, services
and equipment; scholarships for tertiary education, and
the New Generation Awards. www.freemasons.co.nz
From the office
The Arts Foundation is pleased to welcome
Bryna O’Brien as Administrator. Beginning
work in early August, her added support
to the Foundation is proving invaluable.
Bryna is a first-class Honours Graduate
in Art History from Victoria University,
and has recently returned from travelling
overseas. Angela Busby has been
promoted to Project Co-ordinator.
Managing the Arts Foundation’s busy programme
is Executive Director, Simon Bowden. Simon’s other
talents have seen him in 2006 – “Playing Favourites”
with Kim Hill, featuring as a performer and composer
in NZ Fringe Show The Silent Reflections of Hone
Mäwhero, performing with his jazz group CL BOB,
including the launch of the group’s third CD, The
Great Flash. Simon and his wife Amanda Hereaka won
the annual Bats Theatre commission for the STAB
Season of Innovative Theatre works for their play I
ain’t nothing but, a glimmer in the Dark, she said which
premiered on 17 October. They are expecting their
first child in late December. The Arts Foundation is
fortunate to have a manager who well-understands
the process of running events and with skills in
communicating with businesses and artists alike.
Office relocation – The Arts Foundation of New
Zealand has moved office. You are welcome to
visit us at our new location: Level 3, 45 Tory St,
Wellington. The entrance to the offices is on the
ground floor through the glass sliding door entrance
to the restaurant Chow. Please note our new phone
number: 04 382 9691 and fax: 04 382 9692.
~ Bryna O’Brien with New Generation Award recipient Taika Waititi ~
SPONSORS – How they help us
Did you know that?
• Acumen has helped put the Arts Foundation and the
artists it has supported in print and on national television and radio;
• All Arts Foundation publications you have recently
read and display screens at Awards have been
creatively designed by Chrometoaster
• All printed material that you have received has been
beautifully printed by DSP Print Group;
• The beverage you enjoyed at the last Arts Foundation
event you attended, was generously donated by
Lion Breweries;
and all of this has been for free!
Without the generous support of these sponsors,
Principal Sponsor Forsyth Barr, event sponsor
Freemasons New Zealand, Gaming Machine Trusts,
Arts Foundation Patrons and private donors, the
Foundation would be unable to support its growing
programme of Awards, or maintain the standard of
acknowledgement to artists it is currently able to
undertake. The Arts Foundation is hugely appreciative
of the support provided by its sponsors and Patrons.
Thank you to you all.
• Ricoh has supplied a printer and photocopier;
• When our computers have faltered Fergus from testroom has obligingly rectified these IT problems
~ Designed by Chrometoaster, printed by DSP Print Group ~
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DIRECTORY
Vice-Regal Patron
His Excellency The Hon Anand Satyanand, PCNZM, GovernorGeneral of New Zealand
Trustees
Ros Burdon CNZM (Chair),
Richard Cathie MNZM, Leigh
Davis, Eion Edgar DCNZM,
LLD (Hon), Karyn FentonEllis, Michael Hill, Fran
Ricketts, Sir Ronald Scott
ONZ, Brian Stevenson and
Sir Miles Warren ONZ.
Honorary Vice Patrons
Sir Michael & Lady Hardie Boys
Governors
John McCormack (Chair), David
Carson-Parker, Robin Congreve,
Briar Grace-Smith, Roger
Hall, Elizabeth Knox, Mary
Jane O’Reilly, Jonathan ManeWheoki, Helen Medlyn, Justin
Paton, Gaylene Preston, Hon
Georgina te Heuheu, Marilynn
Webb, Gillian Whitehead, Lloyd
Williams, Rodney Wilson
Founding Patrons
Roderick & Gillian Deane
Eion & Jan Edgar
Jenny Gibbs
Fran & Geoff Ricketts
John Todd
James H. Wallace
Platinum Patron
Margot Hutchison
Gold Corporate Patron
National Business Review
Lifetime Patrons
Ros & Philip Burdon
David Carson-Parker
Connells Bay Sculpture Trust
Lady Diana Isaac
Peter & Joanna Masfen
Deborah Sellar
Fay Pankhurst
Deborah Sellar
Gold Patrons
Gus & Irene Fisher
Noel & Sue Robinson
Lady Philippa Tait
Sir Miles Warren
David Wilton
Anonymous (4)
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
Jillian & Dick Jardine
Constance Kirkcaldie
Ron & Margaret Saunders
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Mary Smit
Pamela & Brian Stevenson
Dame Catherine Tizard
Caroline & Henry van Asch
Walker & Hall Trust
Haydn Wong
Silver Laureate Donors
Richard & Trish Barnes
John & Mary Marshall
Jolyon & Georgina Ralston
Faith Taylor
Colin Post & Brenda Young
Bronze Patrons
Charlotte Anderson
Michael & Gaye Andrews
Graham Atkinson
John Barnett
Liz Bowen-Clewley & Greg Clewley
Bill Brien & Frances Russell
Chris & Lyn Brocket
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
Robert & Dinah Dobson
Rocky & Jeanie Douche
Robyn & Christopher Evans
Helen & Keith Ferguson
Charlotte & Robert Fisher
Marc & Cecilia Fitz-Gerald
Mr & Mrs E M Friedlander
John & Marelda Galllaher
Jim Geddes
Sue Gifford & Simon Skinner
John & Trish Gribben
Helen & Don Hagan
Roger Hall
Sir Michael & Lady Hardie Boys
Philip & Leone Harkness
John & Barbara Heslop
Willi Hill
Ken & Jennifer Horner
Chris & Sue Ineson
Hugh Judd & Sue Morgan
Peter & Trudy Keenan
Grant Kerr
Michael & Monica Laney
Hilary Langer
Annie K. H. Lee
Ken Lister & Barbara Bridger
Helen Lloyd
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
December 2006
Joe & Jackie Pope
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
Beverley Scott
Lindsay Shelton
Max & Laraine Shepherd
Jan Spary
John & Robyn Spooner
Roger Steele
Ross Steele
Scott & Vicki St John
Sir Angus Tait
Kathleen Tipler & Michael Cole
Turnovsky Endowment Trust
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
Les & Marie Williams
Helen Young
Peter T. Young
Anonymous (7)
Bronze Laureate Donors
Ann Mallinson
Terence & Elizabeth O’Brien
Lindsay & Kees Weststrate
Kirsty Wood
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 –
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.
Supporting providers
The following companies provide generous support through
the provision of high quality services.
Official Marketing Advisor
Official Designer
Official Print Supplier
Official Beverage Supplier
Executive Director: Simon Bowden
Project Co-ordinator: Angela Busby
Administrator: Bryna O’Brien
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.
Official Office
Equipment supplier
Official IT supplier
Donors
Philanthropic trusts provide valuable donations to support
Photographers: Ken Baker, Nick Barr, Robert Catto,
infrastructure and events.
Scott Venning
Arts Foundation of New Zealand
PO Box 11-352, Manners Street, Wellington
Tel: 04 382 9691, Fax: 04 382 9692,
Email: [email protected],
Website: www.artsfoundation.org.nz
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Foundation Organisation
The New Zealand Lottery Grants
Board provided a capital base of
$5 million to establish the Arts
Foundation Endowment Fund.