New Generation Awards
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Awards, celebrate artists’ early achievements through an investment of each recipient’s career. Biennially, five artists are awarded $25,000NZD each,and a sculpture designed by glass artist Christine Cathie. Each artist must have developed an individual identity, demonstrated richness, range and depth, and stand for the strength and quality of their particular art form in New Zealand. Although still at an early stage of career, these artists will have already demonstrated excellence and innovation through an output of high-level artistic work.
Similar to other Arts Foundation Awards, the New Generation Award may be presented to an artist working in any arts discipline. In partnership with the arts community, the Arts Foundation appoints a curator to select artists without their knowing they are under consideration. The curator makes his or her decision by working with a group of self-appointed advisors, travelling and talking to arts experts around the country. Teacher, critic, theorist and organiser of contemporary creative practices, Jon Bywater (Auckland) curated the Award in 2006, while writer, teacher, painter,curator Gregory O'Brien (Wellington) undertook the role in 2008 and arts radio journalist Lynn Freeman in 2010.
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