Manukau Youth Art Award
Dwayne Walsh, from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, installing his work at the Manukau Youth Art Awards 2007, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
7th November - 4th December | Opening event 7th November 6 - 8pm
The premier event highlighting the artistic talent of tomorrow is back, this year with a new twist. Selected secondary school students of merit from throughout Manukau have been offered the opportunity and resources to create significant artworks for exhibition at Te Tuhi. In a unique opportunity for the students, their artworks are painted onto walls around the Centre-occupying the space like a colourful virus. From street graffiti to elegant formalism, the artworks shown here demonstrate the diversity and creativity of the Manukau region. Come on down for a glimpse at what the future might bring.
Opening event perforrmance at 6pm, with Passion Dance Crew
Exhibition project proudly supported by the Manukau City Council.
Iris Fisher Scholarship
2007 Iris Fisher Scholar - Erica van Zon
Erica von Zon, 'Sixteen Reasons', performance in 'Mulholland Drive Film Set', 2007. Photo: Richard Orjis
Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts and Fisher Trustee Stephen Fisher were delighted to award the inaugural Iris Fisher Scholarship to Elam School of Art student Erica van Zon in 2007. Erica was selected from a wide pool of applicants by a panel comprised of Cam McCracken, Executive Director of Te Tuhi, Emma Bugden, Curatorial Director, and Dominic Fuchs, Director of Starkwhite Gallery.
The panel described Erica's work as "playful and quirky, with an assured use of space and innovative reclaiming of materials and methods of making traditionally seen as craft". Erica is currently completing a Masters of Fine Arts, developing a body of work drawing on imagery from the world of Hollywood and films to explore ideas of fakery or trickery.
Object of the scholarship
The scholarship is named after Iris Fisher, an important founding member of the Pakuranga Arts Society and driving force behind the creation of the Fisher Gallery, later to become Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts. Her original bequest has fostered and encouraged contemporary visual art practice, and in particular arts education, not only in Pakuranga, but also the wider Auckland region since that time.
The Iris Fisher Scholarship, therefore, has been created with those same ideals, that is, for the purpose of encouraging and assisting an excellent tertiary-level visual art student with their studies.
The Scholarship
The Iris Fisher Scholarship is awarded to one recipient annually. Each award period is for an academic year and the funds will be available from 1st March in any given year.
In 2008 the award will be for $5000 and will be payable in one lump sum. It is envisaged that these funds will be put toward fees, materials, travel or a purpose which will enable and aid the recipient to successfully complete their year of tertiary study.
Eligibility
The Iris Fisher Scholarship is to support a student enrolled in a studio or practice based fine or visual arts course of study at tertiary level which meets all the following requirements:
- A course of study which is being offered within the Auckland Regional Council boundary. That is, in one of the constituent Territorial Local Authorities which make up the ARC geographical area, namely, Auckland, Manukau, Waitakere, North Shore, Rodney, Franklin and Papakura. NB. All candidates are required to be studying at a campus within this geographical region.
- A course of study is a tertiary level qualification awarded by a Tertiary Education Commission accredited institution.
- A tertiary level course which is at level 5 or greater.
For the purposes of the scholarship "fine or visual arts" is interpreted as encompassing fields such as; digital art, drawing, installation, moving image, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture and sound art.
Location
The awards are open to any student who fulfils the eligibility criteria above, however preference may be given to candidates who have an association with the Pakuranga area.
Selection Process
Applications will be welcomed from all those eligible. Initially candidates must submit an application comprising of a written component in the form of a standardized proposal no more than 2 pages long and accompanied by a maximum of 6 A4 images of their recent work. Shortlisted candidates then interviewed by a jury panel, this will be comprised of Te Tuhi staff and a guest panelist.
Award requirements
The successful recipient will be required to remain in full time study through out their year as the recipient of the scholarship. It is expected that recipients make an acquittal report at the end of the year in which their award is made. In addition Te Tuhi may make a request for the recipient to be available for a public programme opportunity.
Download entry form
Download an entry form for the Iris Fisher Scholarship as a handy PDF document:
