Arts Foundation of New Zealand
| Formation | 2000 |
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| Legal status | Charity |
| Purpose | Fund-raising and providing grants for arts, culture and heritage |
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Region served
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New Zealand |
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Budget
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NZD 1.12m (2010) |
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Staff
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3 |
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Volunteers
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1 |
| Website | thearts.co.nz |
A facilitator of private philanthropy, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand supports artistic excellence through its permanent Endowment fund. Legacies help grow the fund, with income generated enabling the foundation to run. Donations from Patrons of the Arts Foundation are awarded directly to artists at the annual New Zealand Arts Awards.
The foundation produces award programmes that provide recognition and support to artists working in all art forms. By the end of 2015, the foundation will have honoured 178 artists and distributed over $5 million to artists.
Arts Foundation Awards celebrate achievement in an artists career and are presented on an annual or biannual basis.
New Zealand's most senior artists are honoured at the Icon Awards. These awards recognise a lifetime of achievement and are considered the foundation's highest honour. Established artists receiving the Arts Foundation Laureate Award receive $50,000NZD each in recognition of their achievements at the New Zealand Arts Awards.
Artists who are in the early stages of their career selected to receive a New Generation Award receive $25,000NZD each. In partnership, the foundation produces the Marti Friedlander Photographic Award, of $25,000NZD to assist the career of a photographer, and the Harriet Friedlander Residency, which is a residency in New York valued at $80,000NZD. In 2011 the inaugural Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award was presented to David Elliot. The award is presented every two years to a children's book illustrator with published work of a high standard and includes a cash gift of $10,000.
Supporters of the arts are also recognised. Every year an individual, couple or trust is honoured with the Award for Patronage and are gifted $20,000NZD by the foundation to distribute to artists or art projects of their choice. From time to time the foundation honours an individual or institution that has contributed to the arts through the Governors' Award.
Recipients of awards are selected without their knowing they are under consideration by independent panels of arts peers or curators.
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