Award for Patronage artists
AWARD FOR PATRONAGE
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage acknowledges an individual or couple who have contributed significantly to the arts as patrons. Recipients are given $20,000 to distribute to artists or arts organisations of their choice to celebrate the occasion of the award.
All recipients to date have chosen to donate $20,000 of their own so they can give away $40,000. They have also all chosen to split the $40,000 into four donations of $10,000 each to four artists, organisations or arts projects. However, in 2010, in a surprise announcement on the evening, Gus Fisher announced an extra recipient and a further $10,000 donation.
Recipients of the Award for Patronage include:
2008 - Gillian and Roderick Deane
Photo credit: Courtesy of FHE Galleries, Auckland.
Chris Charteris has been commissioned by the Arts Foundation to make work for selected Award for Patronage recipients.
