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| Awards for NZ artists The Arts Foundation of New Zealand and Presenting Sponsor Freemasons announced the recipients of the inaugural 2006 New Generation Awards at a function in Wellington November 22. The New Generation Awards provide donations of $25, 000 each to five artists who have demonstrated excellence in the early stages of their careers. Five Awards of $25, 000, donated by the Freemasons, will be presented by the Arts Foundation every two years to artists from any art form for them to invest in developing their careers, including creation of new work or development opportunities such as further education. "Having established the Laureate Awards for mid career artists and the Icon Awards to honour senior artists, the Arts Foundation recognised the need to support and honour artists at the early stage of their careers, "said Ros Burdon, Arts Foundation Chairman. "The Foundation believes it's important to award and celebrate the young artists who have demonstrated richness, range, strength and depth for their stage of career and a huge potential to carry on as high achieving artists. These artists not only contribute significantly to New Zealand now, but are also the arts champions of tomorrow." The five 2006 New Generation Award recipients are: Eve Armstrong, Visual Artist; Warren Maxwell, Composer/Arranger/Guitarist/Vocalist/Singer/Collaborator; Tze Ming Mok, Poet/Fiction Writer/Journalist; Joe Sheehan, Stone Artist and Jeweller; and Taika Waititi, Actor/Writer/Film Director. Warren Maxwell is a well-known musician in the Wellington music scene. Former founder of the very popular (now disbanded) Trinity Roots, Warren is now a member of the high profile group Fat Freddy's Drop and was a finalist at the APRA Silver Scroll Song Writers Award in 2004. He has also a member of recently formed psychedelic blues quartet, Little Bushman, who released their first album on November 27 this year. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |