GOVERnORS' Award
The Governors' Award recognises an individual or institution that has contributed in a significant way to the development of the arts and artists in New Zealand. This is an honourary award selected by the Governors of the Arts Foundation. The recipient receives a medallion designed by artist Jim Wheeler.
Evolving from the early 1950s, Concert FM started life as the YC stations, becoming the Concert Programme in the mid 1970s, and emerging as Concert FM in May 1991. It is now named Radio New Zealand Concert.
From its beginnings, the programme has concentrated on providing high quality material in the audio arts, and specialist programmes that are not presented on other broadcasting outlets. The Arts Foundation of New Zealand and the Governors recognised the significant contribution that Concert FM has made to this country in supporting, encouraging and promoting New Zealand composers, musicians, writers and actors at a national level.
Founded in 1869, and opening two years later with a staff of three professors, the University of Otago has now grown to a staff of around 3,500 with over 17,000 students. It is renown for both its groundbreaking research and the quality of its academic teaching. The University's reputation for excellence is deep-rooted traditions that still shape the character and profile of the University today - most notably its long-standing commitment to fostering the arts, which is supported by the philanthropy of private donors.
The University of Otago was acknowledged for the significant contribution it has made to the arts community through its Burns, Hodgkins and Mozart Fellowships. The three fellowships were set up through the generosity of anonymous benefactors and have subsequently been funded by additional grants to maintain their value. The three fellowships are:
- The Robert Burns Fellowship: established in 1958 to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Robert Burns and to perpetuate appreciation of the valuable services rendered to the early settlement of Otago by the Burns family. The general purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage and promote the writing of imaginative New Zealand. It is attached to the Department of English. (43 recipients to date).
- The Mozart Fellowship: established in 1969 to aid and encourage composers of music in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with the life of the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in contemporary music within the University and in the community. (24 recipients to date).
- Frances Hodgkins Fellowship Award: established 1962 to encourage painters and sculptors in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with the life of the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in the arts within the University. (35 recipients to date).
The Arts Foundation also acknowledges the University of Otago's contribution to the arts through its support of the Southern Sinfonia, the Hocken Library, the Campus concerts programme and Otago University Press, which publishes Landfall.
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