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The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi have today announced
their 2021 Springboard awardees – seven artists, each at a
formative stage of their career, with outstanding potential
in a variety of arts disciplines. Along with a $15,000 gift,
each recipient has been matched (with cupid-like
consideration) to a senior artist mentor from the Arts
Foundation alumni of Laureates, Icons, New Generation,
residency or Fellowship recipients. Mentors also receive a
$5,000 koha for their time.
Now in its second year,
the Arts Foundation Springboard programme is a financial,
mentoring and resource support system designed to have a
significant impact on the recipient’s growth and
Simon Wilson: The amazing return of the Auckland Arts Festival
25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
7 minutes to read
OPINION:
What an astonishing thing, that we are about to welcome the return of the Auckland Arts Festival. Covid struck right in the middle of the 2020 festival, cancelling shows, stranding performers, forcing audiences home. Most famously, American singer Amanda Palmer had to cancel, and then holed up for the duration in Hawke s Bay with her daughter and her husband, writer Neil Gaiman. Until Gaiman couldn t cope any longer and found a way to flee to Scotland.
It was dramatic, in its own way, but it wasn t the same as having an actual arts festival.