• Award for Leese
Soprano Anna Leese has picked up an Arts Foundation New
Generation Award, of $25,000. She was one of five recipients
announced this week.
Leese made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
in 2007, as Musetta in Puccini's La Bohème.
She has won an impressive list of awards and aria prizes and
has sung on the concert stage with several of the world's
most-loved singers, including with Andrea Bocelli in Auckland
and with Jose Carreras in Newcastle, Seoul and Taipei.
Leese will be the first artist in residence at the New
Zealand Singing School in Napier residency early in 2011. She
is currently studying privately with Lillian Watson in
London.
• City's first theatre awards
The inaugural Dunedin Theatre Awards are on Friday at the
Fortune Theatre. Awards will be bestowed in categories
including production of the year, best director, best
performance (male and female), best script and best design.
The competition for production of the year is between Globe
production The Dumb Waiter, RSB Productions' One
Day and two Fortune Theatre shows, The Pitmen
Painters and Wuthering Heights. A panel of critics
were responsible for the nominations.
Directors in the running are Hilary Norris, Lisa Warrington
and Patrick Davies. Best performance (male) nominees are
Andrew Morrison, John Glass and Simon O'Connor, while the
female nominees are Anna Henare (for two shows) and Barbara
Power.
• Codat artists' website
A new website is promoting Central Otago's artists - www.centralotagoarts.comDeveloping
the website has been a major project this year for the
Central Otago District Arts Trust (Codat).
Arts co-ordinator Maxine Williams says the website gives
Central Otago the potential to become a dynamic and
progressive arts destination despite its isolation.
There are more than 30 artists listed on the site and the
trust expects that number to double within the next few
months. Artists can have a free name and contact listing on
the website. A further option expands their presence to a
profile with up to 10 gallery images.
• Creative NZ residencies
In 2011 Creative New Zealand is offering three opportunities
to established New Zealand writers.
The Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers
Fellowship:
- Valued at $100,000, the fellowship will be awarded for a
project that will take two years or more to complete. It is
open to established authors of any literary genre.
The Berlin Writers Residency:
- Offers a New Zealand writer the opportunity to live and
write in Berlin for a period of up to 11 months.
International Writing Programme, University of Iowa,
US:
- Provides a three-month residency and return travel to Iowa.
Applications close on February 25, 2011.
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