News and Events
University of Otago 2012 Arts Fellowships announced
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Respected Dunedin poet and novelist Emma Neale will take up the Robert Burns Fellowship; Auckland artist Nick Austin, the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship; and Wellington composer Robbie Ellis will be the new Mozart Fellow.
The University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence is children’s writer and poet James Norcliffe, of Christchurch.
Lyne Pringle - Ocean Wave
Friday 2 September, 7.30pm, Kings & Queens Performing Arts Centre
Communities meet by the sea
ODT article about Lyne Pringle and 'Ocean Wave'.
ODT, Thursday 1 September, 2011
Meet the 2011 University of Otago Arts Fellows
Come and meet the University of Otago Arts Fellows - Fiona Farrell, Chris Adams, Kushana Bush, Kyle Mewburn, Lyne Pringle.
They will talk about themselves and their experiences and you can ask them questions. Chaired by John Drummond, Blair Professor of Music at the University of Otago. This talk is guaranteed to be fun and interesting. Tea and cupcakes to follow.
Sunday 14 August
1pm - 2.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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Dunedin's Caselburg Trust's new Creative Connections residency
The residency is to be offered annually for a period of 3 to 6 months and will be accompanied by a stipend.
Applications opened on Monday 6 June and will close on Wednesday 31 August.
For further information and an application form, go to the Anna and John Caselburg Charitable Trust site.
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Upcoming performances of compositions by Chris Adams
The NZ Trio are performing "Jekyll Rat":
Auckland Philharmonia performance part of Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
Southern Sinfonia perform a new commisson by Chris in June
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Previous Robert Burns Fellows, Alison Wong and Brian Turner winners in the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards
For details of the winners go to the Booksellers winners page.
Previous Robert Burns Fellows finalists in the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards
- Brian Turner (Robert Burns Fellow 1984)
- Owen Marshall (Robert Burns Fellow 1992)
- Bernadette Hall (Robert Burns Fellow 1996)
- Alison Wong (Robert Burns Fellow 2002) and
- Michael Harlow (Robert Burns Fellow 2009)
were all finalists in the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards.
For details of the finalists and their books go to the Booksellers awards page.
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The 'Meet the University of Otago Arts Fellows' event, July 2010
The University of Otago Arts Fellows listen intently as Suzanne Cowan talks about her current dance project.
(L toR) Suzanne Cowan - Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance, Joanna Langford - Frances Hodgkins Fellow, Nicholas McBryde, Chairman - Director Otago Festival of the Arts, Michele Powles - Robert Burns Fellow, Karen Trebilcock - Children's Writer in Residence University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand, Christopher Adams - Mozart Fellow.
(photo by Graham Warman)
Photo Gallery featuring current and previous Otago Fellows