Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award

The Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award is for an outstanding mid-career or senior New Zealand visual artist to undertake a three-month residency at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California.

The Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award has been set up in partnership with The James Wallace Arts Trust. The award recognises the achievement and potential of an outstanding mid-career or senior New Zealand visual artist by providing a unique opportunity to undertake a three-month residency at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California. One award, valued in excess of US$30,000, is offered each year.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must:

• have a suitable background in the visual arts. The minimum qualification is normally a Baccalaureate (Bachelor's) degree, or the equivalent artistic or professional achievement;
• demonstrate professionalism and the ability to be a cultural ambassador for New Zealand;
• have a specific project on which you propose to work on during the award;
  
• meet the citizenship requirements for this award:

Citizenship requirements

• are a New Zealand citizen
• AND are currently living in New Zealand
• AND are not a permanent resident or citizen of the US

Entitlement

• Accommodation at the Headlands Center for the Arts ('Headlands')
• A private artist's studio at Headlands
• Five meals per week at Headlands
• Access to available services, facilities and equipment at Headlands
• A monthly stipend of US$500 per month for three months to assist with meals and incidental expenses
• US$4,000 for international travel costs and additional stipend
• Basic health and accident insurance cover up to a maximum of US $100,000
• The opportunity to participate in various programmes and activities available to Fulbright scholars in the US
  

Award conditions

• The duration of the residency is three months, commenced between the period 1 March and 30 September 2010
• If selected, you will be required to undertake a full medical examination
• US immigration documentation must be completed from within New Zealand
• International travel will only be funded between New Zealand and San Francisco, California. Award winners will need to make their own way to Sausalito using their remaining stipend
• In keeping with US immigration requirements and the philosophy of the Fulbright Programme, you will be required to return to New Zealand for a minimum of two years before becoming eligible for permanent residency in the US

Whilst at Headlands you will be expected to:

• implement your artistic project as articulated in the application;
• enhance the profile and development of New Zealand visual arts; and
• develop and extend professional links with artists and artistic networks.

On returning from the US you will be expected to have completed, or substantially completed, a body of artwork and should be able to demonstrate other tangible benefits to New Zealand visual arts.

A final and signed report, using the standard Fulbright New Zealand format, must be provided within six weeks of completion of the residency. This report will be an important resource for Fulbright New Zealand and The James Wallace Arts Trust and will help to build a picture of what is being achieved over time with the residency programme.

A separate report must be submitted to the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), the Fulbright agency that administers Fulbright Scholar awards in the US.

Selection Criteria

The successful candidate will be chosen by an independent selection panel appointed by The James Wallace Arts Trust and Fulbright New Zealand. The panel's decision will be final.

In selecting an artist for the award the Selection Panel shall consider:

1. Track record: the achievements and artistic record of the artist, including the record of exhibiting.
2. Project: the nature and purpose of the project the artist proposes to undertake during the residency.
3. Development: how the residency will expand and develop the artist's creative and professional horizons and contribute to the development of new work; and
4. Future Plans: plans the artist has to create work that will arise from the experience of the residency.
   
5. The Fulbright goal of educational and cultural exchange to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of New Zealand and the United States, and the ambassadorial qualities of applicants.
   
6. The James Wallace Arts Trust goal to encourage the visual arts in New Zealand and in particular to reward those artists producing outstanding work with residencies and grants.

Fulbright Mission and Orientation

It was Senator J William Fulbright's mission to build peace through the mutual understanding of cultures. In Senator Fulbright's words, "the Fulbright programme aims ... to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby to increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship." Fulbright applicants and grantees are expected to understand and support this mission.

Today, the Fulbright programme is the world's largest education exchange programme, operating in over 150 countries. Since 1948, over 1,300 New Zealanders have travelled to the United States and some 1,100 Americans have come to New Zealand on Fulbright awards.

The James Wallace Arts Trust purpose

In the mid 1960s James Wallace began collecting New Zealand art, particularly that of emerging artists. In 1992 he transferred his Collection to the newly-formed James Wallace Arts Trust and proceeded to fund the Trust so that it could continue to add to the Collection and support the arts in New Zealand in general, as well as assist emerging artists both through patronage and promotion via exhibitions.

We encourage public access to the Collection by way of revolving loans to some 30 institutions including Hospitals, Universities and Schools. Further, James Wallace opens his private residence Rannoch and its galleries to other arts organisations and charities for fund raising concerts and events. Over 2500 people visited the house and sculpture garden/bush last year.

In 1991, James Wallace established the annual Wallace Arts Awards, administered by The James Wallace Arts Trust. These awards are now the longest-surviving and richest annual art awards of their kind in New Zealand.

Headlands Center for the Arts

Headlands provides an unparalleled environment for the creative process and the development of new work and ideas. Through artists' residencies and public programmes, Headlands offers opportunities for reflection, dialogue and exchange that build understanding and appreciation for the role of art in society.

In creating Headlands, its founders sought to re-configure the role of the artist from a marginalised position to that of a central participant in our society. Since 1987 Headlands has developed this idea into an array of dynamic programmes for artists and the public.

Headlands is located in Sausalito, California.

Application process

• Apply to enter the Wallace Art Awards, the application deadline for which is 13 August 2009. The entry form may be found on The James Wallace Arts Trust website
• On 15 August, Wallace Art Awards Judges will short-list for the Fulbright Wallace Arts Award based on the eligibility and selection criteria. Short-listed applicants will be notified later that same day and invited to apply for the Fulbright Wallace Arts Award. You will have until 5pm on 26th August to submit your completed Fulbright Wallace Arts Award application, comprising a completed application form, two letters of reference and a current curriculum vitae. Submit these by email to Brian Wood at The James Wallace Arts Trust - brian.wood@wallace.co.nz
  
• If selected, you will be advised of the outcome on/after 29th August and must confirm your acceptance of the award by noon on 31st August
  
• A public announcement for this award will be made once official approval from the Fulbright Foreign Scholarships Board in Washington, DC has been obtained
  
• The award residency at Headlands must be commenced between 1 March 2010 and 1 September 2010. The grantee arranges his/her own travel
  

Application form

Applications for the 2010 Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award will open in July. Please check back then for the application form.

Further information

For further information about the Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award, contact our Programme and Advising Team Leader.

Fulbright New Zealand has Campus Advisers stationed on all major New Zealand campuses. Our Advisers are all Fulbright alumni who are available to discuss their exchange experiences with students and staff, as well as to give basic information about our awards.

For information about The James Wallace Arts Trust and the Wallace Art Awards, please visit The James Wallace Arts Trust website at www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz or contact:

Jo Mears, Trust Education Officer/Manager
The James Wallace Arts Trust

Level 1, 305 Queen Street
PO Box 5508
Wellesley Street
Auckland

Email jo.mears@wallace.co.nz
Tel +64 9 309 8629

For information about the Headland Arts Center please visit www.headlands.org