Harriet Friedlander

2012 ARTS FOUNDATION AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED THIS YEARS  HARRIET FRIEDLANDER RESIDENCY RECIPIENT.

Supported by the Arts Foundation, the Harriet Friedlander Residency sends an artist to New York for as long as $80,000 will last them. Harriet Friedlander was a dedicated supporter of the arts. She also loved New York. She believed that any young artist exposed to the city would learn and grow in unimaginable ways.

Arthur Meek

At a Macquarie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards function held at The Cloud on Auckland’s Queens Wharf, Arthur Meek was awarded the Harriet Friedlander fellowship.  Arthur Meek writes for stage and screen, and has worked extensively as an actor. He first came to attention whilst at university for his award-winning short film Being John Campbell. He has been awarded the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award and a slew of awards and nominations in the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. His work betrays a singular and witty contemporary voice, bold in structure and style.

Our congratulations goes to this worthy recipient.