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Object of the scholarship

The scholarship is named after Iris Fisher, an important founding member of the Pakuranga Arts Society and driving force behind the creation of the Fisher Gallery, later to become Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts. Her original bequest has fostered and encouraged contemporary visual art practice, and in particular arts education, not only in Pakuranga, but also the wider Auckland region since that time.

The Iris Fisher Scholarship, therefore, has been created with those same ideals, that is, for the purpose of encouraging and assisting an excellent tertiary-level visual art student with their studies.

The Iris Fisher Scholarship is awarded to one recipient annually. Each award period is for an academic year and the funds will be available from 1st March in any given year.

In 2011 the award will be for $5,000 and will be payable in one lump sum. It is envisaged that these funds will be put toward fees, materials, travel or a purpose which will enable and aid the recipient to successfully complete their year of tertiary study.

Location

The Iris Fisher Scholarship is to support a student enrolled in a studio or practice based fine or visual arts course of study at tertiary level which meets all the following requirements:

A course of study which is being offered within the Auckland Council boundary. That is, in one of the constituent Territorial Local Authorities which make up the ARC geographical area, namely, Auckland, Manukau, Waitakere, North Shore, Rodney, Franklin and Papakura. NB. All candidates are required to be studying at a campus within this geographical region.

A course of study is a tertiary level qualification awarded by a Tertiary Education Commission accredited institution.

A tertiary level course which is at level 5 or greater.

For the purposes of the scholarship "fine or visual arts" is interpreted as encompassing fields such as; digital art, drawing, installation, moving image, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture and sound art.