People
The Academy has a large and enthusiastic membership and is run by an elected President and Council, paid staff and a dedicated team of volunteers. These are our people...
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His Excellency Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM, QSO
Right from 1882, the very beginning of the Academy’s long history, there has been Vice Regal patronage of the |
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President |
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Ian Hamlin
Joined Council in 2001, Vice President 2008, President 2010 I began painting straight from leaving School on the West Coast in 1977 so I’ve now been a fulltime artist for over 30 years. I first exhibited at the Academy in 1981 before moving to Wellington in 1983 and I’ve now held over 40 solo exhibitions including five at the Academy. I was elected an artist member in 1998. My work is usually based on an environmental theme and is held in collections worldwide. I live on Wellington’s wild South Coast, and in the Marlborough Sounds I’m revegetating a bush block and growing olive oil and award winning lavender oil. I see the Academy as a vital link in the arts chain being an important venue for emerging artists to gain exposure alongside more senior practitioners. The Academy has the freedom and flexibility to encourage artists ‘to do their own thing’ and my vision is to encourage this diversity and maintain the strong tradition of the Academy being run by artists for artists.
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Donna Dentice B.A. Dip Tch. joined Council in 2008, vice president 2010 I come to the Academy with skills built up from a successful career in leadership in the not for profit sector. I am currently the Chief Executive of Young Enterprise Trust, a charitable trust that delivers enterprise and financial education into schools. More than 90% of that Trust’s funding is sourced from the corporate sector and philanthropic trusts, and my work has been developing communities of interest that work together with positive results. I was a school principal for 13 years; three years at NgaTawaSchool, a secondary boarding school in Marton, and ten years as principal of Chilton SaintJamesSchool, an independent school in Lower Hutt. During my time at Chilton, I was in charge of two preschools, a primary school, a secondary school, an international school and a performing arts school, building it to become the largest independent school outside Auckland. I believe that the creative arts are an essential contributor to the human condition, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to use the things I have learnt in running ‘not for profits’ to assist the Academy.
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Alfred Memelink joined Council in 2002, Vice President 2010 Actually a marine engineer by profession but 9 years ago I made a lifestyle change and came ashore to mainly follow my passion for art. I predominantly paint in watercolours and enjoy painting most, my favorite port of call and home port, Wellington. I’ve served on the Academy Council since 2002 and am the president of the growing group, Watercolour New Zealand. As the sea is so strong in my blood, I find it impossible to leave the sea completely so I still manage to slip off for the occasional adventure at sea or can sometimes be seen darting around the harbour on the little red tugs.
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Wendy Masters
joined council in 2004
"I'm on the council to support my fellow artists. The NZFA provides a unique opportunity for Artists throughout NZ to exhibit in a large, beautiful and hard won gallery. It's a satisfying experience to view a wide range of art - each exhibition evolves its own character, enhanced by optional themes and guest artists. As a school leaver I trained in graphic design, painting, and sculpture and have worked at these all my life whilst raising a family. Watercolour is my delight and challenge - I like to keep on the edge of control".
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Di Conway joined council 2003 I’m a fulltime working artist, and have been a member of the NZAFA since the late 80`s. I have the privilege of being an elected artist. It’s an amazing feeling receiving the acceptance slip, something that hasn’t faded over the years. My first work was accepted for the exhibition ‘ACADEMY WOMEN. A CENTURY OF INSPIRATION’ in 1993. I have been exhibiting, nurtured and encouraged ever since by the Academy and its members. The members opening nights, meeting other artists and like minded people, celebrating NZ art are just some of the highlights of being involved with the Academy. |
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Ray Smith joined council in 2002 I started a company that grew to be a National Flooring Distribution Group with worldwide affiliations. Alongside my business interests I have always had a passion for all sports and am a director and life member of the NZ Marist Rugby Fedreration. I believe the involving of youth early on helps their growth in personal and social skills and creates a commitment to work as a team and in a structure. I am enjoying my involvement with the Academy where there is a need to strive for best governance practice and terms of reference for members in this changing world.
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Chris Hall joined Council in 2006 I grew up in Nelson and was educated at Nelson Boys College and graduated from Canterbury University with a Bachelor of Commence degree. I am now a resident of Seatoun and married with 3 sons. I worked for the ANZ Bank for 35 years serving in London, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Wellington. I retired as a senior manager of the Bank. More recently I have been doing accounting work for a small Wellington company and have done two stints as manager of a property in Shropshire England. I have a long standing interest in art but did not take up painting until retiring from the Bank. Initially my main interest was watercolour but over the last couple of years I have taken up acrylic, oil and pastel painting. My main involvement with the Academy is in supporting the administrative activities. I have been a member of the Academy since 2003 and on several occasions have had paintings accepted for exhibition at the Academy.
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Andrew Carruthers joined Council in 2011 |
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Matt Gauldie joined Council in 2002 I am an artist working here in Wellington, and a captain in the NZ Army as official Army artist, my studio is at Shelly Bay. I want to see the Academy recognised by all as an important building block to creating a foundation for New Zealand culture, for artists of all stages to develop by using all the Academy can offer....encouragement, support, confidence in one's self and abilities, an outlet for personal expression and most importantly a network of other artists,all with varying agendas and reasons for making art.
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Kelvin Wong joined Council in 2011 as Honorary Treasurer
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Secretary |
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Carla Wild joined Council in 2011
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Honorary Solicitor |
Geof Shirtcliffe |
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Honorary Auditor |
Tim Fairhall |
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Staff |
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Acting Academy Director |
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Jodie Dalgleish
Jodie Dalgleish brings eight years of arts sector experience, along with over fifteen years of marketing and management experience to the Academy. Her high-level business expereince has given her an understanding of what is required to keep an arts insitution going. And her varied arts roles have given her a deep appreciation of the dynamics and needs of the sector’s many stakeholders. Jodie has held senior marketing manager roles in New Zealand and was Vice President for a research and consulting company, Gartner Group, in the U.S.A. She has also run her own private contemporary art gallery in Whanganui, was programme manager of Whanganui Ucol’s Summer School of the Arts, was a Trustee of the Whanganui Arts, Culture and Heritage Trust, was an arts protagonist lobbying for the protection of the Sarjeant Gallery’s collection, was a member of working groups established by Wanganui District Council, was assistant curator at The Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and is a writer for EyeContact and Landfall online. She has a BCA from Victoria University with marketing and management majors. She also has a Graduate Diploma in Art History and Theory from The University of Otago and a Master of Creative Writing, with First Degree honours, from Auckland University of Technology. Jodie has curated many exhibitions inlcuding the significant survey exhibitions Journeywork: The Sculpture of Peter Nicholls (2008) and Russell Moses: Garden of Light (2008). In addition, her most recently curated exhibition, A Museum of Obsessions (Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin) was favourably reviewed by David Eggleton in Art New Zealand’s Autumn issue of 2011. Jodie is also a writer committed to this country’s art history. Notably, her essay Sitings of Place in the Sculpture of Peter Nicholls, 1971 - 2010 was published by The Journal of New Zealand Art History in 2010. She has also had academic art historical essays published in international art journals.
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Office Co-ordinator |
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Julie Meek |
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Volunteers |
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The Academy relies on the support and energy of its many volunteers who do a wide range of tasks. Volunteers are involved in receiving artworks, cataloguing and hanging exhibitions. They can also be the face of the Academy on the front desk. A small group of more specialist volunteers also assist with ongoing projects and tasks such as web site maintenance, marketing and promotion. |
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A few of our team are: Front of House: Beryl Buchanan, Claire Scouse, John Conigrave, Jacqueline d'Ath, Annette Goldsmith, Suzanne Hausman, Maureen Lawler, Jan Pearce, Kate Shaw, Wendy White
Event development and promotion: Anthony Morsinkhof and Kate Te Rure.
Web site mainenance: Sharlene Schmidt. |
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You can support the Academy by becoming a member or as a volunteer |
