Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi General Manager / Kaiwhakahaere Jessica Palalagi, Paora Sharples, His Excellency Dr Richard Davies, 2024 Icon Whakamana Hiranga Sir Dr Tā Pita Sharples, Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Cindy Kiro, Co-Chair Chelsea Winstanley, Trustee Hamish Edgar, Co-Chair Kent Gardner, Kaumātua Joe Harawira.
Icon Award Whakamana Hiranga
The Arts Foundation’s highest honour, the Icon Whakamana Hiranga, are bestowed to a living circle of 20 of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant artists for their extraordinary lifetime achievements and mark on the arts.
Icon Whakamana Hiranga Recipients
Year awarded: 2024
Established in 2003, The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga are limited to a living circle of 20 artists. Each Icon receives a bronze medallion set with pounamu and a pin designed by sculptor John Edgar.
2022 marked the first year we have awarded Icons since the passing of Sir Eion Edgar, a long time champion of Whakamana Hiranga. Sir Eion and Jan, Lady Edgar are the Founding Patrons of the Icon Awards, following Sir Eion’s retirement as a Trustee of the Foundation in 2010 and their extraordinary $500,000 gift to the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi.
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