Prize details

Mossman Maori/Pasifika Art History Prize

Value:

2 x $750 (one Maori, one Pasifika—subject to available funds)

Closing date:

No application required

Eligibility

These prizes are offered to New Zealand-based Maori and Pasifika students who have the best average grade in two 100-level Art History courses and who are intending to Major in Art History. To be eligible for the award, recipients must enrol for full-time study at the 200-level of an Art History course in the following year at Victoria University of Wellington.

Information

The Art History Programme set up an endowed prize with the proceeds from a successful study tour to Italy in 2014. The prize supports Maori and Pasifika students intending to major in Art History, initially by enrolling at the 200-level at Victoria University of Wellington.

This prize is offered to New Zealand-based Maori and Pasifika students who have the best average grade in two 100-level Art History courses and who are intending to Major in Art History. To be eligible for the award, recipients must enrol for full-time study at the 200-level of an Art History course in the following year at the University.

The prizes are awarded on the recommendation of the Head of the School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History, in consultation with the Programme Director Art History.

Successful recipients must enrol in a Major in Art History within a 200-level Art History course following the 100-level year. Payment for the award will be made on receipt of a confirmation of study to this effect. Recipients will be asked to write a letter of thanks, which will be forwarded appropriately.