The Harriet Friedlander residency

Abstract

On 26 June at Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, the Harriet Friedlander Scholarship Trust and the Arts Foundation launched a new international residency. A dedicated supporter of the arts, Harriet Friedlander also loved the vibrant culture of New York. She believed that any young artist exposed to the city would learn and grow in unimaginable ways with the fruits of this born out through his or her work. However, when Michael and Harriet Friedlander and their sons Jason and Daniel designed the residency, Harriet was clear that she did not want to place any expectations or responsibilities on the recipient. An artist was to be sent to New York to have an ?experience?, all expenses paid, so that they could immerse themselves in the culture to be processed in their own way.

Florian Habitch was the inaugural recipient