Ans Westra
Ans Westra, CNZM (b. April 28, 1936 in Leiden, Netherlands) is a self-taught New Zealand photographer, with an interest in Māori, whose prominence as an artist and author was most amplified by her 1964 piece Washday at the pa.
Westra emigrated to New Zealand in 1957.
In 1996 Ans Westra was awarded the inaugural Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence award by Southland Art Foundation, Southern Institute of Technology, Southland Museum and Art Gallery and Creative New Zealand.
In 1998 Westra was awarded the Companion of the Order of New Zealand Merit for services to photography and in 2007 she became an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon artist.
Westra was the subject of the 2006 documentary Ans Westra: Private Journeys/Public Thoughts by Luit Bieringa.[1]
Westra’s most recent major book and exhibition, The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand (Wellington: Asia New Zealand Foundation, 2009. ISBN 9780958296403), features her own photographs, with text by New Zealand writer Adrienne Jansen. The book's interviews and photographs of thirty-seven individuals give insight into the lives of Asian Muslims in New Zealand.[2]
References
- "The Crescent Moon." Asia New Zealand Foundation. 2009. [2]. Accessed 2 March 2009.
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| Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence |
Ans Westra (1996) · Irene Ferguson (1996) · Ruth Myers (1996) · Geoff Dixon (1996) · Tracy Collins (1996) · Kalvin Collins (1997) · Mark Adams (1997) · Geoff Dixon (1997) · David Sarich (1998) · John Z Robinson (1998) · Janet de Wagt (1998) · Joanna Margaret Paul (1998) · Murray Grimsdale (1998) · Murray Grimsdale (1999) · Jo Ogier (1999) · Cilla McQueen (1999)
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| William Hodges Fellowship residency programme |
Jo Ogier (2000) · Margaret Dawson (2000) · Nicholas Twist (2000) · Ross T Smith (2001) · Margaret Dawson (2001 · Irene Ferguson (2002) · Laurence Berry (2002) · Lorraine Webb (2002) · Maryrose Crook (2003) · Keely McGlynn (2004) · Jane Zusters (2004) · Lucy Dolan (2004) · Mark Braunias (2005) · Regan Gentry (2006) · Miranda Parkes (2006) · James Walker (2007) · Peter Peryer (2007) · Anna Muirhead (2008) · Ana de Lancy Terry & Don Hunter (2008) · Nic Moon (2009) · Deborah Barton (2010)
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