Our Springboard Awards are back – and bigger than ever! Don’t miss your chance to nominate an early-career artist before Friday 5 December.
Thanks to the incredible success of our Supernova campaign, we’ve supersized Springboard for 2026. Instead of the usual six awards, we’re offering 16 awards for rising artists to kickstart their practice and step boldly into the next phase of their creative journey.
We’re on the lookout for artists from all disciplines — those brimming with potential, ready to grow, experiment, and take daring creative leaps. Each Springboard Award comes with $15,000 cash and priceless mentorship from our Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi alumni and beyond (we cover their time too!).
This is all made possible by a community of generous givers who believe, like we do, that when artists thrive, we all thrive.
