RONALD WOOLF MEMORIAL TRUST ENDOWMENT

The Art History Programme and Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi at Victoria University of Wellington jointly administer the Ronald Woolf Memorial Trust Endowment—a generous gift of the Woolf family, presented to Victoria University of Wellington in 2015 in recognition of the contribution to photography by the late Ronald Woolf.

This Endowment provides funds for projects that support young photographers, students studying the history and practice of photography, and emerging curators of photography.

Funds are allocated on an annual or biennial basis towards exhibitions, symposia and publications that further the Endowment’s educational and creative aims. The Endowment is managed by the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation. Allocation of funds is decided by an advisory committee consisting of the Programme Director of Art History; Director of the Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi; a member of the Woolf family, and an art professional with relevant expertise. The advisory is chaired by Rosalene Fogel, Senior Development Manager, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.

In 2021, the committee is Associate Professor Susan Ballard; Associate Professor Christina Barton, Adam Art Gallery Director; Deborah Hart (on behalf of the Woolf family); and Shaun Waugh, Lecturer in Photography at Massey University College of Creative Arts, Wellington.

For further information about the aims and activities of the Endowment contact Christina Barton (tina.barton@vuw.ac.nz).

To find out more about gifts and bequests to Victoria University of Wellington, contact Rosalene Fogel (rosalene.fogel@vuw.ac.nz)

 

Projects funded to date:

2018

Contribution towards Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the last photograph, edited by Geoffrey Batchen, Adam Art Gallery exhibition catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same title, curated by Batchen and his 2017 Art History Honours class.

2017

Contribution towards Apparitions: the photograph and its image, edited by Geoffrey Batchen, Adam Art Gallery exhibition catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same title, curated by Batchen and his 2017 Art History Honours class.