Art History graduate London-bound with the help of Day scholarship
This scholarship, sponsored by the Oroya and Melvin Day Charitable Trust, will finance her study of a Master of Arts in Art History at the University College London—the College where Melvin Day himself once taught while completing his own studies in Art at the Courtauld Institute.
Hannah is looking forward to being able to study and admire art pieces in person: “Studying Art History in London, which is filled with museums and galleries and with visits to surrounding cities and countries, I will be able to visit objects that I have studied before or intend to study during the MA,” says Hannah.
Hannah plans to continue to explore digital art history during her Masters. “The way technology changes how art can be experienced and displayed, preserved and made, presents many opportunities for exploration.
“I am incredibly grateful for the Day Charitable Trust’s generous support of my MA study and I really value their encouragement and enthusiasm for my research interests by selecting me for the award,” says Hannah.
Day Charitable Trust board member Vanessa Johnson says the Trustees were impressed with Hannah’s application and her move from Architecture to Art History. “It showed the roundness of her knowledge and skills, and the genre of Art History she plans to explore is an interesting choice.”
“She seems like the type of person Oroya and Pat (Melvin) Day would have liked. She is a worthy recipient and it is rewarding for the Trust to be able to help someone like Hannah to achieve her goals.”
Established in honour of the acclaimed New Zealand artist and Director of the National Art Gallery, Melvin Day, and his wife Oroya Day, the Oroya and Melvin Day Postgraduate Scholarship for Art History awards grants of up to $20,000 each year to selected applicants who have studied Art History at Victoria University of Wellington and who have been accepted into a postgraduate program in art history (at MA or PhD level) at a university or other institution outside of New Zealand.
In 2021, after successfully completing her Master of Arts at the Courtauld Institute, previous award recipient Mille Riddell returned to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington to commence her PhD in art history.