Carla Van Zon
Carla Marja Olga Van Zon ONZM (born 20 January 1952) is a New Zealand retired artistic director. She worked on international opportunities for New Zealand artists at Creative New Zealand, before becoming artistic director of the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington in 1996. From 2013 she was the Artistic Director of the Auckland Arts Festival, where she was responsible for commissioning works such as the opera The Bone Feeders. Van Zon has been responsible for supporting the careers of many New Zealand artists. She retired from the Auckland Arts Festival in 2017, following a diagnosis of kidney disease in 2016.
Carla Van Zon ONZM | |
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Van Zon in 2017 | |
| Born | Carla Marja Olga Van Zon 20 January 1952 Te Atatū, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Otago George Washington University |
| Occupation | Arts director |
| Employer(s) | Creative New Zealand New Zealand Festival of the Arts Auckland Arts Festival |
| Awards | Arts Wellingtonian of the Year (2005) Lifetime Achievement Award, Auckland Theatre Awards (2016) NEXT Woman of the Year (arts & culture) (2017) |
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