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Carla Van Zon (Carla Marja Olga Van Zon) was born on 20 January, 1952 in Te Atatū, New Zealand, is an Artistic director in New Zealand, born 1952. Discover Carla Van Zon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Carla Marja Olga Van Zon
Occupation Arts director
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 20 January, 1952
Birthday 20 January
Birthplace Te Atatū, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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1952

Carla Marja Olga Van Zon (born 20 January 1952) is a New Zealand retired artistic director.

Van Zon was born in Te Atatū in West Auckland on 20 January 1952.

Her parents were Dutch immigrants who had arrived via Indonesia.

Van Zon's mother was a contemporary dance teacher and her father worked for Pan Am.

She studied contemporary dance at the University of Otago in Dunedin, earning a degree in Physical Education, and then became a physical education teacher at Green Bay High School.

1980

In the early 1980s she earned an MA in Dance and Arts Administration at George Washington University.

Van Zon's career in arts administration began in Creative New Zealand, where she worked to improve international opportunities for New Zealand artists.

1989

She was involved with the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington from 1989, and from 1996 she was Executive Director, and was appointed as Artistic Director in 2000.

Van Zon helped the festival turn a profit for the first time, and during her time it won four national tourism awards and the Dominion Gold Award for outstanding contribution to the Wellington economy.

1996

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.

2000

In the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours, Van Zon was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.

2005

Van Zon was voted the Arts Wellingtonian of the Year for 2005.

2009

She managed New Zealand's entry to the 2009 Venice Biennale.

2011

In 2011, Van Zon asked Renee Liang to rewrite her play The Bone Feeders as an opera, and when New Zealand Opera decided not to be involved, Van Zon commissioned it for the Auckland Festival.

She has also been instrumental in the careers of writer and actor Nancy Brunning, directors Jason Te Kare and Sara Brodie, writers Mei-Lin Te Puia Hansen, Victor Rodger, and Hone Kouka, composers Gareth Farr, John Psathas and Dame Gillian Whitehead.

2013

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.

From 2013 to 2017 she was the artistic director of the Auckland Arts Festival, managing four festivals over that period, and doubling the attendance records.

Of her approach to the festival being in Auckland and part of the Pacific, arts festival programme manager Tama Waipara said "The first thing was she put tangata whenua front and centre... She said we have to know who we are and where we are."

2016

She was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in June 2016, and retired from the festival at the end of April 2017.

She lives in Ōtaki, north of Wellington, with husband Gregg Fletcher.

Van Zon is a board member of the charity Track Zero, which aims to connect artists and scientists to create work about climate change, and has written about the importance of artists speaking out against climate change.

In 2016, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Auckland Theatre Awards.

2017

She retired from the Auckland Arts Festival in 2017, following a diagnosis of kidney disease in 2016.

In 2017, she was named 2017 NEXT Woman of the Year, in the Arts & Culture category.

2019

In 2019, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Otago, and during the graduation ceremony she urged those present to "Be curious, be open to people and experiences, take slow steps and enjoy the journeys down different pathways."