This internship, offered annually since 2005, is the result of a partnership between The Dowse, the Blumhardt Foundation and Creative New Zealand. It is a legacy of New Zealand potter Dame Doreen Blumhardt's commitment to arts education.
Previous recipients include:
- Gina Matchitt who curated Ngā Hokohoko (2019)
- Milly Mitchell-Anyon who curated Making Conversation (2018)
- Simon Gennard who curated Sleeping Arrangements (2017)
- Faith Wilson who curated Dark Objects (2016)
- Alice Tappenden who curated this is the cup of your heart (2015)
- Bridget Reweti who curated Nuku: Symbols of Mana (2014)
- Emma Ng who curated Everyday Fiction (2013)
- Ane Tonga who curated Everyone Talks to Everyone (2012)
- Lily Hacking who curated A View from Where I Was Sleeping (2011)
- Reuben Friend who curated Plastic Māori (2008)
- Jaqui Knowles who curated The Magic of Mud (2007)
- Grant Thompson who curated The Gift Exchange (2005)