Learning
Art
The Art department offers an environment where students can embrace creative processes across a range of disciplines. Students are encouraged and supported to extend their creative and technical skills, enabling them to approach problem-solving and idea development in new and exciting ways.
The junior Art programmes combines the development of practical skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and design with an emphasis on the generation and development of ideas and investigations into successful Visual Arts practice. Students build on a range of self management strategies, critical reflection and collaborative processes to clarify their ideas, preparing them for the requirements of NCEA Level 1 Art.
Level 1 Art is offered in two versions; one investigating a range of techniques based on the work of artists from a variety of sources, and the other looking specifically at the work of contemporary Maori and Pacific Island artists.
At Levels 2 and 3 we offer full year programmes in 4 Visual Art subjects plus Art History. These subjects are Painting, Design, Photography and Sculpture and each is taught by a subject specialist.
News
MADE Exhibition
Paintings by students were unveiled at the MADE week. There were Year 10 murals up around the school and students worked on turning the Spectrum space into a new gallery of works painted onto and interacting with the space.
Opening of Spectrum Gallery
What used to be a plain white corridor has been transformed into Spectrum, a gallery to showcase students' latest creations and masterpieces. More
Space Invaders Exhibition
See photos from the Year 13 Exhibition, Space Invaders, which had items on display from Photography, Design, Sculpture and Painting students.
Progression
Progression - courses and pathways available.
Photography students exhibition space
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