NZQA Media Release
17 June 2005
BEST OF THE BEST STUDENT ART ON TOUR
The top art produced by New Zealand's secondary students is about to take to the road for a travelling exhibition.
From Monday 20 June, a selection of the best Visual Arts folios from those who achieved excellence in last year's level
3 assessments will tour 20 centres throughout the country.
The aim of the exhibition is to show this year's secondary school students and their teachers what it takes to gain
achievement with excellence in art at level 3.
The exhibition has been split into two collections, each comprising 23 practical art folios. The folios are from each
practical arts subject - photography, design, printmaking, sculpture and painting. One collection will travel around the
South Island and Auckland, while the other collection will travel through the rest of the North Island.
The exhibition will begin simultaneously in Queenstown and Lower Hutt. The art will be on display in public art
galleries, museums and local schools.
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority organises this event each year. Acting Chief Executive Karen Sewell said this
year's exhibition was organised following the success of previous displays. "This exhibition both guides and inspires.
Students can see what can be achieved and can infer what is being sought in assessment terms. In many other subjects
exemplars can be viewed on the NZQA website, as can some of these artworks, but seeing them directly is by far the most
enjoyable and instructive. The standard of these artworks is wonderfully high, and I thank the students for allowing us
to use their work."
ENDS
TOP ART ITINERARY
Collection 1
21 - 25 June The Dowse, Lower Hutt
27 June - 1 July Pataka, Porirua
4 - 8 July Kamo High School, Whangarei
22 - 28 July Baycourt Conference Centre, Tauranga
1 - 5 August Tairawhiti Museum & Art Gallery, Gisborne
8 - 12 August Rotorua Museum, Rotorua
15 - 19 August Te Manawa, Palmerston North
22 - 26 August Centennial Hall, McLean Park, Napier
29 August - 1 September Puki Ariki, New Plymouth
5 - 15 September Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton
15 - 23 September Onehunga High School, Auckland
10 - 14 October Rosehill College, Auckland
Collection 2
20 - 23 June Queenstown Arts Society, Queenstown
27 - June - 1 July Dunedin College of Education - Southland Campus, Invercargill
4 - 20 July Dunedin College of Education, Dunedin
21 - 27 July Waitaki Girls' High School, Oamaru
28 July - 3 August Christchurch College of Education - Timaru Campus, Timaru
8 - 19 August Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
22 - 26 August Marlborough Boys' College , Blenheim
29 August - 2 September Greymouth High School, Greymouth
5 - 9 September Nayland College , Nelson
12 - 16 September Westlake Girls' College, Auckland
19 - 23 September Rutherford College, Auckland
10 - 14 October Pakuranga College, Auckland
TOP ART STUDENTS
Collection 1 - Students
Design Nik Cameron Nelson College
Design Kate Cameron St Cuthbert's College
Design Georgia Lawrence Whakatane High School
Design Jacob Sparrow Saint John's College (Hamilton)
Painting Helen Broome St Cuthbert's College
Painting Amanda Wilkinson St Cuthbert's College
Painting Claire Wratten Lincoln High School
Painting Paul McLachlan Saint Peter's College (Gore)
Painting Malinda Aikman Opotiki College
Photography Larnie Reid Cromwell College
Photography Polly Higbee Saint Hilda's Collegiate School
Photography John Bradbury Western Heights High School
Photography Kate Bryant Piopio College
Photography Michael Colley King's College
Printmaking Lana Matich Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Printmaking Graeme Targett Cashmere High School
Printmaking Daniel Smith Lincoln High School
Printmaking Ha Won Rah Lynfield College
Printmaking Simon Stewart Christchurch Boys' High School
Sculpture Caroline Scott Craighead Diocesan School
Sculpture Sarah Bilkey Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Sculpture Kaylee Donald Chilton St James School
Sculpture Roisin Moore Villa Maria College
Sculpture Blake Richardson Lincoln High School
Collection 2 - Students
Design Ho-Ching Fu Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Design Ryan Burrows Nayland College
Design Nikola Boswell Kerikeri High School
Design Zina Vandervis Columba College
Design Mitchell Broughton New Plymouth Boys' High School
Painting Felicity Brouwers New Plymouth Girls' High School
Painting Sam Sullivan Wellington College
Painting Steph Owens Lincoln High School
Painting Shelly Adamson Maniototo Area School/Correspondence
Photography Benedict Tomkins King's College
Photography Lucy Weir Craighead Diocesan School
Photography Chris Rudsdale Kamo High School
Photography Taryn Wallace Palmerston North Girls' High School
Printmaking Su Na Park St Cuthbert's College
Printmaking Ingrid Berger Mahurangi College
Printmaking Diedre Utupo Church College of New Zealand
Printmaking Andrew Grenfell Christchurch Boys' High School
Printmaking Erica McGeorge Diocesan School for Girls
Sculpture Desiree Stone Westlake Girls' High School
Sculpture Audrey Baldwin Burnside High School
Sculpture Sam O'Leary Wellington High School
Sculpture Rebecca Kirkcaldie Chilton St James School
Sculpture Caitlin Windelburn Lincoln High School