Whanganui UCOL hosts Top Art 2010

26 July 2010

Whanganui Quay School of the Arts will once again host Top Art 2010, a travelling exhibition of the cream of Secondary School students’ visual arts portfolios.

 

Two groups of students' portfolios that achieved Excellence at NCEA level 3 in 2009 will travel to approximately 30 schools, museums, and galleries throughout New Zealand over five months.

 

Top Art is a chance for this year's level 3 Visual Arts students to see first-hand a range of high-calibre art produced by their peers in each of the five Visual Arts contexts; design, painting, photography, print-making and sculpture. This year the exhibition includes information from the artists on the development of their work.

 

The Top Art exhibitions also allow members of the public to see the impressive work which secondary school students are producing.

 

Top Art runs from 26 to 30 July at the in the Atrium at Whanganui UCOL’s Te Matapihi ki te Ao campus.