Top Art tours the country!

Visual Art from NZ’s top secondary school art students will be featured in a touring exhibition visiting approximately 30 different venues throughout the country over the next five months.

Made up of two different collections, the Top Art exhibition began on Monday, 30th March, at the Govett Brewster Gallery in New Plymouth and also at Kings’ High School in Dunedin.

 Each collection will move on to the next venue the following Friday.

The two collections bring together a selection of the top Visual Arts portfolios from students who gained Excellence in NCEA level 3 in 2008.

The touring exhibition provides an opportunity for secondary students and teachers to view the high standard of art produced in schools and provide an understanding of what is required to achieve Excellence in Visual Art at level 3.

Members of the public are encouraged to view the exhibition and see the quality of the art emerging from secondary schools.

The first venues are as follows:

Collection One: 30th March-3rd April, New Plymouth, Govett Brewster Gallery; 6th-17th April, Rotorua, Rotorua Museum; 22nd April-1st May, Hamilton, Wintec School of Media Arts; 4th-8th May, Palmerston North, Te Manawa; 11th-15th May, Gisborne, Tairawhiti Museum & Art Gallery; 18th-22nd May, Hawkes Bay, Havelock North Community Centre.

Collection Two: 30th March-3rd April, Dunedin, Kings’ High School; 6th-7th April, Queenstown, Art Society Rooms; 20th April-1st May, Invercargill, Southland Museum; 4th-8th May, Nelson, The Suter; 11th-15th May, Blenheim, Marlborough Boys’ College, 18th-22nd May, Timaru, Craighead Diocesan School.

As the exhibition has been split into two sections, not all local students’ work will be on display in their hometowns.

Collection One Exhibitors: Rosa Borg, Design Cashmere, High School; Laura Godfrey, Design, Cashmere High School; Hye Jeoung Cho, Design, Takapuna Grammar School; Henry Christian Slane, Design, Western Springs College; Amy Radich, Design, St Cuthbert’s College; Hannah Batty, Painting, Lincoln High School; Taejong Lee, Painting, Rathkeale College; Manon Revuelta, Painting, Epsom Girls’ Grammar School; Elizabeth Ashby, Painting, Lincoln High School; Meg Howie, Painting, Nelson College For Girls; Ashlee Carr, Photography, Saint Hilda’s Collegiate School; Sally Spackman, Photography, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; James Williams, Photography, Burnside High School; Michelle Dickinson, Photography, Burnside High School; Rhea Stevenson, Photography, New Plymouth Girls’ High School; Kate Clark, Printmaking, Burnside High School; Rachel Trangmar, Printmaking, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Amelia Dole, Printmaking, Christchurch Girls’ High School; Jessica Hunt, Printmaking, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Michelle Cowley, Printmaking, New Plymouth Girls’ High School; Chris Hipolito, Sculpture, Westlake Boys’ High School; Marcus Norman, Sculpture, Burnside High School; Sophie Owens, Sculpture, Craighead Diocesan School; Katherine Taine, Sculpture, Craighead Diocesan School; Tania Vercoelen, Sculpture, Chilton Saint James School.

Collection Two Exhibitors: Heari Chung, Design, Takapuna Grammar School; James Hunter, Design, Tauranga Boys’ College; Grant Nicholson, Design, Sacred Heart College (Auckland); Jordan Oxborough, Design, Takapuna Grammar School; Elizabeth Anderson, Design, St Cuthbert’s College; Sam Burton, Painting, Spotswood College; Brendon Leather, Painting, NZ Correspondence School and Christian Renewal School; Rosealee Wells, Painting, Epsom Girls’ Grammar School; Leslie Hansen, Painting, Western Springs College; Lloyd Thomas, Painting, Rangitoto College; Tamsin Blundell, Photography, Nayland College; Rebekah Eaton, Photography, Northcote College; Kyan Krumdieck, Photography, Burnside High School; Meg Porteous, Photography, New Plymouth Girls’ High School; Rachel Trangmar, Photography, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Rachel Shanks, Printmaking, St Cuthbert’s College; Rachel Whiteside, Printmaking, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; William Oades, Printmaking, Auckland Grammar School; Arabella Waghorn, Printmaking, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Rachael Jupp, Printmaking, New Plymouth Girls High School; Naquita Archery, Sculpture, Sancta Maria College; Lisa Basford, Sculpture, Chilton Saint James School; Nikolas Blackburn, Sculpture, Westlake Boys’ High School; Sam Burton, Sculpture, Spotswood College; Lisa Lin, Sculpture; Westlake Girls’ High School; Ellen Williams, Sculpture, Epsom Girls’ Grammar School.