Recently, Keith Grinter spent two days helping international artist, Dane Mitchell, make 'Meteorological Phenomenon' – canes of hot glass pulled out over sand.

Keith runs the Grinter Glass blowing studio in Whangarei and is also a distance learning mentor at The Learning Connexion. He teaches workshops on glass blowing using the shard pick-up technique as well as creating painted and blown work.

Recently, Keith Grinter spent two days helping international artist, Dane Mitchell, make 'Meteorological Phenomenon' – canes of hot glass pulled out over sand.

Keith runs the Grinter Glass blowing studio in Whangarei and is also a distance learning mentor at The Learning Connexion. He teaches workshops on glass blowing using the shard pick-up technique as well as creating painted and blown work.

A solo show by Aaron Frater, 3D artist, mentor and tutor at The Learning Connexion

3-7 June 2017
17 Tory Street
Wellington

A solo show by Aaron Frater, 3D artist, mentor and tutor at The Learning Connexion

3-7 June 2017
17 Tory Street
Wellington

Artists and TLC graduates Lena Stackhouse and Shea Stackhouse featured in this month's Creativity Talk.

Artists and TLC graduates Lena Stackhouse and Shea Stackhouse featured in this month's Creativity Talk.

THAT’S NOT ART! Artists ahead of their time, or merely courting controversy in order to gain an audience and name for themselves? Art and controversy have often been familiar bedfellows, but occasionally offence emerges from beneath the sheets as well – whether intended by the artist, or not.

Disclaimer: Please do not read this article if you are easily offended.

THAT’S NOT ART! Artists ahead of their time, or merely courting controversy in order to gain an audience and name for themselves? Art and controversy have often been familiar bedfellows, but occasionally offence emerges from beneath the sheets as well – whether intended by the artist, or not.

Disclaimer: Please do not read this article if you are easily offended.

The finalists of the 2017 National Contemporary Art Award have been announced, with 51 artworks by 49 artists from across New Zealand selected.

Included among the finalists are Mel Ford, ceramics tutor, from The Learning Connexion, with ‘Frame and Line’ and ‘Reading Between The Lines’, and graduate, Sebastien Jaunas, with ‘Chrysalid’.

The finalists of the 2017 National Contemporary Art Award have been announced, with 51 artworks by 49 artists from across New Zealand selected.

Included among the finalists are Mel Ford, ceramics tutor, from The Learning Connexion, with ‘Frame and Line’ and ‘Reading Between The Lines’, and graduate, Sebastien Jaunas, with ‘Chrysalid’.

'Of dreams and hopes and love'
26 May to 26 June 2017
ArtsPost Galleries and Shop
120 Victoria Street, Hamilton

After a nightmarish experience in a stuck-behind-a-desk job, Ailene Cuthbertson began life as an artist four years ago, studying creativity and art through The Learning Connexion's distance learning programme. This is her first solo exhibition.

'Of dreams and hopes and love'
26 May to 26 June 2017
ArtsPost Galleries and Shop
120 Victoria Street, Hamilton

After a nightmarish experience in a stuck-behind-a-desk job, Ailene Cuthbertson began life as an artist four years ago, studying creativity and art through The Learning Connexion's distance learning programme. This is her first solo exhibition.

15-21 May 2017
Thistle Hall Gallery
293 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington

Two very different artists come together in 'Dark City', an exhibition that delves deep into a neo-gothic urban dream of iconic Wellington scenes juxtaposed with cinema vixens, femme fatales, and evocative city lights.

15-21 May 2017
Thistle Hall Gallery
293 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington

Two very different artists come together in 'Dark City', an exhibition that delves deep into a neo-gothic urban dream of iconic Wellington scenes juxtaposed with cinema vixens, femme fatales, and evocative city lights.

Panel artists Taakere Wairama, Tualau Fale, Taita College student Sarah Brooke, and Perry Scott, a 3D sculpture tutor from The Learning Connexion, were involved in designing the exterior panels on the Walter Nash Stadium – a local community centre in Taita, Lower Hutt, Wellington.

Panel artists Taakere Wairama, Tualau Fale, Taita College student Sarah Brooke, and Perry Scott, a 3D sculpture tutor from The Learning Connexion, were involved in designing the exterior panels on the Walter Nash Stadium – a local community centre in Taita, Lower Hutt, Wellington.

New Zealanders adorn themselves with red poppies on Anzac Day, the 25th of April, to commemorate and remember the huge sacrifices made by Kiwi soldiers during the Gallipoli Campaign.

With few soldiers remaining, the art of war will soon be the only way for us to ‘remember’ what it was like.

New Zealanders adorn themselves with red poppies on Anzac Day, the 25th of April, to commemorate and remember the huge sacrifices made by Kiwi soldiers during the Gallipoli Campaign.

With few soldiers remaining, the art of war will soon be the only way for us to ‘remember’ what it was like.

Term one at The Learning Connexion finished with a bang - lots of really great work and, of course, the eagerly anticipated TLC student exhibition.

Term one at The Learning Connexion finished with a bang - lots of really great work and, of course, the eagerly anticipated TLC student exhibition.