Zombie candles, silver fox rings and tommy guns
TLC Diploma programme and Honours student, Nick Rule, makes 3D sculptures out of paper clay and creates miniature jewellery out of semi-precious metals. He’s had art stalls at the Wellington Frank Kitts market and success selling jewellery and hand-made candles from a local Wellington store.
Posted on 22 Nov 2016[2] Comments'Nurturing Natures' exhibtion
‘Nurturing Natures’ is a collaborative group exhibition of 12 artists being held at The Mall in Upper Hutt, Wellington on the 12-19th November. Media on show includes jewellery, ceramics, forged sculpture, bronze, drawing, painting, encaustic, felting and photography.
Posted on 15 Nov 2016[6] CommentsStress and healing through art
Fiona Thomas came to The Learning Connexion to study art and creativity later in life, when she was going through a difficult period. Little did she know it was the start of a brand new chapter, a coming home of sorts, and the beginning of a healing process that would carry through physically into her work.
Posted on 31 Oct 2016[8] CommentsContemporary nostalgia
Artist profile: Helen Lenihan
Honours student and double finalist in the Wellington Regional Art Awards and Clifton Art Prize Awards.
Helping boys become greater men
The Learning Connexion likes to get involved with the surrounding local community of Lower Hutt and, this year, are proud to have helped out volunteer community group ‘Boys to Great Men’.
Posted on 20 Oct 2016[2] CommentsSustainable cloth bag designer
Pip McKay, part-time diploma student at The Learning Connexion, talks to us about her re-usable cloth bag designed for the Upper Hutt City Council.
Posted on 10 Oct 2016[1] CommentsChef’s palate to artist’s plate
The Restricted Programme Art and Creativity students have been serving up art so good you can just about taste it. Visitors to Visa’s Wellington on a Plate, Rimutaka Prison Gate to Plate, get to eat a Top Chef inspired full course dinner, whilst they sit amongst food plate-art created by prisoners.
Posted on 03 Oct 2016[0] CommentsMemories, a proposal and grand plans
You kinda get a funny feeling once you discover that a place you used to call home is about to be demolished and converted – to be changed into something else entirely.
Posted on 14 Sep 2016[0] Comments‘Pole to Pole’ close to the finishing post
Sebastien Jaunas – Finalist in the 25th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2016
Posted on 07 Sep 2016[4] Comments
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