“I look at images in an attempt to understand what I can’t read”
“I’m inspired to make art because I want to express and communicate ideas about human interaction and society. Being dyslexic I look at images in an attempt to understand what I can’t read. Creating art has become my way of communicating and expressing my opinions and feelings.”
Zoe Knighton – Janet Law Scholarship Recipient 2016
A Star On The Rise
“When I was there milling about between artists and the corporate world I just kind of wanted to be at home,” she says.
Posted on 14 Jan 2016[5] CommentsSummer Buzz
Vanessa Patea spent most of her summer holidays travelling cross country to the very top of the South Island. The highlight of this trip was a week’s ‘artist in residency’ at Lochmara Lodge, which is located within the Marlborough Sounds (just a 20 minute boat ride from Picton).
Posted on 10 Jan 2016[0] CommentsThe Innovation Imperative: Where the arts, business, education and community come together
The Innovation Imperative: Where the arts, business, education and community come together
Posted on 14 Dec 2015[0] CommentsChaos and Creativity: 4 Steps to New Creative Power
Wake up!—Be the process!—Learn the flavours!—Follow the fractals! Chaos and complexity theory offer insights (metaphorical at minimum) into change and emergence (“whole is greater than sum of its parts”).
Posted on 14 Dec 2015[0] CommentsCreativity Crosses Community Boundaries
Creativity Crosses Community Boundaries
Posted on 14 Dec 2015[1] CommentsFrom Te Po - The Darkness, to Te Aro Marama - The World of Light
From Te Po - The Darkness, to Te Aro Marama - The World of Light
Posted on 14 Dec 2015[3] CommentsGraduate Profile: Todd Sheridan
Last weekend, I found myself in Gisborne. I paid a visit to TLC Graduate Todd Sheridan, who was a former student of mine from 2009.
Coming to your Senses
Jonathan Milne is managing director and founder of The Learning Connexion (TLC), New Zealand’s only tertiary school fully dedicated to teaching creativity. He believes that the creative process is transferable from one field, such as art, to another, such as science.
Posted on 08 Dec 2015[0] CommentsTransferable Criteria of Creativity: A Universal Aesthetic
Transferring creativity concepts to areas and activities where they are not traditionally applied requires, among other things, concepts for recognising creative thinking and acting in these areas – a universal aesthetic of creativity.
Posted on 01 Dec 2015[0] Comments
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