Sophie Saunders is an accomplished painter who exhibits regularly and is a recipient of the Rita Angus Residency as well as a finalist in numerous art awards. We talked to her about her art and being a distance delivery mentor at The Learning Connexion.

Sophie Saunders is an accomplished painter who exhibits regularly and is a recipient of the Rita Angus Residency as well as a finalist in numerous art awards. We talked to her about her art and being a distance delivery mentor at The Learning Connexion.

It’s a lot for Sue to process. “I’m still getting used to all that’s happened so far, which way out-paces my initial tiny goals when I first enrolled with TLC,” she says. I never for a moment expected the joy, pleasure, excitement and marvellous opportunities that have come my way since then.”

It’s a lot for Sue to process. “I’m still getting used to all that’s happened so far, which way out-paces my initial tiny goals when I first enrolled with TLC,” she says. I never for a moment expected the joy, pleasure, excitement and marvellous opportunities that have come my way since then.”

'Two Wings To Fly - An insider's guide to creativity and innovation'
by Alice WilsonMilne

What people are saying about the book...

'Two Wings To Fly - An insider's guide to creativity and innovation'
by Alice WilsonMilne

What people are saying about the book...

What do you do when someone tells you to cut off all your hair? Hair you’d grown long over many years.

Royd Tolkien’s first gut reaction was ‘No way!’ But then he cut all his hair off. Why? Because his little brother Mike asked him to. Cutting short his once long hair, was one challenge from a list of 50 that his brother had tasked him with. Doing standup comedy at a gay comedy club was another.

What do you do when someone tells you to cut off all your hair? Hair you’d grown long over many years.

Royd Tolkien’s first gut reaction was ‘No way!’ But then he cut all his hair off. Why? Because his little brother Mike asked him to. Cutting short his once long hair, was one challenge from a list of 50 that his brother had tasked him with. Doing standup comedy at a gay comedy club was another.

Matt Sharp is a freelance cinematographer with 15 years experience capturing moving image for film. He recently won 'Best National' and 'Best Regional (Wellington)' cinematography awards in the 2016 48HR Film Challenge. He is also a member of staff working onsite at The Learning Connexion.

Matt Sharp is a freelance cinematographer with 15 years experience capturing moving image for film. He recently won 'Best National' and 'Best Regional (Wellington)' cinematography awards in the 2016 48HR Film Challenge. He is also a member of staff working onsite at The Learning Connexion.

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.

2017 Graduation speech by Jonathan Milne

Graduation is a big deal, a completion and a turning point at the same time. It means that you’ve completed something. Hooray, hooray, hooray!!!!! Awesome. Big applause. Hugs, maybe euphoria and possibly doubt.

2017 Graduation speech by Jonathan Milne

Graduation is a big deal, a completion and a turning point at the same time. It means that you’ve completed something. Hooray, hooray, hooray!!!!! Awesome. Big applause. Hugs, maybe euphoria and possibly doubt.

Digital effects artist, and former TLC art student (and staff member), Sarah de Schot, has reached the pinnacle of what would be any special effect artist’s dream – winning an Oscar.

Digital effects artist, and former TLC art student (and staff member), Sarah de Schot, has reached the pinnacle of what would be any special effect artist’s dream – winning an Oscar.

Two paint conservators from Te Papa, Linda Waters and Tijana Cvetkovic, along with Bronwyn Holloway-Smith and Lynn Freeman of Radio New Zealand National have visited The Learning Connexion to search for a missing mural by artist E. Mervyn Taylor.

Two paint conservators from Te Papa, Linda Waters and Tijana Cvetkovic, along with Bronwyn Holloway-Smith and Lynn Freeman of Radio New Zealand National have visited The Learning Connexion to search for a missing mural by artist E. Mervyn Taylor.

Street skateboarder and TLC student artist, Matt Hosey, has just had his design artwork featured in New Zealand’s leading skateboarding and snowboarding magazine, Manual.

Street skateboarder and TLC student artist, Matt Hosey, has just had his design artwork featured in New Zealand’s leading skateboarding and snowboarding magazine, Manual.