Visual Arts

Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland

Offers a broad range of art and design activities supported in an interdisciplinary studio environment.

Manukau School of Visual Arts

The Bachelor of Visual Arts is taught at the Manukau School of Visual Arts with the University of Auckland as the delivering institution. The School of Visual Arts aims to empower students in all the working methods necessary for creative expression.

Unitec

Individuals who want to pursue careers as curators, fine artists, photographers, painters, graphic designers, animators, or contemporary jewellers can enrol at Unitec for a Certificate or a Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts in six majors: contemporary craft, graphic design and animation, interior design, product and furniture design, photography and media arts, and visual arts.

Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design

Programmes range from 6 months to 4 years in duration, with subjects including Graphic Design, Fashion Design, Photography, Film/Video, Art Therapy, Arts Administration and Fine Arts.

Whanganui UCOL

Whanganui UCOL offers a diverse range of study programmes focusing on the Creative Industries, with national and international recognition accorded to UCOL’s School of Fine Arts, Fashion Design and School of Design.

School of Design, Massey University

Offers programmes at diploma and degree level, through undergraduate and postgraduate study, including MFA and PhD.

School of Fine Arts, Massey University

Offers programmes at diploma and degree level, through undergraduate and postgraduate study, including MFA and PhD.

Whitireia Community Polytechnic

Offers courses in visual arts, design and multimedia, dance, acting, music, photography, creative writing, journalism, publishing, Maori arts and design, English language, floristry and jewellery.

School of Design, Victoria University

Offers qualifications in digital media design, industrial design and design studies.

The Learning Connexion

Offers the Diploma of Art and Creativity (Honours) and an Advanced Diploma of Art and Creativity.

Centre of Contemporary Art (COCA)

A provider to Canterbury schools of high quality art education programmes under contract to the Ministry of Education. COCA offers a number of learning opportunities each term at little or no cost, designed to provide students in Canterbury with a “hands-on”, curriculum-based experience of contemporary New Zealand art in authentic learning contexts.

School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury

As New Zealand’s first art school, the School of Fine Arts is one of the oldest in the English-speaking world. Bachelor of Fine Arts students are introduced to all six specialist studio courses in their first year, then specialise in either film, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking or sculpture.

Otago Polytechnic School of Art

The Otago Polytechnic currently offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with the opportunity to specialise in a selection of eight disciplines: Ceramics, Electronic Arts, Jewellery and Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture and Textiles.