Archive for 2014

Events

• Cardrona Vintage Fair (December 3 2014)

  SUN 7 DEC 2014  12pm–4pm

  CARDRONA HOTEL, CARDRONA

  Rabbit stew,  local handmade goods, vintage treasure, whisky tasting and enjoy live music.

• Dunedin & Central Graduation 2014 (December 1 2014)

  12 DEC, 3-4:30PM, DUNEDIN TOWN HALL, MORAY PLACE

  The Dunedin and Central Graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, 12 December in the Dunedin Town Hall. For all information about the Graduation ceremony, click here. 

• Cromwell Christmas Races (November 20 2014)

  SUN 30 NOV 2014
  CROMWELL RACEWAY

  A great day out. Enjoy a day at the races and celebrate Christmas with family, friends or work colleagues.

   

• Creative Studies Portfolio Workshop Evening (November 19 2014)

  26 NOV, 7-8:30PM, LEVEL 3, H BLOCK, FORTH ST 

  Interested in studying in a creative field next year? Come along to an evening workshop and learn how to compile an effective portfolio. Design staff members will be available to assist you to compile your own portfolio. For more information about the workshop, please email Pam.hodgkinson@op.ac.nz 

• Alexandra Thyme Festival (November 7 2014)

  SAT 8 - SUN 16 NOV 2014
  PIONEER PARK, ALEXANDRA

  The Alexandra Thyme Festival is a week which celebrates the arts and sustainability with the theme of Cherishing our Environment.

• Foundation Learning Info Session (October 28 2014)

  THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER, 2-4PM, GOWN ROOMS, ANZAC AVENUE

  Find out about our Foundation Programmes. For more information, please email jessica.thompson@op.ac.nz

• Excite 2014 - Student Showcase (October 17 2014)

  11-28 NOV, TIMES VARY, DUNEDIN CAMPUS 

  Book it in your diary - Excite 2014 kicks off in November! This innovative series of events promises a compelling fortnight of emerging talent from the diverse disciplines of Art, Carpentry, Design, Fashion, Horticulture, Culinary Arts, Information Technology, Business, Automotive and Engineering. Check out the Excite schedule here. 

• SITE 2014 (October 15 2014)

  Dunedin School of Art opens its doors to the public for the annual SITE exhibition. Spanning the entire area of the school, SITE transforms the working environment of a contemporary art school into a gallery for five days only. SITE showcases our final year students' work and is a contemporary art experience not to be missed. Visitors have the unique opportunity to converse with the artists directly and works are available for purchase. Whether you have a penchant for painting, print or photography, jewellery, electronic arts, ceramics or sculpture: all disciplines are represented. Artworks are installed in the Gallery, workshops and classrooms. SITE delivers a feast for the senses and destroys any preconceived ideas about what ‘art’ is today. Check for updates on our facebook page.
  
  SITE 2014 will be open at the following times:
  Saturday 22nd November 10.00 – 4.00
  Sunday 23rd November CLOSED
  Monday 24th November 12.00 – 4.00
  Tuesday 25th November 12.00 – 4.00
  Wednesday 26th November 12.00 – 4.00
  Thursday 27th November 12.00 - 4.00

  

  image by Josh Hunter

• HortTalk: Botanic Gardens (September 17 2014)

  7 NOV, 12PM, INFO CENTRE, OPOHO RD

  Ready for the future: Dunedin Botanic Garden's latest development. Hear about how the commissioning of the brand new nursery and propagation facilities will drive Botanic Garden development into the future.

  Read more here

• Otago Polytechnic quiz night & charity auction (September 17 2014)

  2 OCT, 6:30PM, SARGOOD CENTRE, LOGAN PARK 

  Otago Polytechnic have teamed up with nine other local businesses to host a fundraiser quiz night and charity auction to raise money for the Otago Community Hospice. Teams can have up to six people and the evening will cost $30 per team, which includes dinner.

  If you would like to attend, please email campus.services@op.ac.nz 

  Sponsors include:

  • Otago Polytechnic
  • Metalon 
  • EnviroWaste
  • Dulux
  • Road Materials Workgear
  • Aotea
  • Spotless
  • South Pacific Fire Protection  
  • Cyclone Computers
  • NZ Safety. 
• HortTalk: Botanic Gardens (September 17 2014)

  3 OCT, 12PM, INFO CENTRE, OPOHO RD

  Plant symbolism: An ecologist's overview of how, and perhaps why, plants have been used as symbols in art and culture for over 2000 years.

  Read more here

• Ta Moko Symposium (September 4 2014)

  9 OCT, SARGOOD CENTRE, LOGAN PARK 

  Otago Polytechnic and the Ahikomau steering roopū are hosting a Ta Moko Symposium: Ahokomau o Ruaumoko - unearthing your blueprint. The Symposium is aimed at ta moko artists, wearers and anyone interested in all things ta moko.

  Presentations will be divided into the following four streams: ​

  • For artists – putting on the mark
  • Identity and tā moko - receiving the mark
  • Preservation – mana wāhine
  • Innovation.

  For more information, visit the website or contact Justine Camp at blueprint@op.ac.nz  

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• Seminar: work and study in NZ (August 20 2014)

  25 AUG, 5:30-7:30PM, ST DAVID LECTURE THEATRE, OTAGO UNI 

  Are you an international student who wants to live and work in New Zealand? Attend this free job ready programme for to find out how. 

• Bachelor of Design (Fashion) Auckland Info Session (August 20 2014)

  AUG 29, 4-7PM, OP AUCKLAND CAMPUS, LEVEL 1, 350 QUEEN ST 

  Talk with Academic Leader Dr Margo Barton in Auckland. Gain advice on your portfolio and ask any other questions about launching your career in fashion at Otago Polytechnic.
  Find out more about our Bachelor of Design (Fashion) here. 

  
  For more information: margo.barton@op.ac.nz

• Timaru Nursing Information Session (August 15 2014)

  4 SEPT, 5-6PM, EDUCATION CENTRE, TIMARU HOSPITAL 

  Otago Polytechnic’s renowned Bachelor of Nursing programme aims to educate students to the highest professional standards in nursing and prepare them to be part of a healthcare team.
  The School of Nursing is currently accepting applications for the 2015 Timaru-based cohort.

  If you are interested in studying towards a career in nursing, and would like to find out more information or talk to one of our staff members, come along to our information session. 

  For more information about, please contact michelle.watt@op.ac.nz 

• Student Conference 2014 (August 15 2014)

  Dunedin: Professional development opportunity in Otago

  School of Occupational Therapy - Dunedin Campus
  Student Conference, Monday 8th September 2014
  Time: 8.50am – 4:00pm
  Venue: School of Occupational Therapy, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin – Level 3, G Block (corner of Union Street and Harbour Terrace)
  Morning and afternoon tea is provided.
  Parking: Union Street, Forth Street and Harbour Terrace offer time limited and free parking spaces
  
  Everyone is welcome to attend this conference. 

  For more details click here or call 0800 762 786 

  Hamilton: Professional development opportunity in Waikato
  
  School of Occupational Therapy - Wintec Campus
  Student Conference, 8th September, 2014
  Time: 09:00a.m. - 4:00pm
  Venue: Bill Gallagher Centre, Events Room 1 and 2, Gallagher Hub
  Light refreshments will be provided for morning and afternoon tea.
  Parking: Level 4a and 5 of the car parking building – access off Nisbet St is available for conference parking.

  Everyone is welcome to attend this conference. 

  For more details click here

• Free art workshops at open day (August 12 2014)

  23 AUG, 10AM – 3PM, DSA, RIEGO ST, DUNEDIN  

  The Dunedin School of Art Open Day is an opportunity for the public to visit our world class workshop facilities, find out more about the programmes we offer and enjoy our creative community. Workshop activities and materials are free and there is no need to register. The general public are welcome to come along anytime during our open hours and participate in one or all of the workshop activities.

  Our staff will be on hand to discuss any queries about entry requirements and portfolios. 

  For enquiries phone: 0800 762 786 or email: artadmin@op.ac.nz. Please check out our facebook event page for workshops and programme of the days events. 

  

   

• For potters & ceramic artists: wood-kiln firing (August 7 2014)

  12-14 SEPT, DSA, RIEGO ST 

  A wood-kiln firing of pots and ceramics made by local potters and ceramic artists. Stoking the kiln is an 18-20 hour event at the Ceramic Studio, Dunedin School of Art.  Bring your bisqued pots to the wood firing and help stoke the fire, especially towards the end when things get quite exciting. School groups welcome to come and view the firing. The pots will be taken from the kiln Sunday midday.This is a once a year occurrence, and the BARRY BRICKELL exhibition His Own Steam at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery is the special occasion for the firing. There will also be a wheel demonstration by Barry Brickell at Dunedin Public Gallery the same weekend - see details of the weekend's line up below.

  Please contact robert.cloughley@op.ac.nz prior to Friday September 5 if you wish to put work in the kiln. 

  Timetable:

  All pots must be stoneware clay, bisqued before they go into the wood kiln and only cone ten to 12 glazes - no exceptions to these requirements. If you are coming down to the Brickell exhibition opening on Saturday 13th September, you can send pots down to the Ceramic Studio. Please address these to: 

  Att. Rob
  Dunedin School of Art
  Riego St, Dunedin

  Please note: you will need to turn up on Friday to help stoke the fire (tip: if sending glazed pots, you could fuse the glaze by doing a second bisque firing with the glaze on).

  Wednesday 10 Sept - Thursday 11 Sept (morning): kiln loading  
  
  Thursday 11 Sept (afternoon): pre-heat kiln

  Friday 12 Sept: all fired up. Firing from 6am onwards. A wood-kiln firing of pots and ceramics made by local potters. This is a once a year occurrence, and the Barry Brickell exhibition His Own Steam at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery is the special occasion for the firing. Stoking the kiln is an 18-20 hour event at the Ceramic Studio, Dunedin School of Art. Come and help fire up the kiln, especially towards the end when things get quite exciting. School groups welcome to come and view the firing. The pots will be taken from the kiln Sunday midday.

  
  Saturday 13 Sept: Barry Brickell’s opening at Dunedin Public Art Gallery

  Friends and potential friends on at 10:30am: a pottery wheel demonstration by Barry Brickell in the exhibition His Own Steam. This will be followed by a morning tea with Barry. Free for Friends and $10 for the general public. However, if you join the friends prior to or on the morning, you will be welcome to attend both the demonstration and the morning tea free of charge.

  
  Sunday 14 Sept: 10.00am - DPAG - Morning talk by Barry Brickell and David Craig in the exhibition His Own Steam: A Barry Brickell Survey.His Own Steam is a touring exhibition that has been curated by Dowse Art Museum Senior Curator Emma Bugden and sociologist David Craig, in close partnership with Barry Brickell.

  –  (midday) open and unload the Kiln, Dunedin School of Art

  Contact Rob at the Ceramic Studio: robert.cloughley@op.ac.nz (021 1422929) for further information or to register interest in the wood-kiln firing. Offers of wood also appreciated. 

• Social Services & Foundation Learning Info Night (July 29 2014)

  5 NOVEMBER, 5.30-7.30PM, H BLOCK, H601, FORTH ST

  Find out about our Health and Community programmes including the Bachelor of Social Services, Certificate in Human Services, Foundation Studies, English Language and Certificate in Health. For more information, please email erin.marlow@op.ac.nz

• Sem Two: seminar series (July 28 2014)

  SEMESTER 2, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST 

  The Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic invites you to attend the Public Research Seminars and Symposia for Semester 2, 2014. All events are held at 19 Riego Street Dunedin, Lecture Theatre P152, 12:30-1:30pm on Thursdays (except where otherwise indicated). The program is supported by FRED STAUB OPEN ART. Other supporters for specific events are acknowledged in the schedule below where relevant. All enquiries to Head: Dunedin School of Art leoni.schmidt@op.ac.nz (except where otherwise indicated).

  Please note: in accordance with the Otago Polytechnic MoU with local Kai Tahu Runaka, we observe tikanga in our lecture and gallery spaces and thus request all attendees to refrain from eating and drinking (except water) and from sitting on tables. 
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  31 JULY - Post-graduate critiques: no public seminar
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  SEMINAR: Spiritual Treasures: Franz Marc and Der Blaue Reiter

  14 AUG, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  JEAN MARIE CAREY - Der Blaue Reiter artists, led by Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky, are icons of Modernism. Yet German Expressionism begs to be better appreciated through a close study of the ambitious images that challenge our understanding of the 20th-century avant-garde. Jean Marie Carey is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Otago. She investigates Einfühlung, Nachträglichkeit, and animal studies through the work of Franz Marc.

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  SEMINAR: Waving Not Drowning
  
  21 AUG, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12.30-1.30pm
  
  This seminar presents aspects of  ERICA VAN ZON’s  art practice, traps for young players, handy hints and much more. Playful and effervescent, the cunning objects and bewildering scenarios created by Erica Van Zon pop and dazzle. Since completing her Masters at the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 2008, Erica Van Zon has exhibited in artist-run spaces, private galleries and public institutions both nationally and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include: The Light on the Dock, (City Gallery, Wellington 2013) Moving Forward (Rm, Auckland, 2012), Prismatic Time (City Gallery, Wellington, 2011) and Take This With You (Newcall Gallery, Auckland 2009). Her residency at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in 2014 leads to her exhibition opening at the Gallery on the last weekend in November 2014.
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  SEMINAR: The Site-specific: Curating in the Public Realm

  4 SEP, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  ROB GARRETT will present two seminars on the 4th of September at 12:30 and 2:30.

  In the first presentation Rob Garret provides an overview of how he has investigated and analyzed specific public realm contexts for developing site-specific projects; recognized and engaged with communities; and planned for audience engagement. Projects include those undertaken in Poland, Sweden, and Auckland.

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  SEMINAR: Curating as If Having no Idea
  
  4 SEP, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 2:30-5PM
  
  In this second seminar, ROB GARRETT will focus on working one-on-one with artists as a curator; and address the core values and practical measures involved in commissioning artists to develop new work. Case studies will be selected from recent curatorial projects with international artists Daniel von Sturmer (NZ/AU), Ines Tartler (DE) and Katrin Kampmann (DE); as well as local emerging artists Chelsea Rothbart (NZ) and Johl Dwyer (NZ).  

  ROB GARRETT (MA, BFA) is an independent curator currently curating the 8th SCAPE Public Art Christchurch Biennial (2015). He recently curated the 5th edition of Narracje public art festival (Gdansk, Poland); a public art project by Daniel von Sturmer in Wellington; and the NZ-Australian programme for a public art video festival (Ängelholm, Sweden); and developed Auckland’s public art policy (2013) and a 10-year public art plan for Hamilton City (2010). He has been a senior manager with Creative New Zealand and Head of the Dunedin School of Art.
  
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  SEMINAR: Contemporary Craft and the Wealth of the Common

  11 SEP, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 10:00 -11:00AM

  WARREN FEENEY - The emergence of performance art in the 1970s saw a generation of New Zealand artists abandon the space of the art gallery for the public domain, advocating for social and political change. In 2014, Australian-based curator Kevin Murray has developed a series of global arts projects that sees contemporary craft, appropriating the principles of 1970s radicalism, in jewellery and textiles that prioritises collaboration between cultures and communities in affordable and environmentally-friendly works. Dr. Warren Feeney curated and managed Kete 2014, a contemporary craft symposium and art fair for the International Festival of the Arts in Wellington (27 Feb—2 March 2014). He is an arts writer, commentator and historian, and former director of the Centre of Contemporary Art in Christchurch.
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  SEMINAR: CONVERSATIONS - How Play and Process Informs Collaborative Practice

  11 SEP, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  VICTORIA EDWARDS & INA JOHANN - Dr. Victoria Edwards explores role-play and social conventions in relation to individual and collective identity. Ina Johann explores a form of navigation and mapping in the terrain of survey, observation, and fragmentation. Her work reflects upon emptiness, memory loss, coding and de-coding. Edwards + Johann artists and collaborators have been finalists in the juried competition at LACDA, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Wallace Art Awards and Parkin Drawing Prize. The seminar is presented during an artist-in-residency period at the Dunedin School of Art.
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  SEMINAR: Part 1: Seeing Things Part 2: The Dysfunctional Machine

  18 SEP, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  Part 1: Seeing Things: Object-hood in Painting. ALEX KENNEDY - To see all things in the world as objects in a flat ontological field presents an opportunity for the reconsideration of "object-hood" in painting. This seminar discusses painting – where object-hood represents the eidos of the work, in the context of "object oriented philosophy.” Alexandra Kennedy is a Senior Lecturer and the Postgraduate Coordinator in the Dunedin School of Art. Her painting practice is located within a context which engages with the zero gesture in painting, addressing the critical relevancy of painting and its ability to reflect upon and engage with its own histories. This seminar is based on a paper delivered at the International Conference on the Arts in Society in Rome (July 2014).

  Part 2: The Dysfunctional Machine: Chindogu meets Pataphysics. JANE VENIS - This seminar focuses on one aspect of Venis’s PhD studio project Gymnauseum, whereby she compares and contrasts Japanese chindogu and the pseudoscience of pataphysics as tools for solving non-pressing 'problems'. Dr. Jane Venis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Design at Otago Polytechnic and also contributes to postgraduate supervision in the Dunedin School of Art. This seminar is based on a paper delivered at the International Conference on the Arts in Society in Rome (July 2014).

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  SEMINAR: Towards Erewhon

  25 SEP, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  Towards Erewhon: The Relationship between Photography and Moving Image in Recent Works by Gavin Hipkins. GAVIN HIPKINS' first feature film will screen in this year's New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) shown in Dunedin in early August. Hipkins' pictorial adaptation of Samuel Butler's anonymously published satirical novel is treated in a film essay form with the frequent use of still images to convey the narrator's journey. Gavin Hipkins’ research engages with contemporary fine arts, photography and experimental film, including landscape traditions and postcolonial theory; digital montage and discourses of hybridity; photo and filmic experimental narrative structures. He has exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally over the last two decades, working primarily in expanded photographic series. This seminar is presented during an artist-in-residency period at the Dunedin School of Art.

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  SEMINAR: SYDNEY BIENNALE 2014: Modalities of Video Art

  16 OCT, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  DAVID GREEN is interested in the range of practices evident in contemporary video production and scopes these with critical analysis in this seminar, based on a visit to the Sydney Biennale 2014. David Green worked in film production for many years before joining the Dunedin School of Art as a Lecturer in Electronic Arts. He has recently completed (with Peter Stupples) the film entitled Paranesia which interviews Māori and Pasifika artists in New Zealand and Confluence, a film on the work of Kai Tahu artist Simon Kaan.

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  SYMPOSIUM: ART + BOOK SYMPOSIUM

  THUR – SAT 16-18 OCT various venues see http://artandbook.org/programme/

  The Dunedin School of Art, together with its partners at the University of Otago – the Depts. of Applied Sciences, Design and English, the University Library, the Hocken Library and Otago University Press, as well as the Dunedin City Council and Dunedin Public Library, and the DSA Foundation, are organising a joint symposium Art and Book/Against the Odds: The Editing, Design and Production of Books, part of the Otago Centre for the Book series 2014.

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  SYMPOSIUM: ART + BOOK SYMPOSIUM Opening Presentation

  16 OCT, 7:00 PM, DUNNINGHAM SUITE, 4TH FLOOR, DUNEDIN LIBRARY

  SARAH MAXEY - “I’m interested in the idea of poetic thinking in graphic design — by this I mean the use of nuance, suggestion, playfulness and lyricism. Language has such potential for double meaning, for simultaneous hilarity and melancholy, recognition and mystery. When coupled with expressive and sympathetic typography, it becomes that rare territory where type and image and meaning are equal partners.” Sarah Maxey is a graphic artist. Her distinctive work has graced publications worldwide, including the New York Times and many literary books. She worked for Bloomsbury Publishing in London in the mid-90s, and for the intervening years has run her own studio specializing in print design for the arts. She has won numerous awards, most recently the 2011 Purple Pin, the highest graphic design accolade in her native New Zealand and a Certificate of Excellence from the International Society of Typographers. Her work appears in Artists’ Postcards: a Compendium by Jeremy Cooper (Reaktion Books UK, 2012), and Cover Up by Hamish Thompson (Random House NZ, 2007).

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  SYMPOSIUM: ART + BOOK SYMPOSIUM

  FRI 17 OCT, 8:30AM-3:30PM P152, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART RIEGO ST

  SEE http://artandbook.org/programme/

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  SYMPOSIUM: ART + BOOK SYMPOSIUM

  18 OCT, 9:00AM-3:30PM, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART RIEGO ST

  SEE http://artandbook.org/programme/
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  SEMINAR: SESSION #1: Sexuality and Gender Diversity

  23 OCT, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  The first of the seminars will be an interactive presentation and discussion by staff at OP who identify as GLBTiQ.  Not sure what those letters mean?  Come along and learn about how to unravel the alphabet soup, who is a friend of Dorothy and Gertrude, why challenging the phrase “it’s so gay” is everyone’s  responsibility and hear about funny and amusing stories from the warriors on the frontline of change.
  
  Proud@OP is a new initiative recently established at Otago Polytechnic by staff who identify as GLBTiQ to ensure OP is a safe, welcoming and inclusive place for staff and students of diverse gender identity and sexual orientation.

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  OPENING & FLOOR-TALK: WALKING WITH RINGS

  23 OCT, DSA GALLERY, RIEGO ST, 5:30-6:30PM

  (FLOORTALK and OPENING of a joint exhibition by Karl Fritsch & Gavin Hipkins)

  Walking with Rings: A visit to the exhibition ‘Wunderrūma’ to take a look at adornment in Aotearoa New Zealand - The title ‘Wunderrūma’ plays with the German word ‘Wunderkammer’ (wonder room or cabinet of curiosities) and the Māori transliteration of the word ‘room’. While contemporary jewellery is the centre of the exhibition, historical, customary, fine art and industrial sources which parallel and influence this are also included. The presentation will also be related to the work on exhibition by Fritsch and Hipkins. Karl Fritsch studied at Goldsmiths College in Pforzheim and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He was the recipient of the Herbert Hoffman Prize from the International Craftsmen Trade Fair in Munich and the Most Promising Award for Applied Art from the City of Munich. Fritsch's work is included in several important European museums such as the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum of Art and Crafts) in Hamburg. His work is also collected by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and MOMA New York. This floor-talk is presented during an artist-in-residency period at the Dunedin School of Art with Gavin Hipkins.

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  SEMINAR: SESSION # 2: Sexuality and Gender Diversity

  30 OCT, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  The second seminar is a discussion with Eli Gray Smith, a talented musician, artist and potter who at 87 is still teaching music to 40 students. Eli taught at the Dunedin School of Art when it was located in Tennyson Street, played the piano in Africa, Greece, Rome and London, Toronto, New York before returning to his home town of Dunedin.  Eli is not only talented, he is also amusing and the epitome of positive aging.
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  SEMINAR: Notes on Art Teaching - Ceramics Practices and Related Residencies

  6 NOV, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  This seminar is presented by JOE BATT in the context of developing relationships between the Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic and South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington. It shares experiences of teaching around particular personal and student practices, focusing on ceramics, drawing and mixed media. Figurative ceramic artist and musician, JOE BATT's ceramics have been exhibited widely in galleries and museums around the USA, including at the Contemporary Crafts Gallery in Portland, Oregon; the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana; Art Space/Lima in Lima, Ohio; Pound Gallery in Seattle, Washington; Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; FOVA Gallery at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas; Santa Fe Clay in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Lorinda Knight Gallery in Spokane, Washington; and Two Vaults in Tacoma, Washington.
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  SEMINAR: Appropriation Art and Copyright: A Culture of Exclusive Possession - - CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, TO ALLOW FOR SITE EXHIBITION PREPARATION --
  

  13 NOV, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST, 12:30-1:30PM

  Abstract: Copyright law is a system of property ownership which encourages individuals to create through providing them with a monopoly on their works. This emphasis on exclusive possession has expanded in the last century, manifesting itself in the lengthening of copyright durations, an increase in enforcement measures and the establishment of a 'permission culture' where the ability to use original works depends upon the granting of a license by the copyright holder. This culture of conceiving artistic works as possessions conflicts directly with appropriation practices in the post-modern era which necessitate the use of original artists' imagery in a subversion of modernism, as well as of capitalist, patriarchal and colonial narratives. The copyright exceptions of fair use (in the United States) and fair dealing (in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada) serve to ameliorate this, allowing for the limited use of an original artist's expression. However, fair dealing is much narrower than fair use - especially in New Zealand which does not allow for the use of original works for the purposes of parody or satire (in contrast to the other fair dealing jurisdictions). So too, the United States is the only jurisdiction to consider 'transformative use' - the extent to which the secondary work transforms the original to create a new piece. In order to best fulfil its critical function, art needs the space to appropriate. The best way to facilitate this in New Zealand would be to extend the uses to which fair dealing applies, and consider incorporating transformative use into fair dealing analyses.

  Kari Schmidt is a final year BA/LLB (Hons) student at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, majoring in Art History for her BA. She has worked and volunteered at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Blue Oyster Project Space and Glue Gallery and written for Dunedin based publications including Critic Magazine, Gyro Magazine, Marrow Magazine, Blue Oyster Yearly Review and the 2014 NEW DUNEDIN PAINTING exhibition. She was also the initiator of the Femme & Oddities Arts Project in Amsterdam in 2013. She will be working at law firm Simpson Grierson in Auckland this summer, and is moving to Wellington to undertake her Art History Honours dissertation in 2015.

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• Fundraising exhibition: Don't Stop! (July 24 2014)

  25-27 JULY, P BLOCK, DSA, RIEGO ST 

  A fundraising exhibition for SITE 2014 featuring the works of our year three Bachelor of Visual Arts and Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts students. 

  Art at bargain prices - cash and carry only (no EFTPOS available) 

  Opening: Friday 25 July, 5pm-8pm

  Exhibition: Saturday 26 July - Sunday 27 July, 10am-4pm 

• Seminar: AsiaNZ Residency Report (July 23 2014)

  24 JULY, 4:30-5:30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  Woojin Kim - At the end of her current residency in the Dunedin School of Art, Woojin Kim reports on her experiences and on new work made during the last three months. On residency from Seoul in Korea, Woojin Kim continued her projected installation work in this part of the world, focusing on how a visitor perceives Dunedin and its environs. This seminar shares work in progress. Kim’s residency is supported by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

• Seminar: Ralph Miller (A Forgotten Dunedin Artist) (July 23 2014)

  24 JULY, 12:30-1:30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  Ralph Miller produced dozens of drawings of everyday life in the streets of Dunedin. He studied and taught art in the Dunedin School of Art evening classes and was listed in 1948 as one of about 50 artists of note in the first 100 years of art in Otago.
  Brian Miller wrote 'Moments in Time: Ralph Miller Artist' which was published in 2013 and is currently producing a book on the 300 stained glass church windows by Roy Miller.

• He Kākano 2014 information evening (July 22 2014)

  A student entrepreneurial experience for Māori business starters.

  Are you a senior undergraduate Māori student who is creative, entrepreneurially-minded and keen to learn some start-up business skills? If so, nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai! 

  Date: Thursday 24 July, 2014

  Time: 5.30-6.30pm

  Location: Rm 102, D Block, Otago Polytechnic (Harbour Terrace)

  Refreshments provided.

  Please email claire.porima@otago.ac.nz for more information. 

   

• Ceramic Workshop with Paul Maseyk (June 19 2014)

  14 -15 JULY, 10-4PM, DPAG & DSA CERAMICS STUDIO, REIGO ST 

  This is an opportunity to take part in a workshop conducted by one of New Zealand's most innovative contemporary ceramicists, Paul Maseyk. In conjunction with the exhibition "One Pot Wonder"by Paul Maseyk at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Dunedin School of Art will host a two day wheelwork and surface design workshop, followed by drying, bisque firing, glaze process and kiln firing, supervised by Ceramic Studio Coordinator, Rob Cloughley, with Emeritus Neil Grant, Ceramic Studio. Experience in wheelwork is essential. Maximum of 12 students required. 

  Cost:$180
  Phone: 474 3249
  Bookings: DCC Customer Services (50 The Octagon). Payment is required upon booking (cash or eftpos). 

  For more information, visit the Dunedin Public Art Gallery website

  

• Wellington Roadshow: new date and time (June 17 2014)

  30 JUNE, 7PM-9PM, WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICE, LEVEL 4, SEMINAR ROOM, WELLINGTON HOSPITAL 

  We would like to offer our sincere apologies for the confusion surrounding our Wellington Roadshow that was due to be held on the 16th June. Unfortunately, for reasons outside our control, we were unable to run the session and give notice on time.
  A new session time has been set for 30 June. If you have any questions about this session, please email nicky.creevey@op.ac.nz

• Peg-doll making workshop (June 17 2014)

  22 JUNE, 2:00-4:00PM, DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY 

  In conjunction with her exhibition in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s rear window Liar Liar Pants on Fire, artist and jeweller Victoria McIntosh is offering a peg-doll making workshop. Victoria is an alumni of the Dunedin School of Art. The workshop is suitable for ages seven and over, and numbers for the workshop are limited.  Please phone 4743249 to book.

  $5 (cash only - no EFTPOS), all materials supplied.

  Find out more on Dunedin Art Museum website. 

   

   

• Pinhole camera & cyanotype photographic workshop (June 16 2014)

  5 JULY, 1-3PM, DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY 

  In association with the Science Festival, Just Like Magic is a pinhole camera and simple cyanotype photographic workshop run by Dunedin School of Art Photography Lecturer, Rachel Allan. Numbers are limited. Suitable for nine year olds and over. 

  Details: 
  To book, phone 474 3249
  $5 cash only (no Eftpos)
  Find out more here

   

• Contemporary jewellery exhibition (June 13 2014)

  30 JUNE, 5:30PM, P152, DSA, REIGO ST

  The Dunedin School of Art is hosting visiting artist Ben Lignel, who will be presenting 'Lift up, patch up and pump up: on exhibiting contemporary jewellery'. Ben Lignel is in New Zealand as the guest of Object Space through the Creative New Zealand, Te Manu Ka Tau programme.

  Ben Lignel is a writer and curator, as well as practitioner, at the leading edge of thinking about contemporary jewellery and craft on the global stage. He is a member of Think Tank: A European Initiative for the Crafts - a group of nine leading thinkers, writers, theorists, curators and makers representing a broad range of European countries. Membership enables him to operate in the expanded field of contemporary craft across Europe and North America.

  Find out more here. 

  
  
  

• Woojin Kim, ASIA: Artist in Residence (June 9 2014)

  12 JUNE, 12:30-1:30PM, DSA GALLERY, REIGO ST

  This week's lunchtime seminar will be held in the DSA Gallery - please note change of venue. Woojin Kim, ASIA: NZ Artist in Residence from Korea, will give a seminar and artist's floor talk which is currently showing one of her works. Come and hear about her recent projects and the work she is currently developing at the Dunedin School of Art. Woojin will also be giving members of the public the opportunity to participate in her upcoming project. 
  
  

• Health Information Evening (June 3 2014)

  10 JUNE, 6.30-8.30PM, H BLOCK, H601, FORTH ST

  Find out about our Health and Community programmes including the Bachelor of Social Services, Certificate in Human Services and Certificate in Health. 
  For more information, please email erin.marlow@op.ac.nz 

• Art in Homes Tour (May 28 2014)

  8 JUNE, 1PM-4:30PM, DUNEDIN 

  For the second year in a row, the Art in Homes Tour will offer local art-lovers the opportunity to visit private homes owned by Dunedin art collectors. Seven supporters of the Dunedin School of Art Foundation have generously opened their homes for this fundraising event. 
  Tickets are $40 per person and can be purchased online at Eventbrite. Proceeds from the tickets sales will go towards the Dunedin School of Art Foundation.

  For more information please contact the event organiser:
  D'Arcy Dalzell
  dsafoundation@op.ac.nz 
  021 735 437

  

• 2014 Communication Design Winter Camp (May 20 2014)

  14-18 JULY, DUNEDIN CAMPUS

  Learn new skills and pimp your portfolio! Character design, digital illustration, web design, green screen film or animation

  For more information and booking contact:
  Pam Hodgkinson
  Phone 479 6197 OR 0800 762 786
  pam.hodgkinson@op.ac.nz

   

• Occupational Therapy Information Evening (May 19 2014)

  19 June, 7PM-9PM, G315, UNION ST  

  Want to know more before you decide whether occupational therapy is the career for you?

  Come and learn more about this diverse, people-oriented profession. Hear from therapists working in Dunedin, Occupational Therapy staff members and students currently enrolled. 

• Seminar: Whakaahua: Coming to Form (May 7 2014)

  5 JUNE, 2.30-3.30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  Whakaahua: Coming to Form: Louise Potiki Bryant (choreographer, dancer and video artists of Kai Tahu descent and the 2014 Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance at The School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercises Sciences, University of Otago). In this seminar Kai Tahu artist Louise Potiki Bryant will discuss her current practice Whakaahua: Coming to Form - a dance practice inspired by the concept known as whakaahua literally meaning ‘to acquire form’. It is an approach to performance inspired by a central kaupapa of performances of the whare tapere whereby a quality in the natural world emerges from deep within a dancer to eventually find its fullest expression in the performance of the dance.

• Seminar: Thinking Jewellery (May 7 2014)

  5 JUNE,12.30-1.30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  Andrew Last and Johanna Zellmer will explore recent contemporary jewellery debates. Their presentation is based on this year's keynote at 'Schmuck' in Munich, featuring Zellmer's recent work, observations from NZ's annual Kete Conference and current jewellery publications which provide a context for debated theoretical frameworks. Artists Andrew Last and Johanna Zellmer are Senior Lecturers in the Jewellery & Metalsmithing Studio at the Dunedin School of Art.

  This seminar will be followed by Louise Potiki Bryant, Whakaahua: Coming to Form.

• Seminar: Ideas of Nature and Ecology in Contemporary NZ Photography (May 7 2014)

  THUR 22 May, 12.30-1.30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  The Nature of Photography: Ideas of Nature and Ecology in Contemporary New Zealand Photography
  Emily Goldthorpe's (PhD Candidate, Art History & Theory, University of Otago) research interests lie in fashion photography in the 1970s and current environmental art. She will be examining ideas of nature in contemporary New Zealand photography, and looking at the changes that have taken place globally in our relationship to our environment, our understanding of nature and representation of nature in art.

• Seminar: Children’s Animated Film-making in Russia Today (May 7 2014)

  16 May, 12.30-1.30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST
  Natalya Aleksandrovna Varlamova (Moscow Director: Animator for Film) is currently working in Moscow as Director-Animator on children’s cartoons for one of Russia’s leading film houses. Her skill at model-making and set design is demonstrated by this seminar and she will also discuss the Russian animated film industry more generally.

• Seminar: Premiere of Confluence - a Film about the Work of Simon Kaan (May 7 2014)

  15 MAY, 12.30-1.30PM, P152, DSA RIEGO ST

  A film documented and collated by David Green with interviewers - Peter Stupples and David Green.
  Kai Tahu artist Simon Kaan is the Maori Advisor for students and staff at the Dunedin School of Art; Peter Stupples teaches Art History and Theory and David Green is a Lecturer in Electronic Arts. 

• Hospice Awareness Week: Art events (May 6 2014)

  The Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic will be hosting a number of events during Hospice Awareness Week, from 12-18 May. 

  Official Launch: Cocktail Function 
  Dunedin School of Art Gallery 
  Monday 12 May
  5:00-7:00pm 
  To purchase a ticket, email Ebony.Johnston@otagohospice.co.nz 

  The launch will coincide with the opening of Sue McLean's Exhibition titled 'Echoes', running from 12-16 May. 

  Public Hospice Cuppa
  Dunedin School of Art Gallery 
  Thursday 15 May
  10:30-11:30am

  Hospice Awareness Week Art Auction
  Live auction of the art donated in support of the Otago Community Hospice. All proceeds will go towards providing care and support to the 150 patients and families currently receiving Hospice care in our community. Prior to the auction, Oamaru artist Sue McLean will discuss how her art helped her to cope with grief and loss.

  Dunedin School of Art Gallery 
  Thursday 15 May
  5:00-7:00pm

  To purchase a ticket email Ebony.Johnston@otagohospice.co.nz 

  For more details about the Hospice Awareness Week, visit the Otago Community Hospice website. 

  
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• Seminar: Van Brandenburg Architecture Unfurled (May 6 2014)

  8 MAY, 12:30-1:30PM, P152, DSA, REIGO ST

  Dunedin-based Architecture Van Brandenburg presents 'Unfurled: Architectural Bio-mimicry in Contemporary Practice'. 

  

• Midwifery information sessions: South Island (May 5 2014)

  Interested in an exciting career in Midwifery? Otago Polytechnic’s renowned Bachelor of Midwifery programme is available to students in Dunedin, North Otago, South Otago, Central Otago and Southland.

  Information sessions will be held in the following locations:

  Cromwell: 4 June 6.00pm Room 1 Otago Polytechnic Cromwell Campus

  Invercargill:20 June 5.30pm, Maternity Meeting Room in the Maternity Ward at Southland Hospital

  Gore: 27 June 5.30 pm, Seminar Room, Gore Hospital

  For more information, contact the School of Midwifery.

• Midwifery information sessions: North Island (May 5 2014)

  Interested in an exciting career in Midwifery? Otago Polytechnic’s renowned Bachelor of Midwifery programme is available to students living in the Wellington area, Hutt Valley, Porirua, Kapiti Coast, Wairarapa, Palmerston North and Whanganui. 

  Information sessions will be held in the following locations:

  Porirua: 10 May, 4.30pm, Conference Room, Kenepuru Hospital Education Centre

  Hutt Valley:13 May, 6.30pm, Learning Centre, Meeting Room 3, Hutt Valley Hospital

  Palmerston North:12 June, 6.00pm, Block 4, Level 1, Room 05, UCOL Campus

  Paraparaumu:12 June, 6.30pm, Meeting Room 2, Kapiti Health Centre, Warrimoo Street, Paraparaumu

  Wellington:16 June, 7.00pm, Seminar Room, Level 4, Women’s Health Service, Wellington Hospital

  Masterton:19 June, 7.00pm, Wairarapa, Hospital Cafeteria

  Whanganui: 26 June, 6.00pm, The Courtroom, Women’s and Children’s Health Service Building, Whanganui Hospital

  For more information, contact the School of Midwifery.

• Drawing workshop at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum (April 15 2014)

  25 APRIL, ARATOI WAIRARAPA MUSEUM, 12 BRUCE ST, MASTERTON 

  Otago Polytechnic Drawing Lecturer and New Zealand artist Anita De Soto will running a free drawing workshop on Anzac Day. Anita will also be exhibiting her new works - 'Home Sweet Sick' - at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History from April 25 to June 15. 

  Anita lives in Dunedin and has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for the last 13 years. In 2010, in recognition of her contribution to the New Zealand visual arts, Anita was awarded an arts residency in the prestigious Leipzig International Art Programme for three months in Leipzig, Germany. In 2012, she was awarded the Aratoi fellowship at New Pacific Studios in Masterton. Anita has a Master of Fine Arts and has been lecturing in Drawing at the Otago Polytechnic Dunedin School of Art since 2004.

  Numbers for the drawing workshop will be limited. Please book at the Aratoi. 

  

• Art in Homes (April 14 2014)

  Following on from our successful event in 2013, we are currently preparing for our follow up in the coming months. To be advised of this early, please join our mailing list 

• Art in Homes (April 14 2014)

  Following on from our successful event in 2013, we are currently preparing for our follow up in the coming months. To be advised of this early, please join our mailing list <<link>>

• Art in Homes, 2014 (April 14 2014)

  Following on from our successful event in 2013, we are currently preparing for our follow up in the coming months. To be advised of this early, please join our mailing list <<link>>

  Dunedin School of Art Seminar Series

• Art in Homes, 2014 (April 14 2014)

  Following on from our successful event in 2013, we are currently preparing for our follow up in the coming months. To be advised of this early, please join our mailing list <<link>>

  Dunedin School of Art Seminar Series

• Careers Expo (April 10 2014)

  5 JUNE, 9.00AM - 3.30PM, Bayfield High School

  The Careers Expo

  Nursing is one of the fundamental professions in health care throughout the world. It is a rewarding career that makes a difference in people’s lives. Attaining the Bachelor of Nursing is the key that opens the door to this opportunity.
  With access to state-of-the-art facilities and the latest industry knowledge, you will gain the experience and confidence to enter the world of health care.

  There will also be a short evening session on Wednesday evening 4 June from 7pm – 8.30pm for the general public.

   

• Tertiary Open Day (April 10 2014)

  12 MAY, 9.30-10.30AM, H BLOCK, LEVEL 2, DUNEDIN 

  Embrace the chance to receive a first-class theoretical and practical nursing education. With access to state-of-the-art facilities and the latest industry knowledge, you will gain the experience and confidence to enter the world of health care. Come and talk to us at the Tertiary Open Day! We'll be happy to answer any of your questions. 

   

• Open Lecture: Art-Science-Innovation: Expect the Unexpected (April 10 2014)

  17 APR, 12:30-1:30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  
  Dr Gerald Bast, Rector/President University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Art-Science-innovation: Expect the Unexpected. After three phases (mechanical, electrical, digital) of industrial revolutions our societies again are standing on the crossroads, facing economic as well as social challenges. I will talk about the role of the arts and of art schools for societal development in general and for the innovation system in particular. Once Walter Benjamin wrote that art is the governor of utopia, now we have to realize that science and technology create even more radical and breathtaking ideas than the arts ever did. Innovation primarily is seen as a topic for science and technology. What does this mean for the future of our societies? Who will have the power to define the terms future and development? Which role will be and should be claimed by the arts and which consequences will this cause for the education system in general and for Art Schools in particular?

  

   

• Tertiary Open Day (April 7 2014)

  12 MAY, 11AM-12PM, G310, DUNEDIN CAMPUS 

  Are you interested in a career as a midwife? Come along to the Tertiary Open Day and find out more about the world of Midwifery. With a range of internationally-recognised midwifery programmes on offer, the skills you attain will be transferable around the world. Learn from experienced teachers, benefit from flexible delivery options and develop the confidence to become a competent midwife.

  View the Dunedin campus map for directions. 

• Emotional Intelligence Symposium (March 20 2014)

  27 JUN, G106, FORTH STREET

  The aims of the Symposium are to connect people with a shared interest in emotional intelligence (EI), and to participate in personal and professional development of yourself and others.

  The Symposium aims to address two EI themes:

  1. Self-awareness: Know yourself to grow yourself (and)
  2. Building yours and others’ resilience

  To register your interest contact: Kirsty Mason kirsty.mason@op.ac.nz

• Audacious Launch (March 19 2014)

  20 MAR, 6PM, HUNTER CENTRE, CNR FREDERICK & GREAT KING ST

  Want to make a difference and add value to the world? Come along to the the launch of the Audacious business challenge!  Audacious is about nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit in Dunedin students. Start your own business, be your own boss and do what you love! Audacious is not just a business competition, it provides an environment that encourages like-minds to meet, mingle, motivate and inspire each other. All students warmly welcome. 

  For more information visit the Audacious website. 

   

• Food Design Conference (March 19 2014)

  The International Food Design Conference and Studio 2014 is a forum where chefs and others involved in the food industry will work with designers and design researchers to deliver presentations, workshops and food experiences to an international audience. It is positioned as a junction between the food and design worlds on the edge of the world.

  Guest speakers include:

  • Michael Meredith - New Zealand chef and owner of degustation restaurant, Merediths
  • Chloe Morris - a culinary storyteller, member of the Experimental Food Society and London ambassador for Sandbox (network of young entrepreneurs under 30)
  • Gianpaolo Grazioli - Head Chef at Giapo Ice Cream and self-taught ice cream maker
  • Giulio Sturla - owner of Roots Restaurant in New Zealand. 

  For more information visit the Food Design website or email fooddesign@op.ac.nz

   

• Sustainable Business Network event (March 13 2014)

  26 & 27 MAR, 5:30-7PM, QUEENSTOWN & DUNEDIN

  Otago Polytechnic warmly invites Otago businesses to attend a Sustainable Business Network event - running in both Queenstown and Dunedin. Both evenings provide the opportunity for like-minded organisations and businesses to form regional networks, share expertise and benefit from sustainable business processes. There is also the possibility of developing an informal or formal regional group to help foster sustainable business in Otago.

  Presenters 

  Matt Ayers: Transformation Area Project Manager, Sustainable Business Network

  Matt uses design methods to manage the development of new market solutions and is intrigued by the mechanics of how businesses reinvent themselves. He will be talking about developing cross-industry initiatives, and how he helps develop eco-niche solutions for businesses. 

  Eva Gluyas: Innovation Manager, innovation workSpace, Otago Polytechnic

  With over 30 years' experience developing products across a broad range of companies and product sectors, Eva is focused on delivering tangible and successful outcomes to clients, and ensuring they have the most efficient production and assembly processes in place. 

  Queenstown

  Wednesday March 26
  5.30-7:00pm
  Location TBC

  Dunedin

  Thursday March 27
  5.30-7:00pm
  Technique Restaurant, Otago Polytechnic Dunedin campus
  Harbour Terrace

• Seminar: Visual Arts within Contemporary New Zealand Culture (March 12 2014)

  10 APR, 12.30-1.30 PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  David Eggleton - Visual Arts within the Framework of Contemporary New Zealand Culture
  David Eggleton is a performance poet and writer. Part Polynesian, he grew up between Fiji and New Zealand. He has won many awards and, uniquely among New Zealand poets, he was London Time Out’s Street Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He has since produced many CDs and films. 

   

• Seminar: Myth, Magic, Mimicry and the Cross-cultural Imaginary (March 12 2014)

  3 APR, 12.30-1.30 PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  Dr. Graham Fletcher - Myth, Magic, Mimicry and the Cross-cultural Imaginary
  Graham Fletcher is Senior Lecturer in Painting at the Dunedin School of Art. He exhibits extensively in New Zealand and abroad and has won many awards. His work explores cross-cultural issues from the perspective of an artist of mixed Samoan and European heritage.

• Seminar: Practice from a Woven Perspective (March 12 2014)

  27 MAR, 12.30-1.30 PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  Deborah Crowe - Practice from a Woven Perspective
  Deborah Crowe completed her postgraduate studies in Glasgow. She is currently a multidisciplinary visual artist in Auckland, where she teaches at Manukau Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Creative Arts. 

• Seminar: David Bowie: How did he do it; Why should we care? (March 12 2014)

  20 MAR, 12.30-1.30 PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST

  Ian Chapman 
  David Bowie: How did he do it; Why should we care? And how did he save my life?
  Dr Ian Chapman is an Executant Lecturer in Contemporary Music and Convenor of Contemporary Performance at the University of Otago. His primary performance activity is the ongoing development of his performative alter-ego, Dr Glam, a glittery persona who is an interdisciplinary amalgam of theatre and music built upon the ethos of 1970s glam rock.

• Symposium: High Performance Applied Physical Conditioning (March 12 2014)

  21 MAY, 3PM-9PM, SARGOOD CENTRE, 40 LOGAN PARK DRIVE

  Themed around high performance sporting models, the symposium will address how to maximise athlete talent in New Zealand.
  The keynote speaker will be Marcus Agnew, who is currently teaching Biomechanics and Physical Conditioning at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawkes Bay. He has a Masters in Health Science from the Auckland University of Technology, completing his thesis on Game Analysis in Rugby Union with the NZRU.

  If you are interested in attending this symposium, please register your interest with laura.munro@op.ac.nz

• Seminar: Abstraction as Poststructuralist Gesture (March 4 2014)

  13 MAR, 12.30-1:30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST.

  Kim Pieters - Arbitrary Knowledges: Abstraction as Poststructuralist Gesture

  Kim Pieters is a Dunedin-based artist who works in the fields of drawing, painting and writing. Her recent projects have highlighted the relationships between abstraction, philosophy and poetry.

• Seminar: Multimedia & Performance Works Venice Biennale (February 27 2014)

  6 MAR, 12:30-1:30PM, DSA, RIEGO ST, P152

  Jane Venis, Venice Biennale 2013: Some Key Multimedia and Performance Works
  Dr Jane Venis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Design at Otago Polytechnic and is also part of the postgraduate supervision team in the Dunedin School of Art. She is a sculptor and multi-media artist.

• Seminar: Surviving the Olympics of the Art World (February 21 2014)

  27 FEB, 12.30-1.30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST 
  New Zealand at the Venice Biennale: Surviving the Olympics of the Art World
  Jenny Harper is the Director of the Christchurch Art Gallery/ Te Puna o Waiwhetu and the New Zealand Commissioner for the Venice Biennale. 

• Seminar: Venice Biennale 2013 (February 13 2014)

  20 FEB, 12.30-1.30PM, P152, DSA, RIEGO ST
  Prof. Leoni Schmidt and Scott Eady: Leoni Schmidt is the Head of Dunedin School of Art, where she facilitates seminars and postgraduate workshops on research methodologies and contemporary visual arts practices. Scott Eady is a Senior Lecturer in Sculpture at the Dunedin School of Art; his work was shown at the Venice Biennale in 2013.

• The Omazing Race (February 13 2014)

  Thursday 20 February
  Start 12.30
  Check out facebook.com/OtagoPoly

  End 
  First in, first served.

  Scan and find all the clues from facebook.com/
  OtagoPoly

  Prizes 

  1st prize Two Fujifilm Instax Mini Polaroid cameras
  2nd prize Two ORIí 2014 music passes
  3rd prize $100 New World voucher

  Otago Polytechnic students only. 
  ID cards required to claim prize.
  Smart phone and QR code reader required.

• Student Powhiri 2014 (January 7 2014)

  18 FEB, 10.30AM, KARITANE MARAE, APES RD, KARITANE

  Kā Rūnaka o Araiteuru, Kāhui Kai Tahu and Otago Polytechnic cordially invite you to our Student Powhiri 2014.

  He mihi maiohā tēnei ki a koutou e whai ana te mātauraka o te ao mārama
  Nau mai tahuti mai ki te wahi e kia nei Ko Te Wai Pounamu,
  Nau mai tahuti mai ki te Kuramatatini ki Otago.

  RSVP by 14th February to the office of the Kaitohutohu
  Phone 0800 762 786
  Email kaitohutohu@op.ac.nz

  Transport to and from the Karitane Marae will be provided.

• Lean Business System Symposium (December 11 2013)

  25 FEB, 9:45-5:00PM, TECHNIQUE RESTAURANT, HARBOUR TCE, DUNEDIN

  We bring together your business leaders community to share fresh ideas, network with peers and help expand your learning to improve, leverage and sustain your lean journey. 
  To find out more information click here. To book your place, please email jeanette.corson@op.ac.nz 

• Staying Lean Workshop (December 11 2013)

  24 FEB, 10-4PM, TECHNIQUE RESTAURANT, HARBOUR TCE, DUNEDIN

  This workshop will help you understand and implement 'Lean' tools and techniques in your everyday working environment. 

  • Understand the factors that have an impact on the sustainability of your Lean Journey
  • Identify the differences between management and leadership styles and behaviours 
  • Learn how to move from "we are doing a Lean programme" to "we live the Lean lifestyle"
  • Discuss your issues with award winning leaders in sustainable Lean Thinking

  To find out more about this workshop and to register, click here. 

• Art and Book Symposium 2014 (December 11 2013)

  17 - 18 OCT, P152 and Gallery, DSA, REIGO ST

  Books are the foundation of literate societies across the globe. They hold the history and culture of a society over time, formerly the preserve of revered orators and bards. Books are also artworks – from the clay tablets to parchments, paper and print, to the linguistic marks and binding and decoration. Like paintings and sculptures, they have the status of cultural treasures. Within books, artists have exercised their skills in design and illustration. Artists’ books have become an acknowledged genre of the visual arts. This symposium is an opportunity to celebrate the book in all these various artistic contexts.

  Click here for full PROGRAMME details and updates   

  

  Click here for Facebook event details.

   

News

• (June 26 2019)

  13 JUNE - 21 JULY, STREETS OF DUNEDIN NORTH AND CHRISTCHURCH CENTRAL

  “If you said that plankton, the phytoplankton, the green oxygen-producing plankton in the oceans is more important to our atmosphere than the whole of the rainforest, which I think is true, people would be astonished."
  – Sir David Attenborough (2018)

  A poster campaign that aims to raise awareness about the health of our oceans is coming to Dunedin’s city centre streets.

  The Art+Oceans Ocean Acidification Street Campaign, “Own The Streets” (30 June-21 July), is the sixth in a series of mini exhibitions to result from the original Art+Oceans Exhibition 2018.

  Pam McKinlay, artist and event co-ordinator, says the event (a collaboration between Otago Polytechnic’s Dunedin School of Art and Otago University’s Division of Sciences) is being held as part of Puaka Matariki.

   “It is a time to plan ahead for future harvests. It is also a time to reflect on what we do on land and the impacts we are having on the oceans – a time of care-taking as we face ocean warming, rising sea levels and ocean acidification in the realm of Takaroa-whaiariki.”
  
  The street exhibition, in conjunction with Phantom Billstickers, comprises central city “street gallery” sites featuring up to five framed posters. It is also being held concurrently in Christchurch.

  “We also have two ‘super-sites’ that will have posters the size of 4xA0 prints,” Pam McKinlay explains, adding that the designs were images from the original art exhibition that were deemed most suitable for translation to a poster format.

  “The quality of the posters is largely due to the efforts and expertise of Meg Brasell-Jones, a Senior Lecturer in Communication Design at Otago Polytechnic.”

  McKinlay notes the ocean absorbs between a quarter and a third of Earth’s carbon dioxide. “It produces half of the air we breathe. What we do on land has long-term and immediate impacts on our coastal and ocean environment – from water quality to long-term climate changes.”

   Dr Christina McGraw, of the Commonwealth Ocean Acidification Action Group: “The threats to the ocean are many fold and include: ocean warming, hypoxia (low oxygen), and overfishing, and ocean acidification (to name but a few). And the degree of impact will change depending on your region.

  “Ocean acidification is a significant additional stressor for calcifying organisms and it will become more and more of an issue as we continue to pump carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere.”

  The Art+Oceans Ocean Acidification Street Campaign, “Own the Streets”, runs from 30 June to 21 July

   

  Event launch:

  The Dunedin/Ōtepoti celebration/Dunedin launch of the “Own the Streets” – Ocean Acidification Street Poster Campaign (an iteration of the Art+Oceans Exhibition 2019) will be held at Heron Hall (upstairs), Knox Church, on Friday 5 July, from 5.30pm

  
  The event features music from local musicians and guest appearances, including by Dr Christina McGraw, of the Commonwealth Ocean Acidification Action Group.

   

  Participating artist details:

   

  JESSICA RITCHIE, “What Transpires from a Collection of Encounters” (with Candida Savage, scientist).

   

  THOMAS LORD and BLAIR THOMSON, “Marine microbial ecology” (with Blair Thomson, scientist).

   

  HOPE DUNCAN, “Jellyfish (will thrive)" (with Christina McGraw, scientist).

   

  MADISON KELLY, “Drawing to Discern Parasites” (with Colin MacLeod, scientist).

   

  PAM MCKINLAY and JESSE JAMES PICKERY, “Call of the Ocean” (With Anne-Marie Jackson et al).

   

  RUTH EVANS, “The great carbon trappers: how does ocean acidification affect diatoms?” (with Ro Allen, scientist).  

   

  Find exact street locations here

• Streamlined visa applications open (July 10 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic is one of 25 education providers invited to take part in the pilot phase of a new industry partnership initiative with Immigration New Zealand (INZ). This industry partnership is designed to help the export education sector grow by offering shared benefits to education providers, international students and INZ. It will enable Otago Polytechnic to nominate and support selected offshore student visa applicants for streamlined visa processing by INZ, and will allow the institution to take on increased responsibility for the immigration outcome of these students.

  > To read more about this partnership, click here.

  > To apply for an Otago Polytechnic streamlined visa nomination letter, click here.  

• OP's performance 'exceptional' (July 7 2014)

  An ''exceptional'' performance by Otago Polytechnic, including a rapidly rising student roll, and three national teaching awards, means big benefits for Dunedin's economy and its tertiary education industry. Read the full story here

• Art and Science for Science Festival (July 3 2014)

  An exhibition of anatomy-inspired art, now on show at the Hunter Centre, is the result of a collaboration between 16 artists from the Otago Polytechnic Dunedin School of Art and 16 scientists from the University of Otago.
  
  Meeting for the first time at the end of 2013, the scientists talked about the science that inspires them and the artists took this as their traditional muse to investigate areas otherwise unexplored. This culminated in the development of visual material that relates to, but does not illustrate, the selected research topic Art and Anatomy Project Exhibition: A collaboration between the University of Otago and postgraduate students and alumni from the Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic. 
  
  Read more here.
  
  Art and Anatomy exhibition dates: Monday 30 June – Friday 11 July

  Venue: Hunter Centre, Great King Street (opposite the Dental School)

  Opening hours: Open to the public on weekdays from 8.00am to 5.00pm and during the weekend of Saturday 5 – Sunday 6 July from 10.00am to 4.00pm (to coincide with the International Science Festival)  

• Teaching triumph for Otago Polytechnic (July 1 2014)

  It’s been an extraordinary teaching triumph for Otago Polytechnic, with the announcement seven staff members have received the prestigious Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award, celebrating New Zealand’s finest tertiary teachers.

  Established in 2001, the Awards recognise some of the nation’s most outstanding teachers, with a key focus on rewarding teaching practices that are student-focused and committed to promoting effective learning.

  The Otago Polytechnic recipients are seven of the total 16 educators to be honoured – sharing 12 awards. Each will take home $20,000 in recognition of their achievement

  Otago Polytechnic’s Chief Executive Phil Ker says each staff member is extremely deserving of the award. “It’s such a wonderful achievement for the recipients, each of whom inspires and motivates their students through their passion, expertise and a willingness to push boundaries. It’s fantastic that so many have been acknowledged by the Awards Committee,” he says.

  “I also feel very proud that we have 14 well-deserving Otago Polytechnic lecturers that have been honoured at these prestigious Awards over the past seven years. It is gratifying and rewarding to see our talented teaching staff being recognised nationally and a testament to the teaching quality at Otago Polytechnic. Our students are very lucky.”

  Since 2001, more than 130 teachers have been celebrated through the Awards, which are formally presented at a function at Parliament and often hosted by the Prime Minister or Minister for Tertiary Education. 

  Recipients

  Bachelor of Culinary Arts Team – Food Design Institute

  Adrian Woodhouse – Senior Lecturer
  Daniel Pfyl – Senior Lecturer
  Tony Heptinstall – Senior Lecturer
  David Gillespie – Lecturer 
  Stephen Ellwood – Lecturer

  Nursing

  Judith Roddick – Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing

  Design

  Caroline McCaw – Communication Design Academic Leader, School of Design

  (From left: Stephen Ellwood, Tony Heptinstall, Caroline McCaw, Adrian Woodhouse, Judith Roddick, David Gillespie, Maxine Alterio, Daniel Pfyl, Phil Ker)

  

   

• NZ Emerging Artist Award 2014 (June 26 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic Dunedin School of Art student Cobi Taylor is the recipient of a prestigious New Zealand Emerging Artist Award (NZAAT) for 2014. Ms Taylor’s work was recently included in a showcase of emerging artists at the NZ Art Show, held in the TSB Bank Arena Wellington from the 25 to 27 July. Cobi Taylor used images taken immediately after the Christchurch earthquake and transformed them onto giant canvas before beginning what she calls "a process of deterioration". NZ Art Show panelist, Jane Hart, marvelled at the massive piece of art produced from such a young person. "It shows a huge amount of maturity," she said.

  Ms Taylor is in the final stages of completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours degree at the Dunedin School of Art. “It is gratifying and rewarding to see one of our talented student's work recognised,” says Dunedin School of Art Head Leoni Schmidt. “This is a wonderful achievement for Cobi, and testament to her work. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for this gifted artist.”

  A number of up and coming artists were nominated by some of New Zealand’s leading art schools for the Emerging Artist Awards, with only four selected to receive the Award. Each artist will receive a substantial financial award from the New Zealand Affordable Art Trust, in recognition and support of their work. Read more at  the Otago Daily Times and TVNZ One News 

  

  click on image to take you to TVNZ link - image source ONE News

   

• Midwinter Carnival 2014 (June 25 2014)

  This year's Midwinter Carnival featured the largest lanterns in the carnival 's history.  Artistic Director, Juliet Novena Sorrel was aided in the lantern making workshops by other Dunedin artists who put in days of painstaking work to make the larger lanterns for the parade. Ali Bramwel (see photo in ODT) made this intricate swan lantern. Both Juliet and Ali are MFA alumni from the Dunedin School of Art. Read the full ODT story

• Burst of sunshine yellow in the Octagon (June 18 2014)

  An artwork by second year Sculpture student, Shelley McConaughy, from the Dunedin School of Art was temporarily installed in the Octagon on Tuesday. Shelley's work was a tent that featured a wrap of bright "sunshine yellow" and was a comment on the low sunshine hours in Dunedin in winter and the impact had on housing heating in the city. The site-specific art work was one of several to pop-up briefly around town as the second year students students documented the placement of their works on their chosen sites. Other works were temporarily placed at St Kilda Beach and Mornington. Read more in the Otago Daily Times
  

• Inaugural exhibition in Pop-up Art Tardis (June 18 2014)

   "Human Hubris" by Aroha Novak, 2014 is the inaugural sculpture to feature in the Art Tardis mobile gallery launched in North East Valley this week. Aroha's work, made of seabird feathers and glue, offers a voice to wildlife that would be potentially disrupted by structures such as a gas rig appearing in our Southern seascapes. The Art Tardis project was conceived by the Northern Artery artist collective and funded by the NEV Valley Project. Read more in the Otago Daily Times. Aroha Novak is an alumni of the Dunedin School of Art. She completed a Masters in Fine Arts in 2013.
  

  (image: installation and detail views of Aroha Novaks work "Human Hubris" in the Art Tardis NEV, Saturday 14 June, 2014)

  

   

   

   

• 'Cultural dislocation' sparks 'Pania' theme (June 18 2014)

  Hana Aoake's performance of  "Pania;;;Parahitiki" at V-Space this week featured the artist draped in her grandmother's blanket, surrounded by rocks her father got from mines he worked in and botanic samples collected from places around New Zealand where she has lived. ''I'm interested in ecological imperialism and the complexity of post-colonial identities and how the settlers unsettled the equilibrium everywhere they went,'' she said. "Pania;;;Parahitiki" will be performed again at V-Space from 1pm to 3pm Thursday and Friday, with a talk by Hana and curator Ted Whitaker on Thursday. Read more in the ODT.

  V-Space (short for vitrine) is a contemporary art space located in the foyer of the Robertson Library, Union Street East, Dunedin, Aotearoa.

  To see more of what happens, check out V-Space on Tumblr 
  
  

  Exhibitions are curated by Ted Whitaker from the Dunedin School of Art.

   

• Artists mentor youth in mural project (May 19 2014)

  The Art Wall is well under way for Youth Week 2014. Graduate artists including Anya Sinclair, Aroha Anezka Novak and James Colin Bellaney are behind the ambitious mural project unfolding along Wilkie Road in South Dunedin. They have spent two weeks holding art and graffiti art workshops, and mentoring participants to come up with their own representations for positive change in their lives and for Dunedin. From Sunday 18th May, 70-plus young people will be accompanied by the artists and a hoard of volunteers to paint the mural, throughout Youth Week. This year's theme is "Be the Change". Read more in the Otago Daily Times. 

   

   

   

   

• Art works in support of Fair Trade week (May 19 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic students were invited to their creativity to fair trade cocoa and fair trade sugar at the Dunedin School of Art this week, in a competition to highlight Fair Trade Awareness Fortnight. Works by Jess Ward from the Dunedin School of Art were also on display. Jess produced a series of works for SITE 2013, which revolved around the subjects of exploitation of farmers and use of child labour in the chocolate industry. See more from Wednesday's event here.

  (image below: Jess Ward, BVA, "Blissful", zine, 2013)

  

• Hospice auction fundraiser a success (May 19 2014)

  Hospice Awareness Week was successfully culminated in an art auction held at the Dunedin School of Art this week. Sales of works contributed to the auction's grand total of more than $35,300, with all proceeds going towards care for the terminally ill at Otago Community Hospice in North East Valley. Oamaru artist and ex-student Sue McLean also held an exhibition during the week; Echoes: a journey of grieving through stitch and poetry. Read more in the Otago Daily Times.

  You can see a selection of Sue McLean's works here.

   

   

• Polytechnic signs MoU with Bougainville (May 19 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bougainville Polytechnic College. The partnership is an initiative that will help empower school leavers to contribute to the development and progress of Bougainville. Otago Polytechnic will bring expertise in vocational training and education to the partnership.

  

  The ceremony  was held on May 2 in Hutjena, Bougainville. Pictured from left to right: John Tabinaman, Minister for Education; Cosmos Sohia, Member for Tsitalato Constituency; Melchior Dare, Minister for Community Development; Phil Ker, Chief Executive, Otago Polytechnic; Joe Lera, Regional Member for Bougainville.

• Certificate in Health: Semester Two start dates (May 16 2014)

  The following dates are for new students commencing their programme in Semester Two (July). 

  Introduction to Midwifery Distance:

  North Island students:
  26 July - 29 July
  9:00am-4:00pm
  Whiteria Campus 

  South Island students: 
  28 - 31 July
  9:00am-4:00pm
  Otago Polytechnic Campus 

  Introduction to Careers in Health Distance

  North Island students: 
  26 July - 27 July
  Whiteria Campus 

  South Island students:
  30 July - 31 July
  Otago Polytechnic 

  New local students:
  23 July
  9:00am -3:00pm start
  H Block, room HH606

  If you have any questions, please call email Erin or call:
  03 4796162
  0800 762 786 

  Full-year students will be advised of Semester Two start dates via Moodle.

• Art in homes: unique fundraising event (May 13 2014)

  This unique fundraising event offers local art-lovers the opportunity to visit private homes owned by Dunedin art collectors for one afternoon only. Six supporters of the Dunedin School of Art Foundation have generously opened their homes and personal art collections to friends of the Foundation. Proceeds from the tickets sales will go towards the Dunedin School of Art Foundation.

• Online Art Auction (May 13 2014)

  November 4 – 17, 2013

  This charity auction brought together over 24 artists - each with a personal connection to the Dunedin School of Art.  Artworks were been contributed by Dunedin School of Art graduates (including Michel Tuffery and Simon Kaan), current and previous staff of Dunedin School of Art (including Scott Eady, 2013 Venice Biennale exhibitor), as well as a range of supportive artists from the Otago region.

• Wallace win for Art alumni (May 13 2014)

  In the 2013 Wallace Art Awards announced this week, Dunedin School of Art alumni member Sam Foley has won the Kaipara Foundation Wallace Arts Trust Award. Mr Foley won second prize for Tilting at the Heart of the Beast, a mixed-media work which features an oil painting with a superimposed vision and soundtrack of a beating heart which was completed following a 2011 residency in Berlin. Mr Foley has received a three month residency at the Altes Spital in Solothurn, Switzerland. Wallace Arts Trust is the most prestigious contemporary art awards in Aotearoa New Zealand. This year the Awards received 475 entries.

  2013 NZAAT Emerging Artist Awards

  Congratulations to Holly Zandbergen and Daniel Roberts for making the finals for the NZAAT Emerging Artist Awards 2013. The awards were established by the NZAAT, in conjunction with the country’s leading tertiary schools of art, to recognise and reward emerging New Zealand artists.  Read the Otago Daily Times story. 

  The Material World: Sculpture at Dunedin School of Art 2002-2013

  This was a celebration of the ten years (2002 -2012), that Scott Eady and Michele Beevors have been working together at The Dunedin School of Art. They hosted a Sculpture Alumni exhibition that was held at the Dunedin School of Art Gallery and throughout the Art School in May 2013. This exhibition coincided with a series of sculpture related events including a symposium on contemporary sculpture, and a drawing exhibition and video event.  See tv39 Dunedin footage for an overview of exhibition. 

  2012 NZAAT Emerging Artist Award

  Kiri Mitchell has received one of three New Zealand Affordable Art Trust’s (NZAAT) Emerging Artist Awards. Kiri receives $3,000 from the NZAAT and has the opportunity to exhibit up to three works at this year’s New Zealand Art Show.

• Otago Polytechnic boosts city by $131m (May 12 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic is playing a pivotal role in Dunedin's economy, boosting it by $131 million last year. Otago Polytechnic Chief Operating Officer Philip Cullen said the report reinforced how critical the ''whole tertiary sector'' was to Dunedin. Read the full story here. 

• Polytechnic enrolment numbers high (May 12 2014)

  Enrolment numbers for Otago Polytechnic have come in higher than expected for 2014. The latest Council meeting highlighted 3726 equivalent full-time students (efts) were enrolled at the end of March, exceeding the expectation of 3504.6 efts by 6.3%.
  Read the full story here. 

• Seminars Programme: Term Two (May 7 2014)

  Public Research Seminars, Symposia and Postgraduate Workshop Programme

  Where: Dunedin School of Art, Lecture Theatre P152, 19 Riego Street, Dunedin
  Time: 12.30-1.30pm on Thursdays (except where otherwise indicated)

  All Research Seminars and Symposia are open to the public with no RSVP and no charge. Postgraduate workshops may be attended by non-enrolled students through case-by-case negotiation with Leoni.Schmidt@op.ac.nz

  Please note: In accordance with the Otago Polytechnic MoU with local Kai Tahu runaka, we observe tikanga in our lecture and gallery spaces and thus request all attendees to refrain from eating and drinking (except water) and from sitting on tables in those spaces. 

  Thursday 17 April, 12.30-2.30pm, P152
  Art-Science-Innovation in the 21st Century
  Prof. Gerald Bast,  Rector, University of the Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
  After three phases (mechanical, electrical, digital) of industrial revolutions our societies are again standing on a crossroads, facing economic as well as social challenges.
  
  

  Thursday 8 May, 12.30-1.30pm, P152
  Van Brandenburg Unfurled: Architectural Biomimicry in Contemporary Practice
  Fred and Damien van Brandenburg (Architecture van Brandenburg)
  Architecture van Brandenburg is a practice situated in Dunedin with its current project focused on the headquarters of fashion house Marisfrolg in Shenzhen, China.
  The project performs biomimicry in its design and challenges the humanist model entrenched in Western architecture from Vitruvius via Alberti and into Modernism.

  Seminar Thursday 15 May, 12.30-1.30pm, P152
  Premiere of "Confluence: a Film about the Work of Simon Kaan"
  A documentary featuring Kai Tahu artist Simon Kaan, made in collaboration with David Green and Peter Stupples.
  Simon Kaan is the Maori Advisor for students and staff at the Dunedin School of Art; Peter Stupples teaches Art History & Theory and David Green is a Lecturer in Electronic Arts at the Dunedin School of Art.

  Seminar Friday 16 May, 12.30-1.30pm, P152
  Children’s Animated Film-making in Russia Today 
  Natalya Aleksandrovna Varlamova (Moscow Director: Animator for Film)
  Varlamova is currently working in Moscow as Director-Animator on children’s cartoons for one of Russia’s leading film houses. Her skill at model-making and set design is demonstrated by this seminar and she will also discuss the Russian animated film industry more generally.

  Seminar Thursday 22 May, 12.30-1.30pm, P152
  The Nature of Photography: Ideas of Nature and Ecology in Contemporary New Zealand Photography
  Emily Goldthorpe (PhD Candidate, Art History & Theory, University of Otago)
  Emily's research interests lie in fashion photography in the 1970s and current environmental art. She will be examining ideas of nature in contemporary New Zealand photography, and looking at the changes that have taken place globally in our relationship to our environment, our understanding of nature, and representation of nature in art.

  Seminar Thursday 5 June. 12.30-1.30pm, P152
  Thinking Jewellery: A Reflection on Established and Recent Interdisciplinary Frameworks
  Andrew Last and Johanna Zellmer
  In this seminar Andrew Last and Johanna Zellmer will take a look at recent Contemporary Jewellery debates. Their presentation is based on this year's keynote at 'Schmuck' in Munich, featuring Zellmer's recent work, observations from NZ's annual "Kete" Conference and current jewellery publications as a context for debated theoretical frameworks.
  Artists Andrew Last and Johanna Zellmer are Senior Lecturers in the Jewellery & Metalsmithing Studio at the Dunedin School of Art.

  Seminar Thursday 5 June, 2.30-3.30pm, P152
  Whakaahua: Coming to Form
  Louise Potiki Bryant (choreographer, dancer and video artists of Kai Tahu descent and the 2014 Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance at The School of
  Physical Education, Sport and Exercises Sciences, University of Otago).
  In this seminar Kai Tahu artist Louise Potiki Bryant will discuss her current practice Whakaahua: Coming to Form - a dance practice inspired by the concept known as
  whakaahua literally meaning ‘to acquire form’. It is an approach to performance inspired by a central kaupapa of performances of the whare tapere whereby a quality in the natural world emerges from deep within a dancer to eventually find its fullest expression in the performance of the dance.

• Graduate wins Hope and Sons Art Awards (May 5 2014)

  Congratulations to Jasmine Middlebrook (BFA. 2010), winner of the first prize for judged entries at the 2014 Hope and Sons Art Awards. Jasmine was awarded the People's choice award at the 2012 Hope and Sons Art Awards, and has had ongoing success in her careering including second place in the Invercargill Licencing Trust Art Awards and claiming the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Prize in 2012. Jasmine was awarded the Dunedin School of Art’s Studio Award in Painting in 2010. Read more in the Otago Daily Times 

   

  

  Painting by Jasmine Middlebrook, BFA, from SITE Graduating Exhibition 2010

• First Online Charity Art Auction a success for the Foundation (May 2 2014)

  Monday November 19, 2013

  The inaugural online art auction fundraiser, held in conjunction with the online platform Ocula Black has been great success. Artworks for auction include paintings by Michel Tuffery MNZM and Simon Kaan (both Dunedin School of Art alumni), sculptural pieces by Scott Eady (collateral event exhibitor, Venice Biennale, 2013) as well as prints, works on paper and pieces of jewellery by staff, graduates and supportive artists from the Otago community.

  Support from Dunedin, the region and art-lovers from around the country helped us to sell over $12,000 of art – with benefits going back to the artists, represented galleries, and the Dunedin School of Art Foundation.

  This event proved to be beneficial in other ways too. It has helped to re-connect with Dunedin School of Art graduates and our community of artists, as well as highlighting work by Dunedin School of Art staff to new and eager audiences across the city, country and beyond. For these reasons alone it was a worthwhile endeavor!

  The Dunedin School of Art Foundation Charity online-only auction had 23 artworks for bidding, with price estimates ranging from $100 to $9,000. The auction started on Monday November 4, and finished on Sunday November 17, 8pm. For further information email: dsafoundation@op.ac.nz

• 2014 Asia:NZ Artist-in-Residence Woojin Kim arrives in Dunedin (May 2 2014)

  The Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic welcomed South Korean artist Woojin Kim to Dunedin for a three-month residency from May to July 31, 2014. The residency is part of an exchange arrangement between the Asia:New Zealand Foundation (Asia:NZ), The National Art Studio, Goyang, South Korea and the Dunedin School of Art Foundation. Woojin is a video artist and her work explores a sense of place - her subject matter during her residency will be Dunedin.

• Scarfie Army students volunteer (April 29 2014)

  Youth Guarantee and Maori Pre-trades students have been out and about in the community this week, laying gravel and planting trees at part of the student volunteer initiative - Scarfie Army. Watch the full news story here. 

   

   

   

   

• Success at Wellington Fashion Week (April 23 2014)

  Talented third-year student Jessie Wong has won the supreme prize in the inaugural New Zealand Light Leathers Awards for her Yu Mei Be Mad! collection, while graduate Amelia Boland has secured the Wellington Fashion Week Award for her leather-based collection. Read more here.

• Bells ring for Landgirl Project (April 17 2014)

  Sometime between the end of World War II and now, all official records of those who served in Women's Land Service seem to have disappeared. The only records that remained were those that the women had kept themselves and oral histories recently collected and published by Dianne Bardsley. Jai Hall worked on a commemorative project in recognition of the service and contribution of these women who worked as "Land Girls" in the years 1939-1946. She says, "The comment, 'Landgirls regret that the wider community doesn’t know about their wartime work', challenged me to do a project to commemorate the Landgirls’ of New Zealand. The purpose of a bronze bell specifically placed on high country stations, rural properties and museums is to transmit the memories that have been unspoken. When history has failed, in this case, the records being destroyed, stories told from memory can bring a new understanding and respect to the significance of the contribution The Women’s Land Service gave to New Zealand. In 2012 the project evolved. Enrolling in the Honours program at the Dunedin School of Art gave me the support needed to cast the sixteen bells." 

  Jai completed the project with help from the Angel fund who helped with getting the bells on location. The chosen custodians have taken on the responsibility not only of the security of the bell but to place them where Landgirls’ can be remembered and new stories told. For more images of Jai Hall's Landgirl Project - A Forgotten Story on flickr, click here.

  
  

  Jai Hall, bronze pour - Dunedin School of Art Foundry, 2012

    

  One of the Landgirl Project bells installed at Waitai station. For Ivy Lewis of Waitai Station "Hearing the bell's chime harkens us back to an earlier time when the strong, brave landgirls worked so hard to keep the farms going."

• Plastic Poetics (April 16 2014)

  Number 8 Collective collaborators Ana Terry and Don Hunter will present new work in Atlanta at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) where Ana Terry currently has a Fulbright Scholar Residency (Atlanta, 2013-2014).  Ana has a Master of Fine Arts from the Otago Polytechnic Dunedin School of Art, and is a trustee with the ADA (Aoteoroa Digital Arts) Network. Don Hunter also studied Fine Arts at the Dunedin School of Art and completed a highly successful exchange at Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands, where he also exhibited. 

  As the scholar in residence, Ana has been teaching and helping enhance SPSU existing Global Studies and Fine and Applied Programs by expanding international perspectives, expertise and opportunities particularly in multi-media design, new media arts, and education.  Additionally, she has been sharing her international experiences working as a visual communications advisor (Volunteer Service Abroad) in Vanuatu, an artist-in-residence in Beijing, and recent collaborative community-based creative work in Medellin, Colombia. 

  

   

  Find out more here. 

• Kowhai Centre helps Dunedin community (April 15 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic's Kowhai Centre - a free counselling service the School of Social Services provides - donated 268 hours of counselling to the Dunedin community in 2013. The Centre offers friendly, respectful and supportive counselling to children, teenagers, couples and families. 

  Find out more about the Kowhai Centre here or call 0800 762 786. There are no waiting lists and you can self-refer.

   

• Cat Clinic 2014 (April 14 2014)

  Our second annual student cat clinic on Friday was another success, 

  Around 40 students brought their cats along to be de-wormed, vaccinated, micro chipped and checked up. 

  Watch the video here

• Art in Homes (April 14 2014)

  Following on from our successful event in 2013, we are currently preparing for our follow up in the coming months. To be advised of this early, please join our mailing list <<link>>

  Dunedin School of Art Seminar Series

• Tertiary Open Day (April 14 2014)

  12 MAY, 11AM-2PM, H601, DUNEDIN CAMPUS

  There is a wide range of careers in social services; each focused on helping people to improve their quality of life in some way. There are career opportunities in the fields of counselling, disability, social services, mental health support work and targeted assistance for the elderly and families.Your work may include offering support to clients, planning activities, running educational workshops or directly assisting families, groups and organisations.

• World's Francis Hooper loves OP! (April 8 2014)

  Renowned Kiwi fashion designer and Co-creator of the World fashion label, Francis Hooper, is giving major praise to Otago Polytechnic's School of Design. He was recently interviewed by MORE FM, following his week-long visit to Dunedin to participate as a judge at iD Fashion Week's Emerging Designer Awards. Listen to the full interview here. 

• Helping Mothers Survive Project (April 3 2014)

  The School of Midwifery has joined forces with the Helping Mothers Survive Project to distribute sophisticated birthing simulators to midwives in low-resource countries.  A total of 11 simulator kits have been ordered by Otago Polytechnic for use in their Midwifery programmes, based on an arrangement that the same number of free simulators will be provided overseas.  

  The International Congress of Midwives, the United Nations Population Fund and a range of international agencies are also contributing towards the Project. 

   

• Course to transform construction sector (March 11 2014)

  New Zealand's first course designed to dramatically raise the performance of our country's buildings gets underway in June this year. Creating Living Buildings is a 15 credit programme designed to support the transformation of New Zealand’s built environment using the Living Building Challenge.

  The course is offered through a two day block course in Auckland, Christchurch or Queenstown, followed by ten weekly webinars.  Participants will practice implementation from their own professional experience as well as learn the theory. Course presenter Jerome Partington is well qualified to lead the programme. He has trained & worked in sustainable architecture and education for more than twenty five years, building a strong practical construction and eco technology expertise. 

  “The creation of buildings that are net zero (energy, water and waste), built from non-toxic, locally sourced materials and that are beautiful and inspiring is the goal of this programme,” says Partington.  “We have the technology and the knowledge to create these types of buildings.  All we need know is the will and to spread the know-how.”

  Discover other Sustainable Practice Programmes at Otago Polytechnic

   

• Rise in students at Polytechnic (March 11 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic student numbers have risen rapidly this year, with 3704 equivalent full-time students (Efts) enrolled at the institution this year; an increase of 431 students (13%) on the 3273 Efts enrolled in the corresponding period last year. Chief Executive Phil Ker said the increase in student numbers was exciting for the Polytechnic.

  Read the full story here. 

• Sustainable graduates work for a better future (March 11 2014)

  Now in its fourth year, Otago Polytechnic’s Graduate Programmes in Sustainable Practice is providing New Zealand companies, organisations and a variety of projects with graduates qualified in implementing sustainable practice.  

  Many of the programme’s first students are now working in areas where they can apply frameworks for strategic sustainable development to work towards real solutions to real issues.

  Amelia Smith is an Evaluation Advisor for EECA (Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority), Jennifer Nickel is an Environmental Advisor at Fonterra while Sofia Robinson works as a Community Development Advisor for the Upper Hutt City Council and Dave Watson is a Sustainability Consultant at the Change Collective involved in projects like  Auckland’s Sustainability Streets, and music and arts festival, Splore.

  Collectively the graduates agree the programme was inspirational and offered a way of practically and positively working on some of the major issues facing the world today.  

  As well as highly capable graduates, the inspirational and innovative programme has produced a wide variety of projects, some of which have become successful businesses or funded projects with others showing potential.

  Find out more about our programmes in Sustainable Practice

• Students show at Jewellery Fair in Munich (March 10 2014)

  The biggest collection of contemporary jewellery from New Zealand ever to be shown in Europe will include, four current post-graduate students from the Dunedin School of Art: Bob Mitchell, Ruth Evans, Kelly O’Shea and Craig Mcintosh. They have been selected to show at Wunderruma a special showcase of jewellery from Aotearoa New Zealand at the 55th International Jewellery Fair, part of the International Trade Fair in Munich, which opened this week. Upon its return it will show at the Dowse in Lower Hutt from June to September, 2014. See images of Ruth's work SITE 2013. 

   (image Bob Mitchell, Essence of Hare from SITE 2013  )  

   

• Golfing greats share tips at Education Open (February 24 2014)

  The coveted expertise of this country’s top golfer, Michael Hendry, was on offer to those taking part in the inaugural Otago Polytechnic Education Open in Dunedin last Friday, 21 February. The 28 teams of four registered to play in the Open’s Ambrose Tournament at Chisholm Park Golf Club enjoyed a golfing clinic with the reigning New Zealand Open champion.

  The Education Open benefits the Otago Polytechnic Education Foundation, established to help progress the Polytechnic’s goal of becoming world-recognised for student success through career-focused education. “The Polytechnic is already a premier New Zealand tertiary education provider with top marks for quality, student success and student engagement,” says the institute’s Chief Executive, Phil Ker. “But we also aspire to become a global name in student success, acknowledged for providing education that ensures our students leave us work-ready and well prepared to meet the demands of their chosen careers.

  “The Foundation supports this aim by funding facilities, technology and equipment for our campuses.” 

  Watch the TV1 story here. 

• Dunedin Fringe Festival Visual Arts (February 21 2014)

  Dunedin School of Art Students and Alumni involved in 2014 Dunedin Fringe Festival include:

  Colour Moves - paintings by John Z Robinson, Kirsten Ferguson, Peter Cleverley and Nicola Hansby.
  Dates: March 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
  Venue: 14d Dowling St

  Drawl2 - featuring Manu Berry, Pauline Bellamy, Emma Chalmers, Kirsten Ferguson, Philip Madill and James Robinson. challenging and reinventing the most ancient tool of communication - Drawing.
  Dates: March 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
  Venue: Bellamy's Gallery

  Anya Sinclair, Never and Forever
  Dates: March 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23
  Venue: Festival Hub - Community Gallery

  

   

• Central Otago High Country Farming Programme (February 17 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic's Central Otago campus is offering a new high-country farming course this year.The one-year National Certificate in farming skills - Work ready (Level 3), is to be offered for the first time in Central Otago and focus on high-country farming. 

• Information for new and returning students (February 13 2014)

  Information for new and returning Bachelor of Visual Arts, Graduate Diploma and new Post Graduate students. Kia ora koutou katoa and welcome to the Dunedin School of Art for the start of the 2014 academic year.Orientation day starts on Monday February 17 at 9:00am. Come to the Art School building (P block) at Otago Polytechnic on Riego Street. P block is situated between Anzac Avenue and the Water of Leith. Here you will receive the following: 

  • Detailed timetables for the first week and the semester will be available
  • All key information including course information and details about Student Services etc., will be available on day one
  • For returning students, studio spaces will be allocated and organised during the week of February 17.

  
  
  

• innovation workSpace attracts big business (January 31 2014)

  innovation workSpace is gearing up for its biggest year of business yet. The team of about 25 people at innovation workSpace specialises in helping transform ideas into products ready for the market and is working with individuals and companies from Dunedin, across New Zealand and as far afield as Beijing. Projects includea biodegradable alternative to aluminium hair dye foil, which Team Manager Eva Gluyas believed could generate $50 million in product turnover within two and a-half years of it being picked up by a global distributor. Read the full ODT story here. 

   

   

• Student graduates despite challenges (January 24 2014)

  Studying when you’re profoundly deaf would seem like an impossible task. However, for Rebecca Rees, it was a challenge that fuelled her to succeed and graduate with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. In the first year of her degree, Rebecca received a cochlear implant. “The impact of the implant had on my life was dramatic! When I first got switched on it was very overwhelming - everything makes a noise! It took me a long time to train my brain to block out unwanted noises.”

  Read the ODT story here. 

• Polytechnic installs innovative wind turbine (January 23 2014)

  A revolutionary single-blade wind turbine designed for domestic use by Dunedin’s Powerhouse Wind Limited has been installed on the roof of an Otago Polytechnic building in an effort to cut down on energy use. Powerhouse Wind has been working with Otago Polytechnic to develop its innovative Thinair turbine from a promising field test prototype into a fully-developed product ready for market; a dream which came into fruition three months ago. 

  Powerhouse Wind Director Bill Currie says the turbine generated enough to power a ''normal household'' on a ''good day''.

  Read the full ODT story here. 

  This is just one of many sustainable initiatives the Polytechnic have implemented. View some of our sustianable case studies here. 

   

• University of Missouri visit a success (January 20 2014)

  On December 29 Otago Polytechnic welcomed a group of 48 students and accompanying staff member, Dr. Michael T. Christy, and his wife, from the Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri. The students were enrolled in a course on international trade and business practices. Their programme consisted of campus lectures, including three from Dr Phil Osborne from the College of Enterprise and Development on business practices in New Zealand. The group also visited a number of business locally and regionally learn at first-hand how business is conducted, with an emphasis on the global context, particularly in the Pacific- Asia region. They also took the opportunity to visit a number of tourist destinations including Fox Glacier and Queenstown.

  Otago Polytechnic were thrilled to hear the Missouri University group left with a positive impression of Dunedin and New Zealand. They reported their learning had been engaging, and that the cultural offerings were very interesting!

   

• Bougainville students learning to lead at OP (January 20 2014)

  Otago Polytechnic warmly welcomes students from Bougainville studying the National Certificate in Business Adminstration and Computing. A group of 12 public servants are here to learn skills to help the once war-torn region prosper. The cohort of students will be have a farewell celebration on Friday 7 February at 2:00pm in room D317. Read the ODT story here. 

   

• Bridging option into Engineering (December 13 2013)

  Now you can train to become an engineer no matter where you live in New Zealand! Otago Polytechnic is offering the following flexible online bridging programmes:

  Certificate in Foundation Studies (Level 3):
  This will provide you direct entry into the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering and is one semester in duration. 
  Start dates: February or July
  Delivery: Dunedin or online with block courses

  Certificate in Foundation Studies (Level 4):
  This will provide you direct entry into the Bachelor of Engineering Technology and is one semester in duration. 
  Start dates: February or July
  Delivery: Dunedin or online with block courses 

  Please note: The date and location of block course(s) will be arranged with each group at the start of the programme to maximise attendance. 

  To find out more information about these bridging options, please click on the links above. 

   

• Dowling St Arts Precinct (December 12 2013)

  Adding to the Dowling Street arts precinct vibe is new gallery Brick Bros. The Gallery is a joint venture between father and son, Scott Clarke and Flynn Morris-Clarke. Flynn completed an MA at Dunedin School of Art in 2010. Scott, who graduated from the School of Art in 1973, spent several years in the UK as a commercial photographer, and in more recent times was the co-owner and creator of the covered trenches, and hides in the multi-award winning "Penguin Palace" on the Otago Peninsula. He has set up a photographic studio in the new gallery and studio space. Dowling Street is also home to a number of commerical art galleries which show established and emerging artists, the Blue Oyster Art Project Space and the Dowling Street [Art] Project Space. Read more in the Otago Daily Times.

• Sculpture for Cuba Street (November 18 2013)

  Scott Eady's artwork The Philanthropists's Stone has been commissioned by the Wellington Sculpture Trust for a site in Cuba Street, Wellington. Scott Eady is a senior lecturer in the scupture studio at the Dunedin School of Art. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale this year and has previously received a Wallace Art Development Prize and Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. Read more in the Dominion Post.
  
• Design graduate's work in Vogue (November 6 2013)

  Dunedin jewellery designer and Otago Polytechnic Design graduate, Holly Simpson-Howe, has had her work feature in the November issue of British Vogue. She has also been the named winner of the $10,000 Altus Financial Services AMP regional scholarship. Read the full story here. 

• Jewellery designs to feature in British Vogue (November 1 2013)

  Congratulations to Holly Simpson-Howe whose work will feature in the November issue of British Vogue and named this week as winner of the $10,000 Altus Financial Services AMP regional scholarship. Holly graduated from Otago Polytechnic in Design and did postgraduate study in Jewellery and Metallsmithing at the Dunedin School of Art. Read more in the Otago Daily Times.

• Otago Volts beat Lions in T20 thriller (September 30 2013)

  The Otago Polytechnic sponsored Volts have topped their group at the T20 Champions League after beating South African side the Lions in a thrilling match in Jaipur. Watch the Breakfast story here. 

• Design student features in Vogue Italia (September 27 2013)

  The School of Design has featured in Vogue Italia for the fourth year in a row. The Vogue Italia 2013 - Emerging Designers edition has profiled 200 emerging designers from around the world, including Otago Polytechnic Design graduate, Soohee Moon. The talented designer has achieved several milestones in her career, showcasing her designs at the Shanghai Fashion Week last year and contributing towards designing the staff uniform at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. Soohee is currently working for renowned New Zealand designer, NomD*. View the Vogue Italia article here. 

• Toque D’or success for students (September 6 2013)

  Central Otago Hospitality students have had great success at the 2013 Toque D’or competition in Auckland, all returning home with silver medals. Five students represented Otago Polytechnic including Dylan Lattimore, Jasmine Lewis, Georgie Whitaker and Flavia Kupka in the beef section, and Dominic Grace entered the soup section. All five gained silver medals with Flavia Kupka taking out the beef section. Chef Lecturer Bill McDonald says winning medals in competitions give students recognition within the industry and help in gaining employment at the end of the programme.

  The students are studying for their Diploma in Cookery (Level 5) and National Certificate in Hospitality (Basic Cookery) (Level 3) at the Otago Polytechnic Central Otago Campus.