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Getting a Foothold in Film
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Getting a Foothold in Film

The world is watching New Zealand’s film industry with envy. Here’s your opportunity to be part of the innovation.

Design Your Own Design Degree
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Design Your Own Design Degree

An evolving industry needs an evolving degree. Find out how Massey University’s Bachelor of Design’s new Integrated Design major is a game changer.

Building New Worlds
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Building New Worlds

Learning how to not just create but to physically build and design performance settings is bringing film makers from around the globe to Toi Whakaari.

Design Through a Pasifika Lens
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Design Through a Pasifika Lens

Using his Samoan heritage, one recent AUT graduate has found his drive to make the intangible come to life.

Why Does Art and Design Matter?
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Why Does Art and Design Matter?

Simply put, the role of artists and designers is to make the world a better place, writes Dr Andrew Withell, Head of Art and Design at AUT.

Be Passionate About Your Ideas
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Be Passionate About Your Ideas

An insight into the extraordinary mind of a much loved New Zealand artist from one of the people who knew her best - her son.

Unity Through Creativity
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Unity Through Creativity

The nation worked hard to stamp out the coronavirus, now an upcoming collection is calling on Aotearoa to “flatten the curve on racism.”

How Art Keeps You Healthy
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How Art Keeps You Healthy

Science proves the importance of the arts in promoting mental health - with some key information to make a difference for young people these school holidays.

Far Out World in Far North
Art off the Beaten Track

Far Out World in Far North

Sometimes colour is overrated. A gem of an exhibition in Northland is sure to have your senses on overload and planning a weekend road trip.

Significant Shifts & Calls to Action
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Significant Shifts & Calls to Action

From important research to game-changing funding news - it's all happening in this week's arts news bulletin.

Falling in Love with the Beginning, Middle and End
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Falling in Love with the Beginning, Middle and End

Eager to start your writing journey or suffering writer's block? Award-winning novelist Pip Adam gets it - she has four exercises to keep your writing skills sharp.

Arousal of Emptiness
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Arousal of Emptiness

The lockdown experience showed us there is beauty in spaces that are meant to be occupied being empty. Caryline Boreham's been focussed on this for years.