Staff and teachers at Hutt Valley High recognized natural artistic talent in some of their students. They doodled in their school books and tagged school property.

There was a call for TLC to provide a one day a week art class for these students. The ‘Street Art class’ was born.

This class celebrates and nurtures the natural talent and creativity of these high school students. We challenged them to design and work on individual art projects, based on each student’s interests. We inspired them through their own creative process to see what they were capable of achieving.

Our classes teach art techniques which lead to finished works ready for our end of term Exhibition. The works can be for sale or gifted to family and friends. As part of the ‘Street Art’ class, we invited practicing street artists in to talk to the students about street art. The art school environment is quite a buzz for the high school students and they commented on how welcome they felt at the Learning Connexion.

We are currently running these classes as a pilot programme and have had many enquiries from Auckland, Wellington and Wanganui since we started them one term ago.

We are really proud of the students from Hutt Valley High, for starting something new and paving the way for more students to have the same positive creative experience.
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Tags: Graffitti, Street Art Class