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New Zealand Diploma in Creativity (Level 5) Version 2


The Learning Connexion wishes to advise that all students who enrol from January 2025 will enrol in Version 2. Part-time students who enrolled after April 2024 will transition to Version 2 of the programme. If you are currently enrolled, please contact your mentor for more details.

This programme is intended for ākonga (learners) who wish to broaden their range of creative skills and technical abilities. It is about you, as learners, discovering and knowing the kaupapa behind your creative practice and process (Mā te kite, ka mōhio). 

You will learn to operate independently, mixing and selecting different creative art subjects which best suit your interests and needs to gain an understanding of creativity.

The programme is particularly suited to ākonga who are in transition - back into education, during or after a career change, or in response to a major life event of some kind. You will be able to explore what interests you and become increasingly independent in your creative practice and process, while still having enough support through delivery methods that require frequent engagement and feedback-feedforward.


Three Programme Components have been designed to fit TLC's strongly ākonga-centred pedagogy

1. 'Self' - in relation to whānau, whakapapa and kaupapa. This is where ākonga begin to be confident in the knowledge of their intrinsic drivers and creative goals, and become more proficient in expressing this in their practice. You will seek out knowledge of other cultures and communities and what these mean for your work. You will be able to explore and express cultures most relevant to yourselves, including Māori and Pasifika. Finally, you will discover creative influences from other contexts and cultures and reflect this in your own creative work.

2. 'Materials and Processes' - giving ākonga opportunities to explore materials and processes across disciplines. In this programme component, you will broaden your technical skills, using a range of tools and technologies through active research - experimenting, testing and evolving outcomes. You will begin to create and manage creative projects independently.

3. 'Environment, Culture and Community' - enabling ākonga to present work, communicate with external stakeholders, and professional practice requirements. You will present a creative project, gaining a deeper knowledge of professional practice. You will also evaluate your own creative work and the work of others, showing consideration of cultural sensitivity and respect. 

 Notes:

  • These three programme components are not delivered in a linear manner, because creativity is not a linear process

  • Ākonga are expected to advance each of the programme components at the same time throughout the delivery schedule. The programme is delivered as one course with regular informal (documented) mentor/student feedback-feedforward sessions, and a formal progress check when (10%, 25% for part-time) 50% and 75% (pre-completion) of the programme has been completed. One to one guidance from mentors at each feedback/feedforward session keeps each student on track with how they will meet all programme requirements

  • Success as a student, and as a mentor or tutor, hinges on an interactive dialogue. As part of this process, feedback is the heart of creativity. Taking something, doing something to it, reflecting on this and then responding to the result, ensures students and tutors are constantly learning, growing and evolving

  • Students and tutors are in a continuous creative cycle (The Creative Spiral - Jonathan Milne, 2008)


The programme has three modes of delivery

1. Onsite - creative arts options available:

Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Printmaking, Jewellery, Photography, Digital art, Ceramics, Glass Casting, Hot Arts (forging & bronze casting), Carving (Oamaru stone and wood), Assemblage (mixed media)

2. Restricted Programme (from prison) - creative arts options available:

Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Whakairo (where available) Assemblage (mixed media), Raranga

3. Distance Delivery - creative arts options available:

Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Printmaking, Jewellery, Photography, Digital art, Ceramics, Carving (Oamaru stone and wood), Assemblage (mixed media), Raranga

 

Available graduate pathways

Graduates of this programme will be able to establish a pathway into employment or further study. Graduates may be self-employed in a creative practice, or be employed in a range of creative industries or community enterprises that draw on the broad range of creative skills developed in the programme.

 

For more information about enrolling in the programme please contact our Admissions team at admissions@tlc.ac.nz