NZ students shine in global art competition

Michelle Curran

By Michelle Curran
Published June 13, 2017

Artwork created by Year 6-8 students from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School’s Artist in Residence Workshop has been shortlisted as a finalist for the prestigious 2017 Saatchi Gallery (London) Art Prize for Schools.

The artwork, Matariki – Māori New Year, has been selected from more than 24,000 entries as one of the ...

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