Visual Art

Junior Visual Art is an elective subject, offered for one semester at Year 9 and 10. Students can then choose NCEA Level One Visual Art, which leads to Level Two Paint (this includes one standard of Print making) and Design, Print or Paint at Level Three.

All the courses offered have been designed to develop skills in the following areas, based on the NZ Curriculum: practical knowledge, developing ideas, understanding context and communicating and interpreting. Students work with teacher guidance to develop a body of work which is informed by artist models that is original and expresses their own ideas in the field they have chosen.

The art room is an environment which encourages students to practise KingsWay’s central values and the key competencies of thinking, relating to others, using language, symbols, and texts, managing self, participating and contributing.

Visual Art consistently achieves high grades at all levels of NCEA, including scholarship. In 2021, the school was awarded a Creatives in School grant to deliver Photography and our students work has featured in the New Zealand Top Art exhibition.

KingsWay students have twice travelled to Europe; visiting London, Paris, Florence and Rome to experience the Arts in context, learn about the cultural history in which they were created and enjoy seeing iconic works in person.

“I enjoy being stretched and the process of working through from an idea to a final piece is very satisfying.”  Audrey Livingstone

“I have the freedom to take my ideas where I want and can push myself when learning new skills to see how good I can be at them.” Jess Botha 

“Taking art over the years has challenged and grown me, developing my God-given gifts with a chance to take my creative ability into the world and make a difference. I love the environment of the art room and the feeling of creating something and accomplishing my goals.” Macy Taylor

“Rapua ma te manawanui me te ngakau pono. Mena kaore he huarahi, hanga tetahi. Seek and strive with all your heart. Be curious, creativity takes courage. If there is no way, create one.”
Mary Morgan. B.A Hons  M.A.   HOD Senior School Visual Art.