Top Art 2025

Time: Library Opening Hour

Top Art is an annual exhibition featuring some of New Zealand's top secondary school Visual Art portfolios, toured by NZQA.

Top Art is an annual touring exhibition featuring some of New Zealand's top secondary school Visual Art portfolios, toured by New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

Brought to you by Rotorua Museum, this great showcase of New Zealand’s talented rangatahi will be open to the public at Rotorua Library, Te Aka Mauri, from Tuesday 1 April until Tuesday 22 April 2025.

Top Art provides an opportunity for students and teachers to see the high standard of art produced in schools and gain an understanding of what is required to achieve Excellence or Scholarship in Visual Art at NCEA Level 3.

The showcase exhibits portfolios of following art mediums: photography, painting, design, printmaking and sculpture. Each year there are also some portfolios displayed digitally.

Rotorua has several students showcased in the nationwide Top Art Exhibition that we would like to acknowledge (Please note these are on display in other parts of the country, not within the Rotorua Top Art exhibition):
Andrew Williams, John Paul College (Graphic Design)
Hanwei Zhao, John Paul College (Printmaking)
Dylan Ryder, Western Heights High School (Painting)
Isabel Pavlovich, Rotorua Senior High School (Sculpture)

It is also a great opportunity for members of the public to see the high quality of art being created in schools.

Rotorua Museum Education team is accepting school bookings to view Top Art 2025. Please contact Rotorua.museum@rotorualc.nz or phone 07 351 7835.

Please note Rotorua Library is closed on Good Friday (18 April), Easter Monday (21 April) and Sundays.
Image credit: Portfolio artworks by Dylan Ryder, Western Heights High School, 2024