Art students gain direct entry to Massey University Creative College this week. On Thursday Lakes High was very lucky to be one of the few schools in Rotorua that was visited by Massey University Creative College from Wellington. This university is a leading provider in all aspects of creative tertiary education, teaching a huge range of art and design courses. Massey Creative offers degree programmes in digital media, film making, photography, textile and fashion design, spatial design, product design, commercial music production and more. Famous graduates include Kate Sylvester, fashion designer, and Richard Taylor who created Weta Workshop with Peter Jackson. Lakes High art department had a lecturer from the College come from the Wellington campus, who worked very hard, interviewing year 12 and 13 students and viewing artwork and portfolios. As a result of these interviews, 12 of our senior Art/ Design/Photography students were granted direct entry into the course of their choice, for either the 2020 or 2021 academic years. These talented students will be studying a range of creative subjects, depending on their interests. These include visual communication design, spatial design, fine arts, photography, creative media production, game and concept design and film production. Direct entry means these students will not need to go through many of the normal application processes, they have now proven that they have the talent and ability to attend these prestigious courses. The Visual Art department is very proud of these very successful students, congratulations to you all!
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