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Child artists all grown up
Aratoi’s long running Breadcraft Wairarapa Schools Art exhibition has been running since the 1980s. It is one of the most popular exhibitions in the Aratoi calendar. Students from across the region are given the chance to have their work exhibited in this annual exhibition which is usually shown over the spring school holidays.
Students and teachers both enjoy creating and visiting the exhibition as it brings up new ideas and processes as inspiration for the year ahead. Each year, we find that the quality of work improves and there are always new ideas shown.
For five years, 25 years ago, the collection manager and director decided to keep a small selection of work from the school’s art exhibition and accept it into our permanent collection.
Over the past few weeks, Aratoi has dug out these images, hung them in the foyer and managed to contact most of the artists involved.
Jo Torr, Aratoi’s