Hungry Creek School of Art, Puhoi Auckland New Zealand

Hungry Creek Art & Craft School, Puhoi, New Zealand

Welcome to the Hungry Creek School of Art

Students come to Hungry Creek to become artists, craftspeople, designers and teachers or to gain employment with associated industries. The mission of Hungry Creek Art and Craft School is to:

Provide a unique, artistically challenging and stimulating environment to assist students in their professional and creative development.
Encourage you to be innovative rather than imitative.
Foster a culture of support amongst the staff, students and graduates.
Make every effort to accommodate the individuals learning style and mode of creative expression and to provide training in a manner that best suits their needs.

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Qualifications Offered:

Certificate in Art and Craft (Foundation)

Diploma in Art and Craft

Diploma in Art and Craft (Advanced)

Certificate in Jewellery

Diploma in Jewellery

There is a strong emphasis on technical skills which are taught in our fully equipped jewellery, sculpture, painting and ceramics studios. Class sizes are limited to 15-20 students enabling individual attention. The school has been offering New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) approved qualifications for 17 years and now offers five NZQA approved qualifications. Students are entitled to the same loans and allowances as University and Polytechnic students.

Artistic inspiration, the concept, is the reason for producing artwork and technical skills combined with knowledge, the vehicle. We welcome students of all ages and cultures as we believe everyone has something to offer.

Hungry Creek welcomes international students. We have two campuses located near New Zealands' largest city, Auckland.

Art and Craft qualifications are offered at our Hungry Creek, Puhoi campus, 45 minutes drive north of Auckland. The entry to the school is via the bridge over the "Hungry Creek". The workshops are nestled in 20 acres of beautiful native, kauri, totara, rimu trees, nikau palms, ponga ferns and tree ferns (the silver fern) which are populated with a variety of New Zealand birds providing a unique environment for students to work in. Class sizes are limited to 15-20 students enabling them to gain individual attention from tutors.

Jewellery qualifications are offered at our North Shore campus in Albany, close to public transport and every modern convenience of the Albany shopping mall complex. The campus is situated at Wellpark, a stunning 19 acre property that is a tranquil sanctuary of bush and streams, yet only 15 minutes from Auckland City. Wellpark offers a variety of accommodation options from houses and cottages to secluded sleep-outs, also double and single rooms with shared facilities. Visit www.wellpark.co.nz for more information.