News - Arts and Design

Art For Heart’s Sake
June 22, 2016

Recently retired Executive Dean of Education, Humanities and Health Science Dr Susan Jacobs has celebrated her 30 years at EIT by gifting a marble sculpture carved by EIT graduate Martin...

Fledgling Artists Exhibit at Art-X
June 22, 2016

“Emerging artists” in the Rotary Club of Greenmeadows’ Art-X national exhibition and sale, EIT ideaschool students Louis Aldridge and Darcy Whyte explore different approaches to realism in...

Congratulations to our graduates
June 9, 2016

What was the best thing about studying at EIT? The calibre of teachers that were there – they were world class so it was good experience being able to learn from them. What was...

Fledging Designer Fancies Future In Fashion
January 18, 2016

Having studied fashion at EIT’s ideaschool, Rachel Hawkins is now looking ahead to a design-driven career. From Hastings, Rachel channelled her creativity into art when she was at...

Creativity Flourishes in ideaschool Events
January 11, 2016

EIT’s ideaschool recently celebrated creative endeavour with a fortnight of events showcasing the year’s best work by students. Hawke’s Bay’s emerging fashion talents wowed...

Individuality Flourishes in Student Fashion Design
November 30, 2015

Hawke’s Bay’s emerging fashion talents basked in the limelight this week, wowing a capacity crowd at EIT’s annual showcase of student design. Staged in EIT’s Trades Building, fashion...

Film Student Wins Pania Award
November 23, 2015

International student Jiangyan Chen has joined a select group of cinematic achievers honoured with a Pania statuette. The 27-year-old from China was presented with the coveted Pania trophy...

Award Winner Explores Conceptual Art
November 16, 2015

Winner of this year’s prestigious David Fine scholarship, Rebecca Frances Lees is enjoying developing a conceptual art practice at EIT’s ideaschool. “In the past, I’ve been far more...