Autumn Arts School still a class act

Contemporary art teacher Shona Mackenzie, from Tauranga, with a full class. PHOTOS: RAWAN SAADI
Contemporary art teacher Shona Mackenzie, from Tauranga, with a full class. PHOTOS: RAWAN SAADI
Ursula Ramsbottom hard at work in the printmaking class.
Ursula Ramsbottom hard at work in the printmaking class.
Anna Scott Walker (left) and Pam Prasad in preparation for their display.
Anna Scott Walker (left) and Pam Prasad in preparation for their display.
Dunedin artist Inge Doesberg  teaches printmaking to a group of Autumn Arts School students at...
Dunedin artist Inge Doesberg teaches printmaking to a group of Autumn Arts School students at Mount Aspiring College.

The Autumn Arts School polished off another busy year last week with over 100 from all over the country students taking part.

The school runs for a week every year, inviting accomplished artists from around New Zealand to teach classes in drawing, printmaking, photography writing and more.

Organiser Susan Manson said they always made sure the teachers were not locals to give participants a new and special experience they would otherwise not be able to get in Wānaka.

As for the students, she said almost half travelled from Dunedin, Christchurch and even the North Island to take part.

This year a total of nine classes were held at Mount Aspiring College from April 22 to 26, with a showcase on the last day.