Arts News Articles

Multi-award-winning fashion designer, Donna Dinsdale, has earned national recognition once again with her work, Pakanga – The Heat of the Battle.

The first Toi Ohomai graduate art exhibition opened at Te Ara O Mauao Gallery, on campus at Windermere recently.

Fresh off a world tour, L.A.B. bass player Ara Adams-Tamatea visited Toi Ohomai music ākonga this month to provide insight into the New Zealand music industry and share his career story.

The latest exhibition from award-winning fashion designer Donna Dinsdale showcases the evolving craftmanship and emotional significance of bridal fashion.

At the recent Ngā Tohu Toi Awards, honouring top Māori creatives across Tauranga Moana, Toi Ohomai sponsored the Arataki Reo Rōreka o Tauranga Moana | Leadership in Visual Arts Award.

Amelia Sherman uses songwriting as a creative outlet.  She studied both a Certificate and Diploma in Music at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology and says songwriting is about sharing stories and experiences. 

Elouise Van Der Merwe has an eye for the unique. The third-year Bachelor of Creative Industries student at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology has been awarded this year’s Alf Rendall Photography Scholarship.

With the use of online media ever-increasing, a new intake of communications media students will harness a new video studio to kick-start their careers. 

A home, house or shelter may not appear on the inside as it is on the outside. This is a perception explored by Sydnee Murray in her art exhibition Te Āhuru Mōwai.