School Programmes
Welcome to the Artzone
COCA Gallery is a provider to schools of high quality art education programmes under contract to the Ministry of Education (LEOTC - Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom).
We offer a number of learning opportunities each term at little or no cost that are designed to provide students in Canterbury with a ‘hands-on’, curriculum-based experience of contemporary New Zealand art in authentic learning contexts.
Situated on the top floor of COCA is The Art Zone. This gallery space is dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of students’ artwork; schools are invited to exhibit in The Art Zone, with students actively involved in the curation and hanging of their own exhibition. The Art Zone Curator provides guidance and support in cooperation with art teachers.
Featured Exhibition
100 years of the school journal
The Art Zone, 4th–31st May 2008
Since 1907 the NZ School Journal has sought to engage children with reading and has provided successive generations of New Zealanders with a reliable source of excellent writing and artwork ...
Catch all - CATA
The Art Zone, 20th–31st May 2008
This show presents a wide range of work in a variety of media including photography, digital media, painting, printmaking and sculpture, incorporating divergent ideas and techniques hence the title ‘Catch-All ...
Paul Radford
North Gallery, 11th–31st May 2008
Auckland based artist Paul Radford presents a body of work which references both Pacific and modernist traditions. The mask-like heads bring to mind both Pacific Island totem figures and Brancusi-esque ...