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For the first time Palmerston North UCOL will host Top Art 2010, a travelling exhibition of the cream of Secondary School students’ visual arts portfolios.

Two groups of students’ portfolios that achieved Excellence at NCEA level 3 in 2009 will travel to approximately 30 schools, museums, and galleries throughout New Zealand over five months.

Top Art is a chance for this year’s level 3 Visual Arts students to see first-hand a range of high-calibre art produced by their peers in each of the five Visual Arts contexts; design, painting, photography, print-making and sculpture. This year the exhibition includes information from the artists on the development of their work.

The Top Art exhibitions also allow members of the public to see the impressive work which secondary school students are producing.

Top Art runs from 20 to 23 July in the Atrium at the Palmerston North campus and will move on to the Quay School of the Arts in Whanganui from 26 to 30 July.