Anne McMahon is a third year student studying towards a Bachelor of Music Arts at ARA Institute of Canterbury. For her Capstone (final) project, Anne wrote an album of Children’s music called Animal Adventure which was recorded by her band Angelfish Kids. A requirement of … [Read more...]
Artistic Appreciation!
Christchurch artist and Ara Masters of Arts Student, Rebecca Smallridge, was a recipient of an Ara Foundation Grant in early 2020. Rebecca applied for the grant to help fund her exhibition 'Regeneration' at Chambers Gallery in Christchurch. Rebecca completed a Bachelor of … [Read more...]
Why Journalism Matters
JEANZ, the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand, is a network of professional journalism educators that supports and promotes journalism training at tertiary level, as well as fostering research into journalism education. Every year JEANZ holds an annual conference and … [Read more...]
The Song Writers Professional Collection
In 2019, Josh MacGregor, also known as Josh Mac in the pop industry, was in his final year of completing a Bachelor of Musical Arts at Ara Institute of Canterbury, majoring in singing and song writing. For his capstone project, Josh planned to create a song writing portfolio. … [Read more...]
Beeswax Wraps
Nicola and I were given a grant earlier in the year. We have completed our action of reducing students use of plastic single-use items. We ran an expo last semester in the Rakaia Centre outside the library where there were also several other classmates trying to make a change and … [Read more...]