Exposure Exhibition He Kanohi Kitea showcases the work of all our graduating students, including undergraduates in design (photography, fashion, textiles, industrial, spatial and visual communication design), fine arts, creative media production and commercial music. Work by Masters students in design, fine arts and creative enterprise will also be on display.

06–19 November
10am–4pm daily

Massey University
Entrance C, 1 Wallace Street
Entrance E, Tasman Street 
Wellington

Ngā Pae Māhutonga Wellington School of Design is acknowledged as providing one of the best design educations in the Asia-Pacific region. It offers a comprehensive and contemporary range of design courses, and with its high calibre faculty and world-class facilities it is an ideal environment for not only students, but also other partner enterprises to realise their full creative potential. Majors include: fashion and textile design, spatial and industrial design, concept design, integrated design, visual communication design and photography. Visual communication design pathways and outcomes include typography, brand, illustration, interaction design and information design and more.

The Wellington School of Design is home to Open Lab, an enterprise design studio staffed by a mix of professional designers, recent graduates and interns, with direct access to mentoring and consulting academics from across the university.

Graduates and faculty embody the highest creative and professional attributes required to work globally in design businesses and the creative industries including Weta Workshop, Weta Digital, Xero, TradeMe, Designworks, Sauce FX, PikPok, Saatchi & Saatchi, Clemenger BBDO, Icebreaker, Kathmandu, Nike, Fisher & Paykel, IDEO, Apple, Philips and GoPro.

Bachelor of Design

Visual Communication Design
Fashion
Textiles
Spatial
Industrial
Photography
Concept
Integrated

Master of Design
The Master of Design focuses on a design-led research project that is self-driven and includes an industry partnered project. The programme supports experimental, iterative, innovate and industry-based projects including those focused on contemporary technologies.

Master of Design—Weta Workshop School
Create your own imaginary worlds for film, TV and game in a new way to study entertainment design, through Massey University's partnership with Weta Workshop.

Whiti o Rehua School of Art offers exciting pathways into contemporary New Zealand art across a wide range of media and processes, matauranga Māori, visual and material culture.

They are supported by expert technicians and facilities that allow our students to expand their art practice and explore new media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, performance, installation, moving image, photography, printmaking, site-responsive work, curatorial activities and art writing.

In 2015 Toioho Ki Āpiti Māori Visual Arts programmes, taught on the Manawatū campus, joined the suite of programmes offered by the College of Creative Arts. Toioho Ki Āpiti continues to make a significant contribution to the landscape of contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa and internationally. 

Fine Art graduates are inventive, creative, dedicated, resilient thinkers and makers. They want to change the world through their work, whether through establishing themselves as practicing artists, starting their own businesses, or working with others in connected industries—museums and galleries, education, film and television, libraries and archives, and more.

Visual and Material Culture
Moving Image
Drawing
Performance
Mātauranga Māori
Sculpture
Installation
Photography
Painting
Printmaking

Fine Arts
Photography
Toioho ki Āpiti Māori Visual Arts

Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts in Design
The programme is focused on a transdisciplinary creative-practice-led research inquiry.

The MFA supports the development of creative practices that engage experimentation, iteration, risk, curiosity and innovation in relation to culture, politics, materials, histories, technologies, place, experience and media.

Te Rewa o Puanga School of Music and Creative Media Production was established in 2015 to address the expansion of these multi-billion-dollar industries, and New Zealand’s international reputation for innovation and creativity in music and media production. The college now has a state of the art $15m facility that is the only one of its kind in Australasia, and which includes recording, rehearsal, post-production, ADR and Foley suites; dubbing theatre and fully kitted technology and music software labs; black box studios, animation and games labs; digital video studios, motion and performance capture studios; and electronics workshops with 3D printing.

It has three majors: Music Practice (contemporary, composition and performance), Music Technology (software development, electronic hardware development, and live and studio engineering) and Music Industry (promotion and marketing copyright, management and distribution etc.)

Students can also choose electives from across the college to enhance their specialisation.

Both degrees are taught by experienced academics, technical staff and visiting artists, producers and entrepreneurs. The programmes focuses on connecting students with emerging technologies and creative practice relevant to social, economic and cultural enterprise.

Bachelor of Commercial Music

Music Practice
Music Technology
Music Industry

Bachelor of Creative Media Production

Animation and Visual Effects
Creative Technologies
Film and Television
Game Development
Producing and Directing

Bachelor of Commercial Music (Honours)

Bachelor of Creative Media Production (Honours)

Master of Creative Enterprise
An eighteen-month degree combining research and practice to give you the skills to take a creative project to the market.