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NZQA Top Art Exhibition 2026
- Telephone 022 017 0478
Location: Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery
Region: Alexandra
Dates: Wed, 20 May 2026 - Wed, 27 May 2026 @ 10am - 4pm Daily
Central Otago Arts is bringing the NZQA Top Art Exhibition 2026 to Central Otago.
Top Art is an annual touring exhibition featuring a selection of the NCEA Level 3 portfolios that achieved Excellence in Visual Art in the previous year. Five streams are covered: design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
Top Art provides an opportunity for secondary students and teachers to gain an understanding of what is required to achieve Excellence at Level 3. It also allows members of the public to see the high-quality art being created in schools.
Entry is free and everyone is welcome.
Location
Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery
21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra
May 2026
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 1 | Central Otago Regional Orchestra - Gravitas. (Arrowtown and Alexandra).Sat, 2 May 2026 - Sun, 3 May 2026 @ Arrowtown, 2 [email protected]. Alexandra, 3 [email protected]. Central Otago Art Society - Folded Artists Books Workshop with Melissa Larsen.Sat, 2 May 2026 @ 9.30am - 3.30pm | |||||
Central Otago Regional Orchestra - Gravitas. (Arrowtown and Alexandra).Sat, 2 May 2026 - Sun, 3 May 2026 @ Arrowtown, 2 [email protected]. Alexandra, 3 [email protected]. | 4 | Southland Art Foundation - Expressions of Interest, William Hodges Fellowship Residency.Tue, 5 May 2026 - Wed, 20 May 2026 @ EOI close May 20th. | 6 | 7 | Central Otago Regional Choir - A World of Song, from Sweden to Samoa (Alexandra, Arrowtown and Wanaka).Fri, 8 May 2026 - Sun, 10 May 2026 @ Daily | 9 |
| 10 | Art Assembly. Art Courses - May.Mon, 11 May 2026 - Sun, 31 May 2026 @ Check dates and times. | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | Southland Art Foundation - Expressions of Interest, William Hodges Fellowship Residency.Tue, 5 May 2026 - Wed, 20 May 2026 @ EOI close May 20th. | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Hullabaloo Art Space - New Works on Show.Fri, 1 May 2026 - Sun, 31 May 2026 @ 10am - 4pm Daily Art Assembly. Art Courses - May.Mon, 11 May 2026 - Sun, 31 May 2026 @ Check dates and times. Central Otago Art Society - Gouache Painting Workshop.Sat, 30 May 2026 - Sun, 31 May 2026 @ 10am - 4pm Daily |