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The School of Fine Arts was established in 1882 as the Canterbury College School of Art. It is the longest established art school in New Zealand and one of the oldest in the English speaking world. The School of Fine Arts has a substantial reputation both in New Zealand and internationally, for education of students, as well as for the professional profiles of the graduates within this school. The school offers practical studies in sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, film and design, with students also having access to the full range of courses and other resources offered in the University.
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SOFA GALLERY
The Grand Tour: The University of Canterbury European Print Collection
Opens 5:30pm Tuesday 12 January 2010
Closes Sunday 7 February 2010
SOFA Gallery is pleased to present The Grand Tour, an exhibition of European prints from the University of Canterbury Art Collection.
In October 2004 over sixty European prints were found amongst the archival material held by the McMillan Brown Library. This collection contains a number of rare and exquisite images spanning from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, which represent the richness of the artistic tradition cultivated by the Grand Tour. Amongst the many artists represented in the collection are some well known names such as Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721), Claude Joseph Vernet (French, 1714–1789), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778), Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560–1609), Jakob Frey (Swiss, 1681–1752) and several works after Raphael.
Follow in the footsteps of the eighteenth-century traveller: leave England and travel through France where people are known to be ‘fiery, impatient, inconstant and of a restless disposition’ to reach ‘the great object of our pilgrimage’, Italy.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday 12noon-4pm.
2010 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition
Applications are now open to artists 18 years of age or older from the countries and cultures of the Pacific Rim, the Basin of the Pacific Ocean, and from the U.S. and its territories
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Fax: +64 3 364 2858
Email: jan.saville@canterbury.ac.nz
School of Fine Arts
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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