About Dunedin School of Art

Make, learn and thrive at the Dunedin School of Art

We provide a true art school experience through hands-on making in spacious, well-equipped workshops and studio facilities. Our school community is welcoming and supportive allowing you to enrich your own unique art practice and to explore career options. We offer flexible teaching methods which are designed for visual thinkers. Our lecturers are working artists with wide-ranging practices. 

Contact Dunedin School of Art

• History

   In 1870 David Con Hutton migrated from Scotland to found the Dunedin School of Art, the first art school in New Zealand.

• Research

   We offer a varied and growing suite of research-based programmes for postgraduate and communities. 

• Study Abroad and Exchange

  Take your study experiences to a new level with Otago Polytechnic 's Study Abroad and Exchange programmes.

• Student stories

  Read more about our inspiring student stories.

• Parent Information

  Our graduates work in a wide range of creative and fine art industries, both in New Zealand and internationally.

• Artists in Residence and Artists Adjunct

  This programme supports artist residencies work collaborative oversea and locally.

• Sustainability in Art

  We encourage our students to think about their art work in a broad context, to understand its wider impact on our environment and society.

• Our staff

  Our staff is professional and passionate about inspired students for their greatest success!

• Our Head of School

  Clive Humphreys has exhibited extensively in New Zealand and overseas.