Art and design news

AUT grad named international finalist

AUT Fashion Design graduate Imuy Teav is one of the finalists for the 2020 iD International Emerging Designer Awards.

Thank you artwork for essential workers

AUT Art and Design students have banded together to show their appreciation for essential workers through billboard art.

Fiona Amundsen nominated for 2020 Walters Prize

AUT Visual Arts Senior Lecturer Fiona Amundsen has been named as one of the finalists of this year’s Walters Prize.

Albert Refiti at The MET

Last year, Art and Design Associate Professor Albert Refiti received the Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellowship at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Augmented Reality book wins competition

AUT's art and design lecturer Tatiana Tavares is one of the winners of Communication Arts Magazine’s annual illustration contest.

Speaking Surfaces: stories and spaces

Speaking Surfaces is the collaborative work of St Paul St Gallery and AUT Spatial Design staff and students.

Waitangi Day and the Auckland Pride Festival: An intertwined history of racism and homophobia

The intertwined history of racism and homophobia of Waitangi Day and Auckland Pride Festival

Designing Kai with Kids

South Campus Communication Design students Olivia Penfold and Brayden Luamanu are the designers behind a fundraiser recipe book for PILLARS.

Cookbook sales fund refugee scholarship

AUT students from refugee backgrounds can now apply for a scholarship fund created from the sales of the Tastes of Home cookbook.

AUT a 5-star university across all categories

AUT has received the maximum five stars for the first time in every category according to the global education analysts QS in their recent results.