Whanganui High School students enjoyed hearing from visiting Wellington-based artist Michel Tuffery at the Sarjeant Gallery on Taupo Quay last week.
The students have been studying Tuffery's 2007 work First Contact a collaboration with Anton Carter, Michael Bridgeman, Daimon Shwalger and students from two Wanaka primary schools that produced a giant multimedia work that was projected onto the outside walls of Te Papa, Wellington in 2007.
WHS art teacher Stacey Hildreth said the students are completing a written assignment on the work and were excited to get the chance to meet Tuffery and hear him talk about First Contact and other works.
Tuffery treated the students to slide shows of his work and talked about the recent projects he has been involved with.
An enterprise that strongly captured the students' interest was a community project in West Sydney, Australia in 2014 - Transforma.