School Programmes
Welcome to the Top Floor
COCA Gallery is a provider to schools of high quality art education programmes under contract to the Ministry of Education (LEOTC - Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom).
We offer a number of learning opportunities each term at little or no cost that are designed to provide students in Canterbury with a ‘hands-on’, curriculum-based experience of contemporary New Zealand art in authentic learning contexts.
Situated on the third level of COCA is the Top Floor. This gallery space is dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of students’ artwork; schools are invited to exhibit in the Top Floor, with students actively involved in the curation and hanging of their own exhibition. The Top Floor Curator provides guidance and support in cooperation with art teachers.
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Education Officer Contact Information
Nikki Wallace-Bell
Education Officer
COCA Gallery
P.O.Box 772, 66 Gloucester St, Christchurch
ph: (03) 363 2956 (direct), (03) 366 7261
Fax: (03) 366 7167
topfloor@coca.org.nz
Featured Exhibition
Brendan Ryan - 'Duckin' 'n' Divin''
The Top Floor, 10th March–3rd April 2010
Take the junk shop aesthetic of early Pop artists like Robert Rauschenberg, filter this through the Art Brut sensibility of Antonio Tàpies (who, like Rauschenberg, often incorporated ‘non-art’ materials in ...
Canterbury Art Teachers Association - Drawn Between the Lines
The Top Floor, 10th February–6th March 2010
Canterbury Art Teachers’ Association exhibit new work in their 6th exhibition held at the Centre of Contemporary Art, choosing an exhibition title, Drawn Between the Lines, that reflects a passion ...
Peg Moorhouse - 'Colour & Light'
The Top Floor, 13th January–6th February 2010
For over forty years Piction based weaver Peg Moorhouse has practiced the ancient and timeless art of weaving. The items in this exhibition of her current work are all hand ...
'Off the Rails' CPIT Foundation Exhibition
The Top Floor, 9th–14th November 2009
Off the Rails is an exhibition of 3D objects made from discarded materials found near Christchurch railway tracks. Students in the Certificate of design treated this area as a treasure ...
'Relics' - An exhibition by two Baccalaureate students’, Ami Rogers and Sarah Faulkner from St Margaret’s College.
The Top Floor, 21st–30th October 2009
An exhibition by two Baccalaureate students’, Ami Rogers and Sarah Faulkner from St Margaret’s College. This exhibition covers a wide range of art disciplines. Themes explored include Childhood, collection ...
The Complete Package: Senior visual art students from Burnside High School
The Top Floor, 23rd September–16th October 2009
Senior design, print, painting and sculpture work from Burnside High.
'All Dressed Up' - Te Tai Tamariki NZ and the Goethe Institute children’s book illustration response show
The Top Floor, 2nd–8th September 2009
This exhibition includes works from four primary and one high school alongside the illustration work that inspired them. The children’s illustration works were created after viewing earlier exhibitions. “Off ...