CADI Exhibition 2024: Diverse range of creative works showcased
Posted on October 11, 2024
At the end of term three, Macleans College held the annual CADI (Creative Arts, Design and Industries) Graduate Exhibition in Mansfield House commons, sponsored by Kitty Long from Barfoot and Thompson, Highland Park.
The exhibition showcased a diverse range of creative works by Year 13 graduating students including painting, photography, art design, textiles, design and visual communication, design technology, construction, engineering, digital design and product design.
Students embraced the opportunity to present their work to a public audience, including parents and judges. Catering was provided by the food technology courses and barista coffees were organised by the Year 11 students and the food technology staff.
There were spot prizes, kindly donated by the community, for competing students before the winners were announced.
Nine categories were open for judging by:
- Jeni Song, HOD from Dilworth School
- Michael Puhara, an English teacher at Mt Albert Grammar School, who also runs his own IT company Kahu.code
- Macleans College Deputy Principal, Ms Heywood who teaches Multi Materials
- Former Macleans College students:
Xixi Lin (Kupe House 2015 - 2019) who graduated from AUT in Fashion Design and now freelances while owning her own business.
Alex Chen (Rutherford 2019 - 2023) who is currently studying Architecture at the University of Auckland.
Kade Fry (Snell 2019 - 2023) who is currently studying Design and Communication at AUT.
Congratulations to the following winners
Painting
First place - Andy Chen (Snell)
Second place - Kate Lindsay (Kupe)
Art Design
First place - Jennifer Lum (Mansfield)
Second place - Allen Li (Batten)
Photography
First place - Marco Wei (Rutherford)
Second place - Alisa Zhai (Kupe)
Textiles
First place - Jennifer Lum
Second place - Jaisleen Parmar (Te Kanawa)
Design Visual Communication
First place - Damien Hollins (Hillary)
Second place - Tommy Duan (Rutherford)
Design Technology
First place - Emily Yin (Te Kanawa)
Product
First place - Andrew Chen (Te Kanawa)
Engineering
First place - Matteo Carter (Upham)
Digital Design Technology
First place - Anishka Shahane (Hillary)
Second place - John Nguyen (Batten)
