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THE ART EXHIBITIONS There was a wide divergence in the amount of advantage the pupils derived from the cultural functions. The paintings interested most of the children; art is an important subject on our school syllabus which children are encouraged to take for School Certificate. The children love illustrating poems, stories, or social studies notes; in any book they always study the illustrations most attentively. Furthermore, in the galleries they could walk around and go to what interested them; they did not have to sit still. We could profitably have spent more than the two half-hours we gave to looking at paintings. At the “Life in New Zealand” exhibition, William Jones, the Auckland artist, gave the children a short talk about the paintings shown.

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Te Ao Hou, June 1961, Page 12

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THE ART EXHIBITIONS Te Ao Hou, June 1961, Page 12

THE ART EXHIBITIONS Te Ao Hou, June 1961, Page 12