Bring your artistic vision to life!
Through Re:ACTIVATE Aspiring Artists, Ōtautahi’s young people have the chance to see their artwork concepts come to life and put on public display. Each year, SCAPE Public Art transforms submitted designs from primary and high school students into real-life pieces of large-scale public art.
Are you our next aspiring artist?
We’re working on the brief now! This is your chance to see your artwork realized full-size as part of SCAPE Season 2024. Details will be posted here, and sent direct to schools, by the end of May.
Sarah Ackerley is the Education and Community Engagement Manager at SCAPE Public Art. She has a background in Fine Arts and Education and can visit your school to share her expertise, discuss the themes and work on design concepts with students. Email sarah@scapepublicart.org.nz to book a session.
Re:ACTIVATE Aspiring Artists 2022 Winners
Re:ACTIVATE 2022 winners from left: Secret Ainsworth-Mason, Focus 2022; and Adele Sherborne, Ccino & Ash 2022; Oli Aikawa, Wheelbarrow Of A Bag Of Rocks 2022; and Liana Martin, The Tree Of Work 2022.
Re:ACTIVATE Aspiring Artists 2021 Winners
Re:ACTIVATE 2021 winners from left: Agatha Weston, aged 16, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Te Ao Rangimarie Davis, aged 8, Te Pā o Rākaihautū School and Sienna Oshannessey, aged 16 from Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, pictured with Anna Galloway, Councillor for Halswell Ward.
Our 2020 Re:ACTIVATE Aspiring Artists
Re:ACTIVATE 2020 winners from left: Yzza Batac, aged 11, Merrin School, Annabelle Britt, aged 11, Selwyn House School and Mollie Shaw, aged 18, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, pictured with Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers Director, Helen Trappitt.
Check out all the entries for Re:ACTIVATE 2020 here!
Our 2019 Re:ACTIVATE Aspiring Artists
We heard from a record number of aspiring artists during Re:ACTIVATE 2019!
The winning five entries were exhibited in central Christchurch at Hack Circle, on the corner of Cashel and High streets, as part of SCAPE Public Art’s annual Season 2019, thanks to the support of Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers, Christchurch City Council and Christchurch City Libraries.
Re:ACTIVATE 2019 winners, supporters and organisers, from left: Rosetta Brown, Hazel White, Emily Higham, Helena McCondach, Cr Anne Galloway, Tessa Marshall, Alex Sands, Helen Trappitt and Josie Whelan. (Absent: Georgina Jolly).
Re:ACTIVATE 2019 winners
Left to right: Junior category (Years 1 to 8) Alex Sands, of Little River School, We Are One!; Tessa Marshall, of Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery School, Sticks of Rock. Senior category (Years 9 to 13) Emily Higham, of Lincoln High School, Physiological Manipulation of Space; Helena McCondach, Lincoln High School, Negotiation; Rosetta Brown, left, and Hazel White (absent: Georgina Jolly), Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Strength in Sisterhood.