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RIPE - award winners announced

14 November, 2018

Michelle Connell was a late starter to photography but has caught up fast!

She's taken the @CanonNZ#Photography Award in her final year work at Ara for a wonderful series about working mothers. Check out her work, all the award winners and all the amazing work of the Bachelor of Design final year students at RIPE on until 22 November in the Rakaia Centre, at the Ara city campus.

RIPE award winners announced.jpgMichelle Connell's work from a photography series about working mothers.

Award winners:
Canon Photography Award: Michelle McConnell
Will Cumming Memorial Award for Applied Visual Art: Dion Hancy
Megabits Maxon Cinema 4D Award for Motion Design: Rhys Burkitt
Ara Award for Excellence in Visual Communication (Viscom A): Renee Taylor
Ara Award for Excellence in Visual Communication (Viscom B): Tamsyn Black
Ara Excellence Award for Final project in Motion Design: Ada Lam
Ara Excellence Award for Final project in Photography: Roseanne Jones
Ara Excellence Award for Final project in Applied Visual Art: Folina Vili
Ara Excellence Award for Final project in Visual Communication: Ashleigh Connelly

RIPE award winners announced 2.jpg(from left) Head of Art & Design Bruce Russell, Ada Lam, Dion Hancy, Michelle McConnell, Folina Vili, Roseanne Jones, Renee Taylor, Tamsyn Black and Rhys Burkitt.