The Learning Connexion

02/09/2026

Come on a Gold Hunt with us! We’re riding high after our Creative Gold Award, and what better way to celebrate than a treasure hunt with our students ✨✨

01/09/2026

Standing alongside the mayor receiving the Creative Gold Award… what a dream come true!! We love our community and what we do here at TLC so much. It’s so wonderful to know that you all love it too!
❤️🩵💚

01/09/2026

31/08/2026

'LETTING GO' - ON NOW

Our Diploma in Creativity (Level 6) students are taking over TLC’s LAB Gallery with their exhibition 'Letting Go'.

Come along and experience the work for yourself. On now until Friday 4 September.

Where: LAB Gallery, The Learning Connexion
182 Eastern Hutt Road, Lower Hutt
When: Now until Friday 4th Sept. 9am - 4.30pm

Free entry. Free parking. Everyone welcome.

23/08/2026

A little glimpse into TLC's Open Day..

A big thank you to everyone who came along to find out more about our creative campus!

Missed Open Day? You can still come and experience TLC for yourself! We offer personalised tours through our studios Mon-Fri at our Lower Hutt campus. Find out about our NZQA certs and diplomas, and short courses - evening classes and weekend workshops.

Term 4 enrolments are now open for our Cert in Creativity Class - offered on-site through distance.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0800 278 769

20/08/2026

IT’S TOMORROW!!! Open Day Eve is upon us, and we have a special seat waiting just for you…
Daeun Jeong’s “Death won’t stop me” and “They broke my body but never my spirit” is an immersive piece that invites you to sit and ponder the silent victims of war. Tomorrow is the last day to see it in the gallery

19/08/2026

Mars Benfell’s “All seeing Beetle” welcomes us into the 2 day countdown!! Open Day officially pending….

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18/08/2026

3 Days everybody!!
We have the lovely Fiona Oliver on showcase for the “Eve Eve” of our open day. Come check it out while touring our campus!!
Pic 1 - “Morality for over thinkers” Pic 2 - “Between us” Pic 3 - “The obsidian mirror”

18/08/2026

From a rural town in East Otago, all the way to a solo exhibition at the South Canterbury Museum 🖼️

Zenobia had constant sketchbook practice, a growing love for photography... but a feeling she'd gone as far as she could on her own. What she needed was mentorship, and a TLC scholarship gave her exactly that ‍🎨

Since then she's exhibited all across Aotearoa, built a thriving multi-disciplinary art practice, and become one of the biggest driving forces for the arts in her own small community.

"It felt like a gift, which I was incredibly grateful for."

See, our 'Reinvent Your Future' scholarships are here to remove barriers for new ākonga facing genuine financial hardship, because we think everyone deserves the chance to grow their creative practice with the right support behind them.

You can apply for a scholarship from our website (it's free of course). But before you do, we really urge you to check out Zenobia's incredible story right here: https://www.tlc.ac.nz/finding-wonder-through-art-tlc-distance-student-zenobias-creative-journey/

17/08/2026

Today’s countdown feature is an incredible trio by Alex Harding!
Four more days until our open day but you can come see these pieces in the LAB gallery any day 9-4!

Pic 1 - “Untitled” Pic 2 - “Where are my bones?” Pic 3 - “Euthanize me”