At MEGANZ School of Visual Arts we encourage our students to discover their own path, their own visual language.

Students are encouraged to pinpoint areas of their life, beliefs, concerns or passions and helped to channel them into a visual portrayal. Working around their chosen theme, students will experiment with different mediums to find the material which best allows their ideas to be portrayed. We also delve into the history of their theme to find deeper meanings to their work. We look at other NZ and international artists and their techniques to discover new ways of creating.

MEGANZ School of Visual Arts Virtual Exhibition now at:

James Wallace Arts Trust has Megan Murphy’s artwork ‘Tuppence Worth’ within their collection at Pah Homestead. View PDF here.

Students at work

MEGANZ School of Visual Arts is aimed at students from age 10 to adults. Class numbers are small, and are limited to six students. The school is situated in a peaceful native bush environment in Cockle Bay, Howick, Auckland.

College students are offered a valuable chance to supplement their school art programmes. We keep in contact with local school art tutors to stay abreast of their curriculum. We note the areas where students need extra attention and find innovative ways to practice the required skills. We offer art portfolio guidence.

Adult students are helped in a holistic manner to uncover and explore their own unique style. They will be encouraged to continually expand the expression of their visual language.

The Tutor - Megan Murphy - holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in painting and illustration.
Her work, however, extends beyond these disciplines to include - multi-media work, assemblage work, photography/computer-generated prints, 3D concerns and conceptual work.

Megan's philosophy: "To use the material that best portrays what you want the work to say."

If you would like to find out more about the school or book into a class, please feel free to contact us or fill out our online enrolment form.