College Events

Art Collection Cocktail party

13 March 2009

A ticket-only cocktail party to celebrate the rehung One Tree Hill College Art Collection was held at the college (formerly Penrose High School) on Friday, 13 March 2009. The event - one of the most important in the college calendar since the golden jubilee in 2005 occurred the same day as the dedication and opening of the rebuilt college.

It celebrated the art collection - one of the finest at any New Zealand college - which was launched in 1969 by the then principal, Murray Print, and the then art teacher, Wallace Crossman. It includes works by Colin McCahon, Toss Woollaston, Gretchen Albrecht, W.A. Sutton, Patrick Hanly, Allen Maddox, Don Peebles, Robin White and Ralph Hotere.

Guests met Mr Crossman, who came to Auckland specially for the event, and were taken on a memorable tour of the collection by the curator, Paul Baragwanath