Musician and artist Robert Scott will be hosting an exhibition at his gallery, Pea Sea Art, in Port Chalmers in October to fundraise for the restoration of the old Sims Engineering site.
The site was saved from demolition by the Port Chalmers Foundry Trust and will be cleaned up and made safe to be a multipurpose space for performing arts rehearsals, displays and recording.
Mr Scott and the trust wanted to get school pupils involved in creating artwork that told the story of the site’s past.
"The two of us, we had the idea of doing this exhibition and then having the kids involved as well so they get to learn about the history of the area.
"It’s all about the manufacturing and all the industry that went on in the past a long time ago, so hopefully the kids will get some insight and some knowledge about that from this process."
The pupils got to learn some history and crossover industry and art techniques such as riveting metal, he said.
They practised their new skills on aluminium frames that they drew on that would be added to the giant collaborative artwork.
