He has a diploma in photography from Massey University, and is taking its two-year Master of Fine Arts programme.

Petti will start her graduate-level programme in Master of Fine Arts, Film Production at Florida State University later this month.

The graduate exhibition of the master of fine arts course at Ballyvaughan's Burren College of Art is an exception.

After attending Harvard, however, she earned a master of fine arts in writing, won awards and eventually published her first short stories.