The Christchurch College of Education (CCE) art collection is comprised of 260 works of art. The majority of the collection has been purchased for display, as well as to cater to the teaching programmes at CCE. A small portion of the collection came from a former art loan scheme for Canterbury Schools.
The collection consists mainly of contemporary works of art (post 1970) by Canterbury artists, many of whom have been students or teachers at the Christchurch College of Education. There is a strong representation of works of art by Māori and Pacific artists. A minor strength of the collection is the New Zealand studio ceramics from the 1970s. Some of the artists represented in the collection include:
- Ina Apse
- Callum Arnold
- Nola Barron
- Janet Bathgate
- Phillipa Blair
- Katrina Boyd
- Ted Bracey
- Mark Braunias
- David Brokenshire
- Rosemary Campbell
- Richard Carness
- Ruth Castle
- Kenneth Clark
- John Coley
- Gary Collins
- Kate Coolahan
- Helen Cooper
- Roy Cowan
- Elizabeth Crawley
- Kahutia Creach
- Harry And May Davis
- Brett De Their
- Tjalling De Vries
- John Drawbridge
- Belinda Drum
- R.W. (Bill) Duston
- Ted Dutch
- Allie Eagle
- Michael Eaton
- Rik Edmonds
- Frederika Ernsten
- Lawrence Ewing
- Tom Field
- Paul Fisher
- Amanda Floyd
- Sarah Ford
- Ted Francis
- Brian Gartside
- Tony Geddes
- Darryn George
- Peter Gibson
- Rudolph Gopas
- John Hadwen
- Shoji Hamada
- Joanne Hardy
- Geoffrey Heath
- Murray Hedwig
- Martin Hodge
- Kees Hos
- Rosemary Johnson
- Hamish Keith
- Maureen Lander
- Lily Liata
- Graeme Lister
- Richard Lovell-Smith
- Peter Low
- Steve Lowndes
- Clive Luscombe
- Vivian Lynn
- Para Matchett
- Max Mclellan
- Ray Neuman
- Alan Oliver
- John Papas
- Donald Paterson
- Adrienne Pavelka
- John Perry
- Phil Price
- Bonnie Quirk
- Don Ramage
- Ross Richards
- Ross Ritchie
- Kate Rivers
- Ann Robinson
- Pamela Searell
- Peter Stitchbury
- Brian Strong
- Llew Summers
- Eddie Sunderland
- Graham Sydney
- Carl Sydow
- Junior Tawe
- Bronwyn Taylor
- Michael Thomas
- Warren Tippett
- Michael Trumic
- Greer Twiss
- Carl Vendelbosch
- Gwyneth Walst
- Gordon Walters
- Malcolm Warr
- Robyn Webster
- Felicity West
- Cliff Whiting